Hello and welcome to the political party. Today's guest is the Shadow Chancellor Annelise

Dodds. Before I come onto what Annelise and I discussed, I have a very special announcement.

As well as doing three live gigs at the Garic Theatre in London's glittering Westend

on the 24th and 25th of May and the 2nd of June. If you're not aware of that by the way,

that was announced in the last episode, but I'm letting you know now because I know,

well you might not be able to do every episode, remember every single detail.

So that's the first bit. The political party is returning to the stage with three very special

nights. The tickets for these by the way are flying out. So if you want them get them now,

get to matfall.com slash live. I've put a ticket in the blurb in the show notes for you to get them.

Three nights, the 24th of May with Peter Mandelson inside of RC on the 25th of May,

Keir Starmer and Andrea Ledson and on the 2nd of June, Jess Phillips and Esther McVay.

Three fantastic bills live on stage at the Garic Theatre. You can get your tickets for those now.

As well as that, I'm very excited to announce my first ever streaming event and it's very soon.

It's on 13th and 22nd of April. You can get tickets for that. It's £10. There's a link

in the blurb and when you click on that link, you will discover that my very special guest

is Tony Blair, the most successful leader in the history of the Labour Party. Man who ran Britain

for 10 years will be my guest on Thursday, the 26th of April. So don't miss out tickets

of just a tenor. You can click on the link now to secure your place. That is very exciting indeed.

All four of those events, of course, are thrilling. So for the Tony Blair livestream, click on that

link and for the Knights at the Garic, which feature Peter Mandelson, side of RC Keir Starmer,

Andrea Ledson, Jess Phillips and Esther McVay. Click on that link or just go to

matford.com slash live and the whole thing is explained there. But oh my god, what a thrill,

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