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Hello from Liverpool, where Kirsta Armer has just done his Labour conference speech.

Obviously they're crying, I love it, like they always do.

While he was talking though, there was some big breaking news, the BBC is announced that

the shortlist of cities, to most than actually a visual song contest, has been whistle-danger

too. Glasgow and well here. And in fact there's Steve Rodderham, the mayor of the Liverpool

city region. Steve, quick word for the BBC, I'm breaking news during the speech, the final

two for Eurovision next year. Yeah, I knew about it, but obviously, yeah.

I was sold and I was sold to stay quiet, so I have done book, it's great news and hopefully

now we get it over the line. It's right that the judges have got us into the last two,

but it's getting over the line, as you know, it's always that thing, it's like the semi-final,

isn't it? And now we've got to get it over the line for the people at Liverpool City region,

but also for the people of Ukraine. Is it the Beatles? What won it?

We've got a fantastic musical heritage, you have me, not just the Beatles, I mean, we've had more

number ones than anywhere else, more weeks in the chart than anybody else, some more artists, so why not?

Somewhere with a great pedigree, but also a great future for musicals, as well.

I hope the weather's a bit better than it is today, though, because it's quite cold today.

I booked it, it's great, honestly. Really, thanks, Steve. Oh, what do you think of the speech,

by the way? Yeah, I'll tell you what, there's some really good meaty bits in it.

We've got fingers crossed for Eurovision, but also I'm from Glasgow, so I've got my fingers crossed

for them as well. In partial, in partial.

Now, I've come into the press room backstage at Labour Conference, and in the interest of BBC

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