Naomi and Alex, dig into the data underlying the US result, what a Trump term means for Ukraine, the discuss Kemi Badenoch's front bench choices, and the coming elections in Ireland and Germany.

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“There was something in a YouGov poll that really rang alarm bells. Young men aged 18 to 29, sixty-per-cent of them are thrilled or happy with Trump’s win. That really concerned me. What is it that these young men are seeing and why does it make them feel so happy?”

"The coming fight is reason against unreason. The dividing line is not your preference of economic policy or whether you want a big or small state. It is the line that separates easy solutions that appeal to people's ugliest side and reason, science, expertise, and facts."

“The West is supporting Ukraine because it is fighting. Ukraine is not fighting because the West is supporting it.”

"Mark Francois has been appointed Miniature of Defensiveness- no sorry, I misread that. Minister of Defence."

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With Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell – in cahoots with Sandstone Global.

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