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RISHUFFLE
Liz Truss and her podium left Downing Street around ten thirty this morning, with a brief nod to bravery and her excellent plans for cutting taxes. Rishi Sunak came in an hour later - new podium - an…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
Another new PM, Rishi Sunak
At 1.57pm this afternoon, Penny Mordaunt's team were still insisting she would make it through to the final run off with Rushi Sunak to become Britain's next prime minister. But, just two minutes bef…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
Boris Johnson pulls out
The News Agents convene for a special Sunday night episode. Jon, Emily and Lewis talk through the big news breaking just an hour or so earlier that Boris Johnson, the former Prime Minister, has decid…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
Boris Johnson: Our Next Prime Minister?
In the week to end all weeks, we've lurched from the shortest prime ministerial era *ever* to the potential return of the last PM... who's only been an ex-PM for 45 days. The race to be our next Cons…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
TRUSS QUITS. Now what?
A day after announcing that she was a 'fighter, not a quitter', Prime Minister Liz Truss quits. A disastrous 24 hours for the Conservative government culminated in the PM's ousting at lunchtime today…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
EMERGENCY POD: "A shambles, and a disgrace"
After Home Secretary Suella Braverman resigned, the Prime Minister appointed one of her fiercest critics, Grant Shapps, to the post. Her Conservative project seems dead in the water, and after tonigh…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
The Liz and Suella Show
We were about to publish this episode... and then the Home Secretary resigned. It came amidst a backdrop of a day in which an embattled prime minister had to face a series of tough questions from mem…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
Is 'sorry' enough to save the PM?
After yesterday's stunning economic U-turn, today was a day where it was eerily quiet... almost too quiet. Why? Have the Conservatives finally decided to coalesce around their beleaguered leader? Was…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
'The Lady's not for turning up'
Today saw one of the biggest political U-turns in the UK for decades. The new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt appeared on our TV screens announcing a raft of economic changes. Liz Truss, our Prime Minister, w…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
What is the point of Liz Truss now?
Liz Truss has sacked her Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng, and u-turned on her corporation tax cut. But without him, and the economic policy which defined her premiership, what does she stand for now? How l…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago