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Radio 4,24 Jan 2015,28 mins

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Isabel Hardman of The Spectator looks behind the scenes at Westminster. Is the controversy over the party leaders' televised debates descending into farce? Do we know enough about the "dark arts" of election campaigning, and why do parties send "moles" to their opponents' meetings? Does David Cameron have any international role model in mind when he goes on the stump? And the fuss over replacing the clerk to the Speaker of the Commons is resolved. The editor is Marie Jessel.

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