18/07/2013

As the British government publishes plans for legislation to curb the influence of political lobbyists, we go stateside to speak to a former US lobbyist who served 43 months in prison after pleading guilty in 2006 to mail fraud, conspiracy to bribe public officials, and tax evasion. Jack Abramoff then wrote a book about his experiences called Capitol Punishment, and now lobbies very hard for reform.

Also, the Contributing Editor of Rolling Stone Magazine in New York tells us why he thinks the iconic publication decided to put a picture of the alleged Boston marathon bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on the cover of its latest edition.

Plus former Test spinner Colin Miller gives Rhod his thoughts ahead of the 2nd Ashes Test at Lord's.