{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6b2fc9ba-b9b7-4b7a-b980-e0024facd926/47074477-7f5b-431b-9385-d7b34c74ffb7?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How bad is the Afghanistan crisis for Boris Johnson?","description":"<p>Stephen Bush and Anoosh Chakelian discuss&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2021/08/us-s-retreat-world-affairs-presents-tough-choices-uk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the Afghanistan crisis</a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/business/2021/08/why-government-s-pledge-take-20000-afghan-refugees-inadequate\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">governments refugee scheme</a>, and why MPs from all sides of the house were giving the government a hard time.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Then in You Ask Us, they answer listeners' quesitons on whether&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2021/08/fall-kabul-has-exposed-intellectual-void-heart-british-foreign-policy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the situation</a>&nbsp;could really have been handled differently,&nbsp;and how party supporters split on what should have happened.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>If you have a question for You Ask Us, email&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:podcasts@newstatesman.co.uk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">podcasts@newstatesman.co.uk</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}