Chopper’s Politics Podcast: Lockdowns, press ups and should MPs work at home as Coronavirus spreads?

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Social distancing means the Red Lion is sadly out of the question, but the show goes on – Christopher Hope speaks to the Telegraph’s Political Editor Gordon Rayner about how the outbreak will affect Brexit, and the true impact of the emergency Coronavirus Bill.

Plus Labour MP Bambos Charambalous on whether MPs should be working from home, and Tom Tugendhat, Conservative Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee on the UK’s reaction so far and his at-home exercise regime…

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In This Story: Brexit

Brexit is the name given to the United Kingdom’s exiting the European Union, which happened on 31 January 2020, following a narrow “Leave” referendum result in a June 2016 vote on EU Membership which took place in the country. News items related to Brexit are posted, below, chronologically, with the most recent items at the top, from a variety of outlets.

3 Recent Items: Brexit

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In This Story: Tom Tugendhat

Thomas Georg John Tugendhat MBE VR is a British Conservative Party politician serving as Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee since 2017. He has been the Member of Parliament for Tonbridge and Malling since 2015.

An Arabic speaker, Tugendhat served in the British Army’s Intelligence Corps for several years, during wars with Iraq and Afghanistan.

5 Recent Items: Tom Tugendhat

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World’s first push to tackle online fraud: Tom Tugendhat rolls out the Online Safety Charter

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Gaza: Government ‘working tirelessly’ to protect Britons there, says minister

Israel-Hamas war: Rise in antisemitism in UK

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