Boris Johnson | Mayor On A Zipwire | 2
British Scandal
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4.4 • 7.2K Ratings
🗓️ 1 November 2022
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
It's 2008: Boris is vying for the role of Mayor of London, all the while keeping the top job in his sights. Despite blunders in Beijing, a tumultuous and highly publicized personal life, and that zipwiring incident, Boris seems unstoppable. But with a history-altering referendum on the horizon, Boris faces an existential choice - remain, or leave?
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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. |
| 0:06.0 | Hello, just before we get started, just a public service announcement from British Scandal HQ. |
| 0:11.0 | I don't know if you've noticed, but British politics is a binfire at the moment, and I'll be honest, |
| 0:16.0 | we can't keep up with the minute-by-minute earthquakes happening in government. |
| 0:20.0 | So please forgive us if we sound like we recorded this before Liz Trust got the boot, because we kind of did. |
| 0:26.0 | Just a warning before we begin this episode, it does contain strong language, Alice. |
| 0:30.0 | I might not have heard some of these words before. |
| 0:32.0 | I think I've heard you use all of them. |
| 0:34.0 | Hi, Alice. |
| 0:42.0 | Hi, I just give you one sec. |
| 0:44.0 | Okay. |
| 0:44.0 | Use callus, uh, is arrogant, prone to lying and deception. |
| 0:50.0 | Doesn't know the difference too right and wrong. |
| 0:52.0 | Oh, are you doing your prep for the Boris Johnson episode? |
| 0:54.0 | Uh, yeah, sure. Yeah, let's say that. |
| 0:58.0 | Is this about me? |
| 1:00.0 | Also paranoid. |
| 1:06.0 | It's August 2010, lazy lagoon island Tanzania. |
| 1:12.0 | Boris walks out of his luxury holiday lodge, |
| 1:16.0 | lowers himself into the warm turquoise sea. |
| 1:20.0 | He floats on his back, watches his wife Marina, as she sits on a sun lounger and picks up a book. |
| 1:26.0 | He's paying £700 a night for this, and they've hardly spoken since they got here. |
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