The Boris in the Bubble

Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government · Oct 8, 2021 · 41m

Boris Johnson used his conference speech to promise higher wages, productivity and economic growth. But against a backdrop of petrol shortages, empty shelves and a mass cull of healthy pigs, is he really leading an economic revolution akin to Thatcher’s? And the fallout from Germany’s federal election continues. Berlin-based author and commentator John Kampfner joins us to discuss who will form the next government, and the issues that could define Europe’s biggest power in the years ahead.

“Johnson’s speech did the job for the party, but it felt incongruent with events happening elsewhere.” -…