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Richard Christie, who's there all day, Patrick
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Great to see you again, Patrick. Thank you very much. Right, I am currently at Kirkgate Market in Leeds
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We're going to be spending all day talking to grafters, business owners, people who get up at the crack of dawn
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trying to pay the bills, put a bit of food on the table. This is very near Rachel Rees' constituency
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It's a Labour stronghold as a whole. We want to talk about how they feel this government is doing
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And one of the ones I spoke to earlier on was a lovely, lovely butcher. Here's what happened
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Right, I've done the fishmongers. Now it's time for the butchers. Fantastic stuff
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We're still here at the historic Kirkgate Market in Lees, and it's very much all going off
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Now, I'm joined by John Johnson of John Johnson's Butchers. Thank you very much for having us today
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Really appreciate it. Start by telling us a little bit about what you've got here. We've got your usual array of offal, your bacons
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and bits like your off-cups and other bits, and then you go into your main cabinets, you've got your main traditional meats
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Fantastic I mean I am getting hungry Just the longer I stand here the hungrier I am getting But could you just tell me a little bit about what it like for businesses at the moment under this Labour government Er well we all struggling a bit especially small businesses
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I mean they're bringing in new tax rules, er, so that means now every year I've got to do
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my books four times a year instead of once. Flipping that. Yeah, I know it's..
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So that means you have to pay an accountant every time? Yes. Yeah. Right
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So I had to go and see my accountant last week to sort all this out. So it's good news for the accountants? Oh yeah
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Well, not actually. I think it's work they don't really want. It's all work on top. But, yeah, yes
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And then you've got all the other costs as well, the electrics going up, rent, everything else
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Yeah. Yeah. So how do you feel that this Labour government is doing
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I did think they were doing poor, but you look at the circumstances around the world
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I think they're struggling. I think anybody's going to be struggling in this economy to turn it round
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I mean, if they could just slow it down a bit, that make it a bit easier. So I'm going to be spending the day flogging socks
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flipping burgers, culminating in my show live from a pub that, by the way, has banned
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Rachel Reeves at 9 to 11pm. Back to you
