From Washington: Political Turnover Continues In The UK

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🗓️ 30 October 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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As the United Kingdom faces record-high inflation and economic uncertainty, Rishi Sunak has been selected by the Conservative Party to take the helm as the new Prime Minister. Fox News Foreign Correspondent Alex Hogan joins to discuss the circumstances that led to the rise of Rishi Sunak, the challenges he faces as the Conservative Party struggles to hold on to power, and how the political turnover impacts relations between the United States and the UK. As Americans start to cast early ballots, polls and ratings continue to show an increasing lean toward Republicans. The latest FOX News Power Rankings indicate five northeast races shifting towards Republicans and suggest the sitting governor of New York Kathy Hochul is at risk. Senate and Governors Editor for The Cook Political Report, Jessica Taylor examines the shift in Governor and Senate ratings in certain states and the political rise amongst Republicans. Later, she shares her insights on five toss-ups in Governor's races, her analysis on the Arizona Senate race tightening, and her expectations moving forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Sunday, October 30th, 2022, I'm Jared Halpern.
0:08.8	Does a new prime minister in Britain signal a shift in the U.S. partnership?
0:13.6	The way that we see our relationship with the United Kingdom, it is a close relationship
0:19.4	that we've had with the people of the U.K. for some time now.
0:22.6	I'm Jessica Rosenthal, 36 governors races are on the ballot these midterms as state Democrats
0:28.2	hope to avoid the impact of a potential red wave.
0:31.5	We've seen some tightening in Democratic held races and one that Republicans sort of hope
0:37.1	to make competitive.
0:38.6	This is the Fox News rundown from Washington.
0:54.8	The results are in, no not for the midterms, we've still got more than a week for that,
0:59.0	but the United Kingdom has for the second time in his many months selected a new prime
1:04.2	minister.
1:05.2	Hershey Sunack was appointed prime minister this week after an unopposed election to lead
1:10.4	the conservative party.
1:12.2	He is the youngest prime minister at 42 in a couple of centuries, the first British
1:17.2	Asian and first Hindu to hold the office as well.
1:20.5	If he serves longer than 50 days, he will surpass the term of his predecessor, Liz Truss.
1:27.4	Truss of course became prime minister after the sudden resignation of Boris Johnson.
1:31.8	A leadership shuffle also comes at a trying time, not just for the U.K., but for Europe
1:36.8	and the West in general.
1:38.6	The U.K. has been a close ally as president Biden, the mass international support for Ukraine.
1:44.9	This week I asked White House press secretary Karin John Pierre if the administration is
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