The glasses clink in the coalition bunker

In this week’s episode of Newsroom’s weekly politics podcast, we ask who needs evidence for policies, we talk ferries and pull apart the latest polls-------------------Recommendations:Marc – A telling article from the US on Heatmap about that country’s troubles building one big power line:Laura  – An Associated Press backgrounder on what led to thousands storming Kenya’s Parliament in what started as disputes over new taxes and ended up in a deadly clashTim – Geoffrey Palmer’s speech we carried on Newsroom: NZ is an executive paradise, not democratic paradise -------------------Raw Politics will be available wherever you get your podcasts every Friday, and you can watch it on YouTube.

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Every Friday, near the end of the political week, Laura Walters, Tim Murphy, Marc Daalder and a range of Newsroom's political reporters will dissect the big issues and put politicians’ performances under the microscope in a lively 20 minute show aiming to take viewers and listeners inside the beltway.Watch Raw Politics every week on YouTube or listen on your favourite podcast app. And send us your burning political questions to [email protected] and we’ll endeavour to find the answer and explain the issues.