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Hatched, matched, and despatched

2

Awkward enocunters

3

Westminster Hospitality

4

Do Sport and Politics Mix?

5

Whatever Happened to Prime Ministerial Responsibility?

6

The Art of Conversation

7

Is Trump Mad?

8

Free Energy Weekends

9

Is the Ukraine War drawing to a close?

10

Cunning stunts in politics

11

Iran or the US - Who holds the cards?

12

Shoplifting

13

Married to your Career?

14

The Iran War

15

Iran - Full of Surprises

16

Trump Addresses the Nation

17

Rosebank and Jackdaw

18

Artemis, Apollo and the 60's

19

Events in the Gulf

20

Help with energy costs - UK

21

What's the purpose of NATO

22

Iran - UK Politics and Military

23

Iran - Trump's Options

24

Time for Sleep

25

Iran - International Law

26

Iran - Objectives and Outcome

27

Dentistry

28

Student Loans U-Turn?

29

Human Resources on the Rise?

30

Mountbatten-Windsor and Mandelson

31

Trumpwatch

32

UK Unemployment

33

The Five Minute Prime Minister

34

Useless Inventions

35

Child Labour?

36

Mandelson

37

Consumer Corner

38

Reimagining the High Street

39

Leasehold Reform

40

Airwheels

41

Screentime Restrictions

42

The Board of Peace

43

Mark Carney

44

Greenland Watching

45

The President's Health

46

Bobby J

47

A Load of Old Tankers

48

Greenland

49

Coalition of the Willing

50

Russian Billions for Ukraine?

51

Resident Doctors, Out Again

52

Christmas Fare around the World

53

The Tracksuit Index

54

Social Media Restrictions for Teens in Australia

55

US Strategic Affairs and National Security Review

56

The Unusual Anxieties of Generation Z

57

The Christmas Tree Index

58

Kushner and Witkoff in Moscow

59

Budget 2025 - Part II

60

Budget 2025 - Part I

61

Infamy, infamy, they've all got it in for me

62

Trump and the BBC

63

The Nazification of Dog Policing

64

Rachel Reeves Rental Irregularities

65

Alaska Summit, and Thames Water

66

Ukraine Ceasefire Prospect, and Musk's Bonus

67

Palestine, and the Resident Doctor's Funnel

68

Reeves' Conundrum, and Kemi's Future

69

Rachel at The Mansion House, and Donald's Ukraine U-Turn

70

Resident Doctors, and the Cost of Live Sport

71

Labour's Year and Rachel's Week

72

NATO, and the Middle East

73

Donald's Dilemma, and The Casey Report

74

The Spending Review, and the Los Angeles Stand-Off

75

Defence Review, and Spending Review

76

Farage's Agenda, and Musk's Return to Business

77

Keir's for Turning, and WFH

78

The Istanbul Conundrum, and Keir's tanks on Nigel's Lawn

79

Trade Deals, and VE Day

80

Farage's Time, and the Solar Revolution

81

Trump scolds the Fed, and Ukraine Peace

82

Supreme Court rules on gender, and China's investment in the UK

83

Did Trump just blink?

84

Liberation Day

85

BYD, and Toxic Masculinity

86

Reeves, Benefits, and the Trump & Putin Show

87

Streeting's Strategy, and Trump's Week

88

Germany, Reeves, and Ukraine

89

Energy, Trump and Ukraine

90

Trump, Russia, and Ukraine

91

Trump - Ukraine, and Tariffs

92

Trumping Gaza, and Wes' Priorities

93

Rachel's growth, and Benefits fraud

94

Donald's back, and Rachel's in Davos

95

Biden's Legacy, Trump's Plans, and Rachel Reeves' Conundrum

96

Economic Armageddon, and Transatlantic Friction

97

Further Predictions for 2025, and WFH

98

2024 in review, and domestic predictions for 2025

99

WASPI Women, and Elon Musk

100

The Spending Review , and Christmas Shopping

101

Labour's Milestones, plus Football and Politics

102

Back to Work, and Electric Vehicles

103

Ukraine, and Farmers' Protest

104

Wes Streeting's Reforms, and Trump's Appointments

105

US Elections, and the Shadow Cabinet

106

Budget Special

107

Wes Streeting's Big Conversation, and US Election Day Nears

108

Business Summit, and Assisted Dying

109

Sue Gray, and Israel's Retaliation

110

Middle East, and the Tory Leadership Contest

111

Labour in Liverpool, and the Middle East

112

Frockgate, and Smashing the Gangs

113

Has the Labour/Business love affair turns sour, and is Britain a Nanny State?

114

Winter Fuel Allowance, and Electric Cars

115

Gloomy Sir Keir, and a replacement for Rishi

116

Labour's first six weeks, and Rachel Reeves' conundrum

117

Ukraine's Bold Move, and Railway Tranquility

118

Unrest on the Streets, and the Latest from the US Presidential Campaign

119

Southport tragedy, and developments in the Middle East

120

Presidential Election, and Rachel Reeves' Problems

121

The King's Speech

122

Rachel Reeves, Wes Streeting, and another Tory Leadership Campaign

123

It's Over - The General Election Results and the Fallout

124

Election 24 Week 6 - Sunak v Starmer, the final debate

125

Frome and East Somerset - The Candidate Interviews

126

Frome and East Somerset - The Candidate Interviews

127

Election 24 Week 5

128

Frome and East Somerset - The Candidate Interviews

129

Election 24 Week 4 - The Sky Debate, and Manifestos

130

General Election 2024 Week 3

131

General Election 2024 Week 1

132

Election 24 - and they're off

133

Labour's Pledges, and the OECD on Britain's Economy

134

Electric Vehicles, and Elections Fallout

135

Local Elections and National Insurance

136

Rwanda Law, and the Mental Health benefits bill

137

The Middle East, and Smoking Legislation

138

New Immigration Laws, and Honey Traps

139

Predictions 2024 - Update

140

BBC License Fee, WFH, NHS Dentistry, and Riling Rees-Mogg (8/1)

141

Tory infamy, and sickness benefits (7/10)

142

Extremism, John Lewis, and Putin

143

Budget 2024, and Super Tuesday USA (7/8)

144

Gaza protests, Housing issues, and Ukraine (7/7)

145

Westminster uproar, and a new Industrial Revolution

146

Economic Headwinds, and Ukraine

147

Climate Change and Dentistry (7/4)

148

Immigration, Northern Ireland, and Tax Cuts (7/3)

149

Councils going bust, the Houthis, and calls for Conscription (7/2)

150

The Houthis, the Post Office, and Financial Exclusion

151

Rishi and Keir's New Year Messages (6/10)

152

Our predictions for 2024 (6/9)

153

Interest rates, and the Super League (6/8)

154

Interest rates, Inflation, and an update on Ukraine (6/7)

155

Immigration, Rwanda, and Boris at the Covid Inquiry

156

legal immigration and hancock at the covid inquiry (6/5)

157

the autumn statement (6/4)

158

Suella's Sacking, and the Rwanda Judgement (6/3)

159

The State Opening of Parliament and pro-Palestinian marches in London (6/2)

160

the covid inquiry, with updates on the middle east and ukraine (6/1)

161

israel/gaza update, suella's problems with the met, and banker's bonuses (5/10)

162

an israel gaza update plus wages and inflation (05/10)

163

the one about israel/gaza, and the labour party conference (5/9)

164

the one about the conservative party conference (5/8)

165

the one about trees and hs2 (5/7)

166

the one about liz truss (5/6)

167

the one about birmingham going bust, and the great escape (5/5)

168

the one about raac and wfh (5/4)

169

the one about sir keir's new towns, and the prigozhin affair (5/3)

170

the one about polls on rishi's priorities and scotland's drug problem (5/2)

171

the one about china and small boats week

172

the one about the economically inactive and labour shortages

173

the one about nigel farage and banking confidentiality

174

the one about climate commitments and housing planning reform

175

saving pm rishi

176

the one about the nhs at 75 and oracy

177

the one about the rwanda decision and thames water

178

the one about interest rates and yevgeny prigozhin

179

the one about the boris report and house of lords reform

180

the one about tory fortunes and the atlantic declaration

181

the one about the counter offensive and whatsapp messages

182

the one about inflation and working from home

183

the one about priorities and missions

184

the one about interest rates, the economy, and kemi badenoch

185

the one about local elections and kremlin drones

186

the one about richard sharp, suella braverman and diane abbott

187

the one about dominic raab, the snp, and tackling obesity

188

the one about china and the pentagon leaks

189

the one about scott benton and graham potter

190

the one about 'help to buy' and the small boats

191

the one about credit suisse, boris johnson, and president xi

192

the one about the budget and the aftermath of the lineker affair

193

the one about us interest rates, and the small boats

194

the one about the us inflation reduction, act and the windsor framework

195

the one about gas, and the snp leadership campaign

196

the one about putin, and the northern ireland protocol

197

the one about president zelensky's requests, and building regulations in turkey

198

the one about the economy and ongoing industrial action

199

the one about electric cars and nadhim zahawi

200

the one about levelling up, and the gender recognition reform (scotland) bill

201

the one about pmq's

202

the one about sunak and starmer's new year messages

203

the one about vlad, xi, and pele

204

the one about the nurses strike

205

the one about the strikes

206

the one about the future of pmq's

207

the one about fifa

208

the one about the autumn statement aftermath

209

the one about the autumn statement

210

the one about gavin

211

the one about suella

212

the one about another leadership contest

213

the one about the new chancellor

214

the one about the fiscal crisis

215

the one about the conservative party conference

216

the one about the labour party conference

217

the one about the fiscal event 23.09.22

218

the one about HM The Queen's passing

219

the one about help with energy bills

220

the one about cabinet roles