You Ask Us: Should it be easier to recall MPs, and how do Rishi Sunak and John Major compare?
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🗓️ 18 August 2023
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Various MPs, including Nadine Dorries, have been accused of not doing their jobs. Should there be a standard of work all MPs must meet? Anoosh and Freddie tackle a listener’s question.
Also – much has been said about the similarities and differences between Tony Blair and Keir Starmer, but what about John Major and Rishi Sunak?
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| 1:13.4 | Hi, I'm Anouche. I'm Freddie. Welcome to the New Statesman podcast. This is an episode we like to |
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| 1:41.5 | Hello, I'm Anouche Shekely and Britain Editor of the New Statesman and host of this podcast |
| 1:45.0 | and joining me in the studio, I have our political correspondent Freddie Haywood. |
| 1:49.1 | And now you've been digging around our listeners' questions. What's the first one that you've got? |
| 1:53.3 | Yeah, we've got a question from Michael. He says, various MPs have been accused of not doing |
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