Political Thinking with Nick Robinson - "Weakness is provocative": Shadow Foreign Secretary Tom Tugendhat on the UK's role in the world
Tom Tugendhat on Trump's diplomacy, the Afghanistan withdrawal and being sanctioned by China
Does the Shadow Foreign Secretary think Trump's remarks on Ireland and the Falkland Islands are serious?
Why does he think China and Russia see the UK as 'not serious'
And which language is the best to have an argument in?
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Published on Friday, 18th September 2026.
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