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The Bunker – News without the nonsense

Why are so many MPs obsessed with sex? With Kate Lister

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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News, Government, Politics, Society & Culture

4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

It's often said that politics is showbiz for ugly people. So why has parliament produced so many sex scandals? Today in this special Valentine’s Day edition of The Bunker, Andrew Harrison sits down with sex historian and host of Betwixt the Sheets, Kate Lister to rifle through Westminster’s dirty laundry and find out why so many politicians are entangled in sex scandals. • “When you’re a politician, opportunities for sex come around more often.”  – Kate Lister • “It's such a strange life. You have to be exemplary in everything you do. Is it any wonder that every once in a while they do something stupid?”  – Kate Lister • “I think we are becoming more tolerant of affairs. Is it any of our business?”  – Kate Lister Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/bunkercast  Written and presented by Andrew Harrison. Producer: Liam Tait. Audio editor: Jade Bailey. Managing editor: Jacob Jarvis. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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This edition comes out on Valentine's

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day and the air is thick with erotic tension, but it's a politics podcast so

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we're wondering why are MPs so prone to sexual misadventure? It's often said that politics is showbiz

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for ugly people and people don't just get into showbiz for the art. So why does

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Parliament produce so many sex scandals? Have they changed over the years and can we square the old carry-on

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Westminster image of sexual misbehavior in the Commons with the increasingly

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grim stories that have come to light over the past decade.

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Here with me to look at the dirty laundry of politics

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is Sex Historian, Sex Columnist at I News,

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