Coffee House Shots: Boris Johnson on Covid failures, the Nanny State & his advice for ‘Snoozefest’ Starmer

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🗓️ 28 November 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Former prime minister Boris Johnson joins The Spectator’s political editor Katy Balls to divulge the contents of his new book, Unleashed. He reflects on his premiership as PM during the pandemic, describing the time as a ‘nightmare’ for him. He also details how he managed to suppress the force of Nigel Farage, and gives advice to Keir Starmer on how to build a relationship with Donald Trump.

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0:00.0	Get a free bottle of Johnny Walker Black Label Whiskey when you subscribe to The Spectator in a Black Friday sale.
0:06.1	Go to spectator.com.uk forward slash Friday.
0:13.3	Hello and welcome to a special edition of Coffee to House Shots.
0:16.8	I'm Katie Balls and I'm joined by Boris Johnson.
0:19.7	Great honour to be here.
0:21.3	A great honour to have you.
0:22.5	It's fantastic.
0:23.2	My place of former employment.
0:25.3	Exactly.
0:25.6	No, you've never in this office were you?
0:27.8	I was in Doughty Street.
0:29.7	Yeah.
0:30.0	Do you like the look of it?
0:31.2	It looks fantastic.
0:32.0	It looks very, very good.
0:33.1	I like this book line there that you've given me.
0:36.3	Fantastic. Now, you've been touring your book for a while.
0:38.9	I think you was trying to save the best to last by...
0:41.5	This is the juttering climax of the publicists program, which has been exhausting.
0:47.4	I've come...
0:48.2	I've been in the Gulf.
0:49.2	I've been...
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