This is The Guardian.

We've been speaking to President Putin,

and we've been speaking to Ukrainian leaders.

And I have to say that I'm a little bit disappointed

that President Zelensky hasn't yet read the proposal.

Our future is inextricably linked to the European Union.

It's not our position.

Is the House Secretary a traitor or a faithful, Prime Minister?

At the time I was alleged to have made these remarks,

one of your most popular weekly shows was the black and white minstrels.

Categorically, on the record, you did not racially abuse fellow people.

I would never, ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way.

It's not quite the same as not doing it.

I'm Pippa Carrera.

And I'm Kieran Stacey.

You're listening to Politics Weekly UK for The Guardian.

Hello, well, we're back again and we're very much in Christmas season now, aren't we, Kieran?

I put my tree up at the weekend.

So did I.

Which just felt a bit premature.

I'm afraid I'm a bit, well, I'm a bit Scottish about these things.

When I was growing up, we didn't put our trees up until much closer to Christmas. But the rest of my family would have had it up in November had I let them, definitely not going to happen. But it also means we've got lots of Christmas parties coming up, doesn't it? Yeah, well, we, I think I counted four in the space of about two days this week. but of course the one that many of us here in Westminster are looking forward to is the Prime Minister's own Christmas party, which

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