By-elections and culture wars

In today's episode, Jacqui and Al dissect the three big by-election results form this week, including the amazing result for Sarah Dyke, the new Liberal Democrat MP for Somerton and Frome. 

We also discuss the likely response from the Tory party, which looks set to pour fuel on the fire of the so called "culture war" with a strategy of "dividing and ruling" the British public. Part of that strategy looks likely (judging by Michael Gove's interview with today's Sunday Telegraph) to seek electoral advantage by rolling back the UK's commitment to tackling climate change. But at what social, environmental and political cost?

The LGBT Veterans Review, chaired by Lord Etherton, was recently published and regular listeners will know that we've been following and supporting this process from the outset. This week the PM issued a full apology on behalf of the UK, with compensation to follow.

And finally, we take our regular look at Al's  Diary from this past week - 8 hours of which was spent crawling along the creaking A303 from Cornwall back to Surrey Heath.

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Presented by Jacqui Hames & Dr Al Pinkerton

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