Boris Johnson has (not quite) resigned. What now?
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🗓️ 7 July 2022
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Summary
After a dramatic twenty-four hours in which over fifty ministers and advisors resigned from government, Boris Johnson has finally admitted defeat and announced he will step down as prime minister and leader of the Conservative Party.
In his speech to the public at lunchtime today, he set out his desire to remain in post as a caretaker PM until the party elect his replacement. Indeed he continues to appoint new ministers to cabinet to fill the vacuum left by those who quit.
In this episode of the New Statesman podcast, Anoosh Chakelian is joined by New Statesman editor Jason Cowley and colleagues Rachel Cunliffe and Freddie Hayward to discuss what happens next. They explore the likely candidates to replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative party, and discuss whether he will be allowed to stay on until the autumn.
They also answer a listener question on whether “Johnsonism” will continue to define the Conservative party beyond Boris Johnson’s tenure.
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| 0:35.6 | Hi, I'm Anish. Hello, I'm Jason. I'm Rachel. And I'm Freddie. |
| 0:39.2 | And on today's episode of the New Statesman podcast, we discuss the fallout from Boris Johnson's |
| 0:43.6 | Not Quite Resignation Speech. |
| 0:52.0 | So we're recording just after the Prime Minister announced his resignation, |
| 0:55.5 | or not quite, outside number 10. And this was after a mass exodus of ministers overnight, |
| 1:01.2 | when Johnson was still insisting he'd stagger on. And after some extraordinary moments, |
| 1:05.1 | the sacking of Michael Gove alongside a briefing calling him a snake. |
| 1:08.6 | Nadim Sahawi appointed Chancellor One Day and then calling for the Prime Minister's |
| 1:12.2 | resignation the next. And we're now on the third education secretary in three days. |
| 1:17.6 | In his speech, Boris Johnson said the timetable for a Tory leadership election will be announced |
| 1:21.6 | next week and has appointed a caretaker cabinet, says he'll stay on as Prime Minister until |
| 1:25.7 | a new leader is in place. But we don't know the timeline yet. It was a very chippy speech. |
| 1:30.4 | He suggested the heard instinct of Westminster politics was responsible for his departure. |
| 1:34.8 | He called it an eccentric decision. And he said that he regretted that his arguments |
| 1:39.6 | to try and persuade his party to let him stay, didn't wash. But then he added thems the brakes. |
| 1:45.4 | We know many in his party don't want him to stay on. So that's what we'll be discussing |
| 1:49.4 | on this podcast, what actually happens next. But Jason, thanks for taking us taking the time to |
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