PODCAST / GUARDIAN The lies and fall of Boris Johnson

 

PODCAST / GUARDIAN

The lies and fall of Boris Johnson

Presented by Nosheen Iqbal with Jonathan Freedland; produced by Tom Glasser, Ruth Abrahams, Natalie Ktena and Rudi Zygadlo; executive producers Elizabeth Cassin and Phil Maynard

 

Fri 8 Jul 2022 03.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2022/jul/08/the-lies-and-fall-of-boris-johnson-podcast

 

Boris Johnson announced his resignation after he accepted that he no longer had the support of his party. Jonathan Freedland describes a man brought down by his own failings

 

Boris Johnson finally accepted the inevitable on Thursday morning and announced that his premiership was over: he would resign as prime minister but stay on in a caretaker role until his replacement was decided by the Conservative party.

 

It marked the end of a chaotic political career which saw him spearhead the Brexit referendum victory in 2016 and follow it up with a thumping election win as prime minister in 2019. But as Jonathan Freedland tells Nosheen Iqbal, his short time in office was marked by scandal and crisis in nearly equal measure.

 

Now, there are calls for him not to merely announce his departure but to clear off the stage completely and let an interim PM begin to repair the damage of the Johnson era. For the opposition parties, the departure of Johnson prompted calls for a new general election.