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Did you read with Tim Montgomery. Welcome to the latest edition of The Times Opinions Did You Read podcast.

This week I'm joined by two times columnist David Aronovich and Matthew

Paris and also by the award-winning parliamentary sketch writer Anne Trenman. Each of

them has a message which they will be debating in this week's

program. The Mitchell affair has at the very least uncovered a kind of casual mendacity

on the part of police officers. This comes as no surprise to me personally,

however much I esteem the bravery of many officers, partly because the notion that police are allowed

to bend the rules is widespread in the culture.

People keep asking me what is Nick Clegg up to and the honest answer is that I am rather baffled.

Can you have your key minister, David Laws, one And the honest answer is that I am rather baffled.

Can you have your key minister, David Loss,

one minute passionately defending free schools?

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