Amanpour: Afua Hirsch, Simon Fraser, Mark Landler, Helle Thorning-Schmidt and Craig Whitlock

Amanpour

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4.1 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2019

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Afua Hirsch, author and social commentator, Simon Fraser, former head of the UK Foreign Office and Mark Landler, the London Bureau Chief for the New York Times join Christiane Amanpour on set to discuss the Conservative Party landslide victory in the historic UK election. Helle Thorning-Schmidt, the former Danish Prime Minister discusses Boris Johnson's Brexit plan. Craig Whitlock, a lead investigative reporter for the Washington Post, discusses his work uncovering the Afghanistan papers.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone, and welcome to Ammanpur. Here's what's coming up.
0:07.0	I urge everyone to find closure and to let the healing begin.
0:15.1	After a landslide election victory it is full steam ahead for Brexit.
0:19.8	An expert panel dives into the changing face and friends of Britain.
0:24.0	Then, we're going to get Brexit done.
0:26.0	He may get the divorce, but will he get an amicable relationship?
0:30.0	Former Danish Prime Minister Hela Thorne-Smith has the view from Europe.
0:34.4	Plus, unlocking the truth, were Americans fed lies about the war in Afghanistan.
0:40.3	Investigative journalist Craig Whitlock joins me. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Manpur in London and it is Friday
1:01.4	the 13th and the British Tory party is celebrating
1:04.4	its good luck with a landslide election victory. Prime Minister Boris Johnson
1:09.2	now has a comfortable majority and therefore Brexit will happen. there will be no second referendum.
1:15.1	Speaking outside number 10 he paved the path forward for his new government.
1:21.5	And on Monday MPs will arrive at Westminster to form a new Parliament and I'm proud to say that
1:26.7	members of our new one nation government, a People's Government, will set out from constituencies that have never returned a
1:35.1	conservative MP for 100 years and yes they will have an overwhelming mandate
1:40.8	from this election to get Brexit done and we will honor
1:45.0	that mandate by January the 31st. Johnson benefited from a one-issue election
1:52.2	and an unpopular opponent.
1:54.3	Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party suffered its worst defeat since 1935 and he will step down
2:00.6	only not just yet.
2:02.1	And even the centrist liberal Democrat leader
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