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Number crunch: why Britons ignore immigrant drop

10.06.2026
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The British government tightened immigration in response to public demand. Yet that policy damaged both the country and the Labour party. Our correspondent embeds on a US nuclear submarine to find out how China and Russia are vying for dominance in the Pacific. And what anti-ageing products actually work? 


Guests and host:

  • Joel Budd, Britain social affairs editor
  • Anton La Guardia, diplomatic editor
  • Ainslie Johnstone, science correspondent
  • Rosie Blau, co-host of “The intelligence”
  • Jason Palmer, co-host of “The intelligence”

Topics covered: 

  • Immigration, Britain, asylum
  • Submarines, Pacific, geopolitics
  • Ageing, wrinkles, retinoids, peptides

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