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Last broadcast on Sat, 9 Jan 2010, 11:00 on BBC Radio 4.
Synopsis
A look behind the scenes at Westminster with Peter Oborne.
MPs expenses raised its head again when the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority published its consultation on MPs allowances and expenses. Will the regulation be tough enough? John Mann (Labour) thinks not, while Nick Harvey (Liberal Democrat) disagrees.
The move to unseat Gordon Brown failed, but how does one mount a successful coup? Two people with experience of the rough and tumble of party politics - Lord Donoghue, former adviser to Prime Ministers Harold Wilson and Jim Callaghan, and Derek Conway, a Conservative whip in the Major years - compare notes.
The Liberal Democrats are now being wooed by both main parties in the expectation of a hung parliament. Lord Rennard and Chris Huhne assess their suitors.
Do political poster campaigns work? Charles Lewington of Hanover PR and formerly John Major's head of communications, talks to Barry Delaney, a former advertising consultant to the Labour Party.
Chapters
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Chapter 1
Labour’s John Mann and Liberal Democrat Nick Harvey discuss a new twist in MPs expenses.
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Chapter 2
Lord Donoghue, a Labour peer, and Derek Conway, who masterminded the end of Iain Duncan Smith as Tory leader, discuss how to manage a successful political plot.
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Chapter 3
David Cameron’s face has recently appeared on large posters, pledging to not to cut the NHS. PR and Marketing moguls Barry Delaney and Charles Lewington discuss such campaigns.
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Chapter 4
Former party Chief Executive Lord Rennard and Shadow Home Secretary Chris Huhne discuss what it is like being pursued by both main parties.
Broadcast
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Sat 9 Jan 201011:00
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