Murnaghan podcast, 11th December 2016
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On this week's podcast - As Labour continues to tiptoe around the question 'does leaving the EU mean leaving the single market?' we hear from Andy Burnham , who thinks it should. This week Parliament voted to approve the Prime Minister's timetable for Brexit. Former Cabinet Minister Ken Clare was the only Conservative MP to vote against the government. He explains why... A fresh legal challenge has been launched today by anti-Brexit campaigners seeking to ensure the UK remains within the European Economic Area. We hear from former Attorney General and supporter of the Open Britain campaign, Dominic Grieve QC. A new West End play - This House - explores the chaos in government in the 1970s under James Callaghan's Labour government. The play-write James Graham discusses why this period provided the perfect material for a dramatist. Finally, as ever, we hear from a team of top political pundits dissecting this week's news - Jo Tanner, head of inHouse Communications; Steve Richards, author and journalist; and Tom McTague, Chief Reporter at Politico. All on this week's Murnaghan podcast!
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