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Hello, I'm Chris Stone, executive producer at The New Statement.

We're bringing you something new on the podcast today, a pilot of a new show

we're working on with our political editor Andrew Mar.

Before we make this a regular feature on The New Statement Podcast,

we'd really value some feedback from you, our listeners.

If you enjoy this episode or have any thoughts you'd like to share,

please get in touch by emailing podcasts at newstatesman.co.uk

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I hope you enjoy it.

Let's talk about the cloud of unknowing, the subject of veracity,

of no longer being able to depend on what you see and you hear has become particularly urgent.

This week I want to talk about the texture, the atmosphere in which we do our politics at the moment,

particularly in the context of the Gaza-Israel crisis.

And I want to bring together two different things.

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