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Today in Focus

Rishi Sunak staggers on – but for how long?

Today in Focus

The Guardian

Daily News, News

4.65.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

The prime minister is another MP down after Natalie Elphicke crossed the floor to join Labour. With the Conservatives trailing by 30 points after heavy local election losses, what options does Rishi Sunak now have? Guardian political correspondent Kiran Stacey tells Helen Pidd what these losses mean for the PM, and looks at what calculation Keir Starmer made in taking in a rightwing Tory. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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0:09.0

Today, as yet another Tory MP crosses the floor to join Labour, is all hope lost for Rishi Sunak.

0:18.0

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1:07.0

Co. UK for the facts. Kie and Stie, the Guardian's political

1:13.0

and not only in Portarbert actually, but at other Tartis sites

1:18.8

including Van Wern and Schotten.

1:20.8

Kiran Stacy, the Guardian's political correspondent, was sitting high up in the

1:25.0

Press Gallery at the House of Commons on Wednesday when he realized that

1:28.4

something was afoot.

1:30.3

First I could tell us there was a bit of a buzz around the press gallery.

1:34.0

People were craning their heads to try and see something on the labour benches.

1:37.0

I couldn't quite tell what was going on.

1:39.0

It was Prime Minister's questions, and everyone was expecting Wishi Sunat to get a bit of stick.

1:44.0

After all the Tories had performed so badly in last week's local elections losing

1:49.1

almost 500 councillors and a string of high-profile mayoralties.

1:52.4

And then Rishi... counselors and a string of high profile merelties.

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