Is Boris Johnson untouchable?

Beyond Today

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🗓️ 25 June 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Boris Johnson is the clear favourite to replace Theresa May. He easily made it to the final along with Jeremy Hunt after getting backing from more than 100 Tory MPs. But things have gone a bit wrong for him after his neighbours recorded a row with his girlfriend Carrie Symonds and gave it to the press. He’s also faced criticism for hiding from TV debates – Jeremy Hunt has told him to “man up”. So with a less than a month to go before we have a new Prime Minister, just how vulnerable is Boris Johnson? We speak to BBC Political Correspondent Ben Wright and Joanne Nadler, author of “Too Nice to be a Tory”. We also hear from Nels Abbey, author of “Think Like A White Man”, who tells us how things would be different for Boris Johnson if he were black. Producers: Philly Beaumont, Alicia Burrell Mixed by Nicolas Raufast Editor: John Shields.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:04.6	Hello, I'm Tina Dehealey and this is Beyond Today where we ask one big question
0:10.6	about one big story every weekday.
0:13.2	Today is a
0:23.7	Boris Johnson untouchable.
0:27.7	Boris Johnson is essentially a compendium of blackmail stereotypes.
0:37.0	So part of today's episode is a thought experiment in which we discuss what would happen if Boris Johnson was black.
0:47.0	More on that later.
0:48.2	We also speak to a Tory insider, but before that we need to catch up on a breathless few days in the contest to be
0:55.8	our next Prime Minister.
0:57.7	Now in case you've been under a rock, Boris Johnson is the clear favorite to replace Theresa May. He easily made it to the final two
1:06.4	contenders along with Jeremy Hunt after getting backing from more than a hundred
1:11.0	Tory MPs. But things have got a bit wrong for him, after his
1:15.4	neighbours recorded a row with his girlfriend Carrie Simons and gave it to the press.
1:21.6	He's also faced criticism for hiding from TV debates. Jeremy Hunt's told him to man
1:26.7	up. But last night, Boris Johnson gave his first interview of the campaign to the BBC's
1:32.4	political editor Laura Coonsburg.
1:35.7	So with less than a month to go before we have a new Prime Minister, just how vulnerable is
1:41.2	Boris Johnson now.
1:42.2	I was looking at the front pages coming in and they are But how vulnerable is Boris Johnson now?
1:42.8	I was looking at the front pages coming in and they are very revealing.
1:46.6	I've been speaking to Ben Wright, political correspondent for the BBC.
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