Hello, I'm Hugo Rifkin, and now we're going to be unpacking the politics of the day,

from the UK's position on the developing conflict in the Middle East,

to the government's tough new asylum policy, to whether the Green Party is going to come under pressure over its policy at home and abroad.

And as usual, on a Monday, I'm joined by the Times columnist Seb Payne.

Hello, Seb.

Good morning, Hugo.

Good to have you here.

How are you?

I'm very well, thanks.

I was at a 40th birthday party at the weekend and I'm slightly strained my shoulder while

dancing, but apart from that, well...

Well, it's nice that you're hanging out with your demographic.

I was at a 50th birthday party over the weekend. I thought you would be more 60th or 70th per hugo.

You can leave. And we are also joined in something of a reshuffle by Times columnist Libby Purvis. Hello, Libby. Hello, I can't wait for Seb's TikTok dance. No one needs to see that. I've seen Seb dancing and it is both what you'd expect but also extremely alarming. Yes, that is the dictionary definition of what happens when you see me on the dance floor.

Yes. and it's it is both what you'd expect but also extremely alarming yes that is that is the dictionary

definition of what happens when you see me on the dance floor yes no it's very it is very oddly

tory the manner in which you dance what is a tori dance again if we can we can put on

there's nowhere any pelvis involved yeah there's there's there's a lot of there's lot of

arms and bottom i'd say let's let's let move on. We are before the watershed, Hugo.

And gratefully, yes, let's move on. And let's talk, obviously, about the huge, huge, huge news over the weekend and day.

This is the conflict in the Middle East, begun by US-Israeli airstrikes on Iran, which killed the supreme leader of the Islamic regime over the weekend.

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