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    Posted by Mary on October 19, 2020, 12:34 pm

    Peter Oborne
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    In our new podcast Clive Stafford Smith talks about playing cricket in Guantanamo Bay, cricket and the Taliban, his personal struggle with Bulimia as a young man, and the battle to save his local cricket club, Broadwindsor in Dorset:
    Episode 25: Talking with Human Rights Lawyer Clive Stafford Smith - Chiswick Calendar Oborne &...
    Cricket authors (and obsessives) Peter Oborne and Richard Heller have launched a new podcast to help deprived listeners endure a world without cricket. They chat regularly about cricket topics –...
    chiswickcalendar.co.uk
    Peter Oborne
    @OborneTweets
    ·
    18 Oct
    By far the most interesting story in the Sunday papers.
    Priti Patel pays £45k for life membership at Marylebone Cricket Club
    To help meet £30 million in lost revenue from the virus crisis, the MCC this summer decided to offer life membership to existing annual members and candidates on the waiting list - like Ms Patel.
    dailymail.co.uk

    https://twitter.com/OborneTweets/status/1318126193384751106?s=20

    YCNMIU

    Can you picture Priti in her designer gear and sunglasses in the Members' Enclosure? I expect she will claim the fees on expenses.

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