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We're recording this early.

I'm moving house this week.

So apologies, because this podcast doesn't contain much analysis of the cabinet reshuffle.

But just to catch you up, if you've missed it, some dreadful bloke's got sacked.

They've been replaced by some dreadful blokes and dreadful women.

A bloke who was dreadful at one job is now going to be dreadful at three jobs. Some dreadful

women and blokes did keep their jobs. Some moving sideways were largely dreadful and a lot

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