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13:58Now PlayingNadhim Zahawi, ex-Tory Chancellor and the man responsible for rolling out the Covid vaccine, has defected to Reform.
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Is this the most significant defection to date?
Oli Dugmore is joined by Ailbhe Rea and Rachel Cunliffe.
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