Is the UK ready for Rishi Sunak?
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The Guardian
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🗓️ 25 October 2022
⏱️ 27 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Guardian. |
| 0:10.6 | Today, Britain has a new Prime Minister, the third in as many months. |
| 0:15.6 | But can Wishi Sunak turn around the Conservative Party's fortunes and those of the country? |
| 0:31.3 | It's Monday morning, it's unseasonably bright and warm and as we walk into Westminster, |
| 0:37.0 | the chances are that within a few hours we could have a new Prime Minister. |
| 0:41.6 | On Sunday night Boris Johnson dramatically withdrew from the race. |
| 0:46.4 | Boris Johnson had come to the conclusion this would simply not be the right thing to do as you |
| 0:53.3 | can't govern effectively unless you have a united party in Parliament. |
| 1:01.2 | Leaving only two candidates remaining, there's penny more to it. What this country needs is a |
| 1:06.7 | fresh face, someone that can unite the Conservative Party and get things to work in this country. |
| 1:12.9 | Who is struggling to get the backing of the 100 MPs that is needed? |
| 1:17.6 | And then there is the runaway favourite in the race. |
| 1:20.6 | Wishi Sunak, the last minute or so, he's just put out a tweet which says the United Kingdom |
| 1:26.0 | is a great country but we face a profound economic crisis. |
| 1:30.0 | That's why I am standing here. |
| 1:31.2 | And as I look around here in Port Colise House, Q's outside, as MPs start arriving for the day, |
| 1:38.2 | there is a sense of anticipation building. |
| 1:42.3 | From the Guardian, I'm not she Nick Barl. |
| 1:46.4 | Today I'm focused. Britain's next Prime Minister. |
| 1:56.9 | So I'm here in the Guardian's offices in Westminster and as you can imagine, |
| 2:01.0 | it's a room filled with books, a very drab green carpet. But I can promise you, there are at least two |
| 2:06.4 | windows and I'm here with the Guardian's deputy political editor, Jess Elgott. |
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