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The public votes for new ship to be named RRS Boaty McBoatface
Scientists could be sailing in a laboratory ship named RRS Boaty McBoatface after nearly 16,000 people and counting voted for the new name in an online poll. Nick Robinson asks Lord West, former First Sea Lord, what he thinks about the poll and the other names that have been close contenders.
First broadcast on Today, 21 March 2016.
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