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The New Statesman | UK politics and culture

NS#256: Boris Johnson's Brexit Bungle

The New Statesman | UK politics and culture

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🗓️ 15 February 2018

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Stephen and Anoosh discuss Boris Johnson's disingenuous Brexit intervention. Then they talk about a recent trip to see the Labour MP Laura Pidcock in Durham, and the art of a good political interview. Finally, they (try to) answer a very good listener question: what actually is the government's plan for the Northern Irish border after Brexit?

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Listen to eight years hard labour wherever you get your podcasts. Hello I'm Stephen and I'm Anush on this week's news station podcast we discuss Boris Johnson's latest Brexit speech we talk about Northern Ireland and the art of the political interview.

1:13.0

Right, so Boris Johnson. Not Boris. Not Boris.

1:25.0

Not Boris is back in the news with a big speech about the liberal case for Brexit.

1:31.0

What did you think? Well, the first thing I thought and I know I

1:34.3

shouldn't be surprised by this point is why is the Foreign Secretary doing a

1:38.4

speech about Brexit you know? It's not really his area and I think that he's been sort of freelancing in that role for so long

1:48.0

it just shows that nothing's really changed that he's still able to make these set-piece

1:52.1

speeches about Brexit and what it means for Britain rather than the rest of the world.

1:56.6

And I know it is tenuously related to the rest of the world because he's saying that there's sort of a global liberal case for it.

2:02.0

But I think it's just still sort of him posturing and on

2:05.6

manoeuvres and I just find it depressing that we're still in this stage where he's able to just

2:10.1

step up and say whatever he wants about it that makes him look better for having

2:13.4

been a Brexit ear and remember he wasn't really one in the first place that it just makes

2:17.9

me think nothing's changed and that you shouldn't listen to a word that he says.

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