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welcome to the Red Box Politics Podcast in The Times, I'm Matt Jolley. We're back.

We've had some sleep and now we're going to try to make sense of

what's in God's name is going on. I'm joined in the studio this week by Times

columnist Philip Collins, political reporter Henry Zeffman and columnist Rachel

Sylvester will be taking a look at what the election means for the Tory party,

for the Labour Party, for Brexit, for the country and for the very survival of us all.

We start this week with Rachel Sylvester who's going to take a look at what on earth is happening in number 10.

Well, I wrote a column this week saying that Theresa May is a zombie Prime Minister that she's in office but not in power.

But the Tories do actually have a leader who's a winner.

Ruth Davidson, leader of the Scottish Tories, won 12 extra seats north of the border

at the election in an area where the Conservative brand has been toxic for decades.

She's a kickboxing, vodka drinking lesbian and doesn't just talk about modernisation, she exemplifies it.

Some MPs think she could be their saviour, But even if she doesn't come to Westminster,

I think her party has a lot to learn from her.

Well, actually, it was extraordinary seeing the results coming in

and seeing it clearly wasn't working for Theresa May in England and Wales and I know because I'd

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