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That takes you behind the biggest stories coming out of Hollywood's and Westminster

It's 25 past two on Thursday the 22nd of October.

I'm Lucy White, a reporter based in the Glasgow Newsroom.

And today I'm joined by.

Hi, Phil Sim.

I'm a reporter based in a cupboard in Edinburgh.

Hi, I'm Rajit Sunday.

I'm a reporter usually in Westminster, but currently at home.

I'm Nick Erdley, also at home today, actually.

And John Curtis, who these days broadcasts out of his hall in his tournament flat in Glasgow.

Professor Curtis, your first appearance on Political Welcome.

Thank you very much indeed.

Delighted to be with you.

We are delighted to have you here.

This is a bit like having a superstar of

politics on our podcast. So we're all pretty excited today. Oh, Fati, we'll get you away.

The trouble with all this factory that people give is that people sometimes get the wrong end

of the stick. So I got an invitation yesterday for a conference that was kind of, you know, Norway and

Scotland and Denmark or whatever. And they were kind of saying, somebody tells me that you're the

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