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Jun 2022
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Can Boris Johnson regain the trust of th...

Al Jazeera
About this episode

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has withstood a challenge to his Conservative Party leadership. With an election three years away - can he regain MPs' trust and perhaps more importantly - the trust of the British people?

Join host Hashem Ahelbarra. 

With guests:

Kevin Craig - Political Communications Specialist and CEO and founder of PLMR Communications. 

Ross Greer - Scottish Green Party politician and Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP). 

Alan Mendoza - Executive Director of the Henry Jackson Society.

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