Boris Johnson lands back to earth
Political Fix
Financial Times
4.2 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 July 2022
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
We discuss whether Boris Johnson's Global Britain ambitions were achieved during his recent overseas trip and the fallout from the resignation of deputy chief whip Chris Pincher.
Plus, we explore Nicola Sturgeon's plans for a second Scottish independence referendum and whether the next general election will decide the future of the United Kingdom.
Presented by Sebastian Payne, with political editor George Parker, political correspondent Jasmine Cameron-Chileshe, UK chief political commentator Robert Shrimsley and Scotland correspondent Lukanyo Mnyanda.
Produced by Anna Dedhar and Howie Shannon. The sound engineers were Breen Turner and Jan Sigsworth
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| 0:23.0 | After a long jaunt aboard, |
| 0:25.0 | Oys Johnson returns to the UK to be faced with another host of problems, |
| 0:29.2 | including yet another Pestminster scandal. |
| 0:32.0 | These allegations are really serious. |
| 0:33.6 | This is about sexual assault. |
| 0:35.4 | So the idea that the Prime Minister thinks he's done the decent thing |
| 0:38.6 | by resigning there's no need for an investigation. |
| 0:41.0 | Well, that's a total disgrace. |
| 0:44.0 | Welcome to Payne's Politics, your central insider guide to Westminster |
| 0:47.4 | from the Financial Times, with me Sebastian Payne. |
| 0:50.6 | In this week's episode, we'll be examining the Prime Minister's turn |
| 0:53.8 | at the G7 and NATO summits. |
| 0:56.0 | His stance on Ukraine relations with France, |
| 0:58.6 | mothers efforts to project an image of global Britain worked. |
| 1:02.0 | But we'll all speak something his hard bum back to earth |
| 1:05.0 | with the resignation of the Deputy Chief Whip, Chris Pinscher, |
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