Archer | Interview | 4
British Scandal
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4.4 • 7.2K Ratings
🗓️ 31 May 2022
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Alice and Matt talk to Adam Raphael. He's an author and a journalist and in 1987 he was subpoenaed to give evidence for The Daily Star in Archer’s libel trial. He discusses Archer's character, his political skill and how similar he is to a certain British Prime Minister.
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| 0:06.0 | From Wondry I'm Matt Ford and I'm Alice Levine and this is British scandal. |
| 0:36.0 | So Alice, after all this, what's your opinion of Geoffrey Archer? |
| 0:39.0 | Geoffrey Archer, yeah, I mean, number one, a trustworthy guy. |
| 0:43.0 | There have been a lot of misunderstandings and I think nowadays people are just not willing to give the benefit of the doubt. |
| 0:50.0 | Just so they were absolutely given the world in which you operate. You are joking. |
| 0:55.0 | I am joking. I don't trust him as far as I can throw him. |
| 0:59.0 | And do you think there are any parallels between Geoffrey Archer and the Tory party of the time and prominent conservatives like the Prime Minister Boris Johnson now? |
| 1:06.0 | I can't think of what analogy you're possibly trying to draw on that. |
| 1:09.0 | Yeah, I mean, of course, both ambitious, they both lied to get ahead known for their romantic entanglements. I mean, the list goes on where we could draw those parallels. |
| 1:19.0 | It does indeed, but how fair is that comparison and what was Geoffrey Archer really like? |
| 1:23.0 | Well, I guess today knows all too well. Adam Raphael is an author, a journalist and in 1987, |
| 1:28.0 | he was subpoena to give evidence for the daily star in Archer's libel trial. |
| 1:33.0 | He had vital evidence that Archer lied when he said he did not meet Monica Cofflin. He joins us next. |
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