Truss’s glide path to Number 10
Political Fix
Financial Times
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🗓️ 3 September 2022
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
The Tory leadership race finished this week, with foreign secretary Liz Truss widely expected to triumph. We discuss the final campaign developments, Truss’ pledges on tax, and what Boris Johnson might do next.
Presented by Sebastian Payne, with George Parker, Robert Shrimsley and Jasmine Cameron-Chileshe.
Produced by Anna Dedhar and Howie Shannon. The sound engineers were Breen Turner and Jan Sigsworth.
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| 0:31.0 | The Tory leadership race entered its final week. |
| 0:34.0 | As Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss doubled down on their economic pledges |
| 0:38.0 | and pulled back some of the blue on blue attacks. |
| 0:42.0 | Can you say tonight, read my lits, no new taxes on your administration? |
| 0:46.0 | Yes, no new taxes. |
| 0:49.0 | Welcome to Payne's Politics, |
| 0:52.0 | your essential insider guide to Westminster from the Financial Times, |
| 0:56.0 | with me, Sebastian Payne. |
| 0:58.0 | As you've been joining us over these summer weeks, |
| 1:00.0 | we've been focusing on the Tory leadership race, |
| 1:03.0 | the only story in town, and it's finally come to an end. |
| 1:07.0 | Voting closed on Friday, we'll be looking back at the final hostings, |
| 1:11.0 | what the candidates are saying on the economy, |
| 1:13.0 | what a Liz Truss cabinet might look like, |
| 1:16.0 | whatever's going to happen to that Boris Johnson. |
| 1:19.0 | To analyse, I'm delighted to be joined by our political editor, |
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