Is the UK ready for Rishi Sunak?
Today in
Focus Series
Presented
by Nosheen Iqbal with Jessica Elgot; produced by Lucy Hough, Alex Atack and
Solomon King; executive producer Phil Maynard
Mon 24 Oct
2022 22.00 EDT
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/audio/2022/oct/25/is-the-uk-ready-for-rishi-sunak-podcast
Nosheen
Iqbal heads to Westminster, where the latest Tory leadership contest has
resulted in the UK’s third prime minister this year
As
Westminster woke up on Monday, there were just two candidates remaining in the
race to succeed Liz Truss as Conservative party leader and prime minister.
Boris Johnson had flown back from a Caribbean holiday to attempt a comeback but
his campaign stalled and on Sunday night he withdrew, leaving just Penny
Mordaunt and Rishi Sunak.
Nosheen
Iqbal headed to Westminster, where a day of drama beckoned. The Guardian’s
deputy political editor, Jessica Elgot, was on hand to help make sense of the
day’s events as Sunak continued to amass support throughout the morning.
By 2pm it
was clear that Mordaunt, the leader of the House of Commons, had not done
enough and that Sunak would become prime minister - the third in as many
months. The job he faces could barely be bigger: to regain credibility with the
markets, to turn around Britain’s current status as an international laughing
stock, and to refashion his party into one that can maintain even the minimum
standards of internal discipline. All the while, he will need to explain why he
is rejecting the constant calls from opposition parties – and many of the
general public – to hold a general election.
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