Calais is the question

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

4.4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2015

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Tim Montgomerie is joined by Isabel Harman, Matthew Parris and David Aaronovitch. Isabel HardmanPoliticians are obeying perfectly the rules of a Summer Crisis on Calais. They are ensuring that they are seen to be Doing Something on the question of illegal migrants by posturing on regulations around the private rented sector, rather than answering the question of how to solve the crisis, especially whether Britain should be letting in some of those thronging on the border at Calais. Why answer difficult questions when you can just pretend to be busy?Matthew ParrisFear and dislike of the Left is what impelled me into the Conservative Party as an undergrad. It's part of the Tories' raison d'être and the cement that holds often ideologically different members together. If Labour reall does fall apart, the Tories will be next.David AaronovitchYesterday the IPCC announced that it was investigating a claim that Wiltshire police had abandoned a case in the 1990s because someone involved had alleged...

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1:10.5	We haven't given up on you over the summer like many political and
1:14.4	opinion podcasts. We're going to try and bring you all the latest throughout August and
1:19.2	joining me today are Isabel Hardman, Matthew Paris and David Ronovich.
1:24.6	Here are our three topics.
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