Robert Jenrick vs Kemi Badenoch
Newscast
BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Today, in a surprise twist, James Cleverly was knocked out of the race to become the next Tory leader.
Adam is joined by Chris and BBC Newsnight political editor Nick Watt to discuss how Cleverly went from first place to eliminated in just 24 hours. How will a Jenrick-Badenoch showdown change the vibe of the contest? And how have Labour MPs responded to the news?
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | Hello, it's good to be back. |
| 0:07.2 | Thank you very much to Alex Versailles |
| 0:08.9 | for keeping the seat warm. |
| 0:10.8 | I think I might have a new rule that only people with the initials AF can stand in on |
| 0:16.3 | newscast although that seems a bit unfair doesn't it not very collegiate anyway let's |
| 0:20.1 | ditch that idea right then there were two. |
| 0:23.3 | We now know who the final two contenders |
| 0:25.8 | are going to be in the leadership contest |
| 0:28.2 | for the Conservative Party. |
| 0:30.0 | And it's not who you think it might have been at the end of yesterday's newscast, |
| 0:34.8 | for it is Kemi Badenock and Robert Genrich, and James Cleverley, who was the big favorite on Tuesday by Wednesday, had actually gone down by two votes. |
| 0:45.4 | So what on earth has happened? |
| 0:47.9 | We will speculate intensively on this episode of Newscast. |
| 0:51.7 | Newscast. Newscast. |
| 0:53.0 | Newscast from the BBC. |
| 0:54.0 | I like landscapes. |
| 0:55.0 | You have a bright future behind you. |
| 0:57.0 | You think you just fell out of a coconut tree? |
| 0:59.0 | We're effectively run in this country by a bunch of childless cat ladies. |
| 1:03.0 | We don't understand the essence of Brad. |
| 1:05.0 | It's the fun police working overtime. |
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