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Today in audio: Wednesday 3rd February

Haven’t had a chance to follow the day’s political events and interviews? Then don’t worry: here, The Spectator, brings you the best of today’s audio clips in one place for you to listen to.

David Cameron did his best to try and talk up the draft EU package he negotiated with Donald Tusk as he gave a statement to the Commons:

Jeremy Corbyn took him to task for not being in Parliament yesterday, sarcastically saying he hoped the PM had a ‘good time in Chippenham’ instead:

John Mann gave the most stinging response to the EU draft document, asking the PM: ‘Is that it?’

David Cameron is likely to be more concerned about the MPs on the benches behind him, however, if the debate was anything to go by. Conservative backbencher Jacob Rees-Mogg said the PM had two weeks to ‘salvage his reputation as a negotiator’:

Whilst his Tory colleague Steve Baker asked what happened to the party’s promises on the EU.

It was down to Bernard Jenkin to lower the tone during the Commons debate – referring to ‘male bovine excrement’ in his address to the chamber:

Whilst earlier in the day, Liam Fox said four or five Cabinet ministers would be backing Brexit:

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