Christmas is coming, and so is the unhinged consumerism. Jemma and Marina kick off with Quality Street meltdowns, £9 hot chocolates and the most pointless gifts known to humankind, before swan-diving into the real seasonal horror: politics.

Meanwhile, across the pond, Trump’s week has been a carnival of chaos. From Oval Office rants and sexist jabs at reporters, to killing-without-trial allegations involving his newly promoted “War Secretary” Pete Hegseth, and a wildly hypocritical pardon, your jaws will be left on the floor. Then it’s Venezuela, airspace brinkmanship, and a potential war brewing while MAGA pretends everything’s fine.

There are billionaire bros at the Ukraine-Russia peace table, a leaked “peace plan” which looks like a kleptocrat’s wish list.

Crazy geo politics, Christmas rage, capitalism on steroids, Vogue’s worst recipe crime and an Underrated of the Week that’ll make you cry-laugh.

Another wild week. Another industrial-sized trawl.

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