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Rock & Roll Politics with Steve Richards

Boris Johnson and Judgement

Rock & Roll Politics with Steve Richards

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News, Politics, Society & Culture

4.7909 Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

For understandable reasons, there are more raging questions about Johnson’s lack of a moral compass. His hesitation in responding to the allegations about former deputy whip Chris Pincher relate to his tendency to misjudge the nature of every challenge, from Covid to Brexit…  Plus, your brilliant questions on the ill defined ‘centre ground’. Rock & Roll Politics is live at the Edinburgh Festival from August 15th. Tickets here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/steve-richards-presents-rock-n-roll-politics Join Patreon for bonus podcasts and much more. Next up, a special episode on Harold Wilson and Marcia Williams: https://www.patreon.com/RockNRollPolitics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

The

0:07.0

The Hello and welcome to rock and roll politics, the weekly podcast with me, Steve Richards.

0:35.1

Thank you so much for tuning in wherever you are in the UK and indeed

0:39.8

the rest of the world. And you know what I'm going to say next, don't you? As ever, we have got a lot

0:45.8

to cram in in our time together. So this is what we're going to be doing if it's okay with all

0:52.6

of you. I'm going to make a few reflections in a

0:56.5

minute on two things. One, the latest in Boris Johnson's capacity for misjudgment. Judgment is

1:06.1

another key issue relating to Boris Johnson.

1:11.2

There's a lot at the moment on moral compass and lack of it and all the rest of it.

1:16.2

Judgment.

1:16.9

I'll reflect briefly on that, but I want to return, if it's okay with all of you, to the centre ground,

1:24.0

because I've got so many brilliant emails on that theme, and I've had some more reflections

1:31.9

myself on that theme. So we're going to have a bit of a sequel. And then I promise you that

1:39.6

there will be no more reflections on the centre ground for a long, long time.

1:47.4

Maybe until the electoral reform special.

1:54.5

I've got more emails on this centre ground theme, probably than on any other topics.

1:58.5

So, and a whole range of different views as well.

2:03.6

So there's going to be a bit more on that. A couple of notices just very quickly. Those of you on Patreon, sorry, I know we're in July in a new month. This week,

2:10.4

it's my firm pledge that you will get your next bonus podcast, which is going to explore the

2:16.8

relationship between

2:17.8

Harold Wilson and Marcia Williams. Part of our short series on the relationship between

2:23.2

Prime Ministers and their chosen, favoured one in number 10, the most illuminating and revealing

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