128. Whips, Chaos, and secrets from Westminster (Simon Hart)

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  • 7 April 2025

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Why do the wrong people become MPs? How can we transform Westminster into a modern day workplace? How did Simon Hart’s time at The Countryside Alliance inform his politics? 


Rory and Alastair are joined by the ex-Tory Chief Whip, Simon Hart, to discuss all this and more. 


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