Summary
Oliver Dowden quits as Conservative Party chairman after the Tories lose two by-elections.
Adam, Chris and Alex are joined by Will Walden, former advisor to Boris Johnson, to discuss the prime minister’s political future.
Also, the US top court ends the constitutional right to abortion. Sarah Smith is in Washington to explain what this means for millions of women in the country.
Today’s Newscast was made by Tim Walklate, with Cordelia Hemming and Miranda Slade. The technical producer was Michael Regaard. The assistant editor was Alison Gee.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts Hello, two massive news stories have got |
| 0:07.3 | smushed together on the same day. The results of those two bi-elections in the UK and a huge |
| 0:14.3 | verdict from the US Supreme Court which cast doubt on the future of the provision of abortion |
| 0:19.7 | in the United States. We'll discuss both of them on this episode of newscast. |
| 0:23.8 | Newscasts newscasts from the BBC. |
| 0:26.2 | Nobody said to me, this is an event that is against the rules. |
| 0:29.7 | Beyond the back of better, blah, blah, blah, green economy, blah, blah, blah. |
| 0:34.0 | I've absolutely apologised for using the word scorn. |
| 0:37.0 | Can't get out. Enough is enough. |
| 0:39.5 | Only enough it was tractors that I was looking at. |
| 0:41.6 | This is not the Russian people's war. |
| 0:44.0 | Fair play, this part of the whole Oasis, son. |
| 0:46.3 | I am virtually out of tools to help people now. |
| 0:50.9 | Hello, it's Adam in the studio and a little bit later we'll speak to Sarah Smith in Washington, |
| 0:55.5 | DC, just after the Supreme Court decided to overturn the ruling from 50 years ago which |
| 1:02.2 | made abortion legal at a federal level. That is a big, big deal. |
| 1:08.5 | But a big, big deal in British politics is the results of the bi-elections overnight. |
| 1:13.6 | Labour have taken back Wakefield. |
| 1:16.0 | And I do hear by the Claire that the said Simon Robert Lightwood is duly elected for the |
| 1:22.4 | Wakefield constituency. |
| 1:24.4 | And the Lib Dems have won Hondington and Tibetan from the Conservatives. |
| 1:29.3 | And I do hear by the Claire that Richard John Ford is duly elected. |
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