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Aug 2021
45m 23s

Mother and Father of the House

THE TIMES
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Luke Jones, sitting in for Matt Chorley is joined by the Mother and the Father of the House, Conservative MP Peter Bottomley and Labour MP Harriet Harman to reminisce over 85 years on the green benches. 


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The Times Libby Purves and the New Statesman's Rachel Cunliffe talk Afghanistan and the Plymouth shooting. 


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