Hello and welcome to Calling Peston, the ITV News Politics Podcast. Lots to discuss in this week's

episode, episode 90, if my sons are correct. A week which has seen the Queen go to Parliament

to read out the government's plans for the upcoming year. Not that it took her too long,

it was a Queen's speech

characterized as much by what was left out as what was put in. The government accused by Labor

of style over substance. Two people that can never be accused of such a thing are my two

colleagues joining me on this week's podcast. Our political editor, Robert Peston, how you doing,

Robert? Oh, I mean, I'm just concentrating on my style, Dan.

And here for the substance, our political reporter Sheehab Khan. How are you, Sheehab?

Yeah, very good, thank you.

And talking of Labour, the fallout continues from the party's disastrous election results,

and we have an exclusive interview with the former leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Remember him, blamed by the current leadership for damaging the party so much that they've had to clean up after him. He's had a few things to say about that.

I'm big and grown up and don't particularly care what people say, but I think it's a bit rich to start blaming me for stuff that's been done over the past year that I've had

absolutely no part of whatsoever. And I do think that dumping on somebody because they're not

there anymore is a bit weak, really. Before we get to the Queen's speech, though, Robert has some lines for us.

I privately, and now you know publicly, call Robert Scoopy Do for all the exclusives he brings in.

And he has another few lines for us.

This time on the public inquiry into COVID, when it may be, or at least when Boris Johnson will announce

it might be. Robert, take it away.

I don't quite know how to follow all that. But anyway, just to bring us all up to date.

As you know, the Prime Minister under considerable pressure over many months, you know,

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