Summary
Accusations of intimidation are made, as the Prime Minister remains under scrutiny. The row over alleged parties held in Downing Street continues, with a Tory MP defecting to Labour ahead of PMQs on Wednesday. With the Government whips now under the spotlight after MP William Wragg accused them of threatening those suspected of plotting against Boris Johnson with the removal of government investment in their constituencies, what next for the Conservative Party and the premiership of Boris Johnson ahead of Sue Gray's report?
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds |
| 0:02.4 | You're listening to BBC Scotland |
| 0:09.4 | Hi, you're listening to |
| 0:13.7 | Political BBC Scotland's podcast |
| 0:15.4 | That brings you an inside look at the biggest stories |
| 0:17.7 | coming out of Holyrood and Westminster |
| 0:19.5 | It is 14 minutes past two on Thursday |
| 0:22.5 | the 20th of January. I'm Lucy White, |
| 0:25.2 | a journalist based in Glasgow, and |
| 0:26.8 | today I'm joined by... |
| 0:28.2 | Nick Erdley, a political correspondent in Westminster. |
| 0:31.4 | Raj Seat Sandu, also |
| 0:32.7 | a political correspondent in Westminster. |
| 0:34.9 | And Phil Sim, political reporter at the |
| 0:36.7 | Scottish Parliament. |
| 0:38.9 | Hello everybody. |
| 0:49.4 | Another week into the year, but it's been not a calm week. Let's say that in the world of politics. Things have just ramped up and ramped up and ramped up since we spoke last Thursday. |
| 0:55.6 | It's been a crazy week for everyone, hasn't it? |
| 0:57.6 | It has indeed. |
| 0:58.9 | It's felt like we're almost back to that. |
| 1:01.8 | The frenzy we used to cover in 2019 when Rajdeep and I were popping over to Parliament |
| 1:07.2 | to figure out if the government was going to fall that day. |
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