Boris Johnson's Resigning as the Leader of the Conservative Party

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Boris johnson has resigned as the leader of the conservative party. And he stays on as prime minister until a new leader is elected. The two contenders are rishison and richi sunach. Listrus used to be a liberal, but now represents centrist candidate. Richi Sunach says we must control inflation first before talking about tax cuts. But liztras argues that it's time to get growth going by cutting taxes.

Britain’s Conservative party is spending the summer choosing its next prime minister. The Atlantic’s Tom McTague introduces the candidates vying to replace him.

This episode was produced by Miles Bryan with help from Victoria Dominguez, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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