02

Dec

2009

06: The Expenses Saga, Zac Goldsmith and the Impartial Civil Service

Featuring: Harry Cole (Tory Bear) and Alex Hilton (Recess Monkey) alongside regulars Stuart Sharpe and Mark Thompson

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Topics we discussed:

  • The expenses crisis – the story that just won’t go away. Is parliament doing enough to reform the current system – and if not why not?
  • Tory PPC and environmental campaigner Zac Goldsmith is a non-dom and doesn’t pay much British tax at all. Should he be allowed to be a PPC or an MP?
  • The new chair of Young Labour works at DEFRA in an ostensibly non-partisan position – should politically neutral civil servants be allowed to take positions of importance within a political party?

Enjoy the podcast and we’ll see you next week!

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