Boris Johnson's Partygate Hangover Returns

Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government

Institute for Government

News, Politics, Government

4.6 • 252 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

The Guardian’s political editor Pippa Crerar, who led the way in the reporting of partygate, joins the IfG podcast team to weigh up Boris Johnson’s Privileges Committee hearing. How did the former prime minister perform when quizzed about whether he deliberately misled the Commons? What might the committee decide to do next? And what was it like for Crerar to be the journalist at the centre of one of the biggest political stories of recent years? And while Johnson fought for his political future, in another part of the Palace of Westminster Rishi Sunak was celebrating as MPs – Johnson and Liz Truss not included – backed his Stormont Brake. So is Brexit finally done? Will power-sharing return in Northern Ireland? And what does the vote mean for Sunak’s standing? Presented by Catherine Haddon. With Hannah White and Jill Rutter. Produced by Candice McKenzie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to this episode of Inside Briefing, the podcast from the Institute for Government.
0:15.8	I'm Catherine Hadden and for this week I'm stepping into the presenter's chair.
0:20.3	And that's so that we
0:21.2	can unleash our usual presenter our director Hannah White. Hello Hannah. Hello. Who has a lot to say
0:27.0	about this week's big drama. No, not the fourth season of succession, though we could say lots about
0:32.1	that or I could. I'm talking about Boris Johnson's appearance in front of the Privileges Committee
0:36.5	where the former PM was
0:38.2	grilled about whether or not he inadvertently, recklessly or deliberately misled Parliament.
0:43.5	We're also going to be looking at the dramatic developments that took place in another part of
0:47.9	the Palace of Westminster on Wednesday, and that was the vote on Rishi Sunak's Brexit plan.
0:53.5	Jill Rutter, IFG, Senior Fellow and resident experts on all things Brexit is in the studio too.
0:59.3	Actually, she's remote, but that's okay.
1:01.7	And she'll guide us through the latest twists and turns.
1:04.4	Hi, Jill.
1:05.5	Hi, Cass.
1:06.6	And I'm delighted that we are joined today by the journalist who led the way in the reporting of Party Gates.
1:11.9	And that's the Guardian's political editor, Pippa Kriar. Hi, Pippa. Thanks so much for joining us.
1:16.5	Thanks for having me. Great to be here. So let's start with the top story of the week.
1:22.1	Pippa, I assume you watched it all. What did you make of Johnson's performance in front of the Privileges Committee?
1:28.7	I did. I watched every single minute of the three hours, 30, whatever minutes it was.
1:33.9	So I thought that he would stick to his script and be very calm and collected.
1:41.1	And certainly the briefings that we had in advance from his team was that he was
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