06/02/2011
Preview of the week's political agenda at Westminster with MPs, experts and commentators. Discussion of the issues politicians are grappling with in the corridors of power.
Laura Kuenssberg previews the week's political agenda at Westminster with MPs, experts and commentators. She discusses the issues politicians are debating in the corridors of power.
She asks the Conservative MP Dominic Raab why he opposes giving prisoners the right to vote in elections. The House of Commons is to debate the matter this week following a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that prisoners in the UK should be allowed to vote.
The deputy editor and political commentator of The Daily Telegraph, Benedict Brogan, discusses the reasons for discontent on the Conservative backbenches. He also explains the background to David Cameron's recent speech on Islamic extremism.
The Liberal Democrat MP Stephen Williams and the Labour MP John Woodcock take part in our MPs' panel.
Daniel Brittain talks to historians about the relationship between politicians and the Prince of Wales in the 1920s and 1930s. They tell him some politicians had serious concerns about the Prince's ability to perform his Kingly role in the years before he succeeded his father, George V.
Programme Editor: Terry Dignan.
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- Sun 6 Feb 2011 22:00大象传媒 Radio 4