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This is Reasons to Be cheerful with Ed Millivand and Jeff Lloyd.

Hello. Hello. How are you? Well, I'm still here. I just want to say you look great. It's very

nice to be in the same room with you. I just always enjoy your company and I think you are a

great, great man. You're angling to be deputy prime minister, aren't you? Well, yeah, so this

thing went viral online the other day. It was reported in the sun. Not so sure about viral.

Well, marginally fungal, I think. He said that you're in line to become a caretaker prime minister

in the event of an actual. Be more likely to be a caretaker at my local park run or something.

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