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The Bigger Picture: The Brexit process, Venezuela's deterioration & China's global lockdown propaganda

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The Bigger Picture: The Brexit process, Venezuela's deterioration & China's global lockdown propaganda
Professor Tim Evans of Middlesex University tells why it's only now that the real Brexit process begins, wondering which way Boris Johnson will go. He looks at Venezuela, where worsening shortages have led to new waves of protest as the United Nations accuses the Maduro government of crimes against humanity. And he asks why China has been engaging in an apparent propaganda campaign to persuade every country in the world to go into lockdown.
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The Bigger Picture: Boris & the backbenchers, Keir Starmer and the Presidential debate

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The Bigger Picture: Boris & the backbenchers, Keir Starmer and the Presidential debate
Political commentator Mike Indian looks at the Government's battle with its own backbenchers over the UK Internal Market Bill and oversight of the Covid-19 regulations, with the new Speaker issuing a rebuke to the administration. He assesses Sir Keir Starmer's virtual speech to the Labour party conference and considers the problems of holding a party conference under such conditions. And he looks across the Atlantic in the wake of the first Presidential debate between Trump and Biden.
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The Bigger Picture: C-19's 2nd wave & political economy, Starmer getting Labour together & Grayson Perry

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The Bigger Picture: C-19's 2nd wave & political economy, Starmer getting Labour together & Grayson Perry
Professor Tim Evans of Middlesex University looks at the problematic nature of political economy as the Government prepares for the second wave of the coronavirus. He discusses Sir Keir Starmer's "conference" speech and how Labour is beginning to get its act together. And he muses on political psychology in the wake of comments from Grayson Perry about the degrees of openness shown by those on opposite sides of the political spectrum.
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Professor Tim Evans

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The Bigger Picture: The psychology of investing and the madness of markets

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The Bigger Picture: The psychology of investing and the madness of markets
Tim Price of Price Value Partners looks at the psychology of money and investment as discussed in The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel. With reference to Benjamin Graham and Warren Buffett, he discusses why patience, time and compounding are the investor's friend. He gives his opinion on the current irrational state of markets, particularly those linked to tech companies from the viewpoint of a patient, value investor concerned with absolute rather than relative returns. And he explains why he so often invokes the films of John Carpenter when discussing modern markets.
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Tim Price

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The Bigger Picture: UK unemployment, UK/EU negotiations & unintended consequences

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The Bigger Picture: UK unemployment, UK/EU negotiations & unintended consequences
Professor Tim Evans of Middlesex University looks at the Chancellor's new Kickstart scheme to get young people into work and asks whether it's a plan for the future or the past. He assesses whether there could be a breakthrough in UK/EU negotiations and explains why this one will not go right down to the wire. And, in the light of American left-wing protests, he wonders if - by the law of unintended consequences - the protesters might not bring about that which they least want.
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Professor Tim Evans

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The Bigger Picture: Schools reopening, Sunak & tax rises, the US election and PMQs

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The Bigger Picture: Schools reopening, Sunak & tax rises, the US election and PMQs
Political commentator Mike Indian looks at the government's attempts to reopen schools and encourage people back into offices and how confused its messaging is. He discusses the appointment of Simon Case as Cabinet Secretary, the Chancellor's attempts to reassure Tory MPs about possible tax rises, takes a look across the Atlantic at the rival Conventions and assesses Boris Johnson's performance at the first PMQs since the summer recess.
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Mike Indian

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The Bigger Picture: Tension in the eastern Med, Putin's options in Belarus & what we can learn from Qatar

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The Bigger Picture: Tension in the eastern Med, Putin's options in Belarus & what we can learn from Qatar
With French warships sent to the eastern Mediterranean, Professor Tim Evans of Middlesex University discusses why Turkey's actions are exacerbating tensions in the region and why Erdogan is so concerned about his legacy. He looks at the options available to President Putin as he watches the unrest in Belarus. And he takes a look at Qatar, a tiny kingdom in the Middle East punching well above its weight and with a well-conceived plan for the future which Britain could do well to study and learn from.
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Professor Tim Evans

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The Bigger Picture: The exam debacle, scrapping Public Health England & Kamala Harris

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The Bigger Picture: The exam debacle, scrapping Public Health England & Kamala Harris
Political commentator Mike Indian looks at the English exam debacle, asking why the government stuck to using the algorithm, despite being told it would not work. He gives his own marks to Education Minister Gavin Williamson. He looks at the scrapping of Public Health England and wonders if it is a wise move. And he looks across the Atlantic to Joe Biden's pick of Kamala Harris as his running mate.
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Mike Indian

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The Bigger Picture: The planning system overhaul and how e-businesses might boost the UK

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The Bigger Picture: The planning system overhaul and how e-businesses might boost the UK
Professor Tim Evans of Middlesex University examines the Government's ideas for reforming Britain's planning system and suggests what the ramifications might be for solving the country's housing problems. As an economist shows that the UK economy has been bouncing back faster than over comparable countries, he looks at a think tank's ideas for introducing e-businesses as a way of giving Britain a post-Covid boost.
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Professor Tim Evans

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The Bigger Picture: Obesity, planning reforms, local lockdowns and COVID border policy

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The Bigger Picture: Obesity, planning reforms, local lockdowns and COVID border policy
Political commentator Mike Indian looks at the Government's obesity strategy and its decision to target junk food advertising. He considers the significance of the announced planning reforms, whether local lockdowns are the right way forward and tries to make sense of the COVID border policy. He also looks at the prospects for the American Presidential Election with three months to go.
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Mike Indian

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