It ended abruptly with his announcement of the Harriett Miers nomination to the Supreme Court.

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This will be among our main talking points on this weekend's Sunday Politics Midlands, when I will be joined by the Conservative MP for West Worcestershire, Harriett Baldwin and the Labour MP for Wolverhampton South East, Pat McFadden.

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