I Witnessed History

The day The Telegraph exposed MPs’ Expenses

The Telegraph’s Christopher Hope was there when the 2009 MPs’ Expenses Scandal broke. In fact, he broke it. One hard drive, thousands of pages of expense claims covering every MP in the country, and nine days to wade through them before the first story would go to print. Christopher takes us inside the biggest story of his career, and the biggest parliamentary scandal in a generation.  Watch Chris talk about that day in a video version of this podcast: <a href="https://youtu.be/29w2AAO1OBs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/29w2AAO1OBs</a>|For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: <a href="https://telegraph.co.uk/audio" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://telegraph.co.uk/audio</a> |See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Where were you when 9/11 happened? When Harry married Meghan? When Margaret Thatcher resigned? The Telegraph’s journalists were right there. Each week they tell us what happened when they witnessed history. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.