Sunday shows round-up: MPs caught in sting operation

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🗓️ 26 March 2023

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Isabel Hardman hosts the highlights from Sunday morning’s political shows. Michael Gove was quizzed by Laura Kuenssberg on the sting operation by Led By Donkeys, which showed five Tory MPs asking for hefty sums on second jobs. He also defended Boris Johnson on partygate and the government's proposed ban on nitrous. Lucy Powell, shadow culture secretary, said that the government was putting the BBC under threat and agreed with the World Athletics Federation's decision to ban trans women from women's sports. Finally, the OBR's Richard Hughes gives his pessimistic take on the economy.

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0:28.4	Hello and welcome to Coffee House Shots, the Spectator's Daily Politics podcast.
0:33.1	I'm Isabelle Hardman and this is the Sunday Roundup.
0:37.2	It was levelling up Secretary Michael Gove during the rounds this morning. He was asked first
0:41.5	to comment on the recent sting by the group led by donkeys in which multiple members of parliament
0:46.4	were seen to be asking for up to £10,000 a day to consult for a company which did not exist.
0:53.2	A majority of the public believe MPs should not have second jobs,
0:57.1	but Gove stressed that although there is a need for transparency regarding MPs in
1:01.2	any external work, it was clear that the job being considered in the sting was not technically
1:07.2	against the rules. I start to get your reaction to the sting, the undercover
1:12.4	exposé by the anti-Brexit group led by donkeys, Matt Hancock, quasi-quarting,
1:17.0	among other MPs, saying that they would work for a fictional company for £10,000 a day.
1:22.8	It's within the rules. Does that mean we should care about the rules?
1:26.1	No, I think it's important that first of all that we make sure that every MP operates in a way
1:31.9	which is transparent. So when members of parliament do do work which complements the work that
1:37.2	they do in the House of Commons, then it's absolutely vital that we know who's paying them what
1:41.2	they earn and that's what the register is there for. I think it's also appropriate as well
1:46.3	that the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner has the opportunity to investigate and to look
1:50.6	at any activity that may cross the line. On this occasion I think it's pretty clear that things
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