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Hello and welcome to yet another sparking edition of Plank of the Week.

Slightly different this week because of course we are in the midst of a lockdown thanks to coronavirus.

So I'm afraid that we have had to turn it into a podcast because we can't get access to the TV studios here at News UK.

But I'm delighted to say that I'm joined by two stalwarts of the plankery division here at Talk Radio. And it is, of course, Emma Webb from Civitas, and it's Maya Toosie, our very favorite YouTube.

A very good afternoon to you both.

Hello, thank you very much for joining us, because I know that it's very difficult.

These circumstances, we were hoping to have you come into the building, but I'm afraid that's been ruled out for a while.

We might be able to do it again properly next week, but we shall see.

But nevertheless, we'll be picking the ten planks of the week, and number one will, of course,

emerge right at the very end.

So, Maya, let me come to you first for your first plank.

Yes, my first plank is Ian Lavery, the chairman of the Labour Party.

He had a conversation on video call with some of his

Labour colleagues and members where he said, while this coronavirus stuff is bad and even we

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