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Mar 2023
31m 39s

Is it over for Boris Johnson?

THE TIMES
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After swearing an oath on the King James Bible, Boris Johnson spent nearly three and a half hours being quizzed by fellow MPs on the privileges committee about gatherings in Downing Street during lockdown. The same afternoon, only 22 Tories followed him through the lobbies, defying a three-line whip to vote against the government’s Brexit deal. So is his appeal – and his argument – fading away? And where does it all leave the Conservatives?

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Guest: Henry Zeffman, Associate Political Editor, The Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Clips: Parliament TV, Channel 4 News.

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