A smorgasbord of fiascos
Newscast
BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 9 December 2021
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
It’s been another long day for Boris Johnson. Laura, Adam and Chris chat about all the incoming fire. Just what did he know - and when - about the decorating costs for his Downing Street flat? And what political damage will he suffer over the continuing controversy around alleged Christmas parties last year and the introduction of Plan B. Is this the beginning of the end for the PM?
MP and former Justice Secretary Robert Buckland shares his views about all that and talks about his very personal determination to improve the lives of young adults, like his daughter, who have been diagnosed with autism.
Newscast was made by Ali Gee, Ros Jones, Danny Wittenberg and Alix Pickles.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:04.9 | So today, basically something massive happened |
| 0:07.0 | kind of like every hour politically. |
| 0:09.0 | So what's the metaphor as that you've been using |
| 0:11.3 | to capture such chaos? |
| 0:13.6 | Mine on the radio, little idea was Schmorgas Board. |
| 0:16.4 | Oh, I've wanted to spend some of my mistakes Schmorgas. |
| 0:18.8 | Schmorgas Board of News. |
| 0:20.0 | Oh, exactly, I sure what Schmorgas Board actually is. |
| 0:21.6 | Let's hope it is what we think it is. |
| 0:23.3 | Fiasco. |
| 0:24.3 | Oh, we've upgraded to Fiasco now. |
| 0:26.5 | I've said Fiasco about the party. |
| 0:28.4 | OK, that's a significant moment in any new story when the F words deployed. |
| 0:32.8 | That's not Fiasco gate. |
| 0:35.5 | But it was two weeks ago we said on the audio podcast, |
| 0:37.8 | we said, oh, it could be party gate. |
| 0:39.8 | And here we are. |
| 0:41.1 | I mean, I've got really into poke balls from our lunch lately. |
| 0:43.4 | So I think it's a bit of a poke ball. |
| 0:44.8 | Into what is a poke ball? |
| 0:46.1 | It's like a bowl of rice. |
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