Prime Minister Rishi Sunak
Political Fix
Financial Times
4.2 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 29 October 2022
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
After another turbulent week and the potential return of Boris Johnson. Rishi Sunak became Britain's latest prime minister - its first non-white leader and the youngest in modern history. We discuss how he triumphed in the leadership contest, how Johnson failed to gain momentum, the make-up of Sunak's first cabinet and the options for filling the fiscal blackhole left by “Trussonomics”.
Presented by Sebastian Payne, with political editor George Parker, chief political correspondent Robert Shrimsley, economics editor Chris Giles and special guest former Treasury official Jill Rutter.
Produced by Anna Dedhar and Howie Shannon. The sound engineers were Breen Turner and Jan Sigsworth.
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| 0:33.1 | Rishi Sunak became the UK's latest Prime Minister this week |
| 0:37.0 | when he was crowned leader of the Conservative Party |
| 0:39.8 | and pledged to reverse the errors of his predecessor Liz Truss. |
| 0:43.6 | Some mistakes were made. |
| 0:47.3 | Not born of ill will or bad intentions. |
| 0:51.8 | Quite the opposite in fact. |
| 0:53.2 | But mistakes nonetheless. |
| 0:56.6 | And I have been elected as leader of my party |
| 1:01.2 | and your Prime Minister in part to fix them. |
| 1:06.6 | And that work begins immediately. |
| 1:11.2 | Welcome to Payne's Politics, your central insider guide to Westminster |
| 1:17.2 | from the Financial Times with me Sebastian Payne. |
| 1:21.2 | In this week's episode we'll be examining the first week of Rishi Sunak's government |
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