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This week was always going to end in tiers, one, two or three for much of the north of England.

But the new restrictions met fierce resistance in Greater Manchester and a very public row

followed between the government

and the Mayor Andy Burnham. October is the month this pandemic became fiercely political. The

UK, now a patchwork of different do's and don'ts. Not for the first time, the phrase,

we're all in this together, seems to some, rather misplaced. Plenty to chew over on this

week's podcast then with me, Daniel Hewitt.

My colleague, Shihab Khan, is away this week, but fear not Robert Peston will be here shortly

for his analysis of the week's events.

And our guest interview this week is Michael Spicer, aka the secret political advisor in the room

next door.

Michael takes real politicians interviews and

pretends they are wearing an earpiece into which his character feeds them answers. It is very

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