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It's recess in Westminster and Parliament is out for the summer,

with MPs grabbing a few weeks off before everyone comes back in September.

Pippa and I are taking some time off too.

So today we've got an episode of one of our sister podcasts to share with you.

This is an episode of the Guardian's audio long read called How Does Woke Start Winning again?

It looks at whether public backlash against British progressives was inevitable,

and does the left need new tactics. So here it is.

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How Does Woke Start Winning Again?

By Gabby Hinsliff, read by Carlis Pier.

Inside a coffin like glass box lies the figure of a man, his face streaked with scarlet paint.

Above it, a video plays on loop, showing the afternoon in June 2020, when an exuberant crowd

of Black Lives Matter protesters yanked this statue of the 17th century

slave trader, Edward Colston, from its plinth near Bristol Harbour and rolled it triumphantly

...