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of journalism. So we're here last week. Thursday's the big day and we are joined by Tom Baldwin.

Yet again. Yet again. Kirstarmer's biography. Friend of the podcast. FOP. Long time

Labour insider, fair to say.

Yeah, I'll take that.

Yeah.

And as you said, biographer of Kirstama, books doing very well.

So tell us how you're feeling as the...

I mean, you must be doing a huge amount of media and chasing around.

Yeah, I think when I did the Spanish speaking service for French TV, I realized I may have

spread myself a bit thin, but it's definitely, I've become a sort of global ambassador for the book.

I'm not sure it's even on sale in the Republic of China. It will be on. From Friday, there'll be

lots of foreign publishers bidding for it. And how do you feel it's been going the campaign?

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