The Andrea Leadsom One

Political Thinking with Nick Robinson

BBC

News, Politics

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2018

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

The Commons Leader on backing Brexit, being baffled by Boris, being badmouthed by Bercow, boosting babies' brains and branding Big Ben.

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0:00.0	This is the BBC.
0:03.4	There is a great split in British politics,
0:06.6	which will define the future of the country.
0:09.2	The split I speak of is not as you might expect
0:12.8	between levers and remainders.
0:15.8	It is between Boris and Michael,
0:18.6	between Johnson and Gove,
0:21.0	two men who went to Oxford together,
0:23.2	who fought for leave together,
0:25.4	who split over the leadership of their party,
0:28.4	both signed up to the Chikers' plan for Brexit
0:32.0	until Boris changes his mind.
0:34.8	All seemed to be okay at that famous Chikers summit,
0:38.8	but perhaps there was a signal of what was to come,
0:42.4	when Boris Johnson made one of his characteristic jokes
0:46.2	about polishing a turd,
0:48.2	O, to have been a fly on the wall then.
0:51.6	What do you don't need to be?
0:53.0	Because the guest on the podcast this week was actually there.
0:57.0	She's the leader of the commons, Andrea Litzon.
1:00.0	We had very frank exchange of views.
1:02.6	People gave their thoughts and their concerns
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