7: Sir Humphrey AD2023, Planners' Zeitgeist, Hamas/Putin, Steve Bell...

The Drake report on the churn in the Civil Service First Division under Johnson, who got another international gong this week , leads us to look at their importance and what happens in their absence- 'Yes Minister' is a crucial point of reference. Planning and Building regulations past and future come up a we ponder the pressures upon a potential Starmer administration. A glance at Turkey, and the acking of cartoonist Steve Bell steers us to the Middle East and Ukraine.