TalkTV employs large numbers of excellent journalists, not one of whom whispered a word out of their social media accounts about a sit down prime-time interview with a former prime minister happening on their own fledgling channel, which obviously tells you everything you need to know about it. Tanks were sent to Ukraine two weeks ago, six months after Johnson left office. The weekly, hour-long show will be called Friday Night with Nadine, and is billed as an irreverent look at the weeks news and a lively mix of topical chat with guests from the world of politics, culture and sport.. He flubbed the awesome opportunity to remake the country after his 2019 landslide. Leon Neal via PA Wire/PA Images. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022. series of sleaze scandals within the party. Sign up and we will email you daily with the best of our political and news coverage while also giving you a taste of our most-popular lifestyle, opinion and personal blogs. Conservative MP Julian Knight, who chairs the digital, culture, media and sport select committee, told the Evening Standard: "I'm sure the book may give Rishi some sleepless nights. Nadine Dorries Was Caught Gazing At Boris Johnson She has frequently used Twitter to shoot to the defence of the under-fire PM, calling out Tory MPs who have publicly declared their intent to submit letters of no-confidence. Things became more surreal when his love for the Pink Panther films and his cow painting hobby became hot topics. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. After Johnson landed himself in hot water by wrongly suggesting Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer failed to prosecute entertainer Jimmy Saville, Dorries remained as loyal as ever during interviews. Nadine Dorries has been brought into the cabinet for the first time, being promoted to the role of Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in a move that has provoked uproar in the worlds of culture, media and sport. The quick and essential guide to domestic and global politics from the New Statesman's politics team. You are also agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. During The cries of horror arent just confined to the cultural, media and sporting realms or indeed to the opposition benches. "What do you call the back of the knee of the cow? Whose idea was it? For anyone thinking this kind of thing, this brazen, shameless, and entirely corrupt embarrassment might make them angry, the full hour of the show was a blessed relief. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter. On Thursday, Jacob Rees-Mogg announced plans to host a GB News show, in which he will debate the hot topics of the day and interview guests from across the political spectrum. Boris Johnson victim of Tory leadership plotters, says ally Nadine We are back to being way down in polls and now a lot of MPs will look and see that Boris Johnson is a winner A lot of the newer MPs will realise having a winner in place is what the party needs to survive., Archie Bland and Nimo Omer take you through the top stories and what they mean, free every weekday morning. Boris Johnson. Tonight the great and the woke will honor Karl Lagerfeld at the Met show-off-athon, even though he was a major sexist, fatphobe and callous racist. Under current rules, ministers who've left office less than two years ago should seek clearance. WebFriday Night with Nadine: Boris Johnson | 03-Feb-23 - YouTube Premieres in 6 hours February 3 at 4:30 PM News you can USE TalkTV 372K subscribers Join Subscribe 0 1 Play it now! "How many toes on the front does a cow have? The Cabinet Office is expected to respond to the letter in due course. Taken together, however, they reveal the real story of this reshuffle: one in which Johnson acted decisively to ensure the big vote-winning and administration-shaping governments are occupied by ministers who are seen as proven deliverers by Downing Street and as longtime allies of the Prime Minister, whether that is Truss at the Foreign Office, Zahawi at Education, and now Dorries at Culture. 2023 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved. And I know you are the very last person who would willingly, without being dragged there, go to a party. His most sycophantic fan delivered an unexpected scoop. WE. Im proud of all the work that those people did," he said. A newsletter showcasing the finest writing from the ideas section, covering political ideas, philosophy, criticism and intellectual history - sent every Wednesday. He lost the contest to Liz Truss, but then replaced her when she quit just over six weeks later amid the economic and political turmoil which followed the September mini-budget. Dorries is one of a handful of high-profile MPs with their own shows. The Chatterer assumes that most of the journalists who joined Talk TV did not do so to become a propaganda outlet for Boris Johnson. Johnson called Keir Starmer a snoozefest and talked about his new hobby drawing cows. She returned to the theme with her panel, and appeared to criticise the medias negative coverage of the pandemic. Now that Johnson is no longer in Number 10 and has more time on his hands, the backbencher revealed how he's been learning how to paint cows. Some questioned whether it was a 'look of love', while others quipped that Valentine's Day is still more than a week away. The former culture secretary Nadine Dorries is to host her own Friday night talk show on TalkTV and her first programme will feature an exclusive interview with Boris Johnson. The ex-PM is currently being investigated by the cross-party Privileges Committee to determine whether he misled the Commons in his remarks on Partygate. At this point the actual host interjected to tell her, Well I dont agree with you there., Each of Johnsons utterances were given the BREAKING NEWS treatment. 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The show kicked off with some pre-roll footage of interviewer and interviewee hugging each other passionately, to make clear that the person playing the journalist in this scenario, and the interviewee the disgraced politician are actually best of friends. Throughout Friday Night with Nadine, which included break-out conversations with a panel of pundits, Johnson was praised for his handling of the pandemic and support for Ukraine, while his behaviour during partygate was defended. Dorries is the latest former Conservative cabinet minister to get a television show after the fall of Johnsons government. Cultural Secretary Lands Chat Show, With Boris Johnson As Her First Guest. This is a government that is now set up to deliver its Prime Ministers priorities: and one of those priorities is repeated and sustained intervention in the UKs culture wars. 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Boris Johnson Ive watched that particular clip back six times now, trying to fathom all of its unimaginable depths of absurdity and I have to admit Im coming round to the conclusion that Dorries might be a genius. Next stop, the horse after that.". Quick and essential guide to domestic and global politics. Following Johnson's resignation, his successor Liz Truss asked Dorries in September if she could stay in her role, but she turned the offer down. On the very day we are setting out steps to make this happen, a handful of egos want to make it all about them. Part of HuffPost Politics. Jacob Rees-Mogg is also lined up to join GB News' presenting ranks, Read more: Boris Johnson calls for Ukraine to be given 'tools to finish the job' during US visit.