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I'm flying solo today in my little pod booth in London.

Jess, where are you?

I am in Birmingham. This is literally where I am is my bedroom, the dressing room part of my bedroom, because I'm very fancy.

Ruth, where are you? You at home? I am in officially the best place in the United Kingdom to live.

I'm in my house in North Berwick, in East Lillian.

I'm Beth Rugby, and this is Electoral Dysfunction.

What a week it's been.

I was absolutely knackered by Monday

because I spent quite a lot of the weekend

phoning Tories around to discuss potential Tory plots.

So we've got a lot to talk about,

first up, Rishi Suna, because he's gone from being embattled to beleaguered.

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