Is Boris Back?

David RuncimanHelen Thompson and Nick Timothy

David and Helen talk to Nick Timothy, former chief of staff in Downing Street under Theresa May, about the future for Boris Johnson's government. Is he now safe from leadership challenges? Plus they discuss where the next big destabilising threat to this government might come from: Scotland, Northern Ireland, the EU, China?

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