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Did you read? With Tim Monger Did You Read, Read, with Tim Montgomery.

Welcome to Did You Read, the opinion podcast from The Times.

I'm Antrennerman, standing in for Tim Montgomery Montgomery this week and on our panel we have Matthew

Paris, Libby Purvis and Faye Schlesinger.

Ukraine.

The Western Power should have decided in advance what their sticking point was and

privately communicated this to Moscow. Obviously it should have been that Russia could have

have Crimea without a fuss if it was done in an orderly way. Instead, they've squapped their protests at every inch

taken, usually after it's been taken, and the impression has simply been of impotent and

uncoordinated posturing.

45% of university graduates probably won't ever earn enough to repay their tuition fees and loans.

That is a government calculation and it means the whole policy will have cost more than the old grants.

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