Liz Truss's first day as PM, breaking away from Judaism, Mursal Hedayat

Woman's Hour

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🗓️ 7 September 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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We discuss the latest on Liz Truss’ first full day as the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Emma Barnett is joined by Baroness Gabby Bertin who worked with David Cameron for a decade while he was leader and Camilla Tominey, Associate Editor at the Daily Telegraph. What is it like to break away from a strict religious community? Emily grew up in the Hasidic Jewish community, known for its religious conservatism and social seclusion, but left with her children following a difficult divorce. She tells her story to Emma. For any woman over fifty who has ever asked ‘What now?’ ‘Who do I want to be?’ comes a book by Sharon Blackie, a psychologist and writer, best known for her ecofeminist book, If Women Rose Rooted. She joins Emma to talk about her new book, Hagitude. We speak to Mursal Hedayat, a businesswoman who came to the UK as a refugee at the age of 4 and is now being recognised for her entrepreneurial success with her social enterprise that helps people become language coaches. Presenter: Emma Barnett Producer: Emma Pearce

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts
0:04.4	Hello, I'm Emma Barnett and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4.
0:10.5	Good morning and welcome to the programme. The country is now being run by not one, but
0:15.2	two women, Liz Truss' Prime Minister and her great pal and political colleague Theresa
0:19.6	Coffey as Deputy Prime Minister also the new health secretary. As the fourth since last
0:26.2	year of June we have had four health secretaries and also looking at the number of
0:30.8	probabilists as shortly and what they're going to be offering says, well come to my guests.
0:34.0	But Theresa Coffey spoke to my colleagues on the today programme earlier today and this is
0:38.4	what she had to say. We know this is a challenge. What I've seen from the Prime Minister is actually
0:45.7	how excited and focused she is to deliver and that's why I've supported Liz for many reasons,
0:52.1	not just because she's my friend far from it, it's because I think she's the person who
0:56.0	can get on, get the grip and make sure that we deliver for the people of this country.
1:01.2	Well some have talked about an old girls club replacing the old boys club,
1:04.4	others care little for the personnel or for the fact that for the first time none of the
1:07.7	highest offices of state are held by a white man. The hunger instead is to know what the Prime
1:12.4	Minister will do with her new power. Prime Minister Truss has met her new cabinet this morning
1:18.0	and dominating the conversation like Covid and Brexit before it is one topic, energy prices.
1:23.8	Tomorrow we will have more of an idea of what her plan is in this regard. But first at 12
1:28.1	today she'll be at the dispatch box in the House of Commons for her first Prime Minister's
1:31.7	questions across from Sir Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party. Where are you at this morning?
1:37.6	Excitement in your house about a new Prime Minister, a new chapter, benefit of the doubt being given,
1:42.9	you could have of course voted for her if you remember the Conservative Party or would have done
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