16. Peter Oborne: The Conservatives have become a "far right sect"
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🗓️ 4 February 2021
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Peter Oborne is a conservative commentator who used to work for Boris Johnson - but his new book, The Assault on Truth, is a searing and compelling indictment of a Prime Minister who has turned lies and deceit into an art form. We talk about how Johnson has got away with it, about the alt right leanings of the government, the sinister roles of Michael Gove and Dominic Cummings - and Peter Oborne's damning verdict about the role of the British press and the BBC
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, this is Owen Jones. Welcome to the podcast. Today, Peter Obon. Peter Obon is a really |
| 0:13.7 | unique voice in British journalism. He's actually a conservative and yeah, he has often |
| 0:18.8 | put his sights on the political right in this country and his new book, which is an exceptional |
| 0:24.8 | dissection of Boris Johnson's lying government is no exception. It's called the assault on |
| 0:31.5 | truth. You really do need to read it. Peter Obon is a former employee of Boris Johnson. So knows |
| 0:37.3 | him personally. He looks at a career defined by deception, including notoriously the 2019 general |
| 0:44.4 | election, but beyond. But it goes further than that. Peter Obon's really damning of the media |
| 0:49.6 | industry and his face professional consequences as a result of his very courageous stance. And he |
| 0:55.4 | looks at how the media ecosystem has facilitated that. And he just locks it. What's happened to the |
| 1:00.8 | conservative party under Boris Johnson and the country as a whole. I really, really do recommend |
| 1:08.3 | not only listening to this podcast, but also reading the book, just some housekeeping. This |
| 1:12.8 | podcast is about offering an alternative to the right ring media, taking on injustice, but also |
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| 1:47.1 | speaker. Peter O'Ball. For those joining us, please like and subscribe. I am exceptionally honoured |
| 1:55.2 | to have the esteemed journalist and author Peter O'Ball with me, Peter. Hello. Good, good, |
| 2:00.1 | it. Hello. Good morning. Good afternoon. Good evening. However, people are listening. And we are |
| 2:04.6 | here. Well, in large what we're discussing your book, The Assault on Treatment, which really |
| 2:08.0 | should be mandatory reading about our current administration. First of all, I just want to be |
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