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Sep 2024
31m 48s

Has Britain Lost Its Regional Identity?

THE TIMES
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Hugo Rifkind is back to unpack the politics of the day, and all the other news, with the brightest minds from the Times and the Sunday Times.


Today he's joined by James Marriott and Libby Purves to discuss the extent to which BBC should have noticed the Huw Edwards case, whether Britain has lost its respect for regional identity and the decline of Anglo-Saxon names. 


Plus, Judge Libby is back to rule on some of the biggest questions of ethics and morality in public life. 



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