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The Politics Show
The New Statesman
4.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 16 October 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Andrew Marr joins Rachel Cunliffe to discuss his column in this week's magazine, Tax the old.
They also discuss the latest developments in the China spy case.
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| 1:05.5 | The New Statesman Hello, I'm Rachel Cunnellep and this is the New Statesman podcast. |
| 1:13.7 | Joining me today is our political editor, Andrew Maher. Hello. |
| 1:16.5 | Hello. |
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| 1:20.1 | Big hello. |
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