Nusrat Ghani MP for Wealden and vice-chair of The 1922 committee

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🗓️ 7 July 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

As Boris Johnson prepares to step down we hear from Nusrat Ghani the Conservative MP for Wealden and vice-chair of The 1922 committee that represents backbench conservative MPs. Dubbed "the men in grey suits", the members of the 1922 Committee wield a lot of power in the Conservative Party and runs the selection process for new leaders. Also joining Emma is Katie Perrior who worked as a political advisor at 10 Downing Street under Theresa May and previously for Boris Johnson and David Davis. She is now chair of INHouse Communications Charlotte Carew Pole the Director of Women2Win, an organisation which aims to increase the number of Conservative women in Parliament. Journalist Sonia Purnell and author of Just Boris: A Tale of Blond Ambition Plus the latest from Westminster from BBC political Correspondent Ione Wells Presenter: Emma Barnett Producer: Lisa Jenkinson Studio Manager: Emma Harth

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:05.2	Hello, I'm Emma Barnett, and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4.
0:09.7	What a day we are together for, as I speak to you now, Boris Johnson has announced
0:14.4	he's resigning as the leader of the Conservative Party.
0:16.9	That's what the BBC understands, but not so far as the Prime Minister.
0:21.1	The total number of resignations, I hope I've got this right, is 59.
0:26.0	One sacking as well, Michael Gove last night,
0:29.0	and one of the most recent of those resignations, is the Education Secretary,
0:32.8	a woman who did well, if you like, but for only two days, out of the initial resignations
0:37.6	of the Chancellor and the Health Secretary, Michelle Donnelly stepped into that role of Education
0:42.5	Secretary, only accepting the job two days ago.
0:45.2	Must be the shortest lived education secretary in the role.
0:49.6	No one is being made available from the government, as it is right now.
0:54.4	So far, only one person, a woman, has officially thrown their hat into a would-be leader's race,
1:00.0	Suella Bravaman, the Attorney General, who do remember, has not yet resigned herself.
1:05.9	It's also very striking who's calling for him to go.
1:09.2	As Prime Minister, never mind now, leader of the Conservative Party, that's, as we understand it,
1:13.3	being confirmed, also not necessarily resigning themselves.
1:17.2	Here on Woman's Hour, I will keep you up to date with the very latest,
1:20.7	but we will also examine Boris Johnson, the man, the psychology, the approach, the mindset
1:26.5	that is keeping this man in the highest office in the land we are told until autumn,
1:31.4	even as his friends and foes urge him to go.
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