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Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a live panel discussion of news and politics from Torquay. With Bernard Jenkin, Sarah Teather MP, Emily Thornberry MP and Professor Rosemary Hollis.

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a live panel discussion of news and politics from Torquay Boys' Grammar School, Devon, with Bernard Jenkin, a member of the executive of the Conservative backbench 1922 Committee and Chairman of the Public Administration Select Committee; Minister of State for Schools and Families, Sarah Teather; Rosemary Hollis, Professor of Middle East Policy Studies at City University in London; and Shadow Attorney General, Emily Thornberry.

Producer: Victoria Wakely.

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50 minutes

Last on

Sat 22 Oct 2011 13:10

Chapters

  • Libya

    Question one: Does the death of Colonel Gaddafi mark victory for the West in Libya?

    Duration: 13:21

  • St Paul's Protest Camp

    Question two: What does the panel think of the forced closure of St Paul's Cathedral caused by the anti-capitalist protests?

    Duration: 08:18

  • EU Referendum

    Question three: Is the lack of any main party support for an EU Referendum an insult to the British people, and to democracy itself?

    Duration: 11:22

  • State school selection

    Question four: Recent data has highlighted the disparity between state school results, and the results of privately educacted pupils. Is the solution more selection in the state sector?

    Duration: 08:26

  • Downsizing

    Question five: Would the panel be prepared to downsize, either for the benefit of their own families, or to free up large houses for other people?

    Duration: 03:50

Broadcasts

  • Fri 21 Oct 2011 20:00
  • Sat 22 Oct 2011 13:10

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