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Yes, from Davos to G7 meetings, from trips to Washington to

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That's right. And all of them change the way you think about politics, but also our country,

Britain, as journeys often do.

Yeah, and, you know, I look back on my trip to Shanghai, which I took just a couple of

weeks after becoming Chancellor on my way to a G20. That was a real eye-opener about how

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