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🗓️ 29 May 2020
⏱️ 29 minutes
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What can we learn about the Prime Minister's chief adviser from his own words?
Guests:
Ian Leslie, writer and journalist.
Steven Swinford, The Times' Deputy Political Editor.
Hosts:
Manveen Rana and David Aaronovitch.
Clips: BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Sky News, The Telegraph.
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0:00.0 | Has Dominic Cummings, the enigmatic mastermind behind the vote leave campaign, and Boris Johnson's right-hand man made a monumental political mistake. |
0:12.8 | Did you return to Durham in April? |
0:14.8 | Lots of people wanting to know this morning. |
0:16.8 | Can I ask you while I'm keeping my distance? |
0:19.6 | How many times have you left London during the lockdown is coming? |
0:22.0 | The nation would love to know. Since his strange |
0:24.1 | strange Rose Garden press conference the demands that Mr. |
0:27.3 | coming should resign have only grown. |
0:30.0 | I think it's certainly exacerbated his situation but don't comeings won't care |
0:37.8 | about that he has never been in politics to make friends he is famously |
0:42.3 | unclubable and doesn't believe in that way of doing things. |
0:46.0 | So who is the man behind the turmoil? Well, there's a surprising window into his soul, |
0:51.8 | his blog. He writes like a sort of brilliant teenager who's |
0:56.4 | keeping a diary. He's always kind of getting his own back on people, taking |
1:00.3 | revenge. You're listening to stories of our times from the Times and the Sunday Times. |
1:05.6 | I'm David Aronovich. |
1:07.4 | And I'm Manveen Rana. |
1:09.0 | Today, the blog, the science, the drive. Twas the night before Christmas when all through our home, friends were waiting for |
1:26.1 | drinks at the party we'd thrown. With an espresso martini mixer from Fever Tree, |
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1:45.6 | fever tree cocktails for you and your guests. Please enjoy responsibly. |
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