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Jan 2024
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After former cabinet minister Simon Clarke calls on Rishi Sunak to resign, Keir Starmer gets away with swearing about Tory in-fighting and Rishi Sunak calls him a "human weathervane".


Matt pauses and unpacks the action from Prime Minister's Questions with Patrick Maguire and Lara Spirit, and reads out some texts from Conservative MPs.


Plus: Columnists Alice Thomson and Robert Crampton discuss the backlash against Simon Clarke, Britain's disappearing public toilets, and why Robert really likes dressing up.


Columnists (6:15)


PMQs Unpacked (23:00)



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