My name is Chevy and this is my NHS story. Over a couple of days I was getting quite intense pain on the left side of my stomach. So I called my doctors and then was referred to the Eltham CDC. It was literally a seamless, stress-free day. There was no anxiety or worry.

The government is opening new community diagnostic centres, with many already available

12 hours a day, seven days a week, so the NHS can be there for all of us when we need it.

Find your closest one at gov.uk slash NHS fit for the future, available England-wide.

My name is Karen and this is my NHS story. You don't realize how blind you are until you

have cataract surgery. I was referred to a surgical hub and they booked us in for an operation. It was about three weeks before I was there. It's very, very quick. The government is opening more surgical hubs with more than 120 already operating across England so the NHS can be there for all of us when we need it. Find your closest one at gov.uk-n-slash-Nh-Hs fit for the future. The closest we've ever come in this country to a presidential election, because it's highly likely that if Burnham wins, he will become the next prime minister. He is just Keir-Starmor and a pair of jeans. Like, there really isn't much there. Or a pair of running shots. Exactly. Oh God, the running shots. Tight little running short. I wish I could have unseen that combination. But there we go. If the Labour Party haven't woken up to the fact that they need to win this by genuinely acknowledging the sense out there that the country is broken, then frankly, they deserve to be

defeated. Hope is in the air. Can you feel it? Yeah. Yeah, definitely. Hello, and welcome to the

Spike's podcast. I'm Fraser Myers and delighted to sound back with me, Spike's editor, Tom Slater.

Hello. And also thrilled to be welcoming Amir Kethe, former diplomat and CEO of the Center for Government Reform. Welcome. Thank you. Great to be here. Thanks for coming on the show. We have plenty to discuss today. We'll be talking about Burnham's tricky path to power, the return of the Brexit debate, and the calamity of HS2. But before we get into all that, I just wanted to talk a little bit about an

unmissable radio show. Now, everyone here at Spiked is a big fan of Rod Little, the Times

columnist and returning the Spike podcast guest. And I'm sure that you are too. If you're a fan,

you need to listen to his Times radio show. What is on Times

Radio every week from 10 a.m. to 1pm. So it's three hours of really spiky conversation with

big-name guests confronting all the big issues and you will not hear the usual line that you

get everywhere else in the mainstream media. Plus, it's not all heavy lifting.

There's music recommendations from leading artists

and a TV review so you know what to watch

and what to avoid.

So don't miss Rod Little on Times Radio

every Saturday from 10am to 1pm

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