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Radio 4,10 Mar 2012,28 mins

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As MPs discuss the Queen's diamond jubilee in the Commons, George Parker of the Financial Times asks why they can't criticise the Monarch there. He hears from the man who takes the pulse of Conservative backbenchers in the run-up to the Budget. There's a tribute to the late Lord St John of Fawsley who set up the system of select committees. And the story of a potentially explosive leak that was never made public. Chris Skidmore, Paul Flynn. Sajid Javid, Lord Butler, John Whittingdale and Mike Hancock are his guests.

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