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"I can't see him being a unifying figure..."

Boris Johnson takes over as the UK Prime Minister today. A lot has been written and said about h...

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17.24 24 Jul 2019


"I can't see him being a unifying figure..."


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17.24 24 Jul 2019


Boris Johnson takes over as the UK Prime Minister today.

A lot has been written and said about him, and we wanted to speak to someone has dealt with him directly.

That man is journalist John Downing, Political Correspondent for the Irish Independent, who is a previous life worked in Brussels, and saw Boris Johnson, then a journalist, in action.

Is there more to Boris than we think?


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