Sophy Ridge On Sunday podcast: ‘The world has moved on from Boris Johnson’ | Grant Shapps, Guto Harri, and Pat McFadden

Jun 11, 2023 at 6:46 PM
Sophy Ridge On Sunday podcast: ‘The world has moved on from Boris Johnson’ | Grant Shapps, Guto Harri, and Pat McFadden

After an explosive weekend, former prime minister Boris Johnson has resigned as an MP, taking supporters Nadine Dorries and Nigel Adams with him in exiting the Commons, with whispers that extra might observe.

It’s left his successor, Rishi Sunak, with an almighty by-election-related headache, as Westminster rolls in the direction of the summer season break.

Sir Keir Starmer says the nation now wants a snap normal election, with Mr Johnson’s resignation overshadowing a serious U-turn in Labour’s £28bn flagship “green prosperity plan”, and one more MP being suspended from the occasion, pending investigation.

On this week’s Sophy Ridge On Sunday podcast, hear interviews with the Energy Secretary Grant Shapps, and Labour’s shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, Pat McFadden.

Former Downing Street director of communications below Mr Johnson, Guto Harri, provides an perception into what his former boss would possibly do subsequent. Plus, hear evaluation from The Sun on Sunday’s Kate Ferguson, and The Guardian’s Peter Walker.

Producer – David Chipakupaku
Editor – Paul Stanworth