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Hi, I'm Anouche, and I'm Stephen. And on today's New Statement podcast,

we discuss Boris Johnson's position after his terrible Christmas,

and you ask us, how successful will the Greens be next election?

So, first of all, happy Armenian Christmas, Stephen.

Happy Armenian Christmas, and thanks.

Thank you. The festive period isn't over yet, but I think the last time we spoke on the podcast,

we were in the thick of the number 10 Christmas party scandals, and Boris Johnson was looking in

the sort of worst position of his premiership yet. Then we had the Christmas recess, and

the landscape looks a little bit different now, in the sense that the pressures on the government

seem to be the risk of the NHS being overwhelmed, not just with COVID cases, but also staff

absences, as Omicron spreads and hospitals have to start canceling or postponing their planned

procedures and appointments, and also the cost of living crisis, which Angelarena standing

in for Keir Starmer, who must be on the Omega variant by now, went hard on at PMQ's yesterday.

The poorest households spend three times more on their income on household energy bills and

the richest households spend. VAT on energy bills makes gasoline electricity more expensive.

Not my words, Mr Speaker, but the words of the Prime Minister himself.

When energy bills are going to be hyped again in April, any decent government would find a

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