In Liz we Truss?

Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government

Institute for Government

News, Politics, Government

4.6 • 252 Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

The epic Conservative Party leadership contest is finally over, and Liz Truss is the new prime minister. After a flight to Balmoral to meet the Queen, and a drive through London in lashing rain, Truss stepped straight from the prime ministerial car to the podium outside No10 and set out her vision for the country So, what happens next and what should we expect from this country’s 56th prime minister? Former special adviser Salma Shah joins the podcast team to weigh up Truss’s Downing Street speech, her Cabinet appointments, and how she might handle a daunting in-tray. Hannah White presents. With Giles Wilkes and Catherine Haddon. Produced by Candice McKenzie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Inside Briefing, the podcast from the Institute for Government. I'm Hannah White.
0:16.9	Liz Truss is the new Prime Minister. After a flight to Balmoral to meet the Queen and a drive through London in lashing rain,
0:24.6	Truss stepped straight from the Prime Ministerial car to the podium outside number 10 and set out her vision for the country.
0:31.6	So what should we expect from this country's 56th Prime Minister and the third woman to have held the office. How will she
0:38.9	turn her campaign pledges into reality? And with the reshuffle rumbling on, what to trust his ministerial
0:44.8	appointments tell us about her priorities and how she plans to govern? We're back in the
0:49.5	IFG studio to try and make sense of a whirlwind 48 hours in British politics and just the latest
0:54.7	instalment of what has been a dramatic, unpredictable and anything but normal half decade also.
1:00.7	Senior fellow, Kath Haddon, is back from a solid day of broadcasting from College Green outside
1:05.4	Parliament yesterday. Hi, Kath. Hello. Have you recovered?
1:09.5	I'm knackered, but then I always just think, well, I'm knackered.
1:12.5	What it must it be like if you were up actually doing the reshuffle
1:16.5	until God knows what time last night.
1:18.7	So I shouldn't really complain, should I?
1:21.8	And we're joined down the line by Giles Wilkes,
1:24.6	IFG Senior Fellow and former Number 10 advisor.
1:26.7	Hi, Giles.
1:28.0	Hi there, Hannah. How are things? Yeah, yeah, all good. We're going to go here at IFG. And I'm delighted we are
1:33.7	joined by Salma Shah, former special advisor at four government departments and now a partner at Portland
1:38.5	Communications. Hi, Salma. Hello. How was yesterday for you? Underwhelming and exciting
1:43.8	all at the same time.
1:45.7	Do you feel a pang of jealousy or nostalgia when you're watching a reshuffle take place?
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