When will Pestminster end?

Coffee House Shots

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🗓️ 1 June 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Natasha Feroze speaks to Isabel Hardman and James Heale about Geraint Davies, a Labour MP who has been suspended from the party amid allegations of sexual harassment. Another Pestminster scandal to add to the list, how many more could be out there? Also on the podcast, as Rishi Sunak meets European leaders in Moldova to discuss illegal migration, how has it been received back home with his own party?

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0:18.2	Hello and welcome to Coffee House Shots.
0:20.0	The Spectators' Daily Politics Podcast.
0:22.4	I'm Natasha Rose and I'm joined by James Heale and Isabelle Hardman.
0:26.6	A long-serving Labour MP has been suspended over sexual harassment claims.
0:30.8	Joan Davies has been accused by five women of unwanted sexual behaviour.
0:35.2	Isabelle, this is another Westminster scandal this time with a Labour MP.
0:40.8	When does it end?
0:44.0	I think when the first me to round of allegations kicked off in Westminster in 2017,
0:53.2	it was clear that this wasn't going to be sort of something that burned out quickly.
0:58.0	And one of the reasons for that is that none of the main parties set up
1:04.4	in the wake of those initial allegations robust complaints processes.
1:08.8	And the Conservatives and Labour have both struggled repeatedly
1:14.8	to respond to internal allegations, repeated allegations,
1:22.8	or what is even more common in Westminster,
1:26.4	sort of names that are known within the Westminster community,
1:30.8	but that complaints aren't necessarily made about,
1:34.0	or at least behaviour isn't followed up.
1:37.2	And Labour, and I'm not saying Labour are any better or worse on this than the Conservatives,
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