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
through some of what he said. he reminds people he served as chancellor, helped steer the economy through the toughest of times and promises to deliver on the promise of the 2019 manifesto. as he puts it. this is an interesting passage. he says there will be integrity, professionalism and accountability at every level of the government i lead. and that, i think, at every level of the government i lead. and that, ithink, has at every level of the government i lead. and that, i think, has to be read as something of a nod to the chaos frankly the conservative party has found itself in government in the last few weeks. perhaps also before that with boris johnson the last few weeks. perhaps also before that with borisjohnson as leader. there are questions over whether mrjohnson will stand in the contest as well. rishi sunak end saying i am asking you for the opportunity to help fix our party and country forward towards the next general election confident in our record, firm in our convictio
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