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Nov 2020
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Is Biden Best for Britain? (with Sir Nig...

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England's pubs, restaurants and non-essential shops have closed for four weeks as a second national lockdown starts. Joey Jones, senior counsel at Grayling and former spokesperson for Theresa May, explains why extending the measures could see Boris Johnson courting Keir Starmer.

And across the pond, Joe Biden is on the brink of taking the White House. Sir Nigel Sheinwald, former U.K. ambassador to the U.S., tells Bloomberg Westminster's Sebastian Salek and Roger Hearing a calmer international trade picture would benefit Britain. 

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