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Hello and welcome to Coffeyhouse shirts.

I'm James Yiel and I'm joined today by The Spectators, political editor Katie Balls and Stephen Bush, the Associate

Editor of the Financial Times.

Now today the big story has been Kieerstamma's speech in Essex Essex outlining his vision for the future.

Katie we saw the pledge cards that aren't pledge cards,

which Labour talks about the six priorities for government.

Tell us more about this speech and what today's purpose was all about.

So of course the week began for Ritchie's United giving his big speech.

Now no election has been called by all standards and Stephen I were discussing this

earlier.

No election is likely to be called for some time. I think

Rishi's soon active today and we're taking it really well on this podcast.

Rishi's you now. I'm sorry I feel I should explain to listeners that I'm

holding my head in my hands at the prospect of a seven-month election campaign in which instead of I mean look it's very possible and this like could be the last conservative

majority for like a decade you'd think then maybe there was some things they'd

want to do with that but no no no let's all go and stand in some social

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