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In the final episode of 2020 (usual Brexit caveats apply), Arj Singh, Paul Waugh, Rachel Weatmouth and Conservative MP Lee Rowley look back at the past week, as well as the past year, in Westminster, and wonder what might be on the horizon.
Not if we reform Labour's party selection processes and put Black candidates in winnable white-majority seats, writes Martin Bailey.
Parliament returned from summer recess but it has been anything but a calm and relaxing summer holiday as the fallout from the exam results fiasco and many, many more U-turns from the government left Boris Johnson and the Tories sinking in the polls to the dismay of the party’s MPs.
Parliament is set to return on Tuesday after weeks of government U-turns.
The 59-year-old was sentenced to eight months in prison suspended for two years and ordered to complete 150 hours of unpaid work
Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer clash for the final time before summer recess, with the government’s brexit plans, lack of action over Russia and the response to the coronavirus pandemic all under scrutiny.
Shadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy joins Arj Singh, Paul Waugh and Rachel Wearmouth to discuss Russia, China, why BAME people with coronavirus should not be stigmatised and Keir Starmer’s first 100 days as Labour leader.
Recorded before Rebecca Long-Bailey’s sacking, Labour’s shadow culture secretary Jo Stevens joins Arj Singh, Paul Waugh and Rachel Wearmouth to discuss the lockdown easing and what it could mean for the country next, as well as whether Robert Jenrick can remain in position following his controversial intervention in a planning decision involving Tory donor Richard Desmond.
My generation has known nothing but austerity. With turbulent times ahead, young peoples’ futures are on the line once again, writes Labour MP Cat Smith.
Sometimes I can’t even begin to deal with the grieving process while there is still so much work to be done.