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The question is, who's best placed to win the next election? The choice is between Keir Starmer, Wes Streeting and Andy Burnham.

The winner picked by the audience at Manchester's O2 Apollo is obvious. But the presenters on stage are still somewhat surprised.

"Three hands up for Starmer," former Conservative minister Rory Stewart observes.

"No, it's more than that, you're being harsh," Alastair Campbell, his Labour-supporting sidekick, snaps back.

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"10," Mr Stewart concedes. "2,622 people and 10 hands. That's pretty wild actually."

The political 'bromance', whose chart-topping podcast The Rest Is Politics has just finished its live latest live tour, are a funny pair.

Mr Campbell, who made his name as Tony Blair's spi

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