Tory leadership battle: Esther McVey, John McDonnell, Justine Greening and Damian Green.
Sophy Ridge On Sunday
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4.2 • 157 Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2019
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Theresa May's longtime friend and former deputy Damian Green tells us who he is backing. Plus John McDonnell, the Shadow Chancellor, explains how Labour sees it all.
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| 0:32.5 | Hello and welcome to the Sophie Ridge on Sunday podcast. |
| 0:38.1 | After Theresa May announced she would be stepping down, |
| 0:40.3 | we spoke to two potential successes, Esther McVeigh and Justin Greening, |
| 0:44.7 | plus her former number two, Damien Green and Labour's shadow chancellor, John MacDonald, were on the show. |
| 1:02.9 | Thank you. We're joined as usual by the show producer Matt Lavender. |
| 1:03.3 | Hello. |
| 1:06.8 | And also by the boss of us all, Toby Skullthor. |
| 1:07.7 | Good morning. |
| 1:11.0 | Toby covered for Matt when Matt was on holiday now. |
| 1:11.9 | We can't get him out, basically. |
| 1:17.9 | Yeah, regular listeners will recognise Toby's voice from a very successful appearance a couple of weeks ago. |
| 1:25.6 | And basically, I was presented with an ultimatum, which was that we either allow him to come back on the podcast with us, or I would be sacked and he would take my place. So because I quite like having a job, we've decided to allow Toby to come back. |
| 1:30.4 | And also because he's such a great contribution, of course. |
| 1:33.2 | That stood in the balance, by the way, Matt. |
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