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🗓️ 4 February 2022
⏱️ 26 minutes
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The New Statesman’s incoming political editor Andrew Marr makes his New Statesman podcast debut to discuss his cover story on Boris Johnson’s moment of peril with Anoosh Chakelian, Britain editor.
They talk about what’s gone wrong for Johnson, whether the current crisis is terminal and who could be the next Prime Minister.
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1:18.3 | Hi, I'm Anouche. I'm Andrew. And on today's New Statement podcast, |
1:24.2 | we discuss our incoming political editor Andrew Mars cover story about why Boris Johnson is beyond |
1:29.9 | saving. On today's New Statement podcast, I'm very excited to be joined by our incoming political |
1:44.7 | editor Andrew Mars for his debut appearance. Welcome, Andrew. Thank you. It's very exciting |
1:50.1 | indeed. Anouche and I'm delighted to be here. Well, I mean, there's so much to talk about. But first |
1:56.2 | of all, before we start talking about your cover story in the current issue, I wanted to ask you a |
2:02.4 | bit about what your plans are as political editor of the New Statement. I mean, you wrote a diary |
2:07.0 | for us saying that you wanted to go back to having that dog-eared notebook in your pocket, |
2:11.2 | cheap pens leaking on your shirts. And your plan really is to be back in the thick of the lobby, |
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