Race to replace Boris Johnson | Dominic Raab, Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Lee Rowley

Sophy Ridge On Sunday

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Politics, News, News Commentary, Government

4.2 • 157 Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Tory leadership debates got underway this week, as the race to become the next prime minister sees five candidates battle it out – Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss, Penny Mordaunt, Kemi Badenoch and Tom Tugendhat.

Sophy Ridge is joined by Sky’s political correspondent Rob Powell and editor Toby Sculthorp as they discuss interviews with those backing three of the hopefuls looking for the keys to Number 10.

Also, a reminder that on Sky News this Tuesday at 8pm, Kay Burley will host a leadership debate, with the final Tory candidates taking part.

Host: Sophy Ridge
Senior podcast producer: Annie Joyce
Editor: Paul Stanworth

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0:40.3	Hello and welcome to the Sophie Ridge on Sunday podcast.
0:43.3	Today we are focusing on the Conservative Party leadership election and the contest, of course, to be the next Prime Minister,
0:48.3	with interviews with Dominic Raab in Duncan Smith and Lee Rowley.
0:53.3	Well this week on the podcast, you were joined by me, Sophie, obviously.
0:57.6	I'm here in Milbank, our Westminsterst's studio.
1:01.0	And actually I've got two people with me, which is very unusual.
1:04.1	We've got Tope's Sculthor.
1:05.9	Hello.
1:06.7	And we've got Rob Powell.
1:08.0	Hello.
1:08.5	Who is our political correspondent extraordinaire.
1:11.9	Expert, thank you.
1:13.2	Good to have you with us, Rob, to actually let us know what is going on rather than just listening to me and Toby pretending that we know what's going on.
1:21.2	I mean, it's just I just can't, I just feel like I need to take a minute just to reflect on the breathless rush of the last few weeks.
1:29.3	Literally two weeks ago today, I was interviewing Therese Coffey talking about what the Prime Minister knew about Chris Pinscher.
1:37.4	Now Boris Johnson's resigned.
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