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Podcast: Beyond Currency
Episode: 7 July 2022 - Johnson’s Premiership hanging by a thread
Description: Prime Minister Boris Johnson appears to be reaching the end of the road as support for him to stay in the role collapses.
Previously loyal supporters like Transport Secretary Grant Shapps and Home Secretary Priti Patel joined many of their colleagues in calling for him to step down. Even the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, Nadhim Zahawi, only appointed twenty-four hours earlier, has agreed that it is time for Johnson to leave.
The 1922 Committee, which decides the rules under which the Parliamentary Conservative Members act, has hinted that at its next meeting it may consider changing its rules to allow...