"Disinformation" with David Davis

Chopper's Politics

The Telegraph

Brexit, Political, News, Uk, Coronavirus, Politics, Parliament

4.2 • 864 Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Finally the Covid inquiry starts next week - and the Government is in a right old tangle over what to do about it. Veteran Conservative MP and former Cabinet Minister David Davis joins Christopher Hope in the Red Lion to voice his concerns about the shadowy Government body called the Counter Disinformation Unit, which was used to spy on lockdown critics and why he'd only give the current government a 6/10.

Also on the podcast, we explore what would Labour do about the Covid Whatsapp row, if it's not resolved by the time a potential Labour govt is formed next year, with Shadow Cabinet Office minister Baroness Jenny Chapman. She admits she had misgivings about closing schools, and also makes her pitch for a Prime Minister Starmer.

Plus Tory London Mayor hopeful Dan Korski on what the capital would look like if he took the reigns, and his thoughts on a certain former London Mayor with a penchant for zip-wires.

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0:00.0	Coming up on choppers politics.
0:05.0	My old joke to people is, you know, you think yes, ministers are comedy, I know it's a training film,
0:10.0	you know, because they don't like being scrutinized.
0:12.0	Whitehall is all about control of information.
0:14.4	That information is power, they know that, so they tend to hoard it for themselves.
0:19.2	Hello, I'm Christopher Hope, chopper to my pals, associate Editor for Politics at the Daily Telegraph, and this
0:24.4	is Chopper's Politics Podcast.
0:27.1	Finally, the COVID inquiry starts next week, and the government is in a right old tangle about what to do about it, even though it set up the inquiry in the first place.
0:38.0	Ministers are currently refusing to hand over WhatsApp messages about secret chats behind the scenes during the pandemic crisis to Heather
0:45.6	Hallert, Baroness Hallert, despite Boris Johnson's entreaties.
0:50.5	More on that from Labour later.
0:53.0	And this weekend the Tories will narrow a short list of candidates to be Conservative
0:58.3	Mayor or Challenger to London Mayor, Cadee Khan in next year's election to City Hall.
1:03.7	We'll be chatting to one of the most interesting candidates on the slate, Daniel Korski.
1:08.0	But first, the Tugar's investigation team has been raising concerns all the week about a shadowy government body called the
1:15.1	counter disinformation unit which has been used to spy on lockdown critics and MPs
1:21.4	are now concerned particularly those who are snooped on.
1:25.0	Like David Davis, the former Conservative Cabinet Minister.
1:29.0	David joins me now.
1:32.0	David Davis, welcome to Chopper's Politics Podcast.
1:35.0	Great to have you on.
1:36.0	My pleasure. Back in the Red Lion pub.
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