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In Liz We Truss?

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BBC

Politics, Daily News, News

4.36.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Reaction to the new Tory leader and PM.

Adam is joined by Chris, Simon Jack and former Truss adviser, Kirsty Buchanan, to talk through her victory speech and her priorities in the next few weeks.

Today’s episode was made by Tim Walklate with Cordelia Hemming, Danny Wittenberg and Miranda Slade. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The assistant editor was Sam Bonham.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:05.0

Take it away, Sir Graham Brady, please, and the agony.

0:08.0

The total number of valued votes given to each candidate

0:11.0

was as follows.

0:13.0

Rishi Sunak, 60,399.

0:17.0

Liz Truss, 81,326.

0:22.0

Therefore, I give notice that Liz Truss is elected

0:25.0

as the leader of the Conservative and Unionist parties.

0:28.0

Thank you very much.

0:31.0

Yep, that's the term of the 1922 Committee announcing,

0:36.0

finally, the result of the Tory leadership contest

0:39.0

to pick our next Prime Minister.

0:41.0

Now, we have calculated just how long this has all lasted,

0:45.0

because Boris Johnson stepped out of the famous door

0:48.0

and dining street to start his resignation speech

0:51.0

at 1230 and 49 seconds on the 7th of July.

0:55.0

Graham Brady gave his announcement on Monday afternoon

0:59.0

at 1237 and 47 seconds, which means we've been waiting

1:03.0

for a new Prime Minister for 60 days, 6 minutes, and 58 seconds,

1:08.0

which is 8 weeks, 4 days, 6 minutes, and 58 seconds.

1:12.0

Or if you want that in minutes, it's 86,407 minutes.

1:17.0

And if you want to delve into it in seconds,

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