Is a thirty-five day suspension for one MP really enough? Are ID cards a good idea or an invasion of privacy? And 'Slow Horses' or 'The Crown'. All these questions and more are answered in this edition of The Two Matts, with Matt Kelly and Matt d'Ancona.
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- Highland Girl (via Spotify)
- Anthony Laukaitis
- Trevor Dobson
- Michael Rosenthal
- Jane in Primrose Hill
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