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'The whole system is at breaking point'

Nigel Farage, former UKIP leader, tells Sarah Montague that Albanians in migrant processing centres should all be flown back home. He adds that anyone using criminal gangs to get into the UK should never be granted refugee status.

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'Billionaires aren't going to call the shots anymore - there is going to be some degree of regulation...'

Former Twitter vice president Bruce Daisley says Elon Musk will find he doesn't have a completely free hand running the social media network.

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'Put your head in the water...'

Lewis Pugh dodged tankers and sharks to become the first person to swim across the Red Sea.

Now he urges world leaders at COP27 in Egypt to see the impact of climate change for themselves.

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'We've all had enough of the Conservative Party balancing its own internal disputes against the needs of the country'

Lord Blunkett, former Home Secretary, tells Sarah Montague he was 'surprised' and 'deeply concerned' at the re-appointment of Suella Braverman.

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There are 'significant risks' to the fiscal statement delay, Mohammed El-Erian, chief economic adviser at Allianz, tells Sarah Montague.

He says the delay is understandable as the global markets are calm at the moment, but risky as you cannot guarantee this will continue.

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“It is so easy to fix this”

Julian Metcalfe, founder and CEO of Itsu, tells Sarah Montague that two year working visas for young people would help reduce the 'needless' rise in restaurant and hospitality prices.

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'I want to see extra research done before we start saying don't worry about your maths homework, get on your gaming console'

Professor Paul Howard-Jones says a new study which claims child gamers show enhanced cognitive performance is 'promising'

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'We might be more boring as a government but actually that's what people want'

Tory MP Huw Merriman, tells Sarah Montague the new PM Rishi Sunak will bring hard work and determination to reassure the public that things will be 'different this time'.

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Join us for an extended edition of with Sarah Montague as we bring you the latest in the Conservative leadership contest.

Listen now on BBC Radio 4 & BBC Sounds

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'The Prime Minister has to accept that his or her hands will be tied'

Professor Sir Charlie Bean, former Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, tells Jonny Dymond it would be 'problematic' if the next PM completely changed Jeremy Hunt's economic plans for the country.

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Lord Frost, former Brexit Minister, tells Sarah Montague Liz Truss has 'done the right thing' by resigning.

He says the outgoing Prime Minister has opened up the debate about the future of the country but it's a pity she won't get the chance to deliver a better path.

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'If you're a Tory activist, you're realising your party is heading for a 1997 style wipeout unless something radical happens'

Fraser Nelson, editor of the Spectator, tells Sarah Montague that Rishi Sunak will 'probably' win the leadership vote next week

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Lord Howard, former Conservative leader, tells Sarah Montague that the party must now unite around a candidate who will lead the country in a 'sober, stable, responsible' government through difficult times.

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'Our government is clearly in bed with fossil fuel companies and fossil fuel billionaires so they will never stop extractions until we create the critical disruptions to the economy'

Morgan Trowland - of Just Stop Oil - tells Sarah Montague why he's scaled the Dartford Bridge

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Asked to reflect on how the current crisis compares to previous political moments, Conservative MP Dr Liam Fox tells Sarah Montague he 'can't imagine anything would be worse' than the rows over Maastricht.

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Met Police report illustrates the problem of 'institutional racism', Parm Sandhu tells Sarah Montague

The former Chief Superintendent at the Met Police says the force has gone 'backwards' to before the publication of the Macpherson report.

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“If there was a general election tomorrow, which of course there won’t be, we’d be a smaller party then the SNP, we wouldn’t even be the party of opposition” Conservative MP Charles Walker tells

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'The safe environment doesn't exist'

Parm Sandhu, former Chief Superintendent at the Met Police, tells Sarah Montague she was aware of the racism within the force.

She adds that the misconduct process isn't fit for purpose & officers who report bad behaviour are mistreated.

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'We were enveloped in the smoke and suddenly I didn't care...'

Author Michael Morpurgo tells how a steam train eased the pain of learning he was to have a new father.

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