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Trains, now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app. Hello and welcome to the new statesman podcast.

I'm Deputy Editor Helen Lewis

and every week the team and I will bring you an exciting mix of discussion,

interviews and stories.

It's a big week for labour

and I talk about it with George Eaton and Raphael Bear.

Then George interviews the political scientist Ian Bremmer about his G0 magazine cover story.

And then Alex Hearn, Philip Morn and I, spoiler You Rotten for the discussion about Game big week for labour.

Raff, I'm going to start with you first.

You've been soaking up the majesty of

Ed Miliband living his big set-piece speech on welfare. I have. I've just come back

from Newham where Ed did his speech and it was very interesting actually he's no Cicero as we said

he doesn't quite have a delivery of barrack Obama but it was quite a meaty

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