{"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-e0024facd926/61e05908051a2f001276dea1?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Will Boris Johnson’s non-apology save him?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9f75c1a8cbe0c083cee79/show-cover.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Boris Johnson has been&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/conservatives/2022/01/boris-johnson-is-determined-to-cling-on-and-what-else-we-learned-from-todays-pmqs\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">caught red-handed</a>&nbsp;and forced to admit that he attended a party in the Downing Street garden in May 2020, however he claimed that he believed it was a “work event”. Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea, discuss his&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/conservatives/2022/01/is-this-the-end-for-boris-johnson\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">chances of survival</a>&nbsp;and the awkward questions this culture of insouciance raises for his&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2022/01/its-hard-for-rishi-sunak-to-distance-himself-from-lockdown-breaking-parties-given-he-lived-next-door-to-no-10\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">potential successors</a>.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Then in You Ask Us, a listener asks if Labour is right to speak positively about Tony Blair and the New&nbsp;Labour government given Blair’s unpopularity.</p><p><br></p><p>If you have a question for You Ask Us, send an email or voice note to&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:podcasts@newstatesman.co.uk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">podcasts@newstatesman.co.uk</a></p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}