Check Your Privileges Committee
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06/29/23
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Tory MPs are accused of interfering with the Partygate probe.
Adam and Chris are joined by shadow leader of the House of Commons Thangam Debbonaire to discuss what the latest report from the Privileges Committee could mean for freedom of speech.
Plus, Conservative peer and former ministerial adviser Lord Finkelstein reveals how his parents’ experience of the Holocaust shaped his own world view.
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