Can Liz Truss keep the country warm?

The News Agents

Global

Government, Daily News, News, Politics

4.1 • 5.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Liz Truss becomes UK Prime Minister with just 81,326 votes of Conservative party members. Has any leader ever come to power with such an array of problems? What will her first government look like? And can she solve Britain’s energy crisis? We’re joined by the former Tory Chancellor and "frenemy" of Boris Johnson, George Osborne, who knows Liz Truss well. He also has some thoughts on what the former PM might do next. Producer: Gabriel Radus Planning: Melissa Tutesigensi Sound Engineer: Ioana Barbu Deputy Editor: Tom Hughes Executive Producer: Dino Sofos For exclusive daily videos from The News Agents visit Global Player: https://www.globalplayer.com/videos/brands/news-agents/the-news-agents/ The News Agents is a Global Player Original and a Persephonica Production.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity.
0:09.6	This is a global player original podcast.
0:13.3	What you're about to hear isn't a parody.
0:15.5	Here we go.
0:16.5	Round and round it goes.
0:17.5	A thousand pounds of energy bill.
0:20.5	It's your energy bill!
0:22.5	Oh my God, thank you.
0:24.5	That's a man getting his energy bills paid after winning an ITV quiz game.
0:31.3	Meanwhile, Liz Truss will become our new Prime Minister,
0:35.0	voted in by just 81,000 people.
0:38.2	I know that we will deliver, we will deliver, and we will deliver.
0:43.2	And we, and we...
0:45.5	Can she keep the country warm?
0:48.3	Welcome to the newsagents.
0:54.1	The newsagents, with Emily Maitliss.
0:57.0	Why would you remember our Pizza Express birthday and being at home?
0:59.9	Because going to Pizza Express in Woking is an unusual thing for me to do.
1:05.3	A very unusual thing for me to do.
1:08.0	John Soaple.
1:09.1	Would you accept that that was a good example of the smooth running a government?
1:14.0	Yeah, I do. I do. Let me tell you about the job. Wait. Wait. I know who you are. Just wait.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Global, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Global and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.