‘I’m going to call it a day’: Boris Johnson’s father Stanley gets a grilling on Newstalk

Defender dad: Stanley Johnson is quizzed by Jonathan Healy, guest host of The Pat Kenny Show on Newstalk. Photograph: Reuters/Henry NichollsThe biblically derived old saw about the sins of the father being visited on the son gets turned on its head in memorable fashion by Jonathan Healy, guest host of, when he gets a paternal perspective on the terminal throes of Boris Johnson’s premiership.

It may be short on concrete information, but the interview is the one of the most striking pieces of radio coverage on the Downing Street fiasco.

It’s not the most dramatic approach, but it can yield results. On Tuesday, he talks to Tánaiste Leo Varadkar about the soaring cost of living, asking why the Cabinet is waiting until September to introduce an increased budget. This hits a nerve with the Tánaiste. “Another question to ask is why do we have the €6.7 billion surplus,” he replies snippily, talking up the strength of the economy and adding “it didn’t happen by accident”.

As with his conversation with Johnson, Healy’s interview with Varadkar is revealing in ways his guest mightn’t have intended. Though the Fine Gael leader says governments not getting credit is just how politics works, he comes across as prickly and defensive, particularly when his host is courteously inquiring rather than aggressively prying.

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Like father, like son.

The man who broke his wife’s nose with a punch and has been caught groping numerous woman.

A local Berlin Tabloid had the headline this morning 'Next Please' spoken by a grinning Queen Elizabeth, so who says Germans don't have a sense of humour then?

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