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Rob FordGuest
Helen ThomasHost
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Rob FordGuestHelen ThomasHost
I should also say, interestingly, in your, um, in your day job, uh, you are currently marking papers.
It was very nice of you to take a bit of time out to talk to us about this very important by-election.
But you are marking papers, I believe, with the essay title of, uh, How Economic Crises End Governments or something like that.
Th- th- do economic crises do for governments? Is the, uh, uh, can governments win reelection, uh, after an economic crisis or not, is more or less the, the broad topic of the question.
... um, which may or may not be bad news for whoever wins the Makerfield by-election.
Now, before we dive into the questions, I just want to say one thing, which I know you know as well, Rob, which is there is not actually a place called Makerfield.
It is the name of the constituency, but it is, it, there is a town there, and you'll talk about it I'm sure, called Ashton-in-Makerfield.
And one of my very good friends, I must say hello to his parents, Billy and Lynn, who live there and would be very not happy if we started to, uh, not make it clear to everyone straight away this part of the northwest.
I should also say, interestingly, in your, um, in your day job, uh, you are currently marking papers.
It was very nice of you to take a bit of time out to talk to us about this very important by-election.
But you are marking papers, I believe, with the essay title of, uh, How Economic Crises End Governments or something like that.
Th- th- do economic crises do for governments? Is the, uh, uh, can governments win reelection, uh, after an economic crisis or not, is more or less the, the broad topic of the question.
... um, which may or may not be bad news for whoever wins the Makerfield by-election.
Now, before we dive into the questions, I just want to say one thing, which I know you know as well, Rob, which is there is not actually a place called Makerfield.
It is the name of the constituency, but it is, it, there is a town there, and you'll talk about it I'm sure, called Ashton-in-Makerfield.
And one of my very good friends, I must say hello to his parents, Billy and Lynn, who live there and would be very not happy if we started to, uh, not make it clear to everyone straight away this part of the northwest.
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