Nobody is safe as Mike Graham presents the ultimate panel show where the guests get to nominate their Plank of the Week.  This week's plank pickers are Isabel Oakeshott, Russell Quirk, Reem Ibrahim, Leon Emirali.  

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Vladimir Putin wants Bill Browder dead. The US businessman is the Russian dictator's No.1 foreign enemy and this is the first episode of a new series where Browder gets Inside Putin's Mind.  After Vladimir Putin allegedly had Browder's lawyer Sergei Magnitsky tortured and killed, the American has made it his life goal to bring down Putin.

Harry told Gordon that there were things he revealed to ghostwriter JR Moehringer “for context”, but there was “absolutely no way” they would be included in the book.  Speaking to Mike Graham, Historian Rafe Heydel-Mankoo accused Prince Harry of "blackmailing" the royal family by threatening to publish another book if they fail to engage with him or apologise.  

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Psychologist Jo Hemmings analyses Prince Harry, what he says in his book Spare and how he has acted in his media appearances around the book.   In her psychological analysis Jo says Prince Harry 'felt the need' to get all of this truth out there but she says while he didn't intend to harm anyone, the fallout from the book has been destructive.

Clarkson said his language was “disgraceful” and he is “profoundly sorry”, but the duke and duchess said he did not address “his long-standing pattern of writing articles that spread hate rhetoric, dangerous conspiracy theories and misogyny”.  Speaking to TalkTV's Kevin O'Sullivan, commentator Sam Armstrong called Meghan 'one of the ultimate enemies of free speech' and criticised her for 'cancelling' Jeremy Clarkson.  

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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Thursday made a shock announcement that she had "no more in the tank" to lead the country and would step down and not seek re-election.  Ardern, holding back tears, said it had been a tough five and a half years as prime minister and that she was only human and needed to step aside.

Prince Harry has become embroiled in the centre of a diplomatic row after Iran accused the UK of “preaching” about human rights while turning a “blind eye” to the Duke’s killing of 25 Taliban members.  Tensions have been escalating between the UK and Iran after the execution last week of Alireza Akbari, a British-Iranian citizen who had been charged in Iran with spying for MI6. Akbari’s family has categorically denied the charges. Britain has condemned the execution of Akbari in the strongest terms and recalled its ambassador from Tehran.

The UK Government’s decision to block gender reforms in Scotland does not have “an iota of good faith”, Nicola Sturgeon has said.  Scottish Secretary Alister Jack said on Monday that the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill would be blocked using – for the first time – Section 35 of the Scotland Act.  The decision has sparked concern over its impact on devolution and further intensified the debate on trans rights that raged for most of 2022 in the Scottish Parliament ahead of the Bill being passed by MSPs in December.

Prince Harry's threat of writing a second book slamming the royals is branded 'nasty' and his story is becoming the butt of chatshow jokes in the US as his approval in the States sinks along with Meghan, while in England reports are emerging that Prince Andrew wants his HRH titles back in a bid to return to public duty.

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Mr Russell-Moyle, who was the next speaker, told the Commons on Tuesday: “Goodness me, that speech was probably one of the worst transphobic, dog-whistle speeches that I have heard in an awful long time.  “The idea of linking trans people with predators, frankly, is disgusting and you should be ashamed.”  Mr Russell-Moyle, the MP for Brighton Kemptown, was told to “calm down” and “moderate his language” by Deputy Speaker Dame Rosie Winterton.

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