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Election Extra: Is the race to replace Sunak already under way?

Today in Focus

The Guardian

Daily News, News

4.65.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

The general election may be three days away, but for some Tory candidates it is merely the staging post for the competition they are really focused on: their party leadership contest. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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0:00.0

Hello, I'm on holiday this week, scuba diving in the Caribbean.

0:07.0

I'm going to be underwater most of the time, so if you want me you might have to learn whale.

0:16.0

Hmm.

0:19.0

Yours, Lucy. Take your holiday as seriously as British Airways holidays take your

0:28.2

holiday. At or protected.

0:32.4

This is election extra with me, Hannah Moore, this evening.

0:46.4

With three days to go before a likely conservative defeat, is the race to replace Rishi Sunak already underway.

0:53.6

And we will talk about leadership things after an election.

0:56.0

Well, I tried.

0:58.0

In France, Marine Le Penh's far-right national rally

1:01.8

claims a resounding victory in the first round of elections.

1:05.4

And it's always in place the Assembly National and it's al-Alet in tete.

1:10.0

How will France's lurch to the far right affect UK politics?

1:15.0

And the election stunts continue.

1:18.0

We price up the value of a Rishi Sunak pillow.

1:25.0

I'm joined by Archie Bland, editor of the Guardian's election edition newsletter.

1:31.0

We're finally in election week when the party leaders

1:34.9

really should be amping up their campaigns, getting those undecided voters on

1:39.9

side. But already people are talking about who could replace Rishi Sunak as leader if he loses.

1:49.4

Who's potentially in the running?

1:51.6

I mean take your pick. There have been lots and lots of names

1:53.9

mentioned from the people who listeners might already be familiar with like

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