Hello and welcome to the political party. Today's guest is Anna Sawa, the leader of the Scottish Labour Party,

and all my word are you in for a heck of a ride. There is no way to explain quite how this show ends up,

but Anna S basically takes control of the thing, and I mean the ending is just bonkers. So, before we talk about that in a little more detail,

don't forget you can email the show, political party podcast, and in fact before then, oh my word, an announcement, a wonderful announcement about some future guests.

So, there's one more I'm on the verge of being able to announce at the end of January, but here are the coming guests for the next few shows.

So, on Monday the 22nd of November at the Vorderville Theatre, my guest is Anthony Scaramucci. He is coming over from New York to do the show.

He will be there live in the West End, the Mooch. Do not miss it. He is incredible. Two weeks after that, the former Secretary of State for Health, former Foreign Secretary,

the man who almost stopped Boris Johnson from becoming Prime Minister Jeremy Hunt, and of course his select committee's report into the government's handling of COVID has been fascinating reading.

Two weeks after that, the Christmas special, I can now announce who the guests are, we will have live music from MP4. Rosanna Allen-Karn will be returning, and the special guest will be Jacob Reese Mogg.

That is on Monday the 20th of December, a Christmas special with Jacob Reese Mogg, MP4 and Rosanna Allen-Karn. That is going to be, I mean you don't need me to tell you, that's going to be a very special night.

And then the first show of 2022 on Monday the 10th of January, I will be joined by former Labour leader Neil Kinnock.

I've also two weeks after that got a very, very good guest, penciled, I can't quite announce it yet, but my word, what on run of guests?

Anthony Scaramucci, Jeremy Hunt, Jacob Reese Mogg with MP4 and Rosanna Allen-Karn, and then Neil Kinnock. These are the biggest names.

It's not just in British politics, with the mooch in global politics, and they're all going to be live on stage in the West End with me.

I cannot wait, you can get tickets for all of those shows at mapford.com slash live. Oh my god, anyway.

I guess so, I love being able to announce the guests, because obviously I'm always working on people going back and forth, so it's so cool when they confirm.

And of course today's guest, this episode is an instant classic, so I'm not going to talk too much at the start, because we need to crack on, because this is gold.

Anyway, you can email the show, politicalpartypodcast.gmail.com, where you've seen politicians, perhaps in an unusual setting, Aaron's been in touch.

He said, I remember my school history teacher, Ms. Wade, telling us a great MP sighting she had as a kid growing up in the valleys of South Wales.

She was having a sleep over at a friend's house around the age of 10 in the late 1980s.

After they'd gone to bed, her friend's dad came into the room, mug them both up, and made them come downstairs.

There was a strange man in the living room, and her friend's dad said, girls, I want you to introduce you to the next prime minister of the United Kingdom, Neil Kinnock.

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