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And i think its a good thing and its been a good thing for democracy, and itll be interesting to see how ruth gets on on times radio. good luck to them. 0k, phil, well come back to you in a moment. but lets start with the dramatic scenes that i expect will be dominating tomorrows front pages. borisjohnson appeared at prime ministers questions today after a pretty dramatic morning, which included an mp defecting from the conservatives to labour. what did you make of it all, laura hughes, politica...

But its great also to be able to have real people unmediated, talking directly and getting the views of politicians. and i think its a good thing and its been a good thing for democracy, and itll be interesting to see how ruth gets on on times radio. good luck to them. 0k, phil, well come back to you in a moment. but lets start with the dramatic scenes that i expect will be dominating tomorrows front pages. borisjohnson appeared at prime ministers questions today after a pretty dramatic morning,...

Communications, and hes now back on fleet street as deputy editor—in—chief of the sun. helen lewis, writer at the atlantic, first up, can you just clarify — how normal is it for a journalist to move between journalism and politics like that? well, its enormously common in one direction — moving from journalism into politics — if you think about the fact that, you know, david camerons spokesman was craig oliver. you know, this is not... you know, labour had seumas milne from the guardia...

At distraction, if you like. i mean, either borisjohnson is being badly advised or hes being very well advised and hes ignoring the advice. but, whichever it is, hes ending up trying to, as i say, sort of tick—box populist policies to allow some of his potential critics on the backbenches to feel that their hobbyhorse issue is being advanced at the same time as the british public and the activists — the tory activists — can see that he looks a broken man, and those optics, i think, have a ...

Helen lewis, writer at the atlantic, first up, can you just clarify how normal is it for a journalist to move between journalism and politics like that? well, its enormously common in one direction, moving from journalism into politics, if you think about the fact that you know, david camerons spokesman was craig oliver. you know, this is not, you know, labour had seamus milne from the guardian. you know, this is not an unusual thing at all. whats slightly more unusual in this case is moving bac...

The views of politicians. and i think its a good thing and its been a good thing for democracy, and itll be interesting to see how ruth gets on on times radio. good luck to them. ok, phil, well come back to you in a moment. but lets start with the dramatic scenes that i expect will be dominating tomorrows front pages. borisjohnson appeared at prime ministers questions today after a pretty dramatic morning, which included an mp defecting from the conservatives to labour. what did you make of it a...

Of the head of the covid task force having a leaving party, for example. but i think it is significant to me that tory supporting papers, papers have been very sympathetic to brexit have been willing, particularly in recent days, tojoin what otherwise might have been dismissed as a kind of leftie luvvie dismissal of, you know, minor things that real people who actually care about real issues dont. you know, this is you can sense it sometimes when youre a journalist, there isjust a kind of pack m...

Borisjohnson was much better able, better equipped to deal with than the contrition that you could see he found very difficult on last weeks pmqs and indeed notably in that interview that took place with beth rigby yesterday. we can see why you were good at your spinning job back then! helen lewis from the atlantic. that quote from david davis, you know, its the kind of quote that newspaper editors dream of, isnt it? yeah, i thought it was very interesting to go back and have a look at the hansa...

I mean, a pointless attempt at distraction, if you like. i mean, either borisjohnson is being badly advised or hes being very well advised and hes ignoring the advice. but, whichever it is, hes ending up trying to, as i say, sort of tick—box populist policies to allow some of his potential critics on the backbenches to feel that their hobbyhorse issue is being advanced. at the same time as the british public and the activists — the tory activists — can see that he looks a broken man, and t...