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Oct 2024
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UK Column News Podcast 7th October 2024

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Brian Gerrish, Ben Rubin and Alex Thomson with today's UK Column News. If you would like to support our independent journalism, please join the community: https://community.ukcolumn.org/ Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-7th-october-2024  
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