Brexit's poll lead, Corbyn's Vice film, French strikes – Politics Weekly podcast

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Rowena Mason, Gary Younge and Jon Henley join Rafael Behr to discuss another torrid week in the EU referendum campaign, which appears to be evolving into a Conservative leadership campaign. We hear from Ben Ferguson who presented The Outsider, a Vice News documentary on Jeremy Corbyn’s inner circle. And Angelique Chrisafis discusses the transport workers’ strikes in France

2 Jun 2016 English United Kingdom News

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