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    Explore "ethical standards" with insightful episodes like "Why are Tories bottling the 'Partygate' vote?", "The Sunday Read: 'The Man Who Cracked the Lottery'", "#121 Pain Funnel" and "133. A Burger a Day" from podcasts like ""The News Agents", "The Daily", "Reply All" and "Freakonomics Radio"" and more!

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    Why are Tories bottling the 'Partygate' vote?

    Why are Tories bottling the 'Partygate' vote?

    The Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has just confirmed to The News Agents that the Met are looking at the video evidence of a party during lockdown - (thank you Sunday Mirror) with a view to opening another investigation.

    We have the full exchange on today's episode - and hear his views on politicians telling the Met how to do their jobs.

    Suella Braverman just suggested she'd fully support the Met 'ramping up stop and search'. Hmmm.

    We also ask why Rishi Sunak is trying to be anywhere else but the Commons tonight for that vote on the Privileges Committee report into Boris Johnson. What does it say when our leaders dont like showing...erm...leadership.

    Particularly one's who've promised to restore integrity and transparency to the job...

    The Sunday Read: 'The Man Who Cracked the Lottery'

    The Sunday Read: 'The Man Who Cracked the Lottery'

    When the Iowa Attorney General's office began investigating an unclaimed lottery ticket worth millions, an incredible string of unlikely winners came to light, and a trail that pointed to an inside job. Today, listen to a story about mortality — about our greed, hubris and, ultimately, humility.

    This story was recorded by Audm. To hear more audio stories from publishers like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.

    #121 Pain Funnel

    #121 Pain Funnel
    An ambitious plan to help people goes off the rails, and a man from Florida tries to fix things the only way he knows how: with prank phone calls. Further reading: Cat Ferguson's reporting on Google and Rehab (The Verge) - Part I Cat Ferguson's reporting on Google and Rehab (The Verge) - Part II David Segal's series on the business around addiction (New York Times) Ryan Hampton's American Fix: Inside the Opioid Addiction Crisis Palm Beach Post's Reporting on the Sober Home Crisis  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices