Parliament’s spying scandal: Why was the China case dropped?

S1E110 - Parliament’s spying scandal: Why was the China case dropped?

Published: October 17, 2025

Duration: 58:51

It’s been an extraordinary week in Westminster, with three separate ministerial statements to the Commons on the China spying case. To make sense of the confusion, Ruth and Mark are joined by Professor Mark Elliott, public law expert from Cambridge University, to unpack the sudden collapse of the prosecution against two alleged spies.

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