Michael Cockerell in conversation
Rock & Roll Politics with Steve Richards
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The Power of Self-Awareness in Boris Johnson
He was always defining himself in opposition to Tony Blair. He publicly disliked or what he saw as Tony Blair's sort of entertainment spin doctoring going on that kind of image making. But Boris Johnson, he thinks he's Churchill. I think there's an element, a small element of self-awareness in him. The power that he has had for a long time, especially in the Tory party is because of Brexit and all that. If he can't get more than 22 people to rebel, then how will he get more than hundreds of people to support him when he comes really up against it? And again, it does show how things move. It was only last September when he attempted that
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