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Tories push the Boris Johnson panic button - will it work?

After six long weeks, it's the final day of campaigning in the general election!


The Tories have, at the very last minute, deployed Boris Johnson at a rally in London. Is he an asset to Rishi Sunak’s campaign, or a reminder of the very reason they’re on the verge of electoral oblivion? Kamal is joined in this episode by the Sunday Telegraph’s political editor Camilla Turner to pour over Johnson’s surprise intervention and ask whether it’ll make any difference.


Plus, Sir Anthony Seldon - biographer of every prime minister since John Major - reveals why he believes the Tories will lose and warns them there is only one route to salvation...


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Planning Editor: Venetia Rainey

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Studio Operator: Meghan Searle

Social Media Producer: Ji-Min Lee

Executive Producer: Louisa Wells

Editor: Camilla Tominey


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