What Trump's Cabinet Picks Reveal About His New Administration

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[@MrPrandall24]

please no more swish noises! pretty pretty please, its unlistenable.

[@mh6189]

It’s on your side, upgrade

[@Macarite]

@@mh6189no it’s not lol

[@bearcubdaycare]

It's very swishy 😊

[@SuezWSuezW]

Yeah. Annoying.

[@ryanpaulowen6920]

Can someome time stamp it? Idk what people are on about

[@Seftdelmer]

Oh no, please don't use the swish noise again! Very annoying.

[@cgdimension]

literally pointless effect

[@timgoode3342]

@@cgdimension Very unpleasant racket, distracting because it sounds like it's from another device.

[@noldushumlesnurr6169]

Ditto. Not listening to this!

[@yahalimu]

Totally agree, not necessary.

[@loshshoe]

Agreed. If it doesn't stop in a few seconds I'm going to have to turn this off :(

[@gbj3536]

Don’t over produce the show, its basic, no gimmicks, is what makes it authentic and trustworthy.

[@HM-mw7cg]

Lol you find these mugs trustworthy?

[@alexdunsdon]

trustworthy lol - is bascially lbc

[@VaucluseVanguard]

Agree, but trustworthy is not the same thing as being right.

[@peterneedham8001]

Please get rid of the pop-ups and the swish noises. It's a proper grown-up pod that's a huge success. Doesn't need gimmicks. Just let two men talk.

[@edisonyi1188]

The ad in the beginning lol. The vibe is so depressed, presumably because this is filmed on election night when things were not looking good.

[@drgonzo1971]

they're talking about announcements from Trump that came after he won

[@Evemeister12]

Alistair Campbell can sell the invasion of Iraq to the voting public, but can't sell energy to youtube followers. 😊

[@trudi1962]

I listen to these podcasts before I go to sleep. Agree about the swishing noises. Very annoying.

[@Birkinbag09]

Same. Rory’s voice is so relaxing, He should read bedtime stories!

[@harrydaniels1942]

Whoever’s idea of the ridiculously loud swish needs to be fired immediately….. how patronising.

[@gjthomas9770]

😂. I find it very hip. The hipsters, the long beards, are the way forward

[@samanthawinfield689]

Really agree re the swishing noise - very disruptive - and the fact that this show does not need any gimmicks - just continue with the straight forward in-depth discussion please. That is why I value the content so much.

[@vicarpaul7005]

Rory. 75% of my local GP surgery appointments now telephone or zoom. You are a fit man who lives abroad most of the month. Try getting a face to face after covid

[@Luke-yx5ve]

How many gp appointments are you having? I can easily get a appointment at my local one within 2 weeks for something non urgent

[@GrahamRead101]

Why do you need face to face as an initial contact. My GP phones me back. We discuss the issue, and on one occasion has then asked me to come in for a face to face, as the issue warranted physical check, on the other it could be dealt with via referral.

[@wolverine6104305]

What the hell is with the swoshing images and headlines 😂😂😂😂 Are you to competing with TLDR for people's attention spans😂

[@ianbanks3016]

Nothing on Justin Welby and how you both thought it was terribly brave and courageous of him to resign for four years of lying and covering up horrendous abuse?

[@adamdavies8101]

The silence is deafening

[@timangus]

Highly conspicuous in its absence.

[@kernowchris]

I think that story is more for 'the rest is crime' podcast.

[@FireflyOnTheMoon]

Why should they comment on Welby. All they did was interview him

[@R08Tam]

Innit ​@@adamdavies8101

[@vinzenzvega4445]

You know what the US / Zrump plan might be: for Europe to give Ukraine giving money to buy it from the US companies if that is cheaper over all for them 😞

[@rossg9361]

Two well educated, eloquent men who are clueless.

[@judithcressey1682]

Well, clueless certainly.

[@joeDi1960]

They are both supporters of Biden, the lamest duck in US history

[@MSLS83]

Coming from a genius in youtube comments 😂😂😂, joke of the day. If you are so in tune. Do us a favour and dont watch. Toodalooo, ciao

[@joeDi1960]

@@MSLS83 totally clueless about implications of supporting Biden and his failed policies in Ukraine leading to a huge death toll, hyperinflation and loss of even more territory

[@kashef1985]

Can you provide context to your position?

[@SarahStarmer]

Rory Stewart is right when he says that the problem is not free speech the problem is the algorithms. I used to think that Facebook showed me posts from the groups I had joined in chronological order. I couldn't have been more wrong. The algorithms show me whatever will sustain my engagement and if a random ten-year-old post from a group that I didn't join will make me angry then that is what they will show me, and they will show it to me as though it is something new. Can we have free speech back again please because the hate speech laws are appalling. I am left wing but because I am in favour of free speech I get classed as right wing. I haven't changed but the Laber Party has.

[@Lux-Popcorn-hw5wv]

I agree, I don't understand why the Left and Labour gift free speech over to the right, like Campbell does here. Being in favour of free speech is the liberal position, and I also feel it would be a massive vote winner with the British electorate. Instead they just hand this vote winner over to the right, which is a huge strategic error.

[@nickt2822]

welcome to the privatised internet.

[@heideggersbeingandtimeavid7406]

Back in the day John Adams stayed at his desk until the last hour of his presidency making executive decision.. When it comes to important mattes of policy you got to go real politick and do whatever you can!

[@lead111]

the editing on this is insane

[@ApplicableTech]

although I tend to disagree with your points of view or interpretation of political decisions - I do in fact enjoy listening to you both (a window to the left). That been said, could you please employ (or take guidance from) an audio engineer. Bad audio on your podcast is just poor form gents.

[@DaleLadDaz]

It doesn't matter what our feelings about the consequences for the treasury are...if we DONT ramp up our defence spending and capabilities we won't have a treasury to worry about

[@Redeemedmed]

The Jerusalem cross is not a white supremacists symbol lol

[@Redeemedmed]

@JimmyCRM114 neither is that

[@nickt2822]

@@Redeemedmed are you daft?! referencing the efing crusades is what?! frendship and hugs?!

[@jasonthomson7287]

​@@JimmyCRM114it most certainly is not.

[@PeterTheTyke]

I fully agree with Rory with regards to the modernisation of government. Have worked in IT and Business for over 30 years. Changing the culture and work processes of the organistions is by far the largest challenge of any project of this type.

[@JackieArnott-k6c]

I felt a little bit irked by Rory's comment, (after their Leading interview with Mhairi Black) regarding the make up of the Scottish population, and its lack of racial diversity. According to the most recent census figures (2021 for England and Wales, and 2022 for Scotland); in England 90.4% of the population identified as white, in Scotland it was 93%, in Wales 94% and in Northern Ireland it was 97%. England's figure will undoubtedly be skewed by London, which is the most ethnically diverse region of the country, and a huge economic magnet. Away from the main urban centres, Scotland will be less racially diverse, but that will no doubt be the same for all rural areas of the UK. Scotland, like everywhere else, is changing, Rory!

[@judithcressey1682]

You have got to be kidding.

[@bearcubdaycare]

Now is an opportunity for the UK to set up its own trade and security alliance in Europe. The Baltic and Nordic countries, and Poland, might be pretty keen to join, and be protected by an alliance that includes the UK instead of Germany, perhaps others. Even Ukraine might see it as an earlier opportunity to join a trade and security alliance than waiting a few decades for EU accession while hoping Russia doesn't try yet again.

[@Dude0000]

Ukraine is going to take a while to get back to just being the most corrupt country in just Europe, before they have deeper aspirations you set out.

[@FRM101]

a bit over produced today, no? more cuts than a butcher shop

[@W_Bin]

Trump is appointing scapegoats. Who will do exactly what he wants to do, and have been what he has been. Not stupid. He's been advised by strategists to do it.

[@VaucluseVanguard]

Rory, you do know Trump, by his own admission, has never read “his” book ‘The Art of the Deal’. The ghost writer simply briefed him verbally on what he had written as he was drafting the book.

[@bearcubdaycare]

"The system will resist it." Yeah, exactly. Why indeed aren't Tube trains automated (and metros everywhere)? Platform screen doors were installed in Westminster station decades ago. Tech has long existed. Everything's a jobs program, not a transit program.

[@mowogfpv7582]

Total nonsense about the tube. The reason we have drivers is because no government has been willing to front up to the capital cost of upgrading a hundred year old network to a standard where it can run without drivers. The repayment period is long, and on the timescales governments operate, it's cheaper to just pay the drivers. Should we do it? Absolutely. Can I see any government fronting a project like that that provides zero service upgrades and will take decades to break even? Nope.

[@TesterAnimal1]

And what happens to drivers? They join your beloved “undeserving poor”. Looking forward to you being replaced by a machine. Don’t you come scrounging now. Dole scrounger.

[@intelligenceofacertainkind]

Why should we do it? Would driverless improve the service for passengers?

[@MK-rj4jn]

@@intelligenceofacertainkind Because it improves productivity, means you aren’t relying on drivers for the system, and will save money in the long term.

[@thetapeloops9522]

​@@MK-rj4jnall gibberish

[@nickt2822]

@@thetapeloops9522 here in Denmark they are driverless. is your country still in the middle ages or smth?!

[@rjScubaSki]

It is incredible how confidently Rory states his incorrect assumptions.

[@andy_ppp]

Eton has a lot to answer for…

[@MSLS83]

So what are the correct ones then. Stop being a keyboard warrior and state your own pls. Otherwise STFU. Toodaloo, ciao

[@billshun3963]

Rory has thick skin for his size that’s for sure.

[@unknown_error5484]

Each and every one of the 3x Bob Woodward books (+ an extra thing which is the recorded phone calls he had with Trump for the third book) and the 3x Michael Wolff books covering the 2016-2020 Trump presidency are more than worth a read (or listen - the audiobooks are great) - Mind, they paint a terrifying picture of Trumps presidency from day 1... and that was when he wasn't let loose as he will be now....

[@vivianjames9925]

What surprises me is that Rory talks as if trump is sane. It's all about giving more to the ultra rich, and suppressing the rest of the population.

[@puckuk1984]

department of government efficiency = department of administrative affairs

[@Seftdelmer]

Hacker is needed now more than ever.

[@johngriffiths6742]

​@Seftdelmer don't you mean Sir Humphrey?

[@carysnw1]

"Farage-y" as an adjective I will accept. But let's resist making him a modal verb.

[@timthetiny7538]

"Ukraine is an independent country" So was Iraq. Cute that you think that makes any difference to the American empire

[@candleman3360]

Facts. There’s only one independent country and it’s us🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@Speedkam]

Yeah, full of russian weapons and somehow America didn’t wave their nuclear sabre

[@steelyspielbergo]

Iraq was ruled by a dictator and his sons. It's not hard to understand the difference.

[@BarcombeBoy]

Surely the value of land is not just affected by those buying it to avoid inheritance tax but also pressure from development, solar farms etc..

[@Mrrobackenson1]

Im trying so so hard to get 27:38 them re:Trump. They just don't get it because of their open left wing bias. Trump is draining the swmp for a reason & has a mandate.. 😊

[@rogermathews145]

Is it not possible that Biden and Trump agreed to allow Attams to be used inside Russia, and for Don junior to be "outraged" to help Trump's negotiating position with Putin?

[@sandyellis28]

This new Govt desperately needs help on comms - it’s pretty much got everything wrong in its communications so far. It’s become quite insular & in own bubble of ideals & not relating, connecting or managing impacts. Thing about a mission-led Govt is it has to inspire & lead a shared national mission & carry people with them.

[@ycanionlyevafind1sok]

Talking about it like "HoHo, why don't you just talk on video to patients?" 1) My Dad doesn't have the tech to do that 2) My Dad would find both attaining and applying the tech to be stressful. What Rory is actually suggesting is that we have a less human approach to ill people. The Doctors aren't being awkward, they want to give their patients real care. Thousands of vulnerable old people could be left confused and alone, possibly as they die, because of similar thinking,; a politician can be just as dismissive as an ex-politician.

[@LittleTommy25]

Labour need some first term wins and they might not be the things they really value. Most of what they are trying to fix (rightly) will take two terms. Going to need to be a bit more tactical or they'll be out with the job only half done.

[@danmayberry1185]

Yes. Wes Streeting's deal with Jr Doctors was the "early winner," and might have set a leisurely pace, were it not for Southport. Reeves' early announcement to cut the government communications budget was a shopworn, kneejerk measure that resulted in near immediate inaccuracies in press releases, and MPs unable to answer basic questions on the Sunday rounds. Some tough lessons in the first 100 days.

[@Nomoreanons]

Rory is absolutely correct about the comms issue with Rachel Reeves. She sends me to sleep with her voice.

[@philipmulville8218]

Zzzzzzzzzzz

[@megannehover]

Listening after 4 hours - no swishing and Rory's mic is fine. Whatever problems there were appear to have been fixed.

[@SuezWSuezW]

I can hear the sound effects when the news clipping are put up. Annoying but not the end of the world.

[@lublondon]

It doesn’t, unfortunately, unlock German long range weapons Scholz is too weak domestically, especially in SPD

[@ijw2009]

Rory mentioned the scandal of the tube drivers farce. Madness we still have drivers and they are being paid far above equivalent skill level roles

[@MattMcQueen1]

I'm always amazed at how smitten with AI people become, because they've interviewed a Microsoft AI advocate. That is, they have heard one side of the AI story, and run with it. Perhaps it would be beneficial to interview an expert in AI who is a little more sceptical of the possibilities.

[@intelligenceofacertainkind]

They always do this. They were telling us the internet would create a utopia 25 years ago.

[@robhenley8408]

Rory , this is a question that I know you are uniquely qualified to answer. What British politicians and army leaders actually read the 1917 Mesopotamia Report....produced within a year , as opposed to the years it took to produce the Chillcott Report 100 years later , with the former getting no media mention . My grandfather was in the Ox and Bucks and one of the prisoners of Kut who survived .

[@janetsanders5356]

Totally embarrassed at the way the these totally ridiculous appointments make the USA look

[@AreYouCoolBro]

Thank god you’re not in charge Janet

[@punkrocker6431]

President biden has dementia, so anything is better than that

[@tonywilson4713]

I'm Australian but went to college in America (late 80s). So I follow what happens over there a lot and there's a very simple understandable explanation and its not simply an American issue either. The real problem (and there's a congressional budget office report that lays this out) is that 50% of the American population has gone nowhere for 30+ years. No matter who's in power (Democrat or Republican) nothing chnages and their lives go nowhere. Its the same for most of the developed world *including Australia.* Its just that its massively amped up in America.* During Obama's last 3 years in office the Top10% gained $18.3 Trillion while the Bottom 50% (who were hardest hit by the GFC the Top 10% caused) gained $0.4Trillion with 5x the population. Its almost 9-1/2 times the gains. That Bottom 50% is over 165 million people. That's more people than any European country and over 6x the population of Australia. Its staggering just how many Americans are not making any progress and so you know I checked Australia's data and it says the same story. We call it the 2 speed economy. Half the population goes at 1 speed and the other half goes at another much slower speed. So when those 70million people voted for Trump they were in fact SCREAMING for change. That's why both Hilary and Kamal failed. This is why Joe Biden won in 2020 because people said YES we want change but NOT a wrecking ball. Because the Democrats lost the economics discussion this time those 70 million said "O.K. F⋃CK IT Lets just go with the wrecking ball." That's why many of these Trump appointments wont just get through but they will be applauded by Trump's base. They are so fed up with decades of being stomped on that they just want the system torn down. *The truly stupid part is they have no plans for what comes afterwards.* History tells us this is what happened with BOTH the French & Russian Revolutions. The working class just blew a fuse and tore the place apart and because they had no plans on what to do next they wrecked their economies. So sadly I think America is going to be in for some damn tough times. Hopefully they wont do the French Reign of Terror thing.

[@zachmasters7397]

Then move, we voted for this.

[@steelyspielbergo]

@@zachmasters7397 less than 50% voted for this

[@scontevideo]

When discussion turned to confirming Trump's cabinet picks I thought I heard the phrase "rhesus appointments" and thought momentarily, "A bit harsh but fair".

[@grahamreddel5682]

My first thought was : War is such a stupid concept. How many more recruits have to die on both sides for the sake of the egos of “ Leaders” on both sides??? The war makes no sense.

[@georgemagoo]

Putin talking point about NATO expansion. Sometimes I think how did such a uninformed person become so powerful.

[@beautyamadi1765]

Everyday looking at the loss of people and houses demolished I'm crying. Even if the war war ended what about the loss and recreativity and where is the money. Because I have been through wars and I suffered aligned food scarcity and sickness for both older and younger. Please God end this war's without criticism Amen

[@beautyamadi1765]

I am a cormorant and a care provider and I feel passionate looking at children, mothers and fathers died and nobody cares. Remember all those that died they're destinies children and worldwide changers. Please God help anybody in this proposal of peaceful negotiations to come pass

[@philipcurnow7990]

My fuse is getting shorter and shorter every time I look forward to watching you both.

[@nevilleclark9789]

Reference Comment made on Australian Yes vote: It failed because message was confused. Was it: 1) Truth telling. 2) Treaty with the 365+ Aboriginal “Nations”. 3) Representation in the Parliament. Nobody knew what was actually wanted but 80% of population wanted recognition. We already have the democratic vote. Had we had truth telling then we would have succeeded but Australians are blind to the Genocide 8:31 that made Aboriginals simply part of indigenous Flora and Fauna… not human! It was guided to failure by those able to manipulate naive people.

[@Spyhook]

Please get rid of these two duplicitous, vain glorious, gits and replace them with people who know what they are talking about

[@michaelshovelin9979]

Almost as tragic as listening to qualified pilots selling vodka baggies and scratch cards on Ryanair flights!

[@talesofcanterbury42]

How about an analogy Col. Richard Kemp to Defence and Neil Oliver Home Secretary

[@zachmasters7397]

​@AmigosBarBenidorm send Tommy Robison over here to the U.S., we on the right like him, he can work for our border czar rounding up the illegals for deportation.

[@rossstewart9475]

@@zachmasters7397 You want to take the football holigan, fraudster, and convicted violent offender off of our hands? Please, be our guest!

[@zachmasters7397]

@rossstewart9475 why's he a fraudster, I'm fine with the rest, yet I don't like frauds.

[@rossstewart9475]

@@zachmasters7397 He plead guilty to (and was convicted of) two counts of mortgage fraud in 2014, being sentenced to 18 months in prison for the crimes. Prior to that he was also convicted of using false identity documents whilst trying to enter the USA, for which he was refused entry and eventually sentenced to 10 months in prison. The first clue of his general dishonesty however is that he operates under a pseudonym: His real name is not Tommy Robinson, it's Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon; He "borrowed" the name Tommy Robinson.

[@beautyamadi1765]

Trum has got lots on his table and I believe that God will work through President Trump to bring peace to our world and we will rejoice and be glad Amen

[@jasoncheater3997]

Trump said he would end the war as president-elect. He said he would do this in every one of his campaign rallies. Please remind people of this, hold him to account. Saying he would end it in 24 hours? Yes, he has said that, but the first and most important time-critical pledge he made is that he would (now, having won the election, we should change this to 'will') end the war as president-elect. Please say this. Nobody is. And it's true.

[@janetmacleod7948]

We mustn't forget that Mr. Trump has an extremely short attention span.

[@billshun3963]

That’s easy, when US stopped funding, war will end.

[@escamoteur]

When will you move to Bluesky?

[@vilebrequin6923]

Rory is almost inaudible.

[@adam-yk6yd]

Thoroughly depressing episode

[@judithcressey1682]

The pair of them clueless.

[@lifeinpast999]

Great podcast but been saying forever now that the approach to KZbin is poor and the reason why this channel sits at 300k subscribers instead of 1+ million. The titles are absolutely dreadful, if it's a show it should have a name, episode number, and the name of any guest; having a random single sentence from within a longform discussion is bad. Employ someone who understands the platform, or have the person you've already got go look at how every other podcast handles KZbin. There is hundreds of thousands in ad revenue you are pouring down the drain by not understanding this website.

[@lsb9073]

We dont want ads interrupting, thank you. Maybe they dont need the hundreds of thousands in revenue. I like the headlines in my notifications - tells me if I want to listen or not

[@ernstgumrich5614]

if you two had not started that channel, somebody would have had to create it but would soon have found out, that he needed the two of you! Ich danke ganz herzlich, aus Deutschland (food for the Corona-polished German)

[@somenamethatdoesntmatter]

Did your intern edit this today, seeing rory repeat the same statement in a slightly different way feels a bit like peering behind the curtain

[@Angela-n7x2x]

I can hear Rory fine, he is quieter than Alistair. So im not deaf ... but i can't hear the swish sound effect there are so many comments about 😮

[@SarahStarmer]

I didn't hear any sound distortion. Sometimes people who complain about the sound quality are just trolling.

[@noldushumlesnurr6169]

You did not hear the swoshing shifts?

[@TesterAnimal1]

@@noldushumlesnurr6169fucking hell. The things that bother some people!

[@BoninBrighton]

Not trolling, it’s a strange cartoon like whooshing sound.

[@iandoel7089]

By all means replace people with machines but tax the machines for each NI contribution the machine replaces. Why is this option not discussed.

[@krigsgaldr7603]

Yeah Rory is definitely adding more power to 'POHlitics.' during the ad read with every new episode.

[@StephenAnderson-l2l]

We do not have the ability to step up if the USA stops supporting Ukraine it’s a waste of money and lives

[@jjs9311]

Ive been ignoring the last few eps because i thought they were filmed on election night due to the ad at the start, best do a more upbeat one that matches the rest of the show a bit more, also the swishes are annoying

[@howtoappearincompletely9739]

24:42 Oh, come _on,_ Alistair! _Deus vult_ is *not* a "white supremacy" tattoo. At _most_ it's a jingoistic Christian one. That's as bad as the MAGA types calling everything "far-left", "woke", and "cultural-Marxist".

[@clario2178]

Telling the truth is not his strong point

[@emajossch4442]

be real. Pete Hegseth’s jerusalem cross and deus vult tattoos ARE white Christian nationalist, and that’s the entire point of imagery and icons like this, is that there’s enough plausible deniability to try and play it off. It’s meant to be a not-so-subtle dog whistle, and when someone who’s said and written the things that Hegseth has, it is safe to assume the intent of those tattoos.

[@robertpotier8202]

It is interesting to see that for the first time UK voted against the US position on Gaza. They didn't abstain, but voted against the US position !

[@VaucluseVanguard]

The UK will never grow as fast as the US while we have the state pension, health and social safety net we have. I want those things for reasons of fairness and equity, but I know it means the UK can never be as wealthy as the US - wealthy but inherently unfair.

[@VaucluseVanguard]

I still find it strange that Ukraine has not gone for the kind of mass mobilisation the UK achieved during the Second World War. At its peak, 12% of the British population were in uniform in the “regular” military. About another 5% were in the Home Guard - so about 17% of the population. Ukraine is nowhere near that. And unlike the UK between 1939 and 1945, they have the enemy on their soil. That suggests to me, the people of Ukraine are not as solidly behind this war as the people of Britain were right through to 1945.

[@joeDi1960]

Labours growth strategy to spend more on munitions manufacturing for Ukraine - bonkers - we are going bust

[@michaelreynolds2508]

Not quite the dilemma of 1938 yet but you mentioned the critical point about productivity. That was a problem in sluggish rearmament after 1936. No doubt necessity will find a way perhaps if necessary. Also the countries directly affected by proximity Finland, Sweden and Norway will ramp up, Norway having a good economy.

[@rhystarrant3077]

I’d suggest that Trump’s appointments are analogous to a Conservative PM parachuting Tommy Robinson in to a cabinet position

[@TheUnlucky101]

Putting my two cents in. The cards are decent, useful seeing sources -- ditch the swoosh noises as they come and go. They break the focus and flow of both of them talking, it's too distracting to give them the respect they deserve.

[@FRM101]

37:11 Not heard the last of the missions? Have we heard the first of them?

[@StephenAnderson-l2l]

The missile has only a range of about 200 miles

[@adampascoe1084]

What are Labour’s plans to enable people to break through the “Class Ceiling”? Is it conceivable that aspirational working class parents may want their children to go to private school? Yet by increasing the fees by 20% this effectively makes it harder for people to make that jump whilst at the same time having little to no impact on the super wealthy, to whom school fees don’t even feature. Is it higher education? But the Government have just announced that tuition fees are going to be raised, meaning that graduates will be in even greater debt after uni, and 2024 has seen another decline in the numbers of students starting university. The Prime Minister is proud to be the first person in his family to go to University, he (like many MPs) had the advantage of the grammar school system to help push through that class ceiling, sadly today I think less and less children will be able to follow in his footsteps.

[@rp1692]

Isn't the tuition fee increase just in line with inflation? So not really an increase at all in real terms, if so. I'd like to see fees scrapped but there's no doubt that the inheritance from the last government is abysmal.

[@shelaghaiken-yu6zq]

Please include Ireland in your analyses

[@Mrrobackenson1]

Oh I'm sorry I missed the Mansion House speech I was driving my train 😂

[@GrahamRead101]

Hmm, while I appreciate some of the concern, I do think some of the discussion comes over as not understanding the frustrations people feel with central bureaucracies and the tendency to patronising and waffly responses to issues. However I do enjoy the overview of European politics and of what’s happening state side

[@martylegg4712]

I have been a listener from the beginning and loved it at the start. I now find the show completely biased, unbalanced and frankly unlistenable. You have not learnt your lesson from the election that your miscalculation on the US election outcome was fuelled by the fact that you are clearly both listening to information which is fuelling this biased position. What is worse is that you propagate stories that are just not accurate and that is shameful. Things like saying RFK Jr is an anti-vaccer. This absolutely not true. He himself and his family are vaccinated but he also highlights many of the challenges around the deployement of the Covid vaccine and in hindsight there are many truths to this. Regardless flippant comments of false information is not what you profess to deliver. In addition you claim to deliver balanced views. There is nothing balanced about your views. you both essentially believe the same narrative which is disappointing and frankly useless as a program that should deliver balanced information which people can make judgement for themselves. Shame on both of you. I cannot believe that you wanted to develop such a lopsided biased view that has fallen to the low bar like Fox or CNN regardless of your flavour.

[@benlong5869]

Sorry can’t listen anymore - awful quality on the sound.

[@mattwade646]

It's only the ad part up front...

[@TesterAnimal1]

Must be on your end. I’m hearing it fine.

[@Spengleman2]

Dismissing tulsi gabbard for occasionally making the same points as Putin regarding the war is incredibly short sighted and naive. Do you not want to be able to understand your enemy? If you actually listen to her full position, she considers Putin an absolute enemy, it’s just that she’s able to recognise that NATO expansionism is a reasonable part-explanation of the invasion. Please check your bias and get yourselves better informed lads. Gabbard is a great pick.

[@GaiusAnonymous]

great episode.

[@roguetrooper5401]

You talk about Trump having under qualified nominees yet half of our present cabinet is woefully under qualified our chancellor being a prime example

[@sathvikraomp2006]

True, lammy is also an another disaster. Good luck dealing and maintaining good relations with our closest ally, whose president you have called KKK sympathizer and N*zi. And don't get me started on two tier keir stalin

[@rynonymouss]

how is she unqualified?

[@roguetrooper5401]

@@rynonymouss The question is more how is she qualified other than her rather fake looking cv meaning she is no more qualified than a lot of Trumps nominees

[@pingupenguin2474]

She studies Economics at Masters level, and was a Bank of England economist. What more do you want ??

[@roguetrooper5401]

@@pingupenguin2474 She went to school theory not practical so she read a book basicaly and as for Bank of England economist really are you sure that is starting to look like it may have been a slight embellishment to say the least

[@cgdimension]

Trump will probably try to raise money for the economy by introducing brand sponsorship, so Air force One sponsored by Coke and Mcdonalds, he'll wear a jacket covered in sponsors like a racing driver would ;p

[@stevenwilliamson6236]

You constantly talk about the gfa: when is the border poll?

[@MyYoutube-y3s]

In UK, once you have failed in business, you won’t even get car insurance to do UBER! This is how restrictive enterprise is. However you will definitely get jobseekers while you cry away your days at that one venture which went south

[@geo24793]

15:10 - "it's not in America's gift" - I feel like history says otherwise, they've toppled loads of democratically elected leaders

[@martavdz4972]

In this time and place, it´s unthinkable for the U.S. to simply place a president in a European country.

[@blehoo1]

It sounds suspiciously to me like this new Labour govt does not have the character to drive through the changes needed in order for us to achieve real growth. Whether they are in AI, new funding models for the NHS, technology v unions, closer integration/partnerships with EU or US, Ukraine support etc. I just can't see this new government stepping up to these challenges in time to stave off the return of the right in 5 years time. I think we are going to see a sea change in politics at that election which will see the country move away from Labour and the Tories altogether replacing them with Lib/Dems and Reform. I imagine Reform to form a coalition govt with a rump Tory party of 50 odd MPs.

[@davegibson79]

Telephone consultations are absurd when video conferencing like Zoom is cheaper and more effective. I have a telephone meeting with a physiotherapist next week. If this was face-to-face, the specialist could show me exercises I can do or check for pain. If it was a video-call on Zoom, I could at least point to where the pain and the problems are. It would make more sense to communicate by email than telephone, at least that would be more convenient. Medical experts are supposed to be clever people who are able to learn and keep up to date with learning. How come they're scared to use Zoom?

[@megannehover]

Hacking? Screenshots? Recording? And who then owns the data.

[@intelligenceofacertainkind]

​@@megannehoverall of those things can be, and are, routinely dealt with.

[@rossstewart9475]

You're right, these are educated and intelligent people... which is why this is in planning already: Look up the NHS Long Term Plan, an entire website on an NHS subdomain that exists precisely so you can learn answers to questions like "How come they're scared to use Zoom?" Video conferencing is absolutely on the agenda but due to the size, scale, and bureaucracy involved it will take some considerable time to happen. Telephone consultations had been in the works for a long time and were rolled out before the pandemic, then widely adopted in 2020 as a result of said same and some practices do offer video conferenced consultations already - a precursor to this being available nationwide in the near-to-middle future. In the long run the plan is for this to be completely integrated into the NHS UK website, and subsequently the NHS UK app (which like most smartphone apps will be a website in a chrome wrapper).

[@esamiga]

Rory’s microphone sounds muffled!

[@ZZ-ek7mx]

No, that’s just the sound of his reasoning.

[@QwentyJ]

​@@ZZ-ek7mxgo away

[@davidpoole8130]

Wish the media would have scrutinize Biden handlers cabinet pics the way the media is doingvwith Trumps pics. They were horrible. Maybe we wouldn't be in the mess we are now.

[@skeovkp48598]

I'd love to know what you two think about Stephen Spoonamore's duty to warn letter to VP Kamala Harris.

[@UAdair1]

Rory should be Prime Minister.

[@Lucas-np3ru]

😂😂😂😂

[@billshun3963]

GOOD LUCK 😂