The hole Boris Johnson digs for himself gets bigger
Political Fix
Financial Times
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🗓️ 22 January 2022
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
The latest twists and turns in the ‘partygate’ drama this week as Conservative MPs threatened a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Boris Johnson. We explore the progress of Sue Gray’s inquiry into the partygate row, how Johnson will respond and whether he can survive.
Presented by Sebastian Payne, with George Parker, Robert Shrimsley and Camilla Cavendish.
Produced by Anna Dedhar and Howie Shannon. The sound engineers were Breen Turner and Jan Sigsworth.
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| 0:24.0 | Bayes Business School, always learning, Bayes Business School was formally cast business school. |
| 0:33.0 | The party gate route continued to envelop Boris Johnson's government this week, |
| 0:38.0 | as the Prime Minister faced mountain anger over his defence of lockdown-breaking parties. |
| 0:44.0 | Categorically, that nobody told me and nobody said that this was something that was against the rules |
| 0:52.0 | that was a breach of the COVID rules, or we were doing something that wasn't a work event. |
| 0:58.0 | Because, frankly, I don't think I can't imagine why on earth it would have gone ahead. |
| 1:07.0 | Welcome to Payne's Politics, your central insider guide to what's happening in British politics |
| 1:12.0 | from the financial times with me, Sebastian Payne. |
| 1:15.0 | There's only been one story in the Westminster Village this week, party gate, |
| 1:19.0 | as you heard Boris Johnson apologising for at the top. |
| 1:23.0 | We'll be devoting this episode to the latest twists and turns in the drama that could still end the Prime Minister's career. |
| 1:29.0 | So is Johnson on the cusp of a no confidence vote? Could he win it? |
| 1:33.0 | What is the latest on Sue Gray's investigation into the parties? |
| 1:37.0 | And how badly was the Prime Minister rocked by the defection of a Red War Tory MP to Labour? |
| 1:42.0 | We'll be unpacking all the news and drama with our top panel, |
| 1:46.0 | political editor George Parker, chief political commentator Robert Schrimsley |
| 1:50.0 | and the FT's contributing editor and columnist Camilla Cavendish. |
| 1:54.0 | Thank you all for joining. |
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