You match with Maya on Tinder. You agree you don't fancy each other, but she makes you laugh till it hurts.

She drives you to a mate's house in the Northern Quarter, and you actually have a great time.

You connect with some new people, like Isaac, and decide to go to the gallery on Mosley Street,

where you bond over your shared appreciation of silence.

And bit by bit, the world starts to feel so full of possibilities and you think what if I hadn't

met Maya on tinder it starts with a swipe download the app now Hello, I'm Matually, and this is Politics Without the Boring Bits.

Today, what have you got in your loft that's a bit political and might be worth

some money we play political antiques road show with the auctioneer who is

selling off Betty Boothroids knickkn. And we hear from the former BBC political editor who was the first

presenter of Antiques Roadshow. Before that we'll hear from James, Marrier and India Knight

on the situation in the Middle East.

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Right, let's kick off today's episode as we always do on a Friday.

Let's take a look at what we learned this week.

We learn that Kiea Starmer's kids are the same as the rest of us.

What's good about my kids is they don't give a staff.

I'm leader of the Labour Party and they take the f-out of me all of the time.

We learn that Rizhisi Sunak has gone from railing against

the 30 year political status quo I am here to end.

To insisting it's jolly good and long may it continue.

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