Has UK politics got a racism problem?
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BBC
4.4 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2024
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
A senior cabinet minister has denied the Conservative Party has a problem with race after accepting at least £10m from a donor who is accused of racism.
The Transport Secretary Mark Harper was talking to Laura.
Paddy’s been speaking to Labour’s Dame Margaret Beckett - who first served under Harold Wilson’s government in the 1970s, and a youth parliament member Dev Sharma who said he’s no longer considering a career in politics due to polarisation.
Henry Zeffman helps the two of them unpack the political talking points of the day, as well as Laura’s interview with the brother of Princess Diana, Earl Spencer.
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| 0:04.8 | So here we are, we're underway with the Sunday |
| 0:07.7 | newscast. |
| 0:08.6 | Now an integral part of our weekend routine. |
| 0:11.4 | But it got us thinking on Radio 4 is Sunday still special, you know, |
| 0:14.4 | your work from home and people try and guarantee the weekend with a Friday in a Monday |
| 0:18.6 | W FH. There's still something really big about a Sunday, I think. |
| 0:22.7 | I think so. |
| 0:23.4 | Well, especially for me getting to hang out with you on a Sunday morning. |
| 0:26.6 | Well, we... |
| 0:27.6 | What a crawler. |
| 0:28.6 | No, no, and my button's coming off. |
| 0:30.4 | I think it's... |
| 0:31.6 | We ask the listeners on Radio 4 for whom there's a few left and |
| 0:36.1 | This came in from Mark from Cardiff so it's a nice slow start to Sunday morning |
| 0:42.4 | Maybe even in time to listen to Broadcasting House. |
| 0:46.6 | No more 7 o'clock swatting in the morning because there's no time to do everything you need |
| 0:51.3 | during the day. |
| 0:53.2 | But dilemmas and decisions of course still keep coming. |
| 0:56.6 | Will I stroll down to watch Glamorgan play this morning? |
| 0:59.6 | Will I cycle to the allotment? |
| 1:02.3 | An afternoon with time to spend with the family, a game of relatively |
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