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Raw Politics

Show Notes

In this week’s episode of Newsroom’s weekly politics podcast, we look at the PM’s foot-in-mouth over low-level business types, scrutinise Scrutiny Week and work out what species we should pay up to save

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Recommendations:

Tim – A good look in The Guardian at the political weaponising of videos of Joe Biden – and Donald Trump to a degree – looking old and bewildered

Marc – The New York Times article about key editorial figures at the Washington Post’s involvement in British phone-hacking scandals

Laura – Marc Daalder’s article on David Seymour’s Snapchat interactions with school kids

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