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‘My party has learnt nothing’: Baroness Warsi on Conservatives’ Islamophobia row
We spoke to the former Conservative party chair, Baroness Warsi and asked her why Rishi Sunak saying Lee Anderson was wrong wasn’t good enough.
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5m
Sadiq Khan: Why is Sunak ‘unwilling to call out’ Lee Anderson’s comments ‘which are clearly Islamophobia’?
What does the subject of Lee Anderson’s comments make of all this?
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3m
Lee Anderson doubles down on criticism of Sadiq Khan
Lee Anderson – the MP for Ashfield – says he shouldn’t apologise because he thinks he was right.
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Anderson comments reveal ‘rot at the heart’ of Conservative party, says Baroness Warsi
We speak to Baroness Sayeeda Warsi who was Chairwoman of the Conservative Party during David Cameron’s premiership, about the suspension of Lee Anderson, and what comments he made about London Mayor Sadiq Khan reveal about the party.
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Conservative divide: Lee Anderson suspended for Sadiq Khan comments
Lee Anderson, who said that Islamists were controlling the London mayor and the capital city, has been suspended by Rishi Sunak. Sadiq Khan described the comments as islamophobic and racist.
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5m
MP Safety Debate: Jo Cox’s death was ‘not as a result of a protest’ says Labour MP
We were joined by Labour MP Lucy Powell, who serves as the shadow leader of the House of Commons.
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13m
‘The police have a very difficult balance to strike’, says police violence advisor
We were joined by Lord Walney, known when he was a Labour then independent MP as John Woodcock. He’s the author of that government-commissioned review into political violence.
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7m
Why Republicans are busing migrants to Democrat-led cities
Immigration is set to be a key battleground in this year’s US presidential election.
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16m
Inside the three-year courtroom battle between a Tory donor and former MP
They’re called SLAPPs – legal actions brought by the super rich, “intended to harass, intimidate or financially exhaust opponents.”
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5m
“I am very careful’, says Labour MP Barry Sheerman after receiving a death threat last year
We spoke to the Labour MP for Huddersfield Barry Sheerman who told the Commons he has to ‘watch where he walks’ after he received a death threat last year.
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11m
Gaza debate chaos: More than 60 MPs call for Speaker to resign
The Commons Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle is fending off calls for his resignation after last night’s chaotic Gaza debate in the Commons.
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8m
Kate Kniveton MP on family court barring her ex-husband, a former minister, from seeing their child
A former Conservative Minister has been banned by a High Court judge from having any direct contact with his child.
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5m
By-elections: Pressure on Sunak leadership ‘minimal’, says Conservative Home deputy editor
We’re joined by Henry Hill, from Conservative Home.
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10m
Labour ‘still has to fight for every single vote’ despite by-election victories says Shadow Minister
We spoke to Labour’s Chris Bryant, the Shadow Minister for Creative Industries & Digital, and began by asking him if he thought voters had already made up their minds about who they’d support at the general election.
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15m
Labour wins two emphatic by-elections, overturning large Tory majorities
The Labour Party may be thankful that, despite having to suspend two candidates over alleged anti-semitism, two emphatic overnight by-election victories mean they’ve ended the week with a pair of new MPs.