193: Boris Johnson Dodges Scrutiny After Brexit, with Professor Anand Menon

02/06/20 • 39 min

A week after Brexit and Boris Johnson has outlined a tough opening position for trade negotiations by talking up an Australia-style relationship, but does it mean anything? It’s hard for journalists to really take a look with the government taking a Trumpian turn by trying to lock out critical media from a key briefing this week. Meanwhile, Labour’s leadership election lets the prime minister run amok in the party’s former strongholds.Arj Singh is joined by Paul Waugh, Rachel Wearmouth and UK In A Changing Europe’s Anand Menon to work out what comes next for Britain.Make sense of politics. Sign up to the Waugh Zone and get the political day in a nutshell every weekday evening.

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