The Rest Is Politics: Leading

209. Shabana Mahmood: Palestine Action, Faith, and What I Told Starmer

The Rest Is Politics: Leading

Show Notes

Should Palestine Action stay banned? Why can't Britain just send small boats straight back to France? Can faith and public duty coexist in modern British politics?

Rory and Alastair are joined by the Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, to answer all this and more.

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