Five in the Eye 0357

MICHAEL It’s Friday, so that can only mean one thing! It’s Five in the Eye day! Welcome to episode 0357 on Colourful Radio, with me - Michael Ohajuru - back after a break due the dreaded Covid! Thanks so much to Kola for standing in for me last week. PHIL And this is Phil Woodford joining Michael via Zoom this week and revealing that our top story is the declaration by Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer that he will step down if he is fined over the so-called #beergate episode. An example of a truly principled politician? Or an attempt to put pressure on the police? MICHAEL For story number two, we discuss the very future of the UK. As Sinn Fein becomes the largest party in the Northern Ireland assembly, pressure will be growing for a cross-border poll on unification with the Republic. Meanwhile, the SNP still dominates Scottish politics and is looking for a clean break too. PHIL What’s story number three? Well, it’s the Turkish airline that cancelled its take off in Israel after passengers received Airdrop photos of crashed planes on their iphones. It seemed to be a prank, but rattled a lot of nerves. MICHAEL A really sad and emotional story at number four, as BBC podcaster Deborah James announces that her bowel cancer is terminal. We all need to watch out for signs of this deadly disease. PHIL And finally this week, to wrap up the show, it’s sixty grand behind sixty bars to celebrate the 60th birthday of Housemartins and Beautiful South legend Paul Heaton. MICHAEL Cheers, Paul! And that’s this week’s Five in the Eye! ++++