New Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries joins Christopher Hope live at the Conservative Party Conference in her first broadcast interview in the role. The best-selling author and MP for Mid-Bedfordshire declares the days of tokenism at the BBC over, dismisses "snobbery" surrounding her appointment, and comes down hard on Angela Rayner's comments about "Tory scum".
Plus: Ms Dorries reveals whether she would pay her TV license if it weren't compulsory and why, as the tenth Culture Secretary in as many years, she's the minister who will stick.
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