Rugby League and Politics have gone hand in hand from day one, and before that meeting at The George in 1895.

Current Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for RL, which isn't easy to say, is MP for St. Helens North David Baines, who joined us to talk about what the group does, what they can't do, and his thoughts on the sport and relationships between it and those who run the country.

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