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The shifting tectonic plates of UK politics

The shifting tectonic plates of UK politics

Poll predicts Rishi Sunak to lose seat in Tory wipeout

FT News Briefing · Forhecz Topher

June 21, 202411m 55s

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Show Notes

Credit agencies have misrated more than $100bn of commercial real estate debt, new election polls suggest the UK could be in for a seismic political shift, and the Philippines has been secretly reinforcing a dilapidated warship marooned on a South China Sea reef. Plus, drilling for naturally occurring hydrogen gas was deemed unfeasible, but prospectors now think differently.


Mentioned in this podcast:

Poll predicts Rishi Sunak to lose seat in Tory wipeout

Why we can’t be sure of the size of the Labour swing

How a cigarette sparked a slow-burn search for buried ‘gold’ hydrogen

Philippines secretly reinforces ship at centre of South China Sea dispute

Ratings agencies give high marks to bonds financing defaulted properties


The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Josh Gabert-Doyon, Ethan Plotkin, Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Monica Lopez. Our intern is Prakriti Panwar. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music.


Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com


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