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Closing time: the coming Tory brawl over Covid rules

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In this episode

Cindy YuJames ForsythCharles LipsonFreddy GrayJo Deacon

Another Conservative civil war threatens to bubble over, so will the government start taking its backbenchers seriously? (00:55) Plus, the contentious fight over the next Supreme Court nominee (15:25) and what is it like to be in Madagascar during the pandemic? (29:05)

With Political Editor James Forsyth; Chair of the 1922 Committee of Tory backbenchers Sir Graham Brady; Professor Charles Lipson from the University of Chicago; USA Editor Freddy Gray; and writer Jo Deacon.

Presented by Cindy Yu.

Produced by Cindy Yu and Max Jeffery.