secretary David Davis promised us in
2018 that leaving the EU wouldn't lead
to a mad max-style dystopia so tonight
we're asking how is Britain coping
beyond the Thunderdome although Kathy
LaValle said maybe our show should be
called the first leg of the new UK out
on a limb how are we feeling this way
pretty disappointed really if I'm honest
because I well I was under the
impression as soon as we left the EU
there'd be like a shitload of riots yep
looting and stuff so I asked for loads
of riot gear for Christmas right which
now I can't use and I've already taken
the tag off the cat-o'-nine-tails I'm
good I dunno what I'm feeling better I'm
feeling brilliant partly because I've
started tucking into the medicine that
I've been stockpiling I've never had
insulin before I'm absolutely passing I
feel like I feel like I've come to the
end of a long term relationship and I'm
now out on my own
mainly because I've got a completely new
look each stander said is it okay that
virus is gone full-on Trump and banned
reporters from briefings hashtag the
last night now a whole bunch of
journalists went to a briefing at number
10 this week and this is kind of a whole
new world for us we were wondering
what's gonna happen with this new
government the journalists were told
only some of them were on the invited
list those not on the list including
Jonas from the mirror the independent
having deposed were told to stand on the
opposite side of the foyer from those
who were invited and at that point those
on the list including the BBC's Laura
Koontz Berg ITV's Robert Peston
boycotted the entire briefing in
solidarity
now the government said there was
nothing unusual in what went on and that
they strongly support a free press but
the press clearly didn't think that
which is why they all walked out
together and I think that was exactly
the right thing to do because like if
you guys were invited to cover the Tokyo
Paralympics this year but I wasn't
there's no way you'd go right
me and Laura Coons like a very different
people I genuinely give Martha griot leg
for that to happen what do you think of
the story of the joke I admire the
journalists I think I would have done
the same in the sense that if someone
said to me do you want to not work this
morning I'd have taken their offer yes I
will be showing solidarity in the pub
from midday yes I'd love that I think it
is probably it was out 50% solidarity
50% day off you know also you know I
suppose him in other countries
journalists being lined up against the
wall ends up a lot worse like those
journalists fit they've hard done by
those journalists in North Korea going I
got a minute so the government lined you
up against the wall and then just said
go home so the person said to divide up
the journalists was the Prime Minister's
director of communications guy called
leak so why is Boris suddenly attacking
the press and why is this important well
there's a strain of politics called
populism and it's something Donald
Trump's been using for the past few
years now the key moves of populism are
talk in your own unique and supposedly
genuine way you know like well yeah yeah
spamming money against walls and playing
with laughter Lao
makeout you're on the side of the people
against the elites maybe call yourself
the People's Parliament and the third
thing you do is attack the press because
if they can't hold you to account nobody
can Trump's been doing it for years and
now Boris is following suit and the
puppet master behind it all is a guy
called Dominic Cummings he basically
wants to rip up the current political
system and doesn't care if it's with the
Tories or labour because he's not a
member of either party he came up with
the famous three word slogans get brexit
done and take back control and he's
reportedly recruited spies in
restaurants around Westminster to Dobby
in any political advisors caught dining
with journalists that's that is mad
spies and restaurants yeah I bet Prince
Andrew wishes there had been one in
Woking
it's a low moment for a spy when your
job is just to sit and ask and wait for
Michael Gove to walk in also I just
think he likes seeing if people are
cheating on their diets so to sum up all
of that that's gone on this week Boris
Johnson as advised by Dominic Cummings
used a communications advisor who used
to be a chicken to try to divide the
press starts on channel 4 and win-win
how so you bring not long now not like
spring ok and listen as a journalist how
do you feel about the way virus Johnson
treated the press this week
it's really appalling that this can
happen isn't it in this day and age that
people can be told that they don't have
to answer to some of the press they'll
only answer to the ones that they think
will be more favorable yeah it's
shocking it's also Dominic Cummings I
mean his last name it just sounds like
such a collective pleasure and it is
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