his critics, though, ask one simple question, and i quote one of them. who the hell is an unelected, failed minister to tell any of us what to do? well, that s what i hope to discover in this conversation, at a moment when anything could change, and almost certainly will in politics. david frost, lord frost, welcome to political thinking. thank you. great to be here. well, let s begin with what is on everybody s mind. your old friend, the man you advised and whether he, borisjohnson, can and should be our next prime minister. what do you make of the speculation? well, boris is remarkable guy, and he can do things that other people can t. so i don t find it at all surprising that we re getting this sort of noise about, will he come back? could he do the job? i think the party needs to think quite hard before it, it kind of goes down this road, you know? who knows? it s not really for me to say. but, you know, there was a reason why he left office and there s a reason why
election. these people are so fed u -. the election. these people are so fed un- they want election. these people are so fed un- they want a election. these people are so fed up. they want a say election. these people are so fed up. they want a say in election. these people are so fed up. they want a say in this. - election. these people are so fed| up. they want a say in this. there is a choice up. they want a say in this. there is a choice to up. they want a say in this. there is a choice to be made. we need a general is a choice to be made. we need a general election. let the public in to decide~ general election. let the public in to decide. do they want to continue with this to decide. do they want to continue with this utter chaos? in other news, xi jinping has a in other news, xijinping has a third term as china s leader after being in powerfor a decade already. ukrainian president zelensky says renewed russian strikes won t stop a ukrainian military ad
the screen. stay with us. tweet on the screen. stay with us. more coming up. the former chancellor rishi sunak confirms that he is in the race to be the next conservative party leader and british prime minister. speculation is still rife that the former prime minister borisjohnson will also enter the contest. a, former prime minister boris johnson will also enter the contest. will also enter the contest. a close all is will also enter the contest. a close ally is confident will also enter the contest. a close ally is confident that will also enter the contest. a close ally is confident that he will also enter the contest. a close ally is confident that he will. - will also enter the contest. a close ally is confident that he will. yes, | ally is confident that he will. yes, i have been speaking to boris johnson and clearly, he is going to stand. there is a great deal of support for him, as you will have seen. labour leader sir keir starmer says that labour hasn t got complacent
minister of the uk. there is the tweet on the screen. stay with us. more coming up. the former chancellor rishi sunak confirms that he is in the race to be the next conservative party leader and british prime minister. speculation is still rife that the former prime minister borisjohnson will also enter the contest. b, former prime minister boris johnson will also enter the contest. will also enter the contest. a close all is will also enter the contest. a close ally is confident will also enter the contest. a close ally is confident that will also enter the contest. a close ally is confident that he will also enter the contest. a close ally is confident that he will. - will also enter the contest. a close ally is confident that he will. yes, | ally is confident that he will. yes, i have been speaking to boris johnson and clearly, he is going to stand. there is a great deal of support for him, as you will have seen. labour leader sir keir starmer says that labour hasn t got comp