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A Place Called Home

August 15, 2017

Recently Radio 4 broadcast a programme in their series “A Place Called Home” featuring Lord Wei visiting the town where he was brought up – Milton Keynes.

It reflects upon his childhood and the impact of that on his life in politics.

Here is a link to the programme.

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