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May 2024
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Show 340. Tim Loughton Returns. Again.

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One of the most entertaining guests in the history of the show returns, to tell the incredible story of his deportation from Djibouti. 

 

Tim is one of five MPs to be sanctioned by China, but never expected that to have an effect in Africa,

 

He's standing down at the next election and gives his entertaining assessment of the issues facing the Conservatives, including his revoew of Liz Truss's book. 

 

This is a great story, well told. 

 

 

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