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Dec 2020
42m 41s

Chasing MPs with Michael Crick

THE TIMES
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Times columnist Robert Crampton and Red Box reporter Esther Webber pick over the days news; then Matt Chorley talks to veteran broadcaster Michael Crick about 40 years of chasing politicians to ask them the important questions.

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