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Resignation Event Live: Jonathan Freedland, Simon Jenkins and Manveen Rana on Britain’s Political Crisis

Politics &
Economics

To what extent was the Boris Johnson debacle conditioned by the circumstances around him or by his own failings as prime minister?

To what extent was the Boris Johnson debacle conditioned by the circumstances around him or by his own failings as prime minister? How realistic is it for Johnson to stay on while the battle to succeed him gathers pace? Who among the candidates is the likeliest to win out? What does all this mean for British politics in the long run?

Speakers for the motion

  • Simon Jenkins

     Journalist and author

  • Jonathan Freedland

    Guardian columnist, author and broadcaster

Chair

  • Manveen Rana

    Senior investigative journalist and host of The Times and Sunday Times flagship podcast Stories of Our Times

Speakers

SPEAKERS

Simon Jenkins

 Journalist and author

 Journalist and author. He writes twice weekly for the Guardian and has worked on the Economist and Sunday Times and edited the Evening Standard and The Times. His books include works on London’s architecture, the press and British politics. His bestsellers include England’s 1,000 Best Churches and 1,000 Best Houses, a study of Thatcherism and a short histories of London, England and Europe. His book on Europe’s greatest cathedrals came out in 2021 and his latest book is Celts: A Sceptical History.   

Jonathan Freedland

Guardian columnist, author and broadcaster

Guardian columnist and former foreign correspondent. He is the presenter of BBC Radio 4’s contemporary history series, The Long View, as well as two podcasts, Politics Weekly America for the Guardian and Unholy, alongside the Israeli journalist Yonit Levi. He is a past winner of an Orwell Prize for journalism. He is the author of twelve books, the latest being The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World.
Chair

Manveen Rana

Senior investigative journalist and host of The Times and Sunday Times flagship podcast Stories of Our Times

Senior investigative journalist and host of The Times and Sunday Times flagship podcast Stories of Our Times. She was previously a broadcaster and reporter for BBC Radio 4's The Today Programme and The World at One.