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Podcast: The Bunker β News without the nonsense
Episode: Brit and miss: Steve Richards on why stubborn leaders botched the UK's foreign policy
Description: The UK is no stranger to getting political decisions wrong β especially in foreign policy. Broadcaster and author Steve Richards, of Rock & Roll Politics, writes in his new book Turning Points that the decisions made by post-war leaders are often bewildering but also intensely complicated. He joins Gavin Esler in The Bunker for a very honest discussion on why that is.
βIt seems to me with Britain β it reaches turning points and fails to turn.β β Steve Richards
βEden went mad almost over Suezβ¦ the attacks he got were far more intense than Blair over Iraq.β β Steve Richards
βThe UK i...