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Hi, I'm Anouche. I'm Alfa. I'm Ben. I'm Steven. And on today's episode of the New

Statement podcast, we ask Ben Walker about what the polling says about the impact of the number 10

parties on Boris Johnson and the Conservatives' reputation. And then you ask Ben your polling

questions, including how popular is Kirstama really?

Thanks so much for coming back to the New Statement podcast, Ben. Nice to have you on again.

Thank you for having me. So we're really putting you through your paces at the moment because

we're recording on a day when yet more stories about parties in Downing Street have been revealed.

So the latest is that there's been parties on the eve of Prince Philip's funeral.

And I think last time we spoke to you about the number 10 sort of party scandal, it was before

Christmas and obviously a lot of stories have come out since then. And we're recording on the

Friday, this podcast will be coming out on the Monday. So who knows what more parties might have

been revealed over the weekend and polling too. But can you tell us whether or not, you know,

are the polls getting even worse for the Prime Minister and for the Conservative Party

with each new story that comes out? Yeah. So again, thanks for having me. Let's start with

the overall voting intention. So at the moment, according to our poll track, available on the New

Statement website, Labor have a lead of six points over the Tories. Some polls show it to be more

11 points, 10 points. The shift is quite sudden now. You're seeing that the collapse in Tories'

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