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Political Thinking with Nick Robinson

The Liz Truss Foreign Secretary One

Political Thinking with Nick Robinson

BBC

News, Politics

4.62.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

The Foreign Secretary on the ‘network of liberty’, those Mrs Thatcher-styled photoshoots and being too busy to hold Christmas parties

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0:43.6

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0:44.6

Now go on, enjoy your podcast.

0:47.4

Hello and welcome to Political Thinking.

0:50.1

It's been a pretty quiet week really hasn't it?

0:54.1

I've never apologized, never explained as long been Boris Johnson's watch word.

0:59.2

This week he did now apologize, he did explain that everything was someone else's fault.

1:08.6

And I can understand how infuriating it must be to think that the people who have been setting

1:14.8

the rules have not been following the rules, because I was also furious to see that

1:22.3

clip.

1:23.3

And this is speaker, I apologise, I apologise unreservedly.

1:29.8

I've asked the Cabinet Secretary to establish a plan.

1:33.6

By announcing an inquiry the Prime Minister hoped to kick stories of parties into the

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