but it s great also to be able to have real people unmediated, talking directly and getting the views of politicians. and i think it s a good thing and it s been a good thing for democracy, and it ll be interesting to see how ruth gets on on times radio. good luck to them. 0k, phil, we ll come back to you in a moment. but let s start with the dramatic scenes that i expect will be dominating tomorrow s front pages. borisjohnson appeared at prime minister s questions today after a pretty dramatic morning, which included an mp defecting from the conservatives to labour. what did you make of it all? well, it was, not to sound like a football commentator, but it was an event of two halves at the beginning. you started with this enormous bombshell of a tory mp, the labour partyjust minutes before the prime minister faced parliament. and that felt like a real, real sort of moment which actually served in the prime minister s favour because i think it scooped a few tory mps
the views of politicians. and i think it s a good thing and it s been a good thing for democracy, and it ll be interesting to see how ruth gets on on times radio. good luck to them. ok, phil, we ll come back to you in a moment. but let s start with the dramatic scenes that i expect will be dominating tomorrow s front pages. borisjohnson appeared at prime minister s questions today after a pretty dramatic morning, which included an mp defecting from the conservatives to labour. what did you make of it all? laura hughes, political correspondent at the ft. well, it was, not to sound like a football commentator, but it was an event of two halves. at the beginning, you started with this enormous bombshell of a tory mp defecting to the labour partyjust minutes before the prime minister faced parliament. and that felt like a real, real sort of moment which actually served in the prime minister s favour because i think it scooped a few tory mps who are getting a bit nervous now.
an mp defecting from the conservatives to labour. what did you make of it all? laura hughes, political correspondent at the ft. well, it was, not to sound like a football commentator, but it was an event of two halves. at the beginning, you started with this enormous bombshell of a tory mp defecting to the labour partyjust minutes before the prime minister faced parliament. and that felt like a real, real sort of moment which actually served in the prime minister s favour because i think it scooped a few tory mps who are feeling a bit nervous now. but then, at the very end of prime minister s questions, david davis, a former cabinet minister, a very sort of senior veteran tory, stood up and delivered this extraordinarily dramatic line to the prime minister, where he quoted a former tory cabinet minister in 1940, basically telling chamberlain it was time to go. and that was incredibly damaging for a prime minister
and i think it s a good thing and it s been a good thing for democracy, and it ll be interesting to see how ruth gets on on times radio. good luck to them. 0k, phil, we ll come back to you in a moment. but let s start with the dramatic scenes that i expect will be dominating tomorrow s front pages. borisjohnson appeared at prime minister s questions today after a pretty dramatic morning, which included an mp defecting from the conservatives to labour. what did you make of it all? laura hughes, political correspondent at the ft. well, it was, not to sound like a football commentator, but it was an event of two halves. at the beginning, you started with this enormous bombshell of a tory mp defecting to the labour partyjust minutes before the prime minister faced parliament. and that felt like a real, real sort of moment which actually served in the prime minister s favour because i think it scooped a few tory mps who are feeling a bit nervous now. but then, at the very end