John Craceparliamentary sketch writer for the Guardian and author of the following books: Taking the lead: 10th place dogexamines Boris Johnson's new memoir Unleashed for signs of introspection.
“Boris clearly hoped that by writing this book, maybe the country would fall in love with him again,” says John. Helen Pitt. “But if anything, it will mend and revive the ongoing grudges that have been buried.
“Boris somehow did the most unforgivable thing. Of course it's selfish. Of course it's full of inaccuracies, but we kind of expect that. We succeeded in making it really, really boring.”
John and Helen discuss Johnson's account of getting Brexit done, the Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe scandal and his “series of pathetic apologies” over Number 10 Partygate.
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