Send out the clown: Boris agrees to go
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The Economist
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🗓️ 7 July 2022
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Boris Johnson is standing down as Britain’s prime minister. We consider his legacy and impact on British politics. Public attitudes on LGBT rights in South-East Asia are changing fast—and its laws are at last changing, too. And at this week’s Montreal’s Jazz Festival, the pioneering pianist and local hero Oscar Peterson remains the patron saint. Additional music courtesy of Urban Science Brass Band
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist. |
| 0:06.8 | In London, I'm Jason Palmer. |
| 0:08.8 | And also, still in London, I'm John Fassman. |
| 0:12.4 | Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 0:18.5 | If you go by the laws on the books in much of Southeast Asia, there's not a lot of room |
| 0:22.7 | for LGBT rights. |
| 0:25.1 | That is slowly changing as lawmakers in at least some countries in the region catch up |
| 0:29.6 | with shifting public attitudes. |
| 0:33.3 | And for jazz nuts like me, the Montreal Jazz Festival, which ends this week, is an annual |
| 0:38.1 | highlight. |
| 0:39.3 | We look back at the life of one of the city's finest exports, Oscar Peterson, a pioneering |
| 0:44.8 | pianist who's spirit pervades the event long after his death. |
| 0:55.9 | First up though. |
| 1:03.7 | Boris Johnson is standing down as Britain's Prime Minister. |
| 1:07.7 | The news was first revealed on BBC Radio this morning. |
| 1:10.6 | Chris, let's go straight back to you. |
| 1:11.8 | You were just talking to Downing Street? |
| 1:13.9 | The Prime Minister has agreed to stand down. |
| 1:16.3 | He has spoken to Sir Graham Brady, the chair of the Backbench 1922 Committee this morning |
| 1:22.0 | and said that it is appropriate for him to stand down and for the party to pick a new |
| 1:26.1 | leader in time. |
| 1:28.3 | Just yesterday, Mr Johnson insisted to members of Parliament that he would not resign. |
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