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Radio 4,19 Sep 2026,40 mins

"Weakness is provocative": Shadow Foreign Secretary Tom Tugendhat on the UK's role in the world

Political Thinking with Nick Robinson

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Tom Tugendhat on Trump's diplomacy, the Afghanistan withdrawal and being sanctioned by China Does the Shadow Foreign Secretary think Trump's remarks on Ireland and the Falkland Islands are serious? Why does he think China and Russia see the UK as 'not serious' And which language is the best to have an argument in? -------- Send us your thoughts, reactions, questions and suggestions to politicalthinking@bbc.co.uk Senior Producer: Daniel Kraemer Producer: Flora Murray Sound: James McNaughton-Brown and Hal Haines Editor: Giles Edwards

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