Tory Conference Derailed By HS2
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4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 2 October 2023
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
On the day of the chancellor’s speech, everyone’s talking about a train line.
West Midlands Tory mayor Andy Street has said Rishi Sunak would be "cancelling the future" if he "gives up" on the Manchester leg of HS2.
Adam and Chris are there for his impromptu press conference.
Conservative Party chairman Greg Hands joins to react to that, as well as what Jeremy Hunt and Liz Truss had to say today. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Today's Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Chris Flynn with Sam McLaren and Joe Wilkinson. The technical producer was Gareth Jones. The editors are Jonathan Aspinwall and Sam Bonham.
Topics: 01:12 Andy Street press conference 10:42 Tory chairman Greg Hands 22:11 Analysis with Chris Mason
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts |
| 0:04.7 | Greetings from the press room behind the scenes of the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, |
| 0:10.0 | where a load of journalists and even more laptops are huddled under the massive vaulted |
| 0:15.6 | ceilings of the venue, which is an old railway station, for a railway line that no longer |
| 0:21.6 | exists. |
| 0:22.6 | Irony Alert, and the reason the Irony Alert is signing so loud is because the first few |
| 0:27.2 | days of this event have been overshadowed by all the rumors and speculation about the |
| 0:32.2 | future of the high-speed two railway line and whether it will ever reach this far in |
| 0:37.0 | the north of England. |
| 0:38.0 | I suspect all the action, though, is happening outside the conference and that's where |
| 0:42.3 | I'm heading now to start this episode of newscast. |
| 0:45.0 | Newscast. |
| 0:46.0 | Newscast from the BBC. |
| 0:47.0 | Why can't people buy a house? |
| 0:49.6 | Look at their wages. |
| 0:50.6 | There are many questions on things that are not related to maths. |
| 0:52.8 | People who say that we were partying simply do not know what they are talking about. |
| 0:57.0 | The era of global warming has ended, the era of global boiling has arrived. |
| 1:01.8 | It's the first time ever, I've been able to say, well done here. |
| 1:05.6 | I'll end by tempting her to update newscast and update this house. |
| 1:09.8 | The Prime Minister is not under a desk. |
| 1:12.4 | Hello, from a slightly rainy Manchester, where Tory Party conference is well underway. |
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