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Oct 2022
28m 13s

14/10/2022

Bbc Radio 4
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Mark D'Arcy reflects on a dramatic day at Westminster. He also reports on plans to change the law on when someone can be detained in hospital and treated for a mental health disorder. There's an interview with the author of a new biography of Harold Wilson and there's a chance to hear a rarely heard Commons exchange between Harold Wilson and Margaret Thatch ... Show More
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