Are Farage and Burnham as bad as each other when it comes to making taxpayers fund by-elections?
About this episode
The episode discusses whether Farage and Burnham are equally responsible for making taxpayers fund by-elections.
Are Farage and Burnham as bad as each other when it comes to making taxpayers fund by-elections? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Labour councillor and former Gogglebox star Josh Tapper, former Green Party co-leader Jonathan Bartley, the Sunday Telegraph's Political Editor Camilla Turner, plus the Children's Alliance charity chief executive and former Conservative MP Jo Gideon.
People in this episode
Host: Iain Dale
Guests: Josh Tapper, Jonathan Bartley, Camilla Turner, Jo Gideon
Topics covered
- by-elections
- taxpayer funding
- political accountability
- Labour Party
- Green Party
- politics
Keywords
- Farage
- Burnham
- by-elections
- taxpayer funding
- politics
- Iain Dale
- interview
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Children's Alliance, Green Party, Sunday Telegraph
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