The Making of Boris Johnson

The Daily

The New York Times

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🗓️ 22 July 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

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After trying and failing to withdraw Britain from the European Union, Theresa May will resign this week as the country’s prime minister. Here’s how the man expected to succeed her, Boris Johnson, made Brexit — and how Brexit may soon make him prime minister. Guest: Sarah Lyall, a writer at large for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Background reading:Mr. Johnson has become one of the great escape artists of British politics.Some of Mr. Johnson’s family members, once staunch opponents of Brexit, have had to perform a complicated political jujitsu around his candidacy for prime minister.Prime Minister Theresa May is scheduled to step down on Wednesday. Only 160,000 Conservative Party members can vote for the next leader, sidelining 99 percent of registered voters.

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0:00.0	From The New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro.
0:02.4	This is The Daily.
0:09.3	After trying and failing to deliver Brexit,
0:12.9	British Prime Minister Theresa May will resign this week.
0:16.9	Today, the story of how the man expected to succeed her
0:21.3	made Brexit, and how Brexit is now making him Prime Minister.
0:28.2	It's Monday, July 22nd.
0:36.0	I will shortly leave the job that it has been the honour of my life to hold.
0:42.0	I do so with no ill will, but with enormous and enduring gratitude
0:47.8	to have had the opportunity to serve the country I love.
1:01.4	Sarah Lyle, you've covered Britain for years. Catch me up on what happened after the moment
1:07.0	when Theresa May announces that she's stepping down.
1:10.0	Well, it touched off an immediate mad scramble over who would replace her.
1:14.4	An under-party rules, the next party leader is chosen only by members of the Conservative Party
1:20.2	and it's they who will be selecting the next leader of the party
1:23.6	and thus the next Prime Minister of the UK.
1:26.0	And who is that expected to be at this point?
1:28.6	At this point, it's a shoe-in for Boris Johnson.
1:31.2	Unless something bizarre happens, he will be the next Prime Minister.
1:37.4	And Sarah, who is Boris Johnson?
1:39.4	He is the Conservative MP for Henley. He's editor of the Spectator
1:43.4	and it seems he's 92 times better than me at hosting topical news quizzes.
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