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Sky News’ Beth Rigby’s ruthless dismantling of Boris Johnson is one minute very well spent

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Sky News’ Beth Rigby’s ruthless dismantling of Boris Johnson is one minute very well spent
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Boris Johnson emerged from his fridge today to take questions about the ‘Partygate’ scandal for the first time in nearly a week and it’s not getting any better for the beleaguered PM.

In fact, it appears to be getting a lot worse.

And it didn’t come much tougher for the so-called prime minister than his interview with Sky News political editor Beth Rigby.

It was as straight-talking as it was satisfying to watch. And Johnson had nowhere to go.

You can watch the whole interview here (it’s well worth it).

And here are just a few of the things people said about it.

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Took us back to the fabulous time Rigby quoted Johnson’s words back to him last summer …

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This Line of Duty takedown of Boris Johnson is simply magnificent

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