The Bigger Picture: The Speaker & The Commons, The Post Office Scandal & Alexei Navalny

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The Bigger Picture: The Speaker & The Commons, The Post Office Scandal & Alexei Navalny

Simon Rose
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The Bigger Picture

The Bigger Picture: The Speaker & The Commons, The Post Office Scandal & Alexei Navalny
Politicial commentator Mike Indian discusses the uproar in the Commons over Gaza amendments which has damaged Speaker Lindsay Hoyle's hitherto high reputation. Party politics has once more trumped meaningful debate in a world where MPs are increasingly seen as being targets. Mike asks if this was a face-saving exercise for the Labour leadership and assesses what it means for the Speaker. He also returns to the Post Office Horizon Scandal and questions whether public-owned bodies providing key services to the state like the Post Office ought to be run as businesses at all. Lastly, he turns to the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. With much of the world turning towards authoritarianism, Mike feels we must cherish and strengthen our democracy.
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