Here comes Steve, with the satisfied smile of a man who's checking out at midday

after a great night's sleep and a delicious unlimited brecky.

See the untamable bedhead here.

And if you look really close, you can see that properly well-rested glow,

which can only mean one thing.

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Hello and welcome to the Sophie Ridge on Sunday podcast.

Election season is well underway now and I've been speaking to the UKIP leader Paul

Nuttall after he announced where he's going to stand. I was also joined by Labor's shadow

foreign secretary Emily Thornberry and the SMP's Europe spokesman Stephen Gethens to get

their thoughts on events at home and abroad.

Now you might have noticed there's quite a bit going on in British politics at the moment,

what with the general election and all, but there's also a huge amount going on elsewhere in the world.

Tensions between North Korea and the US are as tense as ever.

The Syrian war grinds on and the cloud of Russian aggression continues to hang over Europe.

So it's a busy time for Labour's shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry trying to deal with

an election at home and hold the government to account on their foreign policy as well.

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