Sunday Times Teaser 2892 – Political Pairings

by Graham Smithers

Published February 25 2018 (link)

A debating society arranged for a series of eight political debates between different Labour and Conservative politicians, each time with a different presenter.

The presenters were: MARR, NEIL, NEWMAN, PARKINSON, PAXMAN, POPPLEWELL, ROBINSON and SNOW.

The Labour politicians were: ABBOTT, ABRAHAMS, CHAKRABARTI, CORBYN, EAGLE, LEWIS, STARMER and WATSON.

The Conservative politicians were: BRADLEY, GRAYLING, GREEN, HAMMOND, LEADSOM, LIDINGTON, MCLOUGHLIN and MUNDELL.

For each debate there were 2 letters in common for any pairing from presenter, Labour politician and Conservative politician. The Labour politicians are listed alphabetically. What is the corresponding order for the Conservative politicians?