Now, California, the last thing I said to my Republican colleagues was you don't even have to meet me halfway. (Laughter.) I'll bring most Democrats on these issues.

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"I was obsessed with getting the trousers right, " she says when we meet in the London flagship store, where she finds me halfway through my marathon.

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