Freedom for Fleetwood

01/28/20 • 9 min

Balls Radio is back! Today Phil Dobbie discusses the jingoism around Brexit day this Friday and hoiw the basic stumbling block of Brexit – the border – remains unsolved. Who do we believe o the need for border checks across the Irish Sea – the EU or BoJo? We’ll find out by the weekend. Plus, the government pledges to reopen a railway line to Fleetwood. Is that instead of the HS2?

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Parliament of the Damned

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