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How to make a maiden speech

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What makes a good maiden speech, how do you write and deliver one, and what do they say about the MP that makes it? To talk about getting through that tricky first innings in the Commons two more members of the 2024 intake who have already taken their maiden voyage; Jeevun Sandher, the Labour MP for Loughborough, and Julia Buckley, the Labour member for Shrewsbury, join Alain Tolhurst for this week's episode, and alongside them is Paul Richards, author of the new book, How to Write a Parliamentary Speech, as well as Rob Hutton, journalist and parliamentary sketchwriter.

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Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot