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Hi there is Alist Campbell here and before you listen to our leading interview with David Badele just a word of warning.

Even to those of you who may be used to my Malcolm Tuckresque approach to language,

this one does contain some very strong language from the off. So if you're listening with

children in the back of the car or running around the kitchen, you might want to plug in your headphones, but do enjoy the show.

Welcome to another episode of the rest of politics leading with me Alista Campbell and with me Rory Stewart with a how to describe him cultural icon

certainly was in the old days when you... Okay that's bad already. of his

cultural icon certainly was in the old days.

Okay that's bad already.

It was a cultural icon with the old football's coming home and all that.

So comedian first off, but has become kind of quite a serious cultural figure.

Well let me read you the first bit of his latest book and see if anyone can guess.

I am an insomniaic.

There are many potential reasons for this, most of them probably physical.

But if you're going to be psycho-analyical about it and look for something in my childhood,

I'd say it was to do with death.

So he's insomniaic, slightly worried about death.

The book, which is not yet published I don't think,'s bound to be published called the God Desire

So we're gonna find out whether he does or he doesn't do God and I think we'll probably give it away I think we've given it away with the football stuff also I've spoken now my voice is very

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