Boris Johnson | Leave Means Leave | 3
British Scandal
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4.4 • 7.2K Ratings
🗓️ 9 November 2022
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Boris has never been more popular as he leads the successful Leave campaign during the Brexit referendum. He couldn't be in a stronger position to become Prime Minister...until an old ally turns into an adversary. But when new PM Theresa May gives him a surprise top cabinet job, how will Boris use his new position to his advantage?
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, Prime Members. You can listen to British scandal at free on Amazon Music. Download the app today. |
| 0:06.3 | Alice, I do just need to warn you that in this episode there are going to be some very |
| 0:11.6 | naughty words. Don't say you weren't warned. |
| 0:19.0 | Hi, Alice. Hi, Matt. So I've got a question for you. Okay. Bit of a quiz. Gladly. |
| 0:24.6 | What do Japanese knotweed, |
| 0:26.3 | Polonium 210 and microplastics having common? Oh, this is fun. Okay. |
| 0:31.0 | Do they all feature in an episode of British scandal? |
| 0:34.9 | Good guess, but no. Okay. They're all on my Christmas list. |
| 0:38.8 | No, try and properly guess. Okay. Okay. Actually, I think I do know the answer. |
| 0:43.9 | Are they all significantly more popular than you? |
| 0:49.9 | You're the second person who said that today. No. They're all easy to get rid of than Boris Johnson. |
| 0:55.2 | Oh, of course. Are you sure it isn't my last answer? Come on, mate. |
| 1:00.3 | So sensitive. |
| 1:05.4 | The early hours of the 21st of June 2019, |
| 1:09.3 | Carrie Simmons flat, Campbellwell, South London. Boris tries to calm Carrie down. |
| 1:16.7 | She's been shouting at him for the past 10 minutes. He closes his laptop and huddles over it. |
| 1:22.5 | He's been living at her flat on and off since Marina left him last year. |
| 1:26.8 | He doesn't need this. He's in the final days of campaigning to become party leader. |
| 1:32.4 | On the brink of achieving everything he's dreamed of since he was a young boy. |
| 1:36.7 | If all goes well, in two days time, he'll be elected as the new leader of the conservative party. |
| 1:42.6 | And he'll finally be prime minister. |
| 1:45.7 | Carrie lunges for the laptop. He grips it tightly. |
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