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Calling Peston: The ITV News Politics Podcast

The fallout from Sajid Javid's shock reshuffle resignation

Calling Peston: The ITV News Politics Podcast

ITV News

Government, Politics, News

4.2177 Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

It was meant to be a no-drama reshuffle...Sajid Javid's shock resignation as chancellor after refusing to accept Boris Johnson's demand to sack his special advisers turned the Cabinet shakeup into something far more explosive.Daniel, Shehab and Robert...

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0:00.0

Who's up, who's down, who's in, who's out, as Boris Johnson decided to shake his cabinet all about,

0:07.0

and we discovered all's not oaky-coki-coki with the bloke next door.

0:11.0

Yes, the Prime Minister's supposedly muffled reshuffle turned into a bit of a kerfuffle when the Chancellor paid the ultimate price and resigned.

0:18.0

In comes Rishi Soon Act to number 11. Who, you might ask, stick around to

0:22.4

find out. Welcome to a Friday edition of Calling Peston to our regular listeners, yes, both of you.

0:27.6

Sorry we missed yesterday's usual Thursday slot. We went on a mini holiday, but none of us can

0:31.8

remember who paid for it. The weight was almost certainly worth it as we digest yesterday's

0:36.0

cabinet reshuffle. I'm Daniel Hewitt.

0:38.2

That is Shehab Khan.

0:40.2

And the face of this operation, Robert Peston, will be joining us for his analysis.

0:44.7

Shehab, kind sir, give us a summary of the who's in, who's out from yesterday's reshuffle, starting with maybe the sackings.

0:52.4

Starting with the sackings.

0:53.4

So, Julian Smith, the Northern Ireland secretary, he's gone.

0:57.6

Which was a bit of a surprise, right?

0:59.0

It was. It was. That was initially the big moment of the day.

1:03.3

He's helped to restore Parliament in Stormont after three years of it being suspended.

1:08.7

It was a major moment. No one expected that.

1:12.1

He did what so many Northern Ireland executives couldn't do.

1:14.9

Yeah, they haven't been able to do it.

1:16.3

So everyone was surprised.

1:17.6

That was the big story for about five minutes before everything exploded.

1:21.4

But other than Julian Smith, Andrew Ledson, the business secretary, she's gone.

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