Coco Kahn

So let's cast our eyes back to the start of the year. On the 4th of January, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, then Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, should I say? Enjoyed it. I'm having a great time. He declared that it was his working assumption that the election would happen in the second half of the year. It turned out he did keep his word, but only just.

So let's cast our eyes back to the start of the year. On the 4th of January, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, then Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, should I say? Enjoyed it. I'm having a great time. He declared that it was his working assumption that the election would happen in the second half of the year. It turned out he did keep his word, but only just.

So, Liz, if there was one policy that defined the end of 14 years of Conservative rule, it's got to be this one, right? Rwanda, the Rwanda plan. Callous, incompetent, cost the UK an estimated £700 million. What do you think? Does it summarise the end of the Tories?

So, Liz, if there was one policy that defined the end of 14 years of Conservative rule, it's got to be this one, right? Rwanda, the Rwanda plan. Callous, incompetent, cost the UK an estimated £700 million. What do you think? Does it summarise the end of the Tories?

We should probably just tell the listeners the clip that we just played. Liz Truss comes across as being, I'm just going to say it's slightly inebriated. I'm not saying she is. Maybe that's just her giddy personality.

We should probably just tell the listeners the clip that we just played. Liz Truss comes across as being, I'm just going to say it's slightly inebriated. I'm not saying she is. Maybe that's just her giddy personality.

But she's on camera and she says, oh, look, this is my new book. She holds it up. It's back to front. Then she flips it around, but it's upside down. There's just a little bit of sort of slapstick there.

But she's on camera and she says, oh, look, this is my new book. She holds it up. It's back to front. Then she flips it around, but it's upside down. There's just a little bit of sort of slapstick there.

We always try to give tangible solutions on this podcast. And even though a lot of the issues that we face today sometimes can feel insurmountable, we do want to give a shout out to the charity Choose Love. Choose Love supports refugees and displaced people globally in the UK, the Middle East, at the Mexico-US border, across Europe, via a network of refugee and community-run organisations.

We always try to give tangible solutions on this podcast. And even though a lot of the issues that we face today sometimes can feel insurmountable, we do want to give a shout out to the charity Choose Love. Choose Love supports refugees and displaced people globally in the UK, the Middle East, at the Mexico-US border, across Europe, via a network of refugee and community-run organisations.

They provide everything from nutritious food to warm clothes, safe spaces for women,

They provide everything from nutritious food to warm clothes, safe spaces for women,

100% of what you give goes to buying that item or something similar. If you're doing any gifting, you can also buy in the name of a loved one and send them over an e-card to let them know what you bought on their behalf.

100% of what you give goes to buying that item or something similar. If you're doing any gifting, you can also buy in the name of a loved one and send them over an e-card to let them know what you bought on their behalf.

Labour, of course, seemed very excited about the announcement, but they also seemed like they were, I believe the official term is shitting themselves. We often talk on this podcast about whether they were truly ready. Their strategy seemed to involve just going to spectacles Spectacular lengths to say nothing at all. You say it best when you say nothing at all.

Labour, of course, seemed very excited about the announcement, but they also seemed like they were, I believe the official term is shitting themselves. We often talk on this podcast about whether they were truly ready. Their strategy seemed to involve just going to spectacles Spectacular lengths to say nothing at all. You say it best when you say nothing at all.

Oh, I'm feeling the pop music references coming. It will not be the last in this episode. So yeah, they said nothing apart from the word change. Should you change? Oh no, stop me. Anyway, the Lib Dems took a different approach to campaigning. Leader Ed Davey took himself to every available campaign podium and the Tories focused on churning out red meat.

Oh, I'm feeling the pop music references coming. It will not be the last in this episode. So yeah, they said nothing apart from the word change. Should you change? Oh no, stop me. Anyway, the Lib Dems took a different approach to campaigning. Leader Ed Davey took himself to every available campaign podium and the Tories focused on churning out red meat.

And who can forget the return of mandatory national service, which would have required every 18-year-old to spend a year in military service or one weekend a month volunteering.

And who can forget the return of mandatory national service, which would have required every 18-year-old to spend a year in military service or one weekend a month volunteering.