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Aug 2023

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164. The Trial of Lucy Letby, the domina...

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Why are lawyers being targeted for taking on immigration cases? How significant is the BRICS 'New Development Bank'? Are left-of-centre western governments more anti-American?

Join Rory and Alastair as they answer all these questions and more on today’s episode of The Rest Is Politics.

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