The Last Days of Boris Johnson (TRIH ep 205)
2022 · Resource
Recorded on 7 July (during the July 2022 UK government crisis), this episode is a rapid-response “Boris special” in which Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook diagnose Boris Johnson’s fall from power. They begin with a comic reading from Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows and proceed to compare Johnson to classical and modern figures — Pericles, Caesar, Otho, Reagan — exploring how his classical education and populist style shaped his premiership. They discuss key moments (sacking Michael...
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