ANDREW Neil will front a documentary which will examine Boris Johnson’s “political fight” in what the veteran broadcaster says is “the biggest leadership in crisis in three decades”.
The hour-long programme, entitled Boris Johnson: Has He Run Out Of Road?, will air on Channel 4 and All 4 on Sunday at 7pm.
In the documentary, produced by Rogan Productions, former BBC political broadcaster Neil will be “on the inside track of Conservative Party turmoil”.
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Neil, who quit GB News last year, will be using his “unique access to Conservative MPs to take us inside the biggest leadership in crisis the country has faced since the fall of Margaret Thatcher”, a release said.
Among the people due to feature in the documentary are former Brexit minister Lord Frost, Conservative MP for Ashfield Lee Anderson and David Davis, the former minister and Tory grandee who last week urged Johnson to stand aside, telling him in the Commons: “In the name of God, go”.
Neil said: “It’s the biggest leadership in crisis in three decades and we have a ringside seat.”
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Louisa Compton, Channel 4’s head of news, current affairs and specialist factual and sport, said: “With Boris Johnson’s future as UK Prime Minister seemingly hanging on a knife-edge – who better to examine how we got here and what could happen next than Britain’s leading political journalist Andrew Neil?
“This timely film underlies the channel’s commitment to producing distinctive, thought-provoking and outstanding journalism.”
Johnson has faced calls to resign following allegations of lockdown parties, with the results of an internal probe into the matter from senior civil servant Sue Gray expected this coming week. The Prime Minister has apologised but is accused of misleading Parliament on how much he knew about events.
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