The challengers vying to replace Boris Johnson
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The Times
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🗓️ 25 January 2022
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
With the Sue Gray report imminent and a Tory rebellion in the offing, secret campaigning has already started for a new prime minister. Who are the candidates lining up to replace Boris Johnson? And what would it take for the PM to step down?
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| 0:00.0 | It's been a relentless few weeks of catastrophic headlines for number 10. |
| 0:12.7 | Boris Johnson is facing calls to investigate allegations of Islamophobia within the conservative |
| 0:17.2 | party. |
| 0:18.2 | In February 2020, Nasrat Ghani was sacked by Boris Johnson as transport minister. |
| 0:23.0 | When she asked why, Ms Ghani says a government whip told her her muslimness made colleagues |
| 0:27.9 | feel uncomfortable. |
| 0:29.0 | They're very serious allegations. |
| 0:30.8 | We will tolerate no discrimination at Loneyslamophobia in the conservative party. |
| 0:36.2 | A conservative MP defect. |
| 0:38.5 | Can I start by warmly welcoming the Honourable Member for Berry South to the UK? |
| 0:44.8 | Senior Conservative MP William Ragh has accused conservative party whips and number 10 staff |
| 0:49.8 | of blackmail. |
| 0:50.8 | What news of a resignation? |
| 0:52.8 | Given that I'm the minister for counter fraud, it feels somewhat dishonest to stay on in |
| 0:56.7 | that role if I'm incapable of doing it properly. |
| 0:59.4 | Wow! |
| 1:00.4 | You don't often get a minister resigning at the dispatch box. |
| 1:03.5 | You're sat there too long for all the good you have done. |
| 1:06.0 | In the name of God, God bless you. |
| 1:15.3 | While some Tory MPs have publicly called for Boris Johnson to step down, many more are waiting |
| 1:22.4 | for the fallout from Sue Gray's investigation. |
| 1:26.6 | Sue Gray inquiry. |
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