Boris Johnson’s Lying Circus

Oh God, What Now?

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🗓️ 15 June 2023

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Recorded before the Privileges Committee report landed. We thought the whole point of resigning was to shut up and go away? On his way out, ex-MP Johnson trashes everything from the Privileges Committee to Tory detente to objective truth itself. We reassemble the original Remainiacs team to look at the squalid final days of Britain’s worst Prime Minister. Could he ever come back? Plus, as Trump ends up in court and Berlusconi goes to the Great Bunga Bunga Party in the Sky, is populism unravelling? And there’s news for long-time listeners. Listen to our new paper review podcast PAPER CUTS here. https://listen.podmasters.uk/PCogwn • “Johnson is treating the inquiry itself with contempt… Even his fingernails lie. There’s no limit to his depravity.” – Ian Dunt • “The Trump indictment is like someone fed every John le Carré novel into ChatGPT and then asked it to write an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm.” – Alex Andreou • “The mystique has gone. That sense of the ‘proven winner’ has gone. The Tory Party are not complete chumps. He’s running scared.” – Ian Dunt • “Johnson’s version of events are undermined because he’s a lying liar that lies.” – Naomi Smith Presented by Dorian Lynskey with Alex Andreou, Ros Taylor, Naomi Smith and Ian Dunt. Audio producers: Alex Rees and Simon Williams. Producer: Chris Jones. Art: James Parrett. Theme music by Cornershop. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, it's Andrew Harrison here. This edition of O God What Now was recorded on Wednesday
0:05.0	before the Privilege's committee report dropped, so yes Boris Johnson managed to spike us one
0:10.0	last time. But never mind, listen up for rather a special edition and hold tight too for an emergency
0:16.5	cast about the report coming very soon.
0:20.4	Welcome to O God What Now. I'm Dorian Linsky. On today's show, the Privilege's committee will
0:30.6	eventually rule that Boris Johnson misled Parliament over partygate, but neither he nor the report has
0:35.0	arrived at the time of recording because they can't find a printer. With Trump in the dark,
0:40.4	the Brexit Sunlit Uplands Adjustment Memory and Berlusconi in a box is popularism having
0:45.1	its difficult second album period. Plus, in the extra bit for Patreon backers, we're asking the
0:50.4	panel how to fix the wretched honour system in Westminster. And let's meet the panel. First up,
0:55.2	it's commentator Alex Andre, hello Alex. Hello Dorian. And Chief Executive of Bess of Britain
1:00.0	named me Smith. Hello, name me. Hi, hi, hi. Ross Taylor is pop masters contributing editor and
1:04.5	host of Jam tomorrow. Hi Ross. Hello. And finally the author of How Westminster Works and
1:09.1	Where It Doesn't And My Co-host an Origin Story in Dundt. Hello. Now we brought the remaining
1:13.8	expat together because this is sadly Ian's last show as a regular panelist. He is leaving to pursue
1:18.8	new opportunities on the public speaking circle. And the boards of various hedge funds.
1:24.9	I wish man, I fucking wish. We unfortunately had to reject his resignation on his list about which
1:30.3	no assurances were made. Just bad news for John Stuart Mill, Isaiah Berlin and Judge Dredd.
1:36.9	It's nice though that Ian's exit coincides with the final commediation of Boris Johnson.
1:41.7	We can't get enough. Ian has outlasted all of the party leaders who were in place when recorded
1:46.8	the very first Romania at in April 2017. Theresa May resigned as did Johnson and Liz Truss after her.
1:53.2	Jeremy Corbyn resigned and lost the Labour whip. Nicholas Sturgeon resigned and currently faces
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