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What The F*** Is Going On...? With Mark Steel Episode 73

What The F*** Is Going On? with Mark Steel

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It's complicated to work out the rules for what a BBC presenter could say about the world. Some people make the reasonable argument that they should always be neutral. But Gary Lineker's workmates didn't agree with this, so there was the marvellous episode of Match of the Day with no words or music and anything that makes it Match Of The Day. And then MPs such as John Redwood and people who agreed with the government told us this Match ofTheDay is much better. MP Scott Bentham said it was marvellous because it finished early, so he could go down the pub. Which would make sense if watching Match of the day was compulsory. If the army sent

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