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The new Statesman.

Hello, I'm Hannah Barnes, associate editor at The New Statesman, and you're listening to the New Statesman

podcast. For the next few weeks leading up to the general election we're bringing

you new episodes every weekday with updates on the party campaigns, reaction from around the UK and the best polling

analysis with our experts, which is where we'll start today because I'm joined down the line

by our senior data journalist polling guru, Ben Walker, and our political

correspondent Freddie Hayward.

Hello both.

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