Number crunch: why Britons ignore immigrant drop
6/10/202623 min
The British government tightened immigration in response to public demand. Yet that policy damaged both the country and the Labour party. Our correspondent embeds on a US nuclear submarine to find out how China and Russia are vying for dominance in the Pacific. And what anti-ageing products actually work?
Guests and host:
- Joel Budd, Britain social affairs editor
- Anton La Guardia, diplomatic editor
- Ainslie Johnstone, science correspondent
- Rosie Blau, co-host of “The intelligence”
- Jason Palmer, co-host of “The intelligence”
Topics covered:
- Immigration, Britain, asylum
- Submarines, Pacific, geopolitics
- Ageing, wrinkles, retinoids, peptides
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