This is the Guardian.

Going, going, gone.

At the time this podcast was recorded, the government had lost 38 ministers,

and a crowd of cabinet ministers were gathered in Downing Street to try to convince Boris Johnson

to finally resign. They included Nadim Saharwi, the freshly promoted Chancellor of the

Exchequer, who had been given his new job by Boris Johnson, less than 24 hours before.

Everything is in flux. Here's a bit of what Sazid Javid, one of the first ministers to resign,

said in his post-resignation speech in the House of Commons.

I have concluded that the problem starts at the top, and I believe that is not going to change.

As we all expected, Boris Johnson is determined to somehow, somehow,

cling on, despite a stream of letters, some from ministers, others from backbench MPs,

full of words like integrity and honesty, and strongly making the case for a change of leader.

When Boris Johnson appeared in front of the House of Commons Liaison Committee on Wednesday afternoon,

his denial of how bad things were sounded downright ludicrous.

Then, just as we were finishing the editing of this episode, Johnson started his

second reshuffle in two days and sat Michael Gove. So, a few obvious questions,

how do we get here, what happens now, and can our political system recover?

I'm John Harris, and you're listening to Politics Weekly UK for the Guardian.

Joining me today are the Guardian Columnist Gabby Hinsliff, and her fellow Guardian Columnist,

Raphael Bear. Hello to you both. Hello. Hello, John. What a day. We're recording this at seven o'clock

on Wednesday evening. Boris Johnson has just appeared in front of the House of Commons Liaison

Committee, the body that gets to quiz him a few times each year. People from the news media

...