Sexual Harassment in Westminster

All Out Politics

Sky News

News Commentary, Politics, News, Government

4.2 • 156 Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2017

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

This week's headlines have been dominated by claims of sexual harassment in Westminster and an alleged culture of inappropriate behaviour. Party battle lines have been abandoned as the Prime Minister looks for a consensus on how to handle a scandal which has claimed a major scalp in Sir Michael Fallon who's resigned as Defence Secretary. To discuss this week's hot topic, Adam Boulton is joined by freelance political journalist Marie Le Conte, Sky News editorial assistant Mollie Goodfellow and Head of Data Harry Carr. #harassment #fallonresigns #skynews

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0:49.0	Hello, welcome to the All-Out Politics Podcast. It's nice to be back. I'm Adam Bolton.
0:56.2	Joining me today are the freelance political journalist Marie LeCont. Sky News is a member of our editorial team, Molly Goodfellow,
1:02.3	and the head of Sky Data, Harry Carr. No prizes for what we're talking about in Westminster this week.
1:09.3	The backwash, if you like,
1:11.4	from the Harvey Weinstein affair, sexual harassment allegations at Westminster, which of course
1:18.3	have led to one very prominent head falling, the resignation of Sir Michael Fallon. This is what
1:26.1	he had to say about it. In recent days, allegations have
1:29.7	been made about MP's conduct, including my own. Many of these allegations have been false,
1:36.5	but I realise that in the past I may have fallen below the high standards that we require
1:42.9	of the armed forces that I have the honor to represent.
1:47.6	I have reflected now on my position in government, and I am therefore resigning as defense secretary.
1:55.1	All a bit unspecific as to why the defense secretary decided that he had to lay down his job.
2:01.6	The only detailed allegation we had was that some 14 years ago,
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