Show 162 - Tom Tugendhat

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🗓️ 12 May 2020

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Prepare for a top-level briefing on geopolitics from the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee. Tom Tugendhat explains what the real threat from Huawei's involvement in our 5G network is, how the UK should seek to influence China (and other powerful nations) and shares his experience of serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. It's a corker. Follow Tom on Twitter here: @TomTugendhat Follow Matt on Twitter: @mattforde Follow the work of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee here: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/78/foreign-affairs-committee Subscribe to the China Research Group here: https://chinaresearchgroup.substack.com/ For the latest UK Government advice on coronavirus go to: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus *** IMPORTANT TOUR UPDATE *** NEW REARRANGED DATES INCLUDE: 2 October - Corby Cube 4 October - Brighton Komedia 9 October - Chorley Little Theatre 18 October - Leeds Hyde Park Book Club 25 October - Newcastle Stand 3 November - Camberley Theatre 13 November - Alnwick Playhouse 15 November - York Crescent 19 November - Cardiff Sherman Theatre 29 November - Glasgow Stand 3 December - Southend Dixon Studio 6 December - Sheffield Leadmill

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1:08.9	Hello and welcome to the Political Party podcast. I hope you're managing to stay at home
1:22.0	or stay alert depending on where in the UK you live. And if you don't live in the UK,
1:26.2	hope you find in your own government's advice not too confusing. The importance of clear
1:32.0	communication is something I discussed with today's guest Tom Tugan hat because as well
1:35.8	as being chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, he's also a former military man
1:39.6	he served in Iraq and Afghanistan. So it's interesting to get his assessment given that
1:45.0	communication is so important in the military can have life or death consequences. So it's
1:49.0	interesting to take on that. But on the whole, this isn't really a coronavirus chat.
1:53.2	We talk a lot about China and of course we talk about coronavirus in that context about
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