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Amanpour

What next for the UK?

Amanpour

CNN

News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Resigning after just 45 days in office, Liz Truss has cemented herself as the United Kingdom’s shortest-serving prime minister. She presided over a period of chaos: her economic plan tanked the pound and sent markets into freefall, raised interest rates and threw ordinary people into panic about their mortgages and the cost of living. Her slew of tax cuts for the wealthy has been ditched now by her new chancellor Jeremy Hunt. Now, the Conservative Party will hold yet another leadership election, aiming to have another prime minister in place by next Friday. But the calls for a general election are growing louder. Can – and should – the Conservative Party really govern Britain right now? Former Conservative MP and minister Sir Alan Duncan joins the program, followed by Labour MP and Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy.  Also on today's show: Robert Draper, author of Weapons of Mass Delusion; wildly popular Iranian singer Googoosh. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello everyone and welcome to Ammanhore. Here's what's coming up.

0:07.0

Given the situation, I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected by the Conservative Party.

0:15.6

Prime Minister Liz Trust resigns after the shortest time in office in British history.

0:20.4

Political chaos, economic and social pain.

0:24.0

What next for turbulent Britain?

0:26.0

Plus, we can't have a revolving door of chaos.

0:29.0

We can't have another experiment at the top of the Tory party.

0:32.0

As calls for a general election intensify... another experiment at the top of the Tory party.

0:32.8

As calls for a general election intensify can the Conservative Party rebuild.

0:37.3

We get the view from the Tories and from a key Labour politician, Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lamy.

0:44.0

Then, America's political turmoil,

0:47.0

weapons of mass delusion when the Republican Party lost its mind.

0:51.0

Author and journalist Robert Draper tells Michelle Martin why he believes

0:55.5

this new breed of Republicans threatens democracy. Also ahead...

1:00.4

Before there was ever a Madonna, there was Gugush. The Iranian singing superstar joins me with

1:09.6

her own story of repression and her support for protesters back home. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Manpur in London. 45 days Liz Truss's time in office, cementing herself as the country's shortest serving Prime

1:39.2

Minister ever.

1:40.2

We presided over a period of utter, many say self-inflicted chaos.

1:45.4

Her economic plan tanked the pound, sent markets into free fall, raised interest rates,

1:51.2

and threw ordinary British people into panic about their mortgages and cost of living.

1:56.0

Her slew of tax cuts for the wealthy has been ditched now by her new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt.

2:02.0

As a parade of Cabinet Ministers and MPs... by her new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt.

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