The Story of Lee Cain (The Man the Authorities Came to Blame)
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🗓️ 13 November 2020
⏱️ 32 minutes
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On today's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush and Anoosh Chakelian discuss the departure of Downing Street's comms supremo, Lee Cain, and what it means for the future of the Johnson administration. Then, in You Ask Us, they answer your questions on Croydon council going bankrupt.
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| 1:05.6 | Look for lung cancer inequalities in the new statesman podcast Stephen and I discuss Lee Kane's |
| 1:27.0 | resignation from Downing Street and you ask us will more councils go bankrupt |
| 1:32.0 | now Croydon Council has gone bankrupt. |
| 1:34.0 | So Boris Johnson's director of communications Lee Kane, has resigned. |
| 1:43.6 | And this is amid reports of internal tensions |
| 1:46.4 | in Downing Street between staffers there. |
| 1:49.3 | And we've had a lot of questions from our listeners |
| 1:51.6 | not only about what's going on but why they should care about |
| 1:54.2 | this so Stephen can you give us an overview first of all of what's actually happened |
| 1:58.9 | right so Lee Kane who is the director of Communications at Downing Street, has announced he will |
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