Matthew Parris: “Boris Johnson is afraid of Parliament”

We love Parris in the springtime. Times columnist, much-admired old school Tory and now Conservative exile MATTHEW PARRIS talks to Ros Taylor about the extraordinary place the Government has got itself into. What’s left of old-fashioned Toryism? Have we got to a place where people are happy for Government to make their decisions for then? And will the existential shock of the pandemic finally draw the Brexit poison out of Britain? 

• “It’s going to be harder and harder to make the case that there isn’t a magic money tree.”
• “Boris Johnson is afraid of Parliament. I think he suffers from imposter syndrome.” 
• “Boris Johnson is having to behave like a schoolmaster when he doesn’t even do his own homework.” 

Presented by Ros Taylor. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producer Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production.

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