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questions from the audience. the parties have made policy pledges and the conservatives have said they will raise child benefit tax threshold to £120,000 and charge it to households rather than individuals. labour have said if it wins power, it would make permanent a skin that ensures low deposit mortgages are available for first—time buyers —— a scheme. the lib dems have offered a bad month of paid leave for new fathers and a doubling of statutory maternity pay —— dad month. tom symons is in swindon on the campaign trail with the conservative campaign. this apology from t...

Going to attend at all, i contacted them by phone half an hour ago, i was told to e—mail, i told them we would be talking about it shortly and i asked if they wanted to push back on that, suggest it was wrong, offer any guidance, i have not heard back at this stage. we will have to see how they respond. we do not have it stood up ourselves, but something we have tried to put to the conservative party. particularly this kind of issue about national security and the international context to this election, whether it is the war in gaza, the war in ukraine, worries about china, something leaders...

Diligence. he was calling people. he was cross-referencing claims about certain nominees. he liked all of the, all four of them very much. is that accurate? as people, one-on-one relationships. >> he was as transparent and engaged as any president. he met at length with these nominees. he asked questions. he talked democrats and republicans. he was on the golf course over the weekend on the phone half the time talking to people about this process. i have never seen anything like it. the democrats are complaining that it's a corrupt, secret game. of course not. this president has been out there...

Diligence. he was calling people, he was cross-referencing claims about certain nominees. he liked all of the nominations. it is that accurate? >> he did. it's true. he was as transparent and engaged and intense as any president in modern history. he met at length with these prospective nominees, he asked questions and he was on the golf course over the weekend on the phone half the time talking to people about this process. i mean, i've never seen anything like it. the democrats are complaining that it's a corrupt, secret game. >> this president has been out here working hard on this for a lo...

Hillary clinton, remember? they did it first with obama. they won. this is the pendulum. lastly, you said wolff is a good writer. he is. the reporting is strange. it feels like he's forcing observations and conclusions to fulfill the good story writing. he has a great story. he writes an active voice. but the reporting is in the passive. it's as if things are happening without a reason. i think that's weird. part of me says yeah, a lot of this could happen but it's like he is shoveling it into a way that fits the story. >> dana: from "the new york times," a thin read, well-written, could've us...