{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/657c9dc8eb643e00177fdc87/657c9dcf762a0e0016e69af5?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Strikes, sexism and why MPs' second jobs are OK","description":"<p>Twas the strike before Christmas... on this week's festive edition of Choppers' Politics: </p><p><strong>Frances O'Grady </strong>gives her final interview as the General Secretary of the TUC, discussing strikes and the current gridlock between union leaders and the government. </p><p><strong>Robert Halfon MP</strong>, previously an outspoken and campaigning backbencher, swings by the Red Lion pub to explain how now, as a Minister of State in the Department of Education, he's taking that spirit and applying it to students affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. He's also, unusually, a member of a trade union. </p><p>Plus, <strong>Sir Geoffrey Cox KC </strong>pops by to talk about a ghost of his Christmas past: second jobs for MPs. He also treats us to a tradition on the podcast, a reading from A Child's Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas.</p><p><br></p><p>For 30 days' free access to The Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/chopper |</p><p>Sign up to the Chopper's Politics newsletter: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politicsnewsletter |</p><p>Read Chopper's Peterborough diary: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/peterborough-diary |</p><p><br></p><p>Email: chopperspolitics@telegraph.co.uk |</p>","author_name":"The Telegraph"}