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Political Fix

Boris vs Hunt gets personal, plus the fiscal and immigration plans of the next PM

Political Fix

Financial Times

News, Politics, News & Politics

4.21.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

The skirmishes between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt became more personal, with clashes over character and scrutiny. Is the foreign secretary gaining momentum? And has the frontrunner recovered from his difficult weekend? We also discuss the prospect of Sajid Javid as the next chancellor and what both candidates plan to do on the economy and immigration. Presented by Sebastian Payne, with George Parker, Miranda Green, Robert Shrimsley and Chris Giles. Produced by Caroline Grady.

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Welcome to F.T. politics, a weekly discussion on what's happening in Westminster from the Financial

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Times.

0:42.6

I'm Sebastian Payne.

0:44.1

In this week's episode, we'll be discussing the latest round

0:46.6

of skirmishes between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt

0:49.7

and the general state of the Tory leadership contest.

0:52.6

Plus we'll be digging into the economic and immigration policies of both candidates.

0:57.3

I'm delighted to be joined by our political editor George Parker, columnist Robert Shrimsley,

1:01.6

economics editor Chris Jows, and deputy opinion editor Miranda Green.

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Thank you all for joining, and if you find yourself liking this episode of FT Politics,

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then do subscribe through all the usual channels to receive it every Saturday morning.

1:14.6

The Conservative Party's leadership contest rumbled on this week and things became even more

1:19.2

personal.

1:20.2

Jeremy Hunt starts to take bigger chunks out of Boris Johnson,

1:23.4

describing the frontrunner as a coward for ducking a head-to-head TV debate on Sky,

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