Sitrep November 21st 2013
How should Britain decide to go to war?
The UK reviews it’s Navy options in Gibraltar.
What’s the significance of the bomb outside the Iranian embassy in Beirut?
And how do toys shape opinions of war?
PRESENTER: Kate Gerbeau
STUDIO GUEST: BFBS’s Defence Analyst Christopher Lee
OTHER INTERVIEWS:
James de Waal, from Chatham House on changes to the decision process that took Britiain to war in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
Conservative MP Bob Neill discussing the dispute between Gibraltar and Spain
Child’s play expert Dr Tara Woodyer from Portsmouth University
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You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via webb, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum)
Alternatively listen again on the website
Sitrep November 21st 2013
How should Britain decide to go to war?
The UK reviews it’s Navy options in Gibraltar.
What’s the significance of the bomb outside the Iranian embassy in Beirut?
And how do toys shape opinions of war?
PRESENTER: Kate Gerbeau
STUDIO GUEST: BFBS’s Defence Analyst Christopher Lee
OTHER INTERVIEWS:
James de Waal, from Chatham House on changes to the decision process that took Britiain to war in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
Conservative MP Bob Neill discussing the dispute between Gibraltar and Spain
Child’s play expert Dr Tara Woodyer from Portsmouth University
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You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via webb, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum)
Alternatively listen again on the website
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