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Life's a Gamble!
Alistair Cooke reflects on the political centrism occuring in both the US and the UK. He considers the new conservatism of the Labour party in Britain, and the differences between the Democrats and Republicans in the US.
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Fri 1 Jun 2001
21:00
BBC Radio 4
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