Summary
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced his resignation. What happens next? Phil, Rajdeep, and Nick discuss the latest developments in the saga of Boris Johnson's resignation, from the mass quitting of his ministers, to the pressure on him from MPs. Who is in the running to be the next Prime Minister, and what impact might this have on the Scottish Government's plans for independence and the timings of the next General Election?
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds |
| 0:02.4 | You're listening to BBC Scotland |
| 0:09.5 | Hi, you're listening to |
| 0:13.9 | Podlitical, BBC Scotland's podcast that brings you an inside look at the big |
| 0:17.4 | stories coming out of Hollywood and Westminster. |
| 0:20.0 | We were meant to be on our summer holidays, but as you may have heard, there's been quite a big story. |
| 0:24.6 | It is about 2 o'clock on Thursday, the 7th of July. |
| 0:27.9 | It's important to note that timestamp because things change every 15 minutes of the moment. |
| 0:32.3 | But anyway, I am Phil Sim, a political journalist based in Edinburgh, and today I am joined by... I am Rajee Psyndu, a political journalist based in Westminster. |
| 0:42.3 | I am Nick Erdley, a political journalist who currently lives in Downing Street. |
| 0:49.3 | Not as Prime Minister, just for coverage. |
| 0:51.3 | Well, who knows at this point? |
| 0:53.3 | So that's a good place to start because I I imagine people have heard what it's going. |
| 0:57.8 | Nick, you spent the last couple of days busy on Downing Street. |
| 1:00.8 | What is the atmosphere like down there? |
| 1:03.1 | I doubt it's cheery. |
| 1:04.8 | The simple answer is that things have deteriorated rapidly in the last 48 hours for Downing Street. |
| 1:11.6 | Ever since the former Health Secretary Sajad Javid kicked off the resignations, |
| 1:16.4 | it's got worse and worse and worse. |
| 1:19.4 | And when I got here this morning, Boris Johnson still thought he could tough it out. |
| 1:24.2 | He could get through the weekend and try and go into that confidence vote |
| 1:27.9 | that was likely to happen next week and persuade his MPs that he still had something to offer. |
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