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Hello and welcome back.

This is Electoral Dysfunction with me, Beth Rigby.

Me, Jess Phillips. Me, Ruth Davidson.

Now, it's been a busy week and we've got a lot to talk about. But thank you so much for all your emails and WhatsApp. I've been on my burner phone and amid all the crap I get at work, there's been

a lot of love. So thank you. And one of my favorite notes was from Kevin.

Let's have a listen. Hi, girls. Oh, I hope it's okay that I call you girls. It helps. I'm a middle-aged

queen from Belfast with a sagging jaw line and a receding her line. So I'd love to be called a girl.

Kevin, I've got a bit of a second jawline as well.

Oh, me too.

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