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The Media Show: Westminster's Secrets and Lies

Westminster's Secrets and Lies

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Lobby insiders reveal how political journalism really works.

Westminster insiders including Sunday Times Political Editor Caroline Wheeler and former Downing Street comms director Guto Harri explain how political stories are made.

Westminster journalists are the ultimate insiders, with privileged access to the Houses of Parliament and the people running the country. Do they work to hold the powerful to account? Or is the Lobby an opaque and cosy club that sometimes fails democracy? Katie Razzall is joined by a panel of Westminster insiders to discuss.

Guests: Guto Harri is a former Director of Communications at 10 Downing Street. His new podcast, Unprecedented, tells the story of the final months of Boris Johnson’s administration. Ian Dunt is a columnist at the i Newspaper and author of How Westminster Works... and Why It Doesn't; Caroline Wheeler is Political Editor at The Sunday Times and Eleni Courea is Deputy Editor of POLITICO London Playbook.

Recorded at the Hay Festival.

Presenter: Katie Razzall
Producer: Simon Richardson

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