Last chance saloon for Boris
Planet Normal
Louisa Wells
4.7 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 8 June 2022
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
The votes are in and the Prime Minister lives to fight another day.
But is it the beginning of the end of the Johnson Premiership? Our co-pilots are divided.
Allison is mourning the end of her love affair with Boris Johnson this week. Co-pilot Pearson believes his backflips on Conservative policy pledges are making voters feel like "a cheated spouse." While she's not convinced the PM is toast just yet, Allison warns his "slowly rotting edifice" is causing untold damage to his party.
Liam argues there aren't any viable candidates to replace Boris Johnson, especially as the cost of living crisis intensifies and the war in Ukraine continues. But co-pilot Halligan admits he is frustrated with the PM's "flabby and limp" policy ideas, and warns he'll need proposals that are more "red meat" than "vegan sausage" if he wants backbenchers to rally around them.
Also boarding the capsule of common sense this week is columnist and Conservative peer Daniel Hannan. He tells our co-pilots the PM is on his "last chance," and suggests Boris Johnson takes a leaf out of Gordon Brown's book when it comes to the economy and spending.
And finally, Allison reveals the hilarious name of one of her WhatsApp group chats.
Allison Pearson: 'My love affair with Boris is over' - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2022/06/07/love-affair-boris/ |
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| 0:00.0 | The Telugu... |
| 0:02.0 | The Telugu... |
| 0:03.0 | ...podcasts. |
| 0:09.0 | Five. |
| 0:10.0 | I don't see anyone who could step up, |
| 0:13.0 | who would give the Conservatives more of a chance of winning the next general election. |
| 0:19.0 | Or... |
| 0:20.0 | We can't go along with this clown show, |
| 0:23.0 | with just the threat that, oh, yeah, well, anyone else is bound to be worse. |
| 0:27.0 | Being a good PM is like being a good teacher. |
| 0:30.0 | You've got to be prepared sometimes to make a decision that is going to leave some people disappointed. |
| 0:35.0 | If you could be in number 10, everything would be alright. |
| 0:38.0 | Can you make in the coffee while prodding us in the ribs to do what you want? |
| 0:42.0 | One. |
| 0:46.0 | We have the job. |
| 0:49.0 | And welcome once again to Planet Normal, the Telugu offpodcast with Alison Pearson. |
| 0:53.0 | Hello. |
| 0:54.0 | And me, Liam Halligan. |
| 0:55.0 | So Boris Johnson has endured a two-close-foot comfort vote of no confidence. |
| 1:01.0 | The Prime Minister says it's time to move on. |
| 1:03.0 | But however, sick the country is of government paralysis and Westminster psychodrama, |
| 1:08.0 | that's not the mood on the Tory backbenches. |
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