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Jun 2020
28m 13s

Let's all do the conga

THE TIMES
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As MPs vote on how to vote, Matt Chorley speaks to one MP caught up in the socially-distanced queue (Tracy Brabin) and another shielding at home (Robert Halfon).


Plus Red Box's Esther Webber and Hannah White from the Institute for Government on what happens now.



Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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