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After the row over tax returns, are political scandals not what they used to be? Richard Littlejohn asks in his Spectator cover piece this week whether we’ve come a long way from the days of Christine Keeler and the Profumo Affair. Have we forgotten what a scandal is really about? Isabel Hardman is joined by Matthew Parris, author of Great Parliamentary Scandals, to discuss. As he puts it:-
For quite a long time, sex was very delicious. I think we’re beginning to find tax and financial matters delicious too.’
Also on the Spectator podcast, Political Editor James Forsyth says David Cameron’s exit strategy as Prime Minister hinges on the outcome of the EU referendum. But following a miserable few weeks for the Government, many Tories are starting to ask whether the PM can or will even want to make it to his preferred departure date in 2019.
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