Crooked candidates and crypto fraudsters: what's wrong with our political parties? | The Daily T

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In this episode of The Daily T, Tim Stanley and Jacob Rees-Mogg discuss the wider state of Britain’s political parties, following the fallout from the Conservative party’s controversial selection of former neo-Nazi Joshua Bonehill-Paine as a local council candidate and The Telegraph’s report on Wes Streeting accepting funds tied to disgraced crypto figure Sam Bankman-Fried. The pair ask: has over-regulation destroyed political judgment, or are today’s politicians simply worse than their predecessors? Chapters 00:00 - Introduction: "Crooked Kind to the Left, Crypto Donors to the Right" 00:40 - The Tory Council Candidate Controversy: Joshua Bonehill-Paine 02:40 - Can Political Figures Be Forgiven? Repentance & Luciana Berger 04:37 - Politicians with Convictions: Louise Haigh & Criminal Records in Office 07:44 - Conservative Party Selection Standards & Kemi Badenoch 09:41 - Scrutinizing Candidates: "Running on Coals" in Public Life 11:34 - Wes Streeting & The Sam Bankman-Fri

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