Britain after Boris
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 8 July 2022
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
The FT’s UK chief political commentator Robert Shrimsley and FT columnist Stephen Bush discuss what’s next for the country after Boris Johnson’s resignation. Plus, as the fears of recession grow, commodity prices are falling.
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| 0:00.0 | The FT News Briefing is supported by Equinole, the UK's energy partner. |
| 0:06.3 | Learn more at equinole.co.uk |
| 0:09.8 | Good morning from the Financial Times. |
| 0:11.5 | Today is Friday, July 8. |
| 0:13.2 | And this is your FT News Briefing. |
| 0:18.6 | Political pressure finally caught up with Boris Johnson. |
| 0:22.2 | It is clearly now the will of the Parliamentary Conservative Party |
| 0:27.6 | that there should be a new leader of that party and that for a new Prime Minister. |
| 0:33.2 | And commodities have been going up, up, up, but the stories become a bit more complicated. |
| 0:40.3 | Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 0:49.6 | After mounting pressure from lawmakers, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday |
| 0:53.9 | finally resigned as leader of the ruling Conservative Party. |
| 1:15.2 | Johnson said he'll stay on as Prime Minister until a new leader is chosen. |
| 1:19.6 | His decision came after dozens of his ministers and other Tory lawmakers quit in an attempt |
| 1:24.5 | to force him to resign. Johnson's been dogged by scandals over the past few years, |
| 1:29.2 | but the final straw was his decision to promote NALI who was facing sexual misconduct allegations. |
| 1:34.9 | For more insight, I hosted a Twitter space discussion yesterday with the FT's Robert Trimsley. |
| 1:39.5 | He's our UK chief political commentator and Stephen Bush. He writes an FT column on British |
| 1:44.7 | politics. Here's part of the conversation. |
| 1:48.2 | Robert, the conservatives are going to have to figure out who's going to lead the party. |
| 1:53.4 | Do we have any contenders? |
| 1:54.7 | I think the big question is aren't there any contenders. |
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