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To find out more, head to the Times Opinion Podcast. My name is Tim Montgomery and this week I'm

joined by columnist Jenny Russell, Rachel Sylvester and Matthew Paris.

And we thought we'd kick off this very exciting general election year.

And I'm sure you're as excited as we are with a special look forward to the politics of the coming year and this is

potentially going to be a coftastic addition of the opinion podcast because three

of us have colds but we are going to endeavor to fight through some questions that I've

set, political exam questions I've set for our panelists about the election to come.

And Matthew, can I start with you?

We are told, I think just about every general election

that this is the most exciting,

the most important general election in a generation.

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