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Weekend: Johnson’s resignation as MP triggers series of by-elections

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11/06/2023 GMT

Johnson’s resignation as MP triggers series of by-elections

BBC World Service - Weekend, Johnson’s resignation as MP triggers series of by-elections

Two former allies of former British PM quit their parliamentary seats.

UK's ruling Conservative party to hold by-elections as three MPs quit their seats.

UK's ruling Conservative party to face three by-elections, as former PM Johnson and two two of his allies quit their parliamentary seats; also in the programme, the story of the four children in the Colombian jungle; The legal challenge to affirmative action in the US; and we hear from the guitar virtuoso, Pat Metheny on what makes good music.

Our panellists are Anatol Lieven, an author and the director of the Eurasia Program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and Professor Diane Roberts. She is also an author and a lecturer of English and creative writing at the University of Florida.

Photo: Former British PM Boris Johnson leaving his London home in March 2023. Credit: Shutterstock

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