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Radio 4,08 May 2024,45 mins

Will Elphicke defection backfire on Labour?

The World Tonight

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A boost for Labour as another Tory MP defects. But with growing disquiet amongst the Labour ranks - could the coup backfire? Also on the programme: University leaders will meet at Downing Street tomorrow to discuss what the prime minister calls an “unacceptable rise in antisemitism” on campuses. We'll speak to a Jewish student leader - and a pro-Palestinian protester who's gone on hunger strike. As Russia's military attache is expelled for spying - what goes on behind the gates of the Russian Embassy in London? And the sperm whale whisperer: we speak to the scientist who's been decoding the sounds from the deep that resemble a human language.

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