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Political Thinking with Nick Robinson

The What Does Boris Johnson Really Think One

Political Thinking with Nick Robinson

BBC

News, Politics

4.62.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Pragmatist, libertarian or cakeist? Heathite or Trumpesque? Nick explores what drives the political views of Boris Johnson.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:04.6

Hello, I'm Emily Mailless. I'm a presenter on News Night.

0:09.9

And I'm John Soaple in Washington.

0:11.7

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0:14.6

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0:18.8

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0:25.2

of the 2020 presidential election campaign.

0:27.8

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0:33.0

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0:39.1

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0:42.7

Welcome to Political Thinking. I'm off for a couple of weeks. So this is an edition of the podcast

0:47.9

with a difference. Not a conversation with a single individual, but a documentary made for radio for

0:54.4

asking an important question. What does Boris Johnson really think?

0:59.5

If it's an interview you're in the mood for, don't forget that all the back editions of

1:03.0

Political Thinking can be found on BBC Sounds. Here, there was that program.

1:08.8

What does Boris Johnson really think?

1:11.9

This is the moment when the dawn breaks and the curtain goes up on a new act in our great

1:17.3

national drama. I guess it's we're out. Boris Johnson did get Brexit done.

1:23.1

And the next act in the drama has begun. But even though he's been one of the country's best

1:28.2

known politicians for well over a decade, remarkably little is known about what Boris really thinks.

1:36.0

Boris is a man of imaginative words. There is a flexibility about the meaning of the words.

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