‘A coward not a leader’: Politics Weekly podcast
Politics Weekly UK
The Guardian
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🗓️ 17 November 2021
⏱️ 26 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Guardian. |
| 0:08.5 | Is this the end for MPs having second jobs? |
| 0:11.0 | I'm Jessica Elgott's Chief Political Correspondent for the Guardian, |
| 0:13.8 | and this is Politics Weekly. |
| 0:22.0 | That's not an apology. |
| 0:23.7 | Everybody else, everybody else has apologized for him, |
| 0:27.4 | but he won't apologize for himself. |
| 0:30.0 | A coward, not a leader. |
| 0:56.9 | Proper independence and powers for the business |
| 0:59.2 | Appointments Committee on banning these job swaps. |
| 1:02.8 | Will the Prime Minister take those steps? |
| 1:05.5 | Labour is today putting forward a proposal to ban MPs |
| 1:08.2 | having second jobs as paid consultants. |
| 1:11.0 | And in a surprise move, |
| 1:12.5 | the Prime Minister sort of agreed with the opposition, |
| 1:14.9 | proposing his own similar ban. |
| 1:17.6 | But backbentures are still furious. |
| 1:19.9 | Their reputation with voters has been muddied by the scandal, |
| 1:23.2 | and now they might have to give up some of their lucrative positions. |
| 1:27.2 | Can Boris Johnson steady the ship? |
| 1:29.3 | Plus, we talked to the Guardian's sketchwriter John Crace |
| 1:32.1 | on his new book, A Farewell to Calm, |
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