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Political Thinking with Nick Robinson - The Simon Coveney One - BBC Sounds

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Political Thinking with Nick Robinson

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Released On: 25 Sep 2020

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The Irish Foreign Minister on his Anglo-Irish roots and hopes for a Brexit deal

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