Are you reaching the edge of reason? Do you find yourself shouting at the Today programme, slamming your laptop shut after reading the Sunday papers, cursing wildly at how insane the news cycle is: the politics, the fuckery, the backstabbing, and the actual stabbings. Our next guest is at the frontline of the news – he has to watch everything, listen to everything, talk about everything and try not to shout or lose his mind. We’re not sure how he does it. Hugo Rifkind, writer, broadcaster and all round good egg came back to give us a political update: we talk about party conferences, Suella Braverman standing on a guide dog’s tail and why the current Tories are making up things to be frightened of... Listen as Annabel & Emilie discover what HS2 stands for (yes, really) in real time as we analyse Labour’s strategy of boring everyone into voting for them. It’s politics but not as you know it…

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