Replacing Boris Johnson

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🗓️ 26 July 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Britain’s Conservative party is spending the summer choosing its next prime minister. The Atlantic’s Tom McTague introduces the candidates vying to replace him. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan with help from Victoria Dominguez, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The two figures are Rishi Senet, the man who helped bring down Boris Johnson by resigning
0:17.0	as Chancellor right in those sort of dying days.
0:20.8	Did I disagree with him?
0:22.5	Frequently.
0:23.5	Is he flawed?
0:25.4	Yes.
0:26.4	And so are the rest of us.
0:29.7	And Liz Truss, Boris Johnson's foreign secretary, who didn't resign and who stayed in Hermine
0:38.2	loyal to the aid.
0:39.8	The Prime Minister has my 100% support.
0:43.8	The next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ahead on today's flight.
1:00.3	Soar into a new age of adventure with World of Warcraft Dragonflight.
1:05.7	The dragons of Azeroth have returned to the Dragon Isles and it's up to you to help them defend
1:10.7	their home.
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1:20.1	the skies through the art of dragon writing.
1:23.1	Thanks for watching.
1:38.1	Every so often we hear at today's explained reach out to Tom McTague from the Atlantic
1:43.1	to ask about Boris Johnson.
1:45.5	Most recently we reached out at the beginning of the year when no one quite knew if Boris
1:50.2	Johnson would last another day or another week in office.
1:54.6	Here's what Tom had to say then.
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