Theresa May's succession, and Labour's opportunities
Political Fix
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🗓️ 18 May 2019
⏱️ 40 minutes
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| 0:27.4 | combined terms and conditions apply. Ask in store for details. Hello and welcome to FT politics, our weekly discussion of UK politics at Westminster and |
| 0:45.0 | beyond, with me Miranda Green. Joining me today are George Parker, our political editor, and |
| 0:51.3 | Laura Hughes, political correspondent, John Byrne Murdoch, our data political John McTern and the political strategist. |
| 1:03.0 | It's almost with a sense of relief |
| 1:04.8 | that we can finally discuss the inevitable. |
| 1:07.5 | Theresa May, the Prime Minister, stepping down and clearing the way |
| 1:11.3 | for a Tory leadership race, and all of it against the background of a tumultuous and even bizarre |
| 1:16.8 | European election campaign. A little bit later I'll be asking George and |
| 1:21.6 | John McTernan about whether we might actually end up with three, not two, |
| 1:25.3 | Prime Ministers this year. But first off, Laura and our own John are here to talk about the governing, |
| 1:31.8 | or is it semi-governing conservatives. |
| 1:35.2 | Laura I'm going to start with you because 17 leadership contenders at the last count. |
| 1:41.2 | What an earth is going on and is Boris Johnson just so far out in front |
| 1:45.9 | that the rest will peel off quite soon? Boris is an interesting one because whilst he's |
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