Embezzlement, the Mandelson Texts, and Hasan Piker's UK Ban
6/3/202659 min
What does the SNP embezzlement case reveal about how scandal-ridden British politics is? Is the banning of prominent left-wing American commentators Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur a sensible decision or a serious threat to free speech? After Rory and Alastair discussed their most “evil” handshakes last week, who is the most “angelic” person they have each shaken hands with?
Join Rory and Alastair as they answer all these questions and more in this week's edition of Question Time.
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First 90 secondsAlastair Campbell· Host0:00
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Rory Stewart· Host0:11
This was the power couple right at the heart of SMP politics for years and years and years. Her husband's spouting a new five-thousand-pound watch, and she thinks what exactly?
Alastair Campbell· Host0:24
Peter Murrell, husband of Nicola Sturgeon, is currently in court already been convicted of charges related to corruption. The police went in there, they put up those tents. It looked like a kind of murder scene, not a fraud investigation. I don't know what she thought.
Rory Stewart· Host0:41
How do you explain to yourself how you've ended up with four hundred and fifty thousand pounds of extra kit, right? After you've paid tax- Hmm ... how could you possibly think that's normal?
Alastair Campbell· Host0:53
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Rory Stewart· Host1:26
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