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A weekly look inside British politics from the BBC

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Issues affecting British social and political life.

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Politics UK is the weekly programme that covers British political and policy issues, economic and cultural change and Britain’s standing in Europe and the rest of the world in a way that is relevant to an international audience.  
It's the flagship programme for UK political analysis and debate on the BBC World Service.  
Leading politicians, commentators and intellectuals take part each week to discuss and reflect on the main events shaping British politics.

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Politics UK Archive: 17/09/2010 | Public spending cuts | Defence review | EU Arrest Warrant

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17/09/2010

17/09/2010 | Public spending cuts | Defence review | EU Arrest Warrant

BBC World Service - Politics UK Archive, 17/09/2010 | Public spending cuts | Defence review | EU Arrest Warrant

A weekly look inside British politics from the BBC with Dennis Sewell.

With public service cuts looming, does Britain face another winter of discontent?
The strategic defence review. And does the European Arrest Warrant threaten ancient liberties? With Dennis Sewell.

This week on Politics UK with Dennis Sewell:

Britain's trade unions are promising a winter of discontent if the Government doesn't change track over cuts to public spending. We ask Jack Dromey MP, formerly a senior figure in the trade union Unite, if the threat could rebound on the opposition Labour party, as it did thirty years ago? 

Britain's future place in the world: modest, largely disarmed second-rater - or a nation with a place at the international high table? We speak to Professor Michael Clarke, director of the Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies, Sir Malcolm Rifkind MP, a former Foreign Secretary and Defence Secretary and Julian Lindley-French, Professor of Defence Strategy at the Netherlands Defence Academy.

And British citizens snatched from their homes and transported to foreign jails without court scrutiny - have ancient liberties been bartered away in the name of European co-operation? We speak to Nick de Bois MP and Alex Deane, a barrister and director of the civil liberties campaigning group, Big Brother Watch.

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