PAUL ENGLISH LIVE #112 · Housing Clubs, Headlights and How We Live: A Live Ramble

Broadcasts live every Thursday at 8:00p.m. uk time on Radio Soapbox: http://radiosoapbox.comPAUL ENGLISH LIVE #112 · paulenglishlive.comThursday November 6th· 8pm UK · 3pm US easternRUMBLE · rumble.com/PaulEnglishLive - chatroomWBN324 · t.ly/L-ms1SOAPBOX · radiosoapbox.comYOUTUBE · youtube.com/@PaulEnglishLiveTELEGRAM · t.me/fullenglishchatX - x.com/PaulEnglishLiveCALL IN    paulenglishlive.com/callPODCASTARCHIVES  serve.podhome.fm/paul-english-liveRSS FEED  serve.podhome.fm/rss/bc7f9439-c1bc-440f-a82c-0c01b27037efALSO ON  Spotify · Apple Podcasts · Castbox · Castro · Player FM · Podcast Addict · Overcast · Pocket CastsOn this lively Thursday 6 November edition of Paul English Live, Eric von Essex drops by for tea-fuelled banter, tech gremlins and all, before we dive into plans for an Alternative Remembrance on Monday 10 November (with a birdsong minute at 11:00) and a possible live hour at 11:00 on Tuesday 11 November. We wander from Earl Grey vs rooibos to bike lights and fireworks on Bonfire Night, then swing into heavier territory with Eli James on Venezuela, sabre‑rattling and the perennial distraction of war. I share thoughts from Liz Truss’s recent media turns, central‑bank power, the civil service machine and migration, plus a street‑level clip by Robin Pickett that has been resonating.Hour two and three range widely: feminism and falling birth rates, dating culture, Windows vs Linux, the maddening over‑engineering of modern cars and a charming $5k African EV, silver and sodium battery talk, and a rent‑to‑buy partnership idea for housing that could help young families. We close on craftsmanship, model railways, York Minster and Letchworth’s garden‑city spirit—the slower, more beautiful England many of us still crave—sprinkled with bluegrass covers of Walking After Midnight and Sweet Child O’ Mine for good measure.Paul English Live (show hub): https://paulenglishlive.comRumble (show platform): https://rumble.comYouTube (show platform): https://www.youtube.comTelegram (platform referenced): https://telegram.orgX (formerly Twitter): https://x.comBank of England (institution discussed): https://www.bankofengland.co.ukAndrew Bailey (Governor, Bank of England) – official profile: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/about/people/andrew-bailey/biographyUK Parliament – The Gunpowder Plot (Guy Fawkes background): https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/evolutionofparliament/parliamentaryauthority/gunpowder-plot-of-1605/Liz Truss – UK Parliament member page: https://members.parliament.uk/member/4095/contactDaily Express (newspaper referenced): https://www.express.co.ukRachel Reeves – UK Parliament member page: https://members.parliament.uk/member/4076/contactKeir Starmer – Labour Party profile: https://labour.org.uk/people/keir-starmer/Nigel Farage – Reform UK party page: https://www.reformparty.ukYork Minster (cathedral mentioned): https://yorkminster.orgLetchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation: https://www.letchworth.comOpen Capital (concepts discussed): https://opencapital.netBYD (EV maker referenced): https://www.byd.comMobius Motors (Kenyan automaker referenced): https://www.mobiusmotors.comNokia G22 (removable‑battery handset mentioned): https://www.nokia.com/phones/en_gb/nokia-g-22Rooibos (background on the tea): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RooibosSpitting Image (satire referenced): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spitting_ImageBR Standard Class 9F (steam locomotive): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BR_Standard_Class_9FBritish Rail Class 55 “Deltic”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_55The Beatles – Help! (film referenced): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help!_(film)The Omega Man (1971 film): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Omega_ManIron Horse (bluegrass band performing Sweet Child O’ Mine): https://www.ironhorsebluegrass.comPatsy Cline – official Museum and Hall of Fame (artist referenced): https://www.patsycline.org