Welcome to Not Another One with me, Ian Martin, Miranda Green and Tim Montgomery.

Well, we are Steveless today, actually, because Steve is off doing a good deed.

Actually, in the real world, outside the podcast world, Steve can't be where the censors, his apologies.

This is our first one without Steve, I think.

I think it is, actually.

It's a sad day, but we will do our best.

There's not much to talk about in the world.

And today, our big subject is,

is the global crisis driving you to drink? You told, you promised Miranda and I that you

wouldn't mention this. That you'd been off for a light lunch. No, no, of course, that's not

our subject today. Our subject today is reform finished, basically.

And Tim, I imagine you've had...

As in the party, rather than the broad category of political activity.

Because Steve, we know, if he was here, he'd be saying that reform is his least favorite word, not the political party, but the sort of political

activity. And he thinks a sort of bogus term that's overused. But Tim, on this reform question,

you've obviously had an interesting week or so. And reform has been in the news. I mean,

I'll explain when we get into it why I don't think it means that reform

is finished and that actually politics is, this wave of populism and change in politics

against the old parties isn't over yet. But how has it been? Yeah, well, I was sort of about

one o'clock on Friday, I was heading to Waterloo Station

and heading home to Salisbury and thinking, thank goodness the week's over. I got a message from

Newsnight just saying, looking forward to seeing you tonight. And I forgot it was one of my regular

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