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Hello. Hello. Hello, or shall I say,

I'm Hannah Barnes and this is politics from the new statesman.

Today we've got a tinsultustic episode for you.

We're in our finest champagne in hand.

Not really.

We're in a windowless basement recording studio with some tea

to celebrate the best, the worst and the outright bizarre moments in British politics this year.

To help me decide on the winners and losers of 2024, I'm joined by our political editor, Andrew

Marr. And if you head on to our YouTube channel, you can see him in a Santa

hat and our US correspondent, Freddie Hayward. Now, Freddie, big election year. You left us in the

summer for the US, but we've brought you back specifically to help us remember the first half of

2024. So without further ado, our first category is biggest gaff.

Oh, this has, in British politics, I'm afraid, sorry, Sunak, this has to go to Rishi

Sunak.

Well, which is one?

There's so many.

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