Candidates to replace Boris Johnson are "more right-wing" | Rory Stewart interview | New Statesman
July 15, 2022
46,576
738
287
2.20%
Search the Record
IndexedEvery word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
The New Statesman Episodes Around July 15, 2022
See what was published immediately before and after this episode.
11:12Now PlayingCandidates to replace Boris Johnson are "more right-wing" | Rory Stewart interview | New Statesman
YouTube Description
as posted by the channelRory Stewart ran against Boris Johnson in 2019, and says the conservative leadership race itself is driving candidates like Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss and Penny Mordaunt to stand on a more right-wing platform to appeal to Tory party members.
Subscribe on YouTube
In this excerpt from his full interview with Rachel Cunliffe, coming soon, the former Conservative Secretary of State says running to be Prime Minister is "completely exhausting". He describes his experience, and gives his view on the candidates running in the current leadership race.
Will Penny Mordaunt win the election to replace Boris Johnson? Listen to the New Statesman podcast team discuss the front runners here
--
Rory Stewart is a Senior Fellow at the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs at Yale University. In 2019 he stood against Boris Johnson for the Conservative Party leadership following the resignation of Theresa May. He was a Conservative MP for nine years, and served as Secretary of State for International Development in 2019 before resigning from the Cabinet when Boris Johnson became Prime Minister.
--
The New Statesman brings you unrivalled analysis of of the latest UK and international politics. On our YouTube channel you’ll find insight on the top news and global current affairs stories, as well as insightful interviews with politicians, advisers and leading political thinkers, to help you understand the political and economic forces shaping the world.
With regular contributions from our writers including Political Editor Andrew Marr and Anoosh Chakelian - host of the New Statesman podcast - we’ll help you understand the world of politics and global affairs from Westminster to Washington and beyond.
SUBSCRIBE on YouTube
Links & Promotions
Guests & Subjects Covered
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.