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Hi guys, this is a bit different

No one else is here

I'm sitting in central lobby of the House of Commons I've got with me

Yes, Mary Black. Hello. Introduce yourself, Mary. I'm sitting in Central Lobby at the House of Commons I've got with me. Yes, Mary Black.

Hello.

Introduce yourself, Mary.

I'm Mary Park.

We kind of, so you probably, if you're listening to this,

you might have heard some of the other bonus episodes we did where we're in the committee room and we're Phil and Rajdeep did a tour.

Mary and I have just plonked herself on a couple of seats in central lobby to have a chat about what it's like being in Parliament because I think a lot of people

don't really engage with that all that much, don't really know what it's like.

I mean for starters I'm just glad to be having a seat.

You know, just finding one.

Because when you're in the chamber, which is just down from where we are. You don't have a seat, do you? You don't have to fight.

Well, if you get in early enough, you'll have a seat, otherwise you're reduced to the carpet.

And we're meeting, so it's half three and it's Thursday the 24th.

So by the time most people have listened to this, who knows we might be in a general election campaign, we might not, but I'm

knackered. You must be knackard as well. How do you think everybody's in here is kind of getting on

dealing with it? Well, I've noticed that a hell of a lot more Tories are now smoking.

Really? Yes. So I think that's quite a signal. If you're listening, don't do that,

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