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Politics Weekly UK

Peerages and posh boys – Politics Weekly UK podcast

Politics Weekly UK

The Guardian

News, Politics

4.01.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

The Conservative party is not far from all-out war, from Rishi Sunak’s public criticism of Boris Johnson to Nadine Dorries decrying ‘posh boys’ for blocking her peerage. The Guardian’s John Harris is joined by political editor Pippa Crerar and the former Tory cabinet minister David Gauke to try to untangle the mess. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is The Guardian.

0:12.4

In the wake of an honours list fallout,

0:14.2

and a remarkable resignation letter from Boris Johnson,

0:17.0

we've heard Rishi Sunak's most outright attack on his predecessor.

0:20.4

Boris Johnson asked me to do something that I wasn't prepared to do,

0:25.2

and if people don't like that, then tough.

0:27.8

Meanwhile, Johnson's ally and protector Nadine Doris

0:31.1

says she's the victim of a cruel kind of class war

0:33.9

waged by the posh boys in number 10.

0:36.0

I think you can't have a point in life when you have to stop,

0:39.5

when you can't just be pushed around,

0:41.6

when you can't allow people to bully you,

0:43.6

as I've just been bullied by number 10.

0:45.8

Will we ever escape the wreckage of Boris Johnson's time as PM,

0:48.9

or is he actually taking the first steps of a carefully planned comeback?

0:53.2

I'm John Harris and you're listening to Politics Weekly UK for The Guardian.

0:58.6

Joining me today are The Guardian's political editor,

1:02.8

Pippa Creera, and David Gork, the former Conservative Cabinet Minister.

1:06.3

Hello to you both.

1:07.5

Hello.

1:08.1

Hello.

1:08.9

Hello.

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