The Panel with Sue Bradford and Tim Wilson Part 1
Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Sue Bradford and Tim Wilson. They discuss the shifting sta'te of affairs in the middle east, whether or not David Seymour absued his office with online harrasment of opponents of the Regulatory Standards Bill and if trespass notices given to victims of stalking are worth the paper theyre written on.
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