Hello and welcome to the first political party recorded in front of a live audience

for nearly a year and a half. This was such a special night. I loved every second of it.

And to be back on stage in front of such a wonderful crowd, such a beautiful venue was just

I think I'll remember that night for the rest of my life. It was a real moment and the atmosphere.

I don't think it was just that people were excited to see my guests and to be at the political party.

I think just in general it felt very symbolic to be at an event again.

And I didn't expect to feel kind of as affected by it as I was, but wow.

So thank you to all of you who came. You made it a really special night.

Thank you to my guests. Of course, today's episode is Peter Mandelson.

He was on the podcast a few months ago. This is even more hilarious.

Even more Peter Mandelson than he was last time. It's absolutely incredible.

I will come on to that in a second. Don't forget you can email the show politicalpartypodcast at gmail.com.

Let us know unusual or strange places that you've seen are encountered politicians. Adam got in touch.

He says in February 2018 we took the kids skiing to St.

Foyne, France and took them out of school for a week.

We were in the ski higher shop and I saw a familiar face and did the ridiculous thing of blurting out.

It's Nick Clegg.

Twitch Nick Clegg said, I know. Hello.

The kids came around the corner and Clegg said it's not half term.

Is it shouldn't they be in school?

To which I said, let's not mention that again.

And I won't say anything about the election.

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