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How to Make the UK Election Interesting to the World

Political correspondent Rob Watson, answer listeners’ questions around making UK election coverage interesting to the rest of the world.

When reporting on the UK General Elections, Rob Watson, the ´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service’s UK political correspondent is always wearing his global hat, but it is not always easy to make one country’s interests relevant to all. This week, Rajan Datar asks Rob how he keeps his coverage interesting and listeners from Spain and Brazil have queries around how political language and colloquial expressions translate across the world.

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9 minutes

Last on

Mon 15 May 2017 04:50GMT

Broadcasts

  • Sat 13 May 2017 17:50GMT
  • Sun 14 May 2017 09:50GMT
  • Mon 15 May 2017 04:50GMT

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