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Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. The scale of the conservative party triumph in last weeks uk election promises to have seismic consequences. Borisjohnson can get brexit done on terms and a timetable of his choosing. Parliamentary approval guaranteed. Not since Margaret Thatcher is a tory leader had such an opportunity to remake written. An opportunity to remake britain. Well, my guest is conservative mp and former cabinet minister andrew mitchell. Boris johnson has been handed immense power. What will he do with it . Andrew mitchell, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. I want to begin with some very interesting words coming from the mouth of Boris Johnson after his election victory. He said, this election has changed this government and this conservative party for the better. What did he mean by that . I think hes right. I think what he meant was that the paralysis that has characterised the past 3. 5 years of mrs mays government has been swept away. There is a decisive conservativ
To conservative mp and former cabinet minister, andrew mitchell. Welcome to hardtalk, i stephen sackur. The scale of the conservative party triumph in last weeks uk election promises to have seismic consequences. Borisjohnson can get brexit done on terms and a timetable of his choosing. Parliamentary rouble guaranteed. Not since margaret agger is a tory leader had such an opportunity to remake written. Well, my guest is conservative mp and former cabinet minister andrew mitchell. Boris johnson has been handed immense power. What will he do with it . Andrew mitchell, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. I want to begin with some very interesting words coming from the mouth of Boris Johnson after his election victory. He said, this election has changed this government and this conservative party for the better. What did he mean by that . conservative party for the better. What did he mean by that . I think hes right. I think what he meant was that the paralysis that has characterised the past
People hoped that maybe things would get better. Were better before. Really . Over this community. Yeah. You seriously think things now on bbc news, were better under president mugabe . Yes for me, yeah. Mugabe is better. Hardtalk. So we dont feel safe if theres no electricity. When zimbabwes military post Robert Mugabe out of power two years ago, there was hope zimba bwes infrastructure is crumbling. Of an end to the era 2 Million People in harare have been without piped water for months. Of misrule and corruption. Incoming president Emmerson Mnangagwa promised economic reform, drumming the fear is isolated cases modernisation and a rise of cholera and typhoid could become an epidemic. 00 01 20,308 2147483051 37 24,868 and the country is in the grip 2147483051 37 24,868 4294966103 13 29,430 of a power crisis, drought has to middle income status by 2030. By early this year, hope had morphed into anger and despair. When the government lifted fuel subsidies, protesters took to the street