You Ask Us: why can't Tory MPs behave themselves?
The Politics Show
The New Statesman
4.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 9 November 2023
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
In the week the Tory peer Michelle Mone has finally admitted involvement in a PPE firm awarded £200m in "VIP" Covid contracts, we discuss the numerous allegations against politicians and ask why Parliament is beset with bad behaviour - and how it's affecting the Tories' reputation.
And then we let you in behind the scenes of the New Statesman newsroom, to talk about how journalists source, fact check and verify their reporting - with a debut from our features editor Melissa Denes.
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| 1:42.1 | And joining me in the studio, I have our deputy political editor Rachel |
| 1:45.1 | Weymouth and our features editor Melissa Deans who have been digging around our |
| 1:48.8 | virtual mailbag and have each brought a question so Rachel what would you like to go with first so this is a question. So Rachel, what would you like to go with first? |
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