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Where Politics Meets History

116. Vetting Away With It

Where Politics Meets History

Global

Politics, History, News

4.51.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Iain and Tessa discuss the PM's new crisis over Mandelson - and whether it's a Westminster village story (Tessa thinks so!) - they also talk about the decline in reading, welfare vs warfare and more!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Andrew Lloyd Webber's iconic Phantom of the Opera remains one of London's most spectacular musicals.

0:16.0

book your tickets today at the Phantom of the Opera.com.

0:25.8

The Phantom awaits at His Majesty's Theatre.

0:32.8

There it is, her suspicious face.

0:34.0

She doesn't believe you.

0:36.1

All you did was tell her your shirt was Shaniel.

0:41.5

She said, what's Shaniel? You said, don't know, but you do know it feels chic. And so does she.

0:46.7

She felt it for almost too long. Then you gave a twirl to show off the fit. She nearly spat out her croffin. You deliver the final bombshell? It's from Primark, only 14 quid.

0:52.9

Surprise is served.

0:56.2

Shockingly chic for 14 pounds.

0:57.9

That's so, Prime Mark.

1:00.0

Available in store and on Click and Collect.

1:05.1

This is a Global Player Original podcast.

1:11.7

Somebody, an anonymous source within Downing Street, is saying that no one in Downing Street was aware of this. The Prime Minister wasn't aware of it. Well, I'm sorry, how could the Prime Minister

1:15.9

not have been aware of it that it had not passed the Cabinet Office security vetting?

1:20.6

The security services had not okayed it.

1:24.1

All these scandals seem to be never ending, debasing political narratives that just distract.

1:31.3

What chances them actually doing the job for the goddamn country, Ian, if constantly we're having the oxygen pinched out of the national conversation by bullshit like this?

1:45.3

Now, have you stocked up, Tessa?

1:48.0

Well, it's actually a pertinent question

1:50.4

because this morning I awoke a little fractious, lack of sleep.

1:55.9

And I walked down to the kitchen.

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