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Welcome to the commentary magazine Daily Podcast today is Thursday July 7th 2022.

I'm John Patoar. It's the editor of commentary magazine with me as always executive editor

A Greenwald Hyab. Hi John. No, Rothman is off promoting his book Christine Rosen is out this week

and we are thrilled to have with us today on the news just right on top of the news.

Our dear friend longtime commentary contributor and biographer Non Pere, Andrew Roberts,

Andrew, welcome to the podcast. Thanks very much indeed. John, it's great to be on the show again.

We have just in case anybody within the amitab my voice does not know Andrew has a biography of

King George the third out has been out for a couple of months. Of course, follows his biographies of

Churchill and his biography of Napoleon and his book on the the storms of war on the second world

war his book on the great AIDS to the number two number three guys who helped win the second world

war just a list of wonderful things and great contributions to commentary. But Andrew,

we have you here because as you as you know better way better than I just a few hours ago

Boris Johnson stood before a microphone in front of 10 Downing Street and resigned his

premiership of Great Britain after three extremely tumultuous years. I just want to go back and tell

you a story about you and me and Boris Johnson which is that the night that Brexit passed

something for which you had been agitating let's say or been a deep

supporter for you know since 2005 passed in 2016 I believe right I mean this was a yeah no I've

been advocating it toward actually I wrote a I wrote a dystopian novel about it back in 1994

so they've been pushing for Brexit Brexit you know for most of my life right right and so

when when Brexit passed and you told me it was like the happiest day of your life at the

David Cameron the Prime Minister resigned upon its passage since he had been advocating for its

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