Hello, I'm Matt Chorley, and this is Politics Without the Boring Britz.

Today's something a bit different as it's Christmas Day.

Every day on my Times Radio show, we pause at the halfway point for a coffee break.

Mariela Fostop is my radio wife, Monday to Friday.

She comes in for a chat.

She's supposed to tell me what's coming up on her show.

We very rarely get to that.

We end up just chatting nonsense. So who better to join me to crack open a festive

cocktail and reflect on a weird year? It's Christmas with Matt Chorley with political and festive stories.

It's the perfect deal that links with none of the boring bits. There we're There we are.

There we are.

A coffee brick with Mary Ella Frost drop with

with banter little make you George.

There we are.

You get a mention. You get a mention.

Mallea Faust up here.

I feel that I was somewhat reduced this year because I've ended up. Remember last year

I was at the year before they wrote a whole jingle for me and one for you?

But this is a different person.

Yes, it's a different person and now I'm just a little tip-ed.

Oh, you're never happy.

We've played the jingle usually you get about.

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