Global Britain after Boris Johnson

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BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

As Boris Johnson prepares to stand down as UK Prime Minister, the BBC’s Ritula Shah asks what his premiership has meant for Britain’s standing in the world. In just three years in office he was a key player in world events – Brexit, the COP 26 climate summit, the war in Ukraine. He championed an idea of ‘Global Britain’ – what did that mean and how will his colourful and controversial leadership be judged in countries around the world?

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0:00.0	What's up y'all, I'm Renee Montgomery,
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0:06.6	I'm looking back on the life
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0:13.2	whose name has been all but forgotten.
0:16.0	Aura, Washington.
0:17.9	Stay listening at the end of this podcast to find out more.
0:20.9	I want to use the last few seconds,
0:29.9	Mrs. Beger to give some words of advice to my successor,
0:34.4	whoever he or she may be.
0:37.0	Number one, stay close to the Americans,
0:38.9	stick up for the Ukrainians,
0:40.6	stick up a freedom and democracy everywhere.
0:43.6	Boris Johnson bidding farewell to MPs in the House of Commons
0:47.6	in his characteristic Ebullient style.
0:50.8	Hasta la vista, baby.
0:53.6	You're listening to the BBC World Service.
0:56.0	I'm Rithla Lashar,
0:57.0	and this is Global Britain after Boris Johnson.
1:00.5	The outgoing UK Prime Minister is a gifted communicator
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