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Westminster Hour: 18/12/2016

18/12/2016

BBC Radio 4 - Westminster Hour, 18/12/2016

Carolyn Quinn and guests review an eventful year in politics and look ahead to 2017.

Carolyn Quinn reviews an eventful year in politics with MPs Sir Nicholas Soames and Gisela Stuart, and with political commentators Anushka Asthana and Tim Montgomerie.

Carolyn Quinn is joined by the Conservative MP Sir Nicholas Soames, Labour's Gisela Stuart and the political commentators Anushka Asthana of the Guardian and Tim Montgomerie from The Times, to review an eventful year in politics and look forward to 2017. They discuss the state of the main political parties, progress on Brexit, and the war in Syria. The programme also includes an interview with the former head of civil service, Lord O'Donnell.

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