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Welcome to the latest edition of The Times Opinion Podcast. My name is Tim Montgomery and this

week I'm joined by the editor of our Red Box political email, Phil Webster, columnist

Melanie Phillips and our literary editor Robbie Millen.

The Lib Dems are flailing around trying to show they are different from the Tories whom they've

kept in office.

It won't work. They've just signed off the autumn statement

whose accompanying documents contain all the cuts they now so despise. They should pull out

of the coalition. That will prove they are different and it won't mean an early election.

The appeal of the Islamic State Terror Group lies in the real power it's gained through territory

and wealth.

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