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Boris Johnson: Year One

Newscast

BBC

Politics, News

4.46.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Boris Johnson has been the Prime Minster for one year. And what a year it’s been. Laura and Chris are joined by his former Director of Communications, Will Walden, and former editor, Max Hastings, to look back at how the PM has coped with Brexit, a pandemic, a near death experience and a new baby. Studio Director: Emma Crowe Producers: Harriet Noble, Frankie Tobi, Seren Jones Editor: Dino Sofos

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts.

0:04.3

Laura, it's revealed to Newtacastas the way that this podcast is sometimes put together

0:08.5

in little pieces. We've already recorded the main bit, haven't we? And it is a cracking

0:12.2

chat with Will Walden, who worked for years and years with Boris Johnson, and officers

0:16.4

all sorts of insights into, well, the whole business of working with him, which will

0:20.2

play you in a minute.

0:21.2

People in tears, people being whacked with crutches, people getting told off in that

0:25.5

Israeli airport early in the morning.

0:27.9

And that was Boris Johnson being told off cigarettes near the canal.

0:31.1

It's here with me. It's a filter.

0:33.0

It is a filter. Such a filter that Adam on holiday at the moment, but on our WhatsApp group.

0:39.1

And so here's our conversations whilst we are recording.

0:41.4

It has been struck by Horde Envy, and he's messaging us from wherever he is, demanding

0:46.7

to know why was this not saved until I came back or something, some such thing.

0:50.6

Oh, that's so tragic. So we better get on with it, because he's actually going to end up

0:53.5

trying to dial into this studio, but just before we do, I want to say a special hello to

0:59.6

Jonathan Brindle and Joe Karoma, because we had Naga in the chair yesterday, lovely having

1:04.6

her on.

1:05.6

Obviously, because she works on breakfast telly, she gets up in the middle of the night,

1:08.0

and what she does when she gets up very, very early in the morning is listen to this

1:11.0

podcast.

1:12.0

So I was wondering, who else does? Well, Jonathan Brindle told us he's listening to his wife

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