Great podcast, dumping to US treasury bonds may give Trump pause for thought, but I am mystified that the option of the € challenging the tanking $ as the global reserve currency isn’t at least being considered. Just imagine Farage’s reaction if the UK, Greenland & Denmark joined the € !!

Give the poor man a break! He has to fund the heating for his horses somehow..

I think we should cut Zahawi some slack, the poor chap has to provide heating for his horses somehow..

Anybody else thinking of Genesis singing Jesus he knows me during this ‘interview/monologue’

Just listened on catch up James, great show.
If I had listened live I would have called to try to reassure your male listeners that. if you catch prostate cancer early, treatment may not be that onerous. I had my prostate removed 10 years ago, I was up walking/discharged home with 24hrs of operation

The Telegraph and Mail weren’t responsible for Johnson missing the initial critical Cobra meetings in Covid whilst he was writing one of his books.. 23000 souls ..

A bit harsh on Boris .. it’s not as if he was busy writing a book and missed the 1st few critical Cobra meetings at the start of the pandemic.. no wait…

"Compared with other European countries, the UK received the fifth largest number of asylum seekers in the year ending March 2025, and the seventeenth largest intake when measured per head of population" - Home Office data
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The UK has suspended surveillance flights over Gaza, apparently to locate the Israeli hostages.
The UK must therefore have substantive records of the systematic destruction of Gaza.
With all the live Israeli hostages happily returned, there should be no reason NOT to share this data with the ICJ?

Simon, just a line to say great journalism! you’re balanced, articulated analysis helps so many of us navigate through these mad times.. fair play

It seems curious that the Mandelson/Epstein saga was not referred to/investigated by the Govt’s Ethics Advisor to establish exactly who knew what and when..as with Ms Rayner

Great informed analysis 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Can we reasonably assume that Mr Mandelson has already done the honourable thing and referred himself to the Govt’s Ethics Advisor and a full investigation is underway to establish who knew what and when?

Can we reasonably assume that Mr Mandelson has already done the honourable thing and referred himself to the Govt’s Ethics Advisor regarding the Epstein affair and a full investigation is underway to establish who knew what and when?