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Welcome to the rest of the qualities,

and honest Campbell, and me Rory Stewart.

And this is the first time we've been together since last week's local and mayor elections,

so we'll talk about that, talk a little bit about the yet another SMP leader and soon to be first minister.

And then in the second half, fascinating interview with my friend Emmanuel Macron,

where I suspect I'll be more positive than you, in the economist with another of my friends,

Sophie Pedda, the Paris Bureau Chief.

And then I think we both also want to talk about the upcoming elections at the end of this month

in South Africa, which are absolutely fascinating for all

sorts of reasons some of them not very good. So let's imagine Roy that you were

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