21 Dec 2022

Sebastian Payne: The downfall of Boris Johnson

From Nine To Noon, 10:05 am on 21 December 2022

It's been an extraordinary year for British politics, churning through three Prime Ministers in a matter of weeks.

Boris Johnson stepped down in early July, just three years after leading the Conservative Party to its biggest election victory since 1987.

In came Liz Truss, who lasted 45 days before she too resigned and Rishi Sunak filled the breach.

The events that led to the resignation of Johnson - and the dysfunction and chaos in the build-up to it - has been chronicled in a new book by Sebastian Payne.

He's the Whitehall Editor and columnist for the Financial Times. His first book Broken Heartlands: A Journey Through Labour's Lost England was deemed Political Book of the Year by The Times newspaper.

His latest work is The Fall of Boris Johnson: The Full Story.

Author image and book cover

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