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Hello and welcome to the edition podcast.

The Spectators weekly look at some of the most intriguing and

important issues within our pages, with the writers behind them. I'm Cindy You. This week,

another conservative civil war threatens to bubble over. So will the government start taking

its own backbenchers more seriously.

We also take a look at the increasingly contentious fight over the next Supreme Court nominee.

And at the very end, I find out about what coronavirus has been like for Madagascar,

where the president is peddling his own herbal cure for coronavirus.

First up, as the government's emergency coronavirus powers are up for renewal next week,

James Forsyth writes in this week's cover piece about the upcoming Tory brawl.

A group of backbenchers led by Sir Graham Brady, chair of the 1920 committee,

are tabling an amendment to put a parliamentary lock on any future new COVID restrictions put in by the government. Will they succeed? James

joins me now together with Sir Graham himself. Sir James, can you tell us about the problem that

the government is facing? So number 10 now has a preemption policy when it comes to COVID. The idea is to

basically try and tighten up restrictions now, so the virus has no chance to get out of control. I don't

think that is where most Tory MPs are. I think most Tory MPs are still to keep the virus within the

capacity of the NHS to deal with people. Now, right now, all Tory MPs can really do is grumble about this in private.

The government is operating under these emergency powers,

which means it doesn't need to bring stuff to a vote in the House of Commons.

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