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Steve Richards of the Independent on a star cast at the Leveson Inquiry, a referendum on the EU, the mood of the LibDems, and how far sporting triumphs can lift a government.

Steve Richards of the Independent reflects on this week's star cast at the Leveson Inquiry with the former Conservative leader Michael Howard and Labour's Nick Brown, a close ally of Gordon Brown

He looks at the merits of a referendum on the EU with the Tory MP and referendum-supporter Douglas Carswell and the Professor of Government Philip Norton who opposes referendums in principle.

Evan Harris and Stephen Gilbert, both Liberal Democrats, help assess the mood of the Lib Dems after this week's mass abstention in a Commons vote.

And two football fans, Labour's Steve Pound and the Tory, Tracey Crouch, ponder the political impact of national sporting triumphs.

Editor: Peter Mulligan.

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Sat 16 Jun 2012 11:00

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