Hello and welcome to episode three of this election 24 special series of the political

party where I try to attempt, I try to attempt, I do attempt to interview a candidate in every constituency.

There are 643 left and today I have three more so we are getting that down to 640 by the end of today's episode.

If you are a candidate or if you know someone who is a candidate in this general election

and they would like to come on the show get in touch political party

podcast at gmail dot com I'm trying to get obviously a candidate in every seat

but I want a mix of people from different backgrounds and parties but the

major political parties so political party podcast at gmail.com.

Please leave a five-star written review as well to help other people find this because

what's fascinating about this series already is it totally cuts under

the noise of the national media.

It feels sometimes like what the media are talking about

and what the country are talking about

are two completely different things and this

takes you direct to the doorstep with the people who are knocking on all those

doors who are standing to be candidates in this election and there will be

throughout the series people who end up in

parliament people who end up in ministries people who may go on to lead political parties

this is a phenomenal snapshot of modern British politics and it's not happening anywhere else.

So it's a really unique way to follow this election because sometimes the national stuff can

be quite dispiriting.

It's often some of the more petty, silly, sensational stuff,

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