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Oct 2024
38m 39s

The Tory Hunger Games

THE TIMES
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Today, the competition between the leadership candidates - Kemi Badenoch, James Cleverly, Robert Jenrick and Tom Tugendhat - heats up as the four make their key speeches on the main stage at Conservative Party conference. Manveen Rana is in Birmingham to join the media scrum - and to witness the battle for the soul of the party. 

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Guests:

  • Aubrey Allegretti, chief political correspondent, The Times.
  • Daniel Finkelstein, columnist, The Times. 

Host: Manveen Rana.

Clips: Times Radio, GB News, Sky News. 

Episode artwork: Times Photographer Richard Pohle. 

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