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Oct 2022
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Liz Truss goes, could Boris Johnson be b...

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After 44 days, Liz Truss has quit office and is now the shortest-serving prime minister in the country's history. A new Conservative leader will be elected in little more than a week.

On the Sky News Daily, Sally Lockwood speaks to our deputy political editor Sam Coates about who could be running in the contest, including a potential return for Boris Johnson, and how the short race will work.

Podcast producers: Soila Apparicio and Emma Rae Woodhouse
Interviews producer: Alys Bowen
Podcast Promotions Producer: David Chipakupaku
Editors: Philly Beaumont and Paul Stanworth
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