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🗓️ 26 July 2022
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Patrick Maguire sits in for Matt Chorley. Boris Johnson is plotting a comeback, so we take you back in time to when former prime ministers tried to get back in power for the second time with Tim Montgomerie, Professor Richard Toye, Nick Thomas- Symonds and across the waters, Bernard Lagan.
Plus columnists David Aaronovitch and Rachel Cunliffe on the leadership TV debate and Keir Starmer going back on his leadership pledges.
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0:53.7 | Hello, this is the Red Box podcast. I'm Patrick McGuire, still in for Matt |
1:01.2 | Tually. While I was watching Richie Soonach and Liz Truss slug it out in Stoke on Trent last night, |
1:06.0 | he sent me a picture of himself necking a shot of limoncello in line Regis. |
1:09.5 | It's all right for some. But coming up on today's podcast, Boris Johnson is plotting a comeback. |
1:13.8 | So we've been looking at histories examples of prime ministers who won't take no for an answer. |
1:18.8 | That's coming up in just a moment, but to discuss the TV debate between Tuna and Truss |
1:22.8 | and Keir's time of backtracking on his leadership pledges, here's David Ornogich and Rachel Conliff. |
1:29.8 | The columnist on Times Radio. Tell you what, you can't go the staff here, |
1:34.9 | but you can get the best commentary from David Ornogich times columnist. Hi there. |
1:39.6 | And Rachel Conliff joins us from the new statesman in the absence of Danny Finkelstein. I don't know |
1:44.3 | what Danny's off doing. David, have you any idea? I think he's trying to buy players for Thomas |
1:49.9 | Tuchel at Chelsea, who's very cross, that not enough players have been born. Get on with it, Danny. |
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