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Now on with the show.

Hello and welcome to the spike podcast. I'm Fraser Myers and with me this week we have Spikes Deputy Editor Tom Slater.

Hello Hello and Spike columnist Ella Wheeling.

Hi.

Coming up on the show, the new EU, Andy Know and Glastonbury.

We have chosen two women and two men for the four key positions, a perfect gender

balance.

Ursula von der Leyen.

She's the surprise choice for head of the European Commission.

Now why has there been so much horse training?

It is not democratic at all.

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