Do you think this is the last we've seen of boris johnson in british politics? I really am not sure. If our, if our discussions about this man have taught us anything, tom, it's that he's got nine, maybe ten, lives. He is defending his position. In his resignation speech, he sets out that, ah, you know, my job was half done. And as we've seen at westminster, the herd instinct is powerful. When the herd moves, it moves. So it clearly he's setting himself up for keeping that option open in case the conservative party loses the next election under the new leader.
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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