This Could Be The End Of The Conservative Party
The Owen Jones Podcast
Owen Jones
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🗓️ 18 January 2022
⏱️ 3 minutes
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Summary
As Boris Johnson's government is convulsed by scandal and crisis, could this be not just the end of him - but the end of the Conservative party, too? That's what Peter Oborne - a longstanding Conservative supporter - thinks is entirely possible.
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| 0:00.0 | I do think this is a profound moment in conservative history. |
| 0:05.5 | It can well be that this is the end of Conservative Party. |
| 0:10.5 | Because what we're seeing now, I do think this is right, |
| 0:13.5 | that the Johnson loyalists, you know, Nadine Doris, |
| 0:17.0 | the home secretary, pretty Patel, |
| 0:21.0 | the repeat of bones of this world, |
| 0:23.0 | they're arguing this is sort of, |
| 0:25.0 | this is the virtuous leave, you know, |
| 0:30.0 | leave world of, you know, |
| 0:32.0 | who take Britain out of your opinion, |
| 0:34.0 | you know, they're suffering the revenge of the Remainists. |
| 0:38.0 | Now there's going to be some people in the Conservative Party |
| 0:42.0 | who will buy this, others will see it as a sort of, |
| 0:45.0 | we'll see it for the nonsense it is. |
| 0:47.0 | But I think the Conservative Party can split, |
| 0:51.0 | if Johnson goes, |
| 0:53.0 | you will get a large number of people leaving, |
| 0:58.0 | in disgust, |
| 1:00.0 | and then whoever takes over has to define himself |
| 1:04.0 | or just as likely herself against the, |
| 1:08.0 | against Johnson, |
| 1:09.0 | was Johnson a great leader who was misunderstood |
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