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Q&A episode brought to you by the new European newspaper. First question from Amanda in West Sussex.

Following your discussion about Rishi Sunak fasting as a lifestyle choice, I wanted to bring

your attention to a statistic I read in The Guardian. Last year, 800,000 people were admitted

to hospital with malnutrition. 800,000. It makes me wonder how many are lacking basic nutrients

in their diets, but who

maybe aren't quite ill enough to go to a doctor. A good point. I guess a lot of the implications

are obvious to many of us, but not to our fabulously wealthy Prime Minister. Great question. Thank

you, Amanda, from West Sussex. More of an observation than a question, isn't it?

Yeah. I mean, certainly one that elicits a response, which is that isn't that just utterly shameful?

It is.

In this country, in 2024, you know,

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