‘Let’s be more normal’ – and rival Tory strategies
Political Fix
Financial Times
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🗓️ 4 October 2024
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Who’s up and who’s down in the Tory leadership race after the four-day beauty parade at the party’s conference in Birmingham? Host Lucy Fisher and Political Fix regulars George Parker and Stephen Bush assess the four contenders’ performances, as Conservative MPs prepare to whittle down the field to two next week. The panel are also joined by the FT’s public policy editor Peter Foster to discuss Sir Keir Starmer’s first step on the road to resetting UK-EU relations. Plus, the group discusses the latest twist in freebiegate.
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Presented by Lucy Fisher. Produced by Clare Williamson. The executive producer is Manuela Saragosa. Audio mix and original music by Breen Turner. The FT’s head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.
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| 0:58.0 | Hello, I'm Lucy Fisher and this is political fix from the Financial Times. Coming up, let's be more normal. |
| 1:01.0 | That was the soundbite this week from the Conservative Party leadership |
| 1:04.0 | candidate James Cleverly, but his rivals have other ideas. Plus the latest in |
| 1:09.8 | secures Darma's freebie gate and we'll discuss what the Prime Minister got up to in Brussels this week. |
| 1:15.2 | Did his visit change anything in EU- UK relations? |
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