Nat a problem for Labour?
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BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 12 May 2024
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Today we take a look at accusations that former Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke lobbied former Lord Chancellor, Sir Robert Buckland, over her then-husband Charlie’s sexual assault case.
A spokesman for Ms Elphicke, said the claims were "nonsense".
Laura, Paddy and Henry discuss how big a problem it is for the party, and how the story came to light.
And Laura’s been speaking to the foreign secretary, Lord David Cameron, as Israel expands its military operation in Rafah.
Paddy also reveals what it’s like to be behind the scenes with Terry Wogan at Eurovision.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.7 | We have scoops from the television and the radio |
| 0:07.7 | and the newspapers. |
| 0:08.8 | Yes. |
| 0:09.5 | But I think the team wants us to begin with a Eurovision put Eurovision to bed. |
| 0:14.1 | Okay but I'm not going to have the conversation about Eurovision that you and I were having |
| 0:17.5 | via the means of modern technology last night because then we'd need to kind of triple X |
| 0:21.6 | rating so we're not going to do that. |
| 0:23.0 | Well we were both watching at home alone on screens because we couldn't go out. |
| 0:27.5 | Yes. |
| 0:28.0 | Texting each other. |
| 0:29.1 | Here is our newscaster from Malmo. |
| 0:32.3 | Hi Laura Patty, this is Malmo calling. |
| 0:34.8 | Josh here. |
| 0:35.8 | What night of Eurovision? |
| 0:37.2 | My gosh, the build up today in Sweden |
| 0:38.8 | had endless conspiracies about the Dutch not being there. |
| 0:41.9 | And I was with a group with like 20 European colleagues |
| 0:44.4 | from, well, we were from several countries |
| 0:46.1 | to enjoy what together this means, |
| 0:48.3 | which wasn't felt by some members of the audience though. |
| 0:50.9 | There's quite a lot of booing throughout the show anytime Israel came up and even more |
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