G7: There's Summit About Boris

Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government

Institute for Government

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🗓️ 11 June 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

As the G7 in Cornwall marks the first major summit of the post-COVID era, can Boris Johnson steer conversation away from the worsening Northern Ireland Protocol situation towards his preferred theme of Global Britain? We hear from Tom Newton Dunn, chief political commentator at Times Radio and political columnist at the Evening Standard. Plus, inside UK Government’s woeful record on ethics. ‘Freedom Day’ on June 21 in jeopardy. And your guide to the upcoming Sausage War with the EU. • “The fact that this G7 is even happening is in itself an achievement.” – Tom Newton Dunn • “What does Boris Johnson want from the G7? He wants to be at the centre of global attention for vaccination and climate change.” – Alex Thomas • “Politics is a contact sport… the drought of social interaction will lend extra weight to this G7.” – Hannah White Presented by Bronwen Maddox with Hannah White and Alex Thomas. Audio production by Alex Rees. Inside Briefing is a Podmasters Production for the IfG. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to
0:11.2	the podcast from the Institute for Government. I'm Bronwyn Maddox. Well, warships are anchored
0:17.5	off the Cornish coast. We've got US military planes circling the skies above St
0:22.0	Ives and about 6,000 police officers have descended on the southwest corner of England as well.
0:27.6	Yes, the G7, the first global summit in the COVID era, is rolling into Cornwall. We'll take a look
0:33.1	at what the UK wants to achieve, what the world wants to achieve, and whether G7 summits are the right
0:38.2	way to go about it. For Boris Johnson, this gathering is a chance to show the world what
0:43.1	global Britain is all about. But there are questions about whether his government is setting the
0:48.0	best example at home. We're going to take a closer look at a decidedly mixed record of
0:52.8	heeding the rules on ethics. And then we'll end
0:56.0	by looking ahead to Monday when the Prime Minister will announce whether the great unlocking date
1:00.6	of June the 21st will be met or whether the latest COVID data means the date will have to shift.
1:07.5	I'm joined for all this in the virtual studio today by a brilliant line-up.
1:11.4	We've got IFG Deputy Director Hannah White back with us.
1:14.3	Hi, Hannah.
1:15.2	Hi, Bronwyn.
1:16.2	Thanks for joining us.
1:17.5	And it's good to be joined again by Alex Thomas, formerly of the Cabinet Office,
1:21.5	now running our civil service work program.
1:23.9	Hi, Alex.
1:24.6	Hi, Bronwyn.
1:25.4	And we're all delighted that Tom Newton Dunn, Chief Political
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