Sunk! Is Sunak’s Tory Party over?

It’s been a bruising 24 hours for Rishi Sunak including a
ministerial resignation, emergency prime ministerial press
conference and a former home secretary now firmly on manoeuvres.


Amol and Nick discuss the Today programme’s exclusive interview
with that former home secretary, Suella Braverman, and analyse
how much trouble Sunak is now in. Will there be a leadership
challenge?


As he’s shoring up his leadership the former prime minister Boris
Johnson is trying to secure his legacy at the Covid Inquiry. What
will history’s verdict on him be? Sir Simon Schama provides his
perspective on how Johnson’s time in No10 will be remembered,
long into the future.


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The Today Podcast is hosted by Amol Rajan and Nick Robinson, both
presenters of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, the UK’s most
influential radio news programme. Amol was the BBC’s media editor
for six years and is the former editor of the Independent, he’s
also the current presenter of University Challenge. Nick has
presented the Today programme since 2015, he was the BBC’s
political editor for ten years before that and also previously
worked as ITV’s political editor.


The senior producer is Tom Smithard, the producer is Rufus Gray.
The editors are Jonathan Aspinwall and Louisa Lewis. The
executive producer is Owenna Griffiths. Studio direction from
Jack Graysmark.