Episode 60: "Politicised" CPS only prosecuted me over a race row because I was an MP
The Crown Prosecution Service has been accused of pursuing a "political" prosecution by former Conservative politician Bob Stewart who was found guilty over racist comments, and then won on appeal.The legal battle was triggered when Stewart - at the time the MP for Beckenham in south-east London - told an activist to “go back to Bahrain” during a confrontation in central London.Stewart told Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei “you’re taking money off my country, go away” during an argument outside the Foreign Office’s Lancaster House in Westminster.Stewart, a former British Army officer and United Nations commander in Bosnia who was MP for Beckenham from 2010 to 2024, was then found guilty in November 2023 for a racially aggravated public order offence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episode 59: 'Not a single extra British fish' will be plundered by French trawlers as a result of Brexit reset deal, promises Nick Thomas-Symonds
Not a single extra fish will be take from UK fishing waters as a result of the Labour government's Brexit reset deal, the minister behind Sir Keir Starmer's negotiations has told GB News.Nick Thomas-Symonds, the Cabinet Office minister, also told GB News' Chopper's Political Podcast that the UK was not on a course to rejoin the European Union after the deal, which was dismissed as a surrender by the Government's critics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episode 58: Being worried about immigration is 'legitimate' and does not 'make you right wing or racist' says Labour MP
Being concerned about rising immigration and the impact on communities does not "make you right wing or racist", a leading red wall Labour MP has said.Speaking to GB News' Chopper's Political Podcast, Hartlepool MP Jonathan Brash said that concerns about migration was "a perfectly legitimate concern". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episode 57: Nigel Farage moves ever closer to keys of Downing Street as Reform soar to success - full analysis
GB News Political Editor Christopher Hope and GB News Deputy Political Editor Tom Harwood sit down to look at what the results of this week's by-election, mayoral elections and local elections mean for the future of the UK's political landscape. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episode 56: Keir Starmer 'looked at me like I was an alien' says MP shunned by Labour in trans rights row
Sir Keir Starmer "looked at me like I was an alien" when we met for 17 minutes for the first time in four years in May last year, former Labour MP Rosie Duffield has said.Duffield also said that she could only re-enter the Labour Party when Starmer is no long the party's leader in an interview with today's Chopper's Political Podcast.Duffield was speaking for the first time since Starmer refused to apologise at Prime Minister's Questions this week for how she was treated by the party when she was hounded out. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sit back, pour yourself a drink and join GB News' Political Editor Christopher Hope at his regular table in a Westminster pub where he will discuss the latest insider political intrigue and gossip with everyone from popstars to politicians. New episodes released every Friday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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