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Politics Unpacked

Did You Read? Political spouses, Egypt's future and trusting a pre-election tax promise

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News, Politics, News & Politics

4.11.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2013

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

How much influence should political spouses have? Is the situation in Egypt a sign the Arab spring has failed? Can you believe George Osborne's promise not to raise taxes post election?Tim Montgomerie puts these and other questions to Danny Finkelstein, Alice Thomson and Roger Boyes.You can subscribe for free in iTunes: itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/did-y…id660638948?mt=2RSS feed: feeds.soundcloud.com/users/47147192…comment/tracksSubscribe to The Times for the best in news, sport and comment: store.thetimes.co.uk/

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Did you read, with Tim Montgomery.

0:59.0

Who was elected Samantha Cameron

1:02.0

and what right does she have to help to decide the nation's politics?

1:06.0

You have to be outwardly, incredibly neutral and have to make it very clear that you don't have any views in public.

1:12.0

Is the situation in Egypt

1:14.4

a sign that the Arab Spring has failed? There are people who are going to be

1:18.2

radicalized and they're going to be radicalized across the Middle East.

1:22.2

And George Osborne has said that the Tories won't raise taxes if he is re-elected.

1:28.0

Do you believe him?

1:29.0

He was confident that he could do two more spending rounds of the kind he's done

1:33.3

without raising taxes so he thinks he can do this.

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