Episode 1552: What Are The UK Government’s Real Long Term Intentions?
Matthew O’Toole worked in the communications department at 10 Downing Street between 2015 and 2017, serving two Prime Ministers and two very different political agendas.
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Today we’re talking to Matthew about how the UK government’s communications strategy has evolved since Boris Johnson took over, if Dominic Cummings is the real power behind the throne, what he thinks of Johnson’s arguments on the backstop and the border, what the UK government’s real intentions are, and where this is all headed.
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