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Hello, remember me? I'm that holiday you never took. I was meant to be filled with fun,

laughter, relaxation. Instead, you worked. According to a recent poll, 50% of you don't take your full annual leave.

Taking a break is good for you.

A break with British Airways holidays is even better.

Relax, rejuvenate and switch off. Take your holiday as

seriously as British Airways holidays take your holiday,

at all protected. We're at a frightening point in international politics at the moment with several

conflicts in the Middle East and in the UK our government is talking about the need to increase the defence budget.

The era of the peace dividend is over.

Meanwhile Ritchie soon acts round a Bill has been voted through the Commons, but at what cost for his deeply divided party?

His former Home Secretary says the plan won't work.

His current Home secretary calls it that shit. Even the

primitur himself doesn't believe in it. And what are the consequences for the increasingly toxic debate about asylum and immigration?

I'm John Harris and you're listening to politics week in the UK for The Guardian.

There's a lot of politics happening both domestically and

internationally this week so we're going to start by talking about what's

happening in the Middle East then we'll talk about the government's

around a bill which passed its third reading in Parliament

on Wednesday bringing it one step closer to becoming law. On Monday

Rishi Sunach was in the House of Commons defending the UK's joint airstrikes with the US on

hooty targets, so-called in Yemen.

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