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5 Live Politics: 27/02/2011

27/02/2011

BBC Radio 5 Live - 5 Live Politics, 27/02/2011

John Pienaar with Transport Secretary Philip Hammond, Don Foster and Rushanara Ali.

John Pienaar with Transport Secretary Philip Hammond, Don Foster MP and Rushanara Ali MP. Plus, why the Oscars have adopted the Alternative Vote. And John goes gardening.

John Pienaar shares his keen political observations, with news and interviews from key political figures in Westminster.

This week, his guests are the Transport Secretary, Philip Hammond MP; Don Foster, MP for Bath; and Rushanara Ali, MP for Bethnal Green and Bow.

Rosa Prince, political correspondent at The Telegraph, and Richard Littlejohn, columnist for the Daily Mail, offer their analysis of the week's political news.

Plus Colin Paterson joins us from the Oscars with news of the Academy using the Alternative Vote system for choosing its winners.

And John visits the Gardening Museum, meeting people who've decided to grow their own food because of the financial squeeze.

Follow John on Twitter @JPonPolitics.

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