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Speaker 1: Ryan Bridge in the Brady is a UK correspondent. He's

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Speaker 1: with us live tonight in the Good Evening.

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Speaker 2: Hey Ryan, love it to speak to you again, my friend.

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Speaker 1: Now, Prince Andrew won't be at the Royal Christmas celebrations

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Speaker 1: because of Spygate. But did he know that he was

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Speaker 1: dealing with a spy? And do we know whether he

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Speaker 1: knew or not?

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Speaker 2: Oh? Look, Prince Andrew generally doesn't know what day of

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Speaker 2: the week it is. He is by far of a

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Speaker 2: not very bright family. He is top of the tree.

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Speaker 2: He is the Christmas shining star in the House of

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Speaker 2: Windsor and is the gift that keeps on taking Ryan. Honestly,

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Speaker 2: you couldn't make this guy up. Look, whether he knew

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Speaker 2: or not, if I was in his position with access

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Speaker 2: to everything he has access to people, information, money, The

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Speaker 2: very first thing that would cross my mind is if

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Speaker 2: some Chinese business person suddenly wanted to befriend me and

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Speaker 2: promised me the sun, moon and stars. I'd be thinking

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Speaker 2: this guy's a spy. But that's the difference between having

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Speaker 2: half a brain and no brain, eyes and embarrassment. And look,

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Speaker 2: he can enjoy a very small Christmas now with his

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Speaker 2: ex wife Sarah Ferguson in a house that his brother

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Speaker 2: and the taxpayer are still paying for. I mean, you just,

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Speaker 2: at some point, people just need to put this guy

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Speaker 2: out the pasture. He has done nothing but embarrass himself

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Speaker 2: and his family for decades.

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Speaker 1: Chridness, so he won't be coming to your place for Christmas.

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Speaker 2: Honestly, I've had dinner with him once. I've had dinner

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Speaker 2: with the guy once at the Irish Embassy, and I

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Speaker 2: left before dessert because I just found I found him.

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Speaker 2: I found him rude and thick, and there we go. Yeah, honestly,

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Speaker 2: the whole spy thing is very serious. Actually ran a

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Speaker 2: personal dislike to one side. It's very serious because you

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Speaker 2: have a situation where this guy was clearly being groomed

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Speaker 2: by the alleged Chinese spy, and you just think, well,

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Speaker 2: hang on. The Chinese must have been rubbing their hands

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Speaker 2: with glee getting their man inside booking and palace winds

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Speaker 2: are assole Parliament, meeting David Cameron, meeting Theresa May. It

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Speaker 2: was all so easy.

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Speaker 1: The UK government must have known that the scar was

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Speaker 1: a spy though right, or at least had suspicions, and

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Speaker 1: if so, why are they letting Prince Andrew near him

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Speaker 1: or are they actually keeping Prince Andrew in the dark.

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Speaker 2: I think possibly someone made the decision that it's only

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Speaker 2: Andrew just led what per harm or what damage could

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Speaker 2: he possibly do? But look, the damage is done and

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Speaker 2: it's at a really awkward time. I feel sorry for

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Speaker 2: Keir Starmer now because he's been trying to build a

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Speaker 2: relationship with Shijingping and Beijing and obviously Britain needs trade,

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Speaker 2: Britain needs investment, so it's a fine balance and the

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Speaker 2: Prime Minister, I think will be very, very angry. He

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Speaker 2: could certainly have done without this Prince Andrew sized fly

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Speaker 2: in the ointment.

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Speaker 1: The UK is allocated it's funding for the next Olympics,

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Speaker 1: which sport is unhappy.

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Speaker 2: So Athletics not happy at all their investments. So six

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Speaker 2: hundred and sixty million dollars Team GB have got to

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Speaker 2: play with in terms of financing and funding all the

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Speaker 2: athletes in sports for the next four years to get

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Speaker 2: people to la. Athletics dropping by four million dollars and

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Speaker 2: basketball is getting a six million dollars and a lot

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Speaker 2: of people are saying, hang on, there's far more chance

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Speaker 2: of British athletes actually winning something in athletics in four

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Speaker 2: years time in LA than any prospect of the British

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Speaker 2: basketball team knocking the USA or others off their perch

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Speaker 2: in Los Angeles. It's just not going to happen. Will

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Speaker 2: be happy and I guess ultimately the decision was taken that,

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Speaker 2: you know, to improve participation levels as well. The cyclists

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Speaker 2: of course should be very happy. They've got sixty million

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Speaker 2: dollars to play with. So Team GB clearly betting for

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Speaker 2: more medals on the cycling track.

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Speaker 1: Someone's laked Manchester United's team shape before the big Dabby

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Speaker 1: against Manchester City. What who did that?

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Speaker 2: So investigation on the way. Internally. Manchester United actually won

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Speaker 2: this Darby match at the weekend in the dying minutes

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Speaker 2: of the game in spectacular fashion. They won to one.

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Speaker 2: It was a stunning win. I didn't see it coming.

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Speaker 2: There were one nil down with about six minutes to go,

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Speaker 2: but the team sheet was online twenty fours for the match.

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Speaker 2: So there's a new manager who's coming. I think he's

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Speaker 2: ruffled a few feathers perhaps, And now they are questioning

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Speaker 2: here who has this ended up on social media? Very embarrassing,

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Speaker 2: you know, club the size of Manchester United and whoever

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Speaker 2: leaked it, it was the actual eleven who took to

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Speaker 2: the field.

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Speaker 1: In the Brady. Thank you very much for your time,

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