Five in the Eye 0388 with Anthony

MICHAEL It’s Friday, so that can only mean one thing: it’s Five in the Eye day! This is me - Michael Ohajuru - welcoming you to episode 0388 of Colourful Radio’s weekly news review show. PHIL And this is Phil Woodford joining Michael via Zoom and revealing that our top story is going to be the wave of strikes that are hitting us this month. The train workers have been joined by ambulance crews, nurses, teachers and posties among others, making this Christmas one of real industrial strife. MICHAEL And for story number two, it’s a topic close to my own heart. I’ve actually taken the drug Pregabalin for shoulder pain. So it was shocking to see the recent report on Channel 4 News about the addictive quality of the drug. There is even debate over whether doctors should prescribe it all. PHIL And it’s our World Cup slot at story number three, where Anthony - our football correspondent - will join us again. He’s sadly lost his bet on Japan going all the way. So what are his predictions now? MICHAEL What’s story number four? Well it’s the Just Eat delivery agents who have been going above and beyond the call of duty to deliver McDonald’s to Scottish doorsteps. There’s a branch of the fast-food chain in Grangemouth that insists on them scaling a five-foot fence to grab Big Macs. PHIL And finally, to wrap up the show, let’s hope we don’t go into Goblin mode, which is the Oxford word of 2022. It apparently means “a type of behaviour which is unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy, typically in a way that rejects social norms or expectations”. MICHAEL Never on this show! And that’s this week’s Five in the Eye! ++++