the. sorry, iam when he was at eton he was often in the. sorry, i am getting some talkback in my ears. i don t know where it is coming from. sorry. when he was at eton he was often in school plays. and he never learned his lines. and the school plays would turn into a farcical play. it was between boris and the prompter. i said to him, have you made it a rule in your life that, just as you never learned your lines in school plays, you realise you could get more laughs by not knowing your lines and by knowing them? he said, trikes, if what you are saying is that i sometimes give the impression that i sometimes give the impression that i sometimes give the impression that i don t quite know sometimes what is going on, or sometimes i may
him could still be summed up as, good old boris, stitch up, they think, what is this all about? the other chunk of the population, a large chunk of the population, and some in the governing conservative party, think, how on earth this man did this man ever get into high office? why on earth did you conservative party have him as leader? and how on earth will britain recoverfrom leader? and how on earth will britain recover from the sort of damage he has done to or institutions? so, the reaction has gone pretty much along those bifurcated lines. it gone pretty much along those bifurcated lines. gone pretty much along those bifurcated lines. if you think back to when you bifurcated lines. if you think back to when you are bifurcated lines. if you think back to when you are covering - bifurcated lines. if you think back to when you are covering boris i to when you are covering boris johnson, when he had just got into politics, there was always a certain view people had of him. whe
amazing gift with words. and unfortunately, these words, is one of his former mistresses said, lying comes to boris as naturally as breathing. the problem is he is not a very good liar. are you still there? a very good liar. are ou still there? ., ,, , ., , are you still there? thank you very much, michael are you still there? thank you very much, michael cockrell, are you still there? thank you very much, michael cockrell, the - much, michael cockrell, the journalist behind the documentary, borisjohnson, the irresistible rise. we are halfway through the day already. and of course we are bringing you all the latest on that long anticipated report by mps into whether boris johnson long anticipated report by mps into whether borisjohnson did deliberately mislead parliament. the privileges committee apartment found that he did. they released a long report detailing why they have
profoundly polarising. i think that is why he will struggle to make a comeback because despite that large chunk of the population that still thinks good old boris, he has sought to become that most difficult of things, which is an unpopular populist, the polling is now cup not complimentary about boris johnson, because a lot of those people are like in 25 years ago, think, you know what? it is not what i thought he was. i thought he was. looking at the findinus i thought he was. looking at the findings of i thought he was. looking at the findings of the i thought he was. looking at the findings of the committee, - i thought he was. looking at the findings of the committee, one | i thought he was. looking at the l findings of the committee, one of the things they found was that he was complicit in a campaign of abuse against the mps investigating him. i mean, just for context, how unusual is a situation like this, where you have a former prime minister railing against a committe
some more reaction, michael cochrane, thejournalist some more reaction, michael cochrane, the journalist behind the documentary, borisjohnson, the irresistible rise. thank you for talking to us. i mean, this is a day obviously when a lot of attention is focused notjust on the report, but the very essence of who boris johnson is as a politician. i wonder, if you think about what you have seen, really looking into his life and into his character, is this a moment he saw coming? well, i think if you a moment he saw coming? well, i think if you looked a moment he saw coming? well, i think if you looked again a moment he saw coming? well, i think if you looked again as - a moment he saw coming? well, i think if you looked again as the i think if you looked again as the film, which you mentioned, you would have seen it coming. there was a picture that was present at fair, which has played out on the public stage for the six years since the referendum result. i will stage for the six ye