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Suspend, disbelief: Parliament and Brexit

Suspend, disbelief: Parliament and Brexit

FromThe Intelligence from The Economist


Suspend, disbelief: Parliament and Brexit

FromThe Intelligence from The Economist

ratings:
Length:
21 minutes
Released:
Aug 29, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Boris Johnson, Britain’s prime minister, sparked widespread outrage by suspending Parliament in the run-up to Brexit. What recourse do lawmakers still have? Taiwan’s deal to buy American fighter jets reveals wide political support for tooling up against Chinese aggression. And, the exceptional efforts to save New Zealand’s chubby parrot, the kakapo. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Released:
Aug 29, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

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Get a daily burst of global illumination from The Economist’s worldwide network of correspondents as they dig past the headlines to get to the stories beneath—and to stories that aren’t making headlines, but should be.