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Hi, I'm Anouche, I'm Alva, and I'm Stephen.

And on today's New Statement Podcast, we discuss the violence in Bristol and you ask us

why has Labour chosen the candidate that it has for the Hartley-Paul by-election?

A protest against the Police Crime Sentencing and Courts Bill, which we've discussed on this podcast

before, which would make it easier for police to shut down non-violent protests,

turned violent yesterday evening in Bristol.

Police officers were attacked, vehicles were set on fire, and MPs have been roundly condemning the behaviour.

Does this make any difference for the way that the bill will play out in politics and in Parliament?

Stephen, you wrote about this in morning call this morning, so you've been thinking about that.

In terms of its passage through Parliament, it makes precisely zero difference, right?

Because like broadly, we know that most of the measures in the bill are popular.

And essentially, right, a good rule of thumb in British politics is almost any question.

However, repressive, you know, whether it's like, should we lock down for a thousand years

until there's like one case of COVID left and then should we shoot that one person

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