The Pork Pie Plot

Newscast

BBC

Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Is it a serious threat for the PM? The BBC has been told that a group of around 20 MPs (all of whom were first elected in 2019) have met to talk about whether they should try to get rid of Boris Johnson. Laura explains the latest in Westminster... Malakai Fekitoa, the Wasps rugby player, hasn’t been able to speak to his family in Tonga since a volcanic eruption wiped out communication lines to the country. He is joined by the BBC's Michael Bristow to discuss the damage caused and how rescue efforts are being co-ordinated. And James G pops back into the studio with a strange warning for us all: prepare for the end of the pandemic because it could be coming very soon. Today’s Newscast was made by Sam Bonham with Alix Pickles, Ben Cooper and John Murphy. The studio director was Emma Crowe and the assistant editor was Alison Gee.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts
0:04.6	AC-12 interview by Superintendents Hastings, Diave Flemming, Diai Arna.
0:11.1	On screen, I am reference to LBD1.
0:14.8	LBD1 is an email sent by your principal private secretary, Martin Reynolds.
0:20.1	Written more than 100 Downing Street staff to attend a party on the evening of May 20th, 2020.
0:26.3	All that subject for investigation by Superintendents.
0:30.4	We've investigated it, and the facts are planned for everyone to see.
0:36.4	Yes, the Downing Street party story has entered the mashup verse.
0:40.8	That was a video made by the campaign group led by Donkeys,
0:44.0	where they have basically put Boris Johnson into an episode of Light of Duty.
0:49.4	And it looks like they've got the cast of Light of Duty to record new lines.
0:52.6	So it all makes sense.
0:53.8	And it's been endorsed by Jed Mercurio, the godfather of Light of Duty.
0:58.1	And we're also at that stage, where the legendary mashup master, Cassette Boy, gets involved.
1:15.8	And if there's any meme factories that make memes in support of the Prime Minister,
1:20.7	we would of course bring them to you too.
1:22.7	But if there are, they haven't quite reached the same level of prominence yet.
1:26.8	And guess what? The story's going to be fairly prominent again on this episode of Newscast.
1:31.0	Newscast.
1:32.0	Newscast from the Bay Bay say that we'll take some time before we figure out what our new normal is.
1:37.9	Now if that is the argument, then we are going into unprecedented territory.
1:42.3	Combined, the contract tastes contact tasting, tortesting, tracing food.
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