Iain Dale - The Whole Show

Should Ed Miliband's public criticisms of Donald Trump have made him unsuitable to be the Foreign Secretary?

Iain Dale - The Whole Show

Show Notes

Should Ed Miliband's public criticisms of Donald Trump have made him unsuitable to be the Foreign Secretary? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are the Common Wealth think-tank director and 'Manchesterism' analyst Mathew Lawrence, the British Chambers of Commerce's Director-General Shevaun Haviland, the Daily Express' deputy editor-in-chief Sam Lister, plus The i newspaper's senior reporter Benjamin Butterworth.

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