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Political Fix

Boris on manoeuvres and the case for the customs union

Political Fix

Financial Times

Politics, News, News & Politics

4.21.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2018

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Is the foreign secretary lining up for a leadership bid? Or just frustrated at Theresa May’s leadership? Plus, is there a case for staying in the EU customs union? With Laura Hughes and Alan Beattie of the Financial Times, plus ConservativeHome’s Andrew Gimson and Stephen Booth from Open Europe. Presented by Sebastian Payne. Produced by Martin Stabe. 

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0:00.0

Imagine sweeping through green fields, floating five feet above ground, sun on your face as you

0:08.3

slide by on track to your

0:15.0

there,

0:20.0

to care in the world as you simply lean back.

0:17.0

And before you know it, you're there.

0:20.0

This is how travels should feel,

0:22.0

and on our trains it does.

0:25.0

Avanti West Coast feel good travel. Welcome to F.T. Politics, the Financial Times podcast on British politics.

0:40.3

I'm Sebastian Payne and in this week's episode we'll be discussing Boris Johnson on maneuvers yet again and whether there is any case for the UK to stay in the EU Customs Union. I'm delighted to be joined by our political correspondent Laura Hughes,

0:53.8

leader writer Alan Beatty, Stephen Booth from the open year of Thingtown and Andrew

0:58.1

Jimson who is a biographer of Boris Johnson and contributing editor at

1:01.5

Conservative Home.

1:02.8

Thank you all for joining.

1:03.9

And if you like this episode of EFT politics,

1:06.2

don't forget to subscribe to receive it on your phone, tablet or

1:09.3

computer every Saturday morning.

1:11.7

Boris Johnson managed to put himself back in the headlines this week

1:14.6

demanding that Theresa may stump up an extra five billion pounds for the NHS.

1:19.4

He made this case in the cabinet meeting on Tuesday which curiously made its way onto the front page of that day's

1:24.8

Times newspaper. Many of his cabinet colleagues are somewhat disgruntled at the foreign

1:29.4

sector's behavior straying outside of his brief while MPs are wondering if he's on leadership

1:34.0

manoeuvres once again.

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