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355. The Adults Are Back in the Room

Where Politics Meets History

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Is There a New Secretary of State?

Rishi Sunak is the only candidate I can immediately think of that would kind of fit the bill. He's never struck me as a particularly club-able person who has sort of really devoted fans. James Cleverley, he's clearly a total Boris Johnson acolyte. I'm not sure he will survive. Mel Stride could be the new Chancellor. Head of the Treasury Select Committee was in the Treasury with Rishi Sunak. So if there is an alternative one, I suspect it might be him. The fact that people aren't talking about it actually in a sense you could say it was a good thing because if it's just seen as completely normal then good.

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