Boris Johnson Resigns
Newscast
BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 9 June 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Ex-PM quits Parliament over Partygate report.
Adam and Chris go through his dramatic resignation statement, and discuss the fallout to come, with the former PM’s former communications director, Will Walden.
Today's Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Chris Flynn. The senior news editor was Sam Bonham.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts |
| 0:05.0 | Hello, this newscast Discord channel is really taking off because they seem to be able |
| 0:09.4 | to predict exactly what I'm doing at all times, so George Ette said, they must be also tired. |
| 0:14.9 | Rosie said, newscast from a beer garden, James G said, I like the idea of them all staggering |
| 0:20.0 | back to the studio half-cut to the sound of the claxon. |
| 0:22.9 | Well, I was actually, I wasn't in a beer garden, I was in an outdoor theatre, but I then |
| 0:27.5 | did have a couple of beers afterwards, so I've kind of ticked most of those off, and we |
| 0:32.9 | are going to have a claxon because we're doing a special emergency episode of newscast |
| 0:36.6 | because Boris Johnson has resigned as an MP. |
| 0:39.6 | Music, Music, Music, Music, Music |
| 0:44.5 | Newscast from the BBC. |
| 0:46.3 | He got trounced by the former Prime Minister, who herself got beaten by a lettuce. |
| 0:50.8 | At least I didn't slap anybody, which is good. |
| 0:53.7 | It's the Guardian reading, tofu eating, wopera tea. |
| 0:59.0 | I'm actually very right-wing. |
| 1:00.4 | You do come up with the most remarkable twaddle. |
| 1:02.4 | Today I feel gay. |
| 1:04.1 | The Prime Minister is not under a desk. |
| 1:06.6 | Amir, because I like Harry and Meghan, and I don't care what anybody says about me. |
| 1:11.6 | Hello, it's Adam in the studio. |
| 1:13.1 | And it's Chris in the studio, just listening to that, that little Discord contribution. |
| 1:18.2 | It felt like I was listening to a politician reading a statement on their resignation. |
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