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Political Fix

Midweek update: the final campaign days

Political Fix

Financial Times

News, Politics, News & Politics

4.21.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2019

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Boris Johnson endured some of the most difficult days of the campaign to date, as he struggled to deal with an NHS crisis in Leeds. Will it knock him off course? Plus, we discuss Jonathan Ashworth's leaked comments, why the Liberal Democrats are miserable and how the Conservative campaign is going in target seats in the north of England. Presented by George Parker with Sebastian Payne and Laura Hughes. Produced by Anna Dedhar. 

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Welcome to F.T. election countdown, your regular update on the UK's impending general election from the Financial Times.

0:48.0

I'm George Parker. In this final mini episode before Polling Day, we'll be discussing Boris Johnson's

0:54.1

Torrid 24 hours on the campaign trail, whether the NHS can destabilise his

0:58.8

campaign. And we're looking at the state of play for labour, how the campaign's going in its famous red wall seats of the Midlands and the North,

1:06.2

and why the Liberal Democrats are looking so miserable.

1:09.2

I'm joined today by Sebastian Payne, who's out on the campaign trail with the Prime Minister, and political

1:14.5

correspondent Laura Hughes.

1:16.2

Thank you all for joining.

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If you find yourself liking this episode of FT election countdown, do subscribe through

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the usual channels, and we also appreciate positive

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reviews. So said we'll start off with the picture of this four-year-old boy

1:29.6

Jack who was lying on a floor in a Leeds hospital on a pile of coats.

1:34.4

It became a huge event in the election, possibly the first big sort of unscripted moment

1:39.5

that went wrong for Boris Johnson in this campaign.

1:41.8

How did he handle it and how much damage do you think it's going to cause him?

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