Blame and Shame

Oh God, What Now?

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Politics, News, Government, Society & Culture

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2022

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Boris Johnson remains consistent in at least one regard – he continues to disappoint yet fails to surprise with his actions. With the PM’s bluster having backfired of late, journalist and author of Just Boris: A Tale of Blond Ambition Sonia Purnell joins us to discuss his position. Meanwhile, questions have been raised over “dirty money” from Russia “flowing into” London. How does this tie in with our politics – and place on the world stage? “Boris was driven by the agenda of his own career. He had to be number 1 and of course the most powerful person in the country is the Prime Minister.” - Sonia Purnell “It’s getting hard to defend the system.” - Ian Dunt “Tory MPs have essentially desensitised themselves, and there are no boundaries to what they will defend.” - Ros Taylor “Johnson is not a nice, cuddly teddy bear. There is a loss of control when he’s under threat.” - Sonia Purnell “For the Tory party to change, you have to hurt it at the ballot box.” - Ros Taylor www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Dorian Lynskey with Ian Dunt and Ros Taylor. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Lead Producer: Jacob Jarvis. Producers: Jacob Archbold and Jelena Sofronijevic. Audio production by Alex Rees. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:02.7	Hello, welcome to O-God What Now. The podcast is as eagerly awaited as a soot-grade
1:09.8	rom. I'm Dorian Linsky. Ian Dunt is a columnist for I and he's just launched his mysteriously
1:15.7	titled newsletter Ian Dunt's Week. Hello Ian. Thank you. What do you imagine? What delights
1:22.8	await? It's really Ian Dunt talking about the week. Let's move on.
1:29.8	This is a newsletter for the I who are putting out for subscribers. I think it's about
1:35.2	a newsletter every day. There's one on economics and foreign affairs. Mine, they would
1:38.7	like do you want to do a newsletter with swearing in it, which obviously now focuses on
1:42.6	care of expertise. Yes. And to which my answer wasn't need
1:45.2	focus. It's quite nice being able to swear and copy. I'm rather enjoying it. And I
1:50.2	quite like I use something use less of politics. It was also on a Friday morning. It's
1:54.9	quite a nice time to write. It's called it fun day. On a fun day. This is coming from
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