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Tees and sees apply. Check the Uber app. Hello and welcome to the New Statesman podcast. I'm Deputy Editor Helen Lewis

and this week I be talking to Raphael Bear and George Eton

about Scotland and the Crimea.

Ed Smith will be joining us to talk about shouty politics

and Prime Minister's questions, and then Raphael Bear will be joining us to talk about Shouty politics and Prime Minister's questions, and then

Raphael Bear will be interviewing Ivan Lewis, The Shadow, Northern Ireland Secretary. The I'm doing doing my political editor Raphael Bear and George Eaton editor of the Staggars

and first we're going to talk about Scotland. Earlier this week we had a new statesman lecture by Alex Simon, the first minister, in

which he talked about Scotland's future in Scotland's hands.

George, you asked my question afterwards which I thought was really interesting about the 50P tax rate.

And basically he said that he wouldn't pledge

to reintroduce it, because he needed Scotland's economy

to be competitive.

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