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Did you read? with Tim Montgomery.

Welcome to the latest edition of The Times Opinions Did You Read podcast.

Today I'm joined by two of our columnist Jenny Russell and David

Oronovich and also our political editor Francis Elliot. We're discussing three

topics today.

What might stop British politics becoming as partisan as America's

labor's changes to schools and welfare policies since the reshuffle

seemed to suggest labor may be moving a little

bit to the centre on those issues and do we shut up about human rights in order to avoid

upsetting China a great potential growth market for UK businesses.

David Aronovitch, can I start off with you on this topic of partisanship in America?

We see two warring parties, the Republicans and the Democrats, which not only don't seem to be able to agree on budget deficit measures, they seem to almost be talking completely different languages.

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