Tame and Tova

Tears and Swears

Tame and Tova

Show Notes

Jack and Tova are joined by political commentator Ben Thomas to run through the big stories from the first week proper of the election campaign - the triumphant and the trivial, the bottom lines and those bottoming out.

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