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Feb 2021
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Political Games

THE TIMES
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One year out from the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, Matt Chorley speaks to Conservative MP Tom Tugendhat and the Muslim Council of Britain's Hassan Joudi about whether Britain should boycott the event over allegations of human rights abuses in Xinjiang, and to Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies and the Times' Matt Lawton about attending controversial international sporting events. 


PLUS: Times Columnists Rachel Sylvester and Libby Purves pick over the day's news. 


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