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Is proscribing Palestine Action a PR disaster for the government?

August 14
21 mins

Episode Description

Will facial recognition technology change law enforcement forever? JD Vance has been wooing his British political allies in the Cotswolds, but will a new think-tank deepen US influence in right wing politics? Is the government at risk of losing public support after the Palestine Action arrests? 


Giles Whittell is joined by the Observer’s Whitehall Editor Cat Neilan, News Reporter Jon Ungoed Thomas and Consulting Editor for Comment, Erica Wagner. 


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Host: Giles Whittell, Deputy Editor-In-Chief 


Producers: Amalie Sortland and Poppy Bullard


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