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Oct 2024
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The Boris Johnson interview

THE TIMES
About this episode

To mark the publication of his memoir “Unleashed”, Boris Johnson sat down with Times Radio’s Stig Abell to talk about Donald Trump, Brexit, and refusing to rule out a political comeback.

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Guest: Boris Johnson, former Prime Minister and author of Unleashed.

Host: Stig Abell. 

Photo: Times photographer Jack Hill. 

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