The damning verdict on Boris Johnson
Political Fix
Financial Times
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🗓️ 16 June 2023
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
The blistering report into Boris Johnson’s behaviour by the House of Commons privileges committee casts doubt over his political future. The FT’s Whitehall editor Lucy Fisher is joined by FT columnists Stephen Bush and Miranda Green to discuss the committee’s brutal conclusions — and where the former prime minister goes next. Plus, the FT’s Scotland correspondent Lukanyo Mnyanda joins Lucy from Edinburgh for an update on the turmoil engulfing the ruling Scottish National Party.
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| 0:47.7 | Hi, welcome to Political Fix. |
| 0:49.5 | Your essential insider guide to Western stuff from the financial times with me, |
| 0:53.2 | Lucy Fisher, the FT's Whitehall Editor. |
| 0:55.9 | You heard they're the FT's Stephen Bush on the devastating report into Boris Johnson's |
| 1:00.1 | behaviour. We'll be reflecting on what it all means for the governing conservative party |
| 1:04.7 | and for Johnson's future. |
| 1:06.3 | Plus we'll head to Edinburgh for an update on the political upheaval in Scotland too. |
| 1:10.4 | And here to get the ball rolling, our political fix regulars. |
| 1:13.3 | FT columnist Miranda Green. |
| 1:15.2 | Hi Miranda. |
| 1:16.4 | Hello Lucy and columnist and writer of the FT's inside politics newsletter Stephen Bush. |
| 1:21.2 | Hi Stephen. |
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