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The Hello and welcome to politics theory other. Today's show is a crossover episode with our good

friends over at the Macrodose podcast, which is hosted by economist James Medway.

Macrodose is a fantastic show with some of the best global economics analysis to be found anywhere.

And if you're not currently a listener, do check them out. Just search for Macrodose wherever you get your

podcasts. And if you like what you hear, consider supporting them on Patreon at patreon.com forward slash macrodose.

In the following conversation, I'm joined by James and by Richard Seymour to discuss the upcoming UK general election.

We talked about the crisis in the Conservative Party and the prospects of a post-election merger with Nigel Farage's Reform Party,

whether Farage's comments on Ukraine damages electoral prospects,

the likelihood of labour implementing austerity,

and why, as James argues, the 4th of July is likely to be

the last quote-unquote normal general election held in the UK.

Today's episode is brought to you by PTO's supporters on

Patreon and also by Verso Books, who have lots of great left-wing titles perfect for PTO

listeners. One you might like to check out is The Automatic Fetish by Beverly Best. Why does the

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The automatic fetish by Beverley Best traces Marx's analysis of capital step by step

through the material compiled posthumously as Part 3 of Capital.

Identifying the critique of value as the central through line of the entire work, Beverly Best elaborates a theory of movement through which the capital machine

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Neither have returned to basics nor a newfangled reconstruction,

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