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The News Agents

The Tories - Live at Wembley

The News Agents

Global

Government, Daily News, News, Politics

4.15.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

It’s the final showdown between Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak. We’re back stage at Wembley for the final Tory leadership hustings, hosted by LBC as this interminable contest finally comes to an end. But what, if anything, have we learnt? When the whole country is worried about paying their bills, can the Tory party really justify the time and money spent on this level of introspection? Producer: Gabriel Radus Planning: Melissa Tutesigensi Sound Engineer: Ioana Barbu Deputy Editor: Tom Hughes Executive Producer: Dino Sofos For exclusive daily videos from The News Agents visit Global Player: https://www.globalplayer.com/videos/brands/news-agents/the-news-agents/ The News Agents is a Global Player Original and a Persephonica Production.

Transcript

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0:00.0

The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity.

0:09.3

This is a global player original podcast.

0:13.0

We're in the balcony of the Wembley Arena and in front of us everywhere, you're just seeing boxes being packed up and wheeled away.

0:21.6

And this, as they say in news, is the sound of a story going away.

0:26.3

Because what we have had this evening is the final hustings of the Tory leadership contest,

0:31.8

but not just the Tory leadership.

0:33.6

It's about who the next Prime Minister is.

0:35.2

And Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss have held their last public meetings.

0:40.6

Tory members have got to vote by Friday.

0:43.5

This LBC debate is over.

0:46.1

We get a new prime minister on Monday.

0:48.5

And today you're going to hear us on location, literally behind the curtain.

0:53.4

We can see the curtains from here.

0:55.0

And we've managed to speak to Rishi Sunak's hype man, Michael Gove,

0:58.8

who's also the one you'll remember who knifed Boris Johnson in the back and told him to go.

1:04.8

What a business card that is.

1:06.5

Hype man to Rishi, knife man to Boris, former levelling up secretary.

1:12.9

Welcome to the newsagents.

1:22.5

The newsagents with Emily Maitliss. Why would you remember our Pizza Express birthday and being at home? Because going to Pizza Express in Woking is an unusual thing for me to do.

1:28.7

A very unusual thing for me to do.

1:31.3

John Soaple.

1:32.4

Would you accept that that was a good example of the smooth running a government?

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