Chris Bryant MP on stopping the rot at the heart of British politics

The Bunker

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News, Politics, Society & Culture, Government

4.6 • 984 Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Politics has never been so rife with bad behaviour. Labour’s Chris Bryant MP wants to change that. He sets out a plan for a better type of politics in his new book Code of Conduct Why We Need to Fix Parliament – and How to Do It. As Chair of the Committees on Standards and Privileges, he’s had a unique insight into why MPs think they can get away with misbehaviour and what is at stake if we don’t fix parliament quickly. He joins Gavin Esler to discuss making democracy better and calling out rotten MPs. “We have a system in the UK where, to quote ABBA, the winner takes it all” “We don’t realise quite how fragile democracy is.” “One bad apple doesn’t mean it is an exception to the rule, it means it spoils the barrel.” www.patreon.com/bunkercast Book link: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/code-of-conduct-9781526663573/ Written and presented by Gavin Esler. Producers: Kasia Tomasiewicz and Alex Rees. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Managing editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:14.4	politicians to discover the true hidden secret of Westminster. Despite the scandals,
1:19.9	the rouse, the failures and the nasty newspaper headlines, most MPs, in my experience at least,
1:25.6	would rather solve problems than create them.
1:28.0	And most MPs, regardless of party, try to behave ethically within the rules and the law.
1:34.0	The bunker's guest today knows all about this.
1:36.1	Sir Chris Bryant is Labour MP for the Rhonda,
1:38.7	chair of the House of Commons Committees of Standards and Privileges,
1:42.0	but he also knows the ethics vendors and rule
1:44.3	breakers who make headlines. The committees he chairs monitor the conduct for MPs
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