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hello. it's adam in the studio. and it is chris in birmingham. and just so i don't get lonely in here, i'm joined by some friends of the podcast. ailbhe rea is associate editor at bloomberg. hello, ailbhe. hello, thank you for having me. and nick watt is political editor of newsnight. hello, nick. hello, adam. this means we've got bbc one and bbc two sewn up tonight. genius move. very clever move. right, the first story we're going to talk about is about the mp mark menzies, who represents a seat in the north—west of england and, until wednesday night, he was a conservative mp. he's now been stripped of the whip and is an independent and the claims were made in the times newspaper on wednesday night. the newspaper is alleging that, in the recent past, he made a phone call at 3:15am to his former campaign manager, who is 78 years old. and the allegation is that mark menzies said, "i am locked in a flat and i need £5,000

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