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Sport, Schmoozing and Geopolitics
Sport, Schmoozing and Geopolitics
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Length:
42 minutes
Released:
Dec 5, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
How much politics is taking place on the sidelines of the World Cup? Patrick Maguire looks at the wheeling and dealing in Qatar with Sunday Times special correspondent Josh Glancy, and hears examples of sporting diplomacy over the years with former Times foreign correspondent Michael Binyon and former ambassador to Russia, Sir Roderic Lyne. Plus columnists Rachel Sylvester and Libby Purves discuss the Government's plan to give workers the right to request flexible working and deadline day for Conservative MPs to declare if they're standing at the next election. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Dec 5, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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