His first contribution of the night was quite interesting in its use of language:
22.31 pm
We have talked a lot about the Labour Party already tonight. Let's talk about the Tories. Because if it's true, and it is only an exit poll, if it's true that the red wall has fallen, then that changes the nature of the Conservative Party in parliament quite dramatically. Lots and lots and lots of new Tory MPs whose constituents depend on public services, like high public spending, that's going to change the nature of the Tories in Parliament. It's going to give Boris Johnson, of course, as Laura was saying, a lot more freedom of manoeuvre. If he wants to extend the transition period, he'll be able to do so. In all of those trade-offs, endless trade-offs, next year about the exit deal, then he will be able to give more than he was intending to. It probably means, frankly, a slightly softer Brexit than many of the hard Brexiteers hoped for. Nigel Farage is going to be feeling cross, the ERG are going to be feeling cross, but Boris Johnson is going to be freed so him can show us what the real Boris Johnson politically is. That's really important.
Yes, this was the waffle in which Marr said "who is Boris Johnson?" - to which the answer should be "if your interviewing technique wasn't so aggressive, and you listened instead of interrupting, you might have found out more".
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