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Why the hell would you work for an MP?
Westminster Insider
English - May 19, 2023 02:00 - 34 minutes - 40 MB - ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsPolitics News Society & Culture Documentary jack blanchard documentary politico politics uk politics westminster ailbhe rea aggie chambre sascha o'sullivan Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In a special episode, host Aggie Chambre gathers a group of 20-something politicos who spent years working as aides and researchers for some of Britain's best-known politicians — and hears what working for an MP is really like.
They tell stories of drunken sleepovers in parliament, MPs' texts at 4 a.m., and high-pressure casework for distraught constituents which changed their lives forever. And the group explains how in the world of Westminster, your MP is also your "judge, jury, and executioner" — meaning if you work for the wrong person, things can quickly go badly wrong.
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