Misogyny in Parliament
Newscast
BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 25 April 2022
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
MPs have condemned claims made about Labour's deputy leader, Angela Rayner, as misogynistic. MP Kim Leadbeater tells Adam why stories like this put women off politics and she shares her own experiences of Parliament.
Also, millions of people in Beijing are being tested for Covid after a spike in cases. The BBC’s Kerry Allen explains why China is imposing strict lockdowns in lots of cities and how people are panic buying food in response.
And the government has said it wants to create an independent regulator to oversee football in England. Kieran Maguire, sports finance specialist, explains what difference it could make to fans and the way clubs are run.
Today’s Newscast was made by Alison Gee with Alix Pickles, Lauren Stanley and Cordelia Hemming. The technical producer was Gareth Jones and the editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts |
| 0:04.9 | Hello, just when you see off one copycat along comes another. |
| 0:09.7 | Hello and welcome to Rekiaw Grape, newscast. |
| 0:13.8 | We're here at Rekiaw and Spaninshulab. |
| 0:16.7 | Yes, that is the Rekiawik newscast, which is the podcast of the English language news site in Iceland |
| 0:23.9 | called the Rekiawik grapevine. |
| 0:26.8 | And it was sent to us by newscaster Dr Nick Whitehead to mark the fact that |
| 0:32.6 | we'd seen off one copycat newscast, which is Wolf Blitzer on CNN Plus. |
| 0:37.6 | It doesn't exist anymore because that streaming service of CNN's has been discontinued, |
| 0:43.3 | but it pops the Rekiawik newscast. |
| 0:46.0 | And then my colleague Simon, who's a producer for the BBC in Sydney, emailed to say, |
| 0:49.9 | oh, I've found a podcast in Australia called Electioncast, |
| 0:53.7 | which if you're a long time listener, you'll know is |
| 0:55.8 | what we used to be called. |
| 0:57.2 | But today we're calling ourselves the original newscast. |
| 1:00.2 | Newscast. |
| 1:01.2 | Newscast from the BBC |
| 1:02.8 | That will take some time before we figure out what our new normal is. |
| 1:07.1 | Now if that is the argument, then we are going into unprecedented territory. |
| 1:11.4 | Combined with contract tasting, contact tasting, |
| 1:15.0 | tortesting, tracing food. |
| 1:17.1 | Yes, yes, yes. |
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