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"Build the tunnel right through stonehenge" | Anoosh & Will's weekly round-up

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Is Angela Rayner making her move?

Angela Rayner has called Shabana Mahmood’s immigration plans un-British. Is this the beginning of the dilution of these reforms and even of a leadership campaign?Anoosh Chakelian is joined by Ailbhe Rea to discuss.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW S ...  Show more

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