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Leak inquiry: what happens when Westminster's secrets are spilled
Leak inquiry: what happens when Westminster's secrets are spilled
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Length:
39 minutes
Released:
Mar 15, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
This week, Aggie Chambre looks at the art of the leak and asks — why do people do it, and what happens when your political secrets are exposed?Former Deputy Prime Minister Damian Green talks about helping to leak Home Office secrets when Labour was in charge.Aggie hears from journalist and author Isabel Oakeshott about her controversial decision to leak Matt Hancock’s Covid WhatsApps — and why she had to adopt a disguise during the process.POLITICO’s Jack Blanchard and Jeremy Corbyn’s former spinner James Schneider tell Aggie about the infamous 2017 Labour manifesto leak and the consequences for the party’s campaign.And Times political editor Steven Swinford, recipient of a hefty chunk of Westminster’s secrets, talks us through how he got leaked information about the second Covid lockdown and government decisions around Huawei. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Mar 15, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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