10 Jun 2022

Boris Johnson: moving on or moving out?

Gary Gibbon returns to analyse the past week in Westminster.

Before the bunting had been taken down and the Jubilee stage dismantled, at 8am the morning after the Platinum celebrations, a rude awakening for Boris Johnson.

A confidence vote that threatened his leadership of the party and with it the country.

Johnson survived, but his margin of victory was smaller than that of Theresa May’s before him, and she was forced out just months later. Does the same await Johnson?

This week, he’s been defending his record, announcing new policies and aiming to move on – but is the clock ticking – or will he once again defy the odds?

Gary Gibbon returns to analyse the past week in Westminster.

Producer: Rachel Evans

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