Gary and Michael discuss the resignation of 2 board members of the Social Democrats; the Jussie Smollett racial hate crime hoax; a new RedC/SBP political poll out this weekend;the Fianna Fail Ard Fheis and what it tells us about the state of FF and its leader; the geopolitics of oil; if holding a border poll now is a good idea; and the burning of emergency aid trucks by the Venezuelan regime.