Will no one rid me of this troublesome former PM?

Chopper's Politics

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Brexit, Political, News, Uk, Coronavirus, Politics, Parliament

4.2 • 864 Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Boris Johnson is turning into one regular headache for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. So this week Christopher Hope is looking at three spheres where the former PM is intent on sticking his oar in.

First, the Brexit impasse in Northern Ireland. The DUP's Sammy Wilson joins Chopper to discuss whether Boris' interventions on a trade deal are helpful, whether a change in Westminster leadership could make a difference, and casts doubts on whether Rishi Sunak even understands the concept of the Union (ouch).

Also on the podcast, the Chair of the Conservative Democratic Organisation, David Campbell Bannerman discusses why the Tory grassroots are revolting, and whether they're punishing the MPs that overthrew Johnson. Plus Chair of the Defence Select Committee, Tobias Ellwood, on whether the former PM is right to push for fighter jets for Ukraine and why he thinks the conflict will last for years.

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0:00.0	Coming up on Choppers Politics
0:05.0	I find it amazing at a conserving unionist party prime minister doesn't understand what it means to be part of the Union.
0:12.0	I would have thought that being part of the Union was fairly clear cut.
0:17.3	Hello I'm Christopher Hope, the City Editor for Politics at the Telegraph and this is Chopper's Politics podcast.
0:24.0	Now Boris Johnson might have left number 10,
0:27.0	but he's never far away from British politics and the front line.
0:31.0	The problems left over from his removal by MPs last year remain.
0:35.9	The Tory grassroots are still by large furious about it and they are now starting to move
0:41.6	against MPs they blame.
0:43.4	More on that later.
0:46.0	And Johnson's been busy in Parliament too pushing for a more robust response from the UK in Ukraine's
0:51.4	war against the Russian invaders.
0:54.0	More on the future of that conflict,
0:56.0	we started a year ago today, later, too.
0:59.8	But first, Brexit, yep, Brexit and Boris Johnson's deal in Northern Ireland.
1:06.8	Ritchie Sunach is in a bind about what to do next to resolve the impasse, where the
1:11.7	DUP is unimpressed by his efforts. Now the PM met with the D.P.
1:17.6	last Thursday in Belfast and by all accounts it didn't go well. With me now is Sammy Wilson, the DUP's Brexit spokesman.
1:27.0	Thank you very much for the invite, Chris.
1:29.0	Not at all.
1:30.0	Now whenever you're on the podcast, it means Brexit's a problem.
1:32.0	So what happened last Thursday?
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