The Queen's Last Words to My Brother Boris
5/25/20261 hr 5 min
Journalist and broadcaster Rachel Johnson joins Andrew Gold to discuss the "tripwires" currently silencing British discourse. From her "Master" investigation into Neil Gaiman and the complexities of coercive control (33:00) to why she remains a "Remainer" despite the "4-hour biometric queues" of a post-Brexit world (16:00), Rachel pulls no punches.
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First 90 secondsAndrew Gold· Host0:00
Either him or Boris That is the last time you're allowed to say that.
Rachel Johnson· Guest0:03
Right, I, I'm leaving Do an angry walk How dare you? [laughs] I thought I came here on my own account. Andrew Gold, I'm leaving That just happened, and it's going to happen again at the end, but before it does, Rachel Johnson is Boris' sister.
Andrew Gold· Host0:19
She's also a brilliant journalist in her own right, and she was in Downing Street the day he left for Balmoral to say goodbye to the Queen. I'm going to take her through three rooms, and she knows things about what happened inside them that nobody has ever asked her on camera. Today, I'm going to ask her. Also, I've counted every time Boris gets mentioned in this episode. Let's see what we get up to by the end I watched my brother leave Downing Street with Carrie, get into his convoy to go up to Balmoral to say goodbye to the Queen.
Rachel Johnson· Guest0:46
She said, "Don't... I'm infuriated and made very anxious by the rise of Islamism in this country and the supine posture taken by the Labor Party in order not to lose votes" But they'll win eventually Because of demographics, eventually, yes. We shouldn't have council candidates in full burka standing for election in this country. We shouldn't have local elections fought on a polarizing sectarian topic. This country's gone nuts How frustrating is it to be Boris' sister? I have to accept that The Boris wave was bad.
Andrew Gold· Host1:23
Why did that happen? Must say again, gosh Anyway, enough B word Rachel doesn't want me to talk about Boris