49 min listen
British Politics and Cricket Entwined
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Length:
41 minutes
Released:
May 1, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In their fifth podcast to help the cricket-deprived journalists Peter Oborne and Richard Heller reveal a series of astonishing stories, which show the importance of cricket in British politics.They argue that cricket wrecked Boris Johnson’s chances of becoming Prime Minister in 2016, reveal John Major’s fear of being described as a lame duck in a match with Commonwealth leaders and describe how only weeks into his leadership of the Labour party, Keir Starmer faces a make-or-break challenge, because of cricket.
Released:
May 1, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
The First Nets & More Cricketing Novels by Oborne & Heller on Cricket