Navigating the Conservative Leadership Race

Today, we look in more detail at Matt Chorley’s interview with Boris Johnson and the race to be the next leader of the Tory party.

Alex and Chris discuss with Matt his lively interview with the former PM. You can listen to it in full here - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0jwdwdv

Plus, Tom Tugendhat has been knocked out of the race to be the next leader of the Conservative party. But is the success of James Cleverly the story of the vote? With a 16 vote lead, is his place in the final two now safe? You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Alex Forsyth. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Gemma Roper and Ruchira Sharma. The technical producer was Andrew Mills. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.