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Simon Alvey, Will Cooling and Dr Luke Middup to run the rule over the second half of the Platinum Jubliee weekend including Will's thoughts on Paddington, Luke's love of the Coronation Ceremony and Simon's contemporary music knowledge. Then they look at Boris Johnson suriviving a snap Vote of No Confidence and what the future holds for him and his government. 

Simon Alvey,  Dr Luke Middup and Will Cooling return to talk the Queen's Platinum Jubilee and the worth and future of the monarchy. Before that they take a detour into discussing the media landscape in Britain and afterwards the look at what the future holds for Boris Johnson. 

Will Cooling and Dr Luke Middup have the house to themselves this podcast, with Simon Alvey not there to keep them in check. So begins a rather agreeable yet frenzied look at Sue Gray's report and Rishi Sunak's mini-budget, with more references to the 70s than BBC4. 

Simon Alvey returns from holiday to discuss with Statler and Waldorf the results of Thursday's elections, the looming changes to Senedd elections, the surprise/disappointing escalation of The Durham Dinner Affair, and why Waldorf hates Lisa Nandy. 

Will Cooling and Dr Luke Middup return to break down the election results! Will and Luke swap updates about Northern Ireland and Scotland where nationalists won convincing victories as parties aligned with the English Tories went backwards from a 2017 high watermark. They then go into the weeds of the English and Welsh results, slowly realising how badly the Tories had done. They even talk about Sir Beer Karma. 

A plague stricken Will Cooling returns to discuss with Dr Luke Middup the latest developments in the War in Ukraine, the French Elections, the forthcoming Local Elections in Great Britain and Northern Ireland  Assembly Elections, and briefly about the resignation of Neil Parish MP

Simon Alvey, Will Cooling and Dr Luke Middup return to talk the rematch of the century as Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen enter the second round of the French Election. Brave Luke's disinterest and Will's shaky French to hear our discussion about how the French far-right secured its highest ever vote share in the first round and whether it has a real shot of taking the Presidency. We then talk Rishi Sunak's awful week and the continuing war in Ukraine. 

Simon Alvey, Will Cooling, and Dr Luke Middup return to talk about so many things including Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars, Joe Root and the Royal Family refusing to quit after loses in the West Indies, the poor reception to Rishi Sunak's Spring Statement and what it means for the fight against inflation, and the latest developments in the War in Ukraine. 

Simon Alvey, Will Cooling, and Dr Luke Middup return to look at the second week of the war in Ukraine, which has not gone as well as expected for the Russian invaders. We look at the latest military developments, the impact of sanctions on Russia and the wider world, what the war means for London and the EU, and why a No Fly Zone would be insanity. 

Dr Luke Middup, Simon Alvey, and Will Cooling return to discuss Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Our thoughts are with the people of Ukraine and Russia resisting Putin's aggressive war of choice.