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pressing issues facing our world and on this week's episode we were joined by Lord Andrew Adonis to discuss his new book,

Labors Churchill, about Ernest Bevin, who he argues is one of the great political heroes forgotten

in British history. And he spoke to former Prime Minister Tony Blair

in a rare public appearance to discuss Bevin's legacy and what it might be able to teach us today

about the left gaining power as well as patriotism nationalism and identity politics

it's really fascinating conversation and it was chaired by the BBC's Regina Vadyanathan

well welcome again to this Intelligence Squared Plus event with Tony Blair and Andrew Adonis,

and in many ways with Ernest Bevin as well, because we're going to be discussing his life, the life of the

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