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All fun … but how many games at the Nato summit? Politics Weekly podcast


The US president touched down in Stansted airport earlier this week to attend a summit marking the 70th anniversary of North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or Nato.

Labour will hope to bolster their claims that a US-UK trade deal under a Conservative government will lead to the effective selling off of the NHS.

The Nato summit takes place less than a week after a terror attack on London Bridge killed two young people, Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones. Politicians were implored not to politicise their death, but they went ahead and did it anyway. So how will voters judge each party’s response?

Plus, Rajeev Syal looks at why some experts are claiming that black, asian and minority ethnic voters will dictate some crucial swing seats.

NATO Leaders Summit Takes Place In The UK - Day Two<br>HERTFORD, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 04: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson shakes hands with US President Donald Trump onstage during the annual NATO heads of government summit on December 4, 2019 in Watford, England. France and the UK signed the Treaty of Dunkirk in 1947 in the aftermath of WW2 cementing a mutual alliance in the event of an attack by Germany or the Soviet Union. The Benelux countries joined the Treaty and in April 1949 expanded further to include North America and Canada followed by Portugal, Italy, Norway, Denmark and Iceland. This new military alliance became the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). The organisation grew with Greece and Turkey becoming members and a re-armed West Germany was permitted in 1955. This encouraged the creation of the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact delineating the two sides of the Cold War. This year marks the 70th anniversary of NATO. (Photo by  Steve Parsons-WPA Pool/Getty Images)



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