Coco Kahn

So do you think we'll see more immediate impact on foreign policy than domestic?

So do you think we'll see more immediate impact on foreign policy than domestic?

Now, suitably following our chat with Tommy, we thought it might be time to look at some other international affairs. So the script is telling us to use our posh voices. So here goes. King Charles has spent six days in Australia bringing joy to local tat makers as they manufacture commemorative spoons and tea mugs doomed to live for eternity on the shelves of Aussie charity shops.

Now, suitably following our chat with Tommy, we thought it might be time to look at some other international affairs. So the script is telling us to use our posh voices. So here goes. King Charles has spent six days in Australia bringing joy to local tat makers as they manufacture commemorative spoons and tea mugs doomed to live for eternity on the shelves of Aussie charity shops.

So the protester you heard there was actually independent Australian Senator Lydia Thorpe, an indigenous Australian woman and former member of the Australian Greens. She's long been an advocate of Australia becoming a republic and has drawn controversy over her years of service to Parliament.

So the protester you heard there was actually independent Australian Senator Lydia Thorpe, an indigenous Australian woman and former member of the Australian Greens. She's long been an advocate of Australia becoming a republic and has drawn controversy over her years of service to Parliament.

Thorpe's objection to the voice stated that if Indigenous Australians were to accept the terms, it would have amounted to a treaty, something that none of the many groups of Indigenous Australians have ever consented to, and arguing that it would be, and I quote, "...an easy way to fake progress."

Thorpe's objection to the voice stated that if Indigenous Australians were to accept the terms, it would have amounted to a treaty, something that none of the many groups of Indigenous Australians have ever consented to, and arguing that it would be, and I quote, "...an easy way to fake progress."

She has instead supported the Pay the Rent campaign, named after a lyric in an iconic Indigenous rights song that encourages Australians to voluntarily pay reparations. So look, her protest directly to King Charles, you heard her there saying, you know, give us our land back, you stole our land.

She has instead supported the Pay the Rent campaign, named after a lyric in an iconic Indigenous rights song that encourages Australians to voluntarily pay reparations. So look, her protest directly to King Charles, you heard her there saying, you know, give us our land back, you stole our land.

Right.

Right.

Caricom, a group of 15 Caribbean governments, are likely to call for reparations that could exceed £200 billion. But Starmer has said reparations were not on his agenda, which is in line with the former Tory government who repeatedly resisted calls for a payout.

Caricom, a group of 15 Caribbean governments, are likely to call for reparations that could exceed £200 billion. But Starmer has said reparations were not on his agenda, which is in line with the former Tory government who repeatedly resisted calls for a payout.

I mean, look... Most British people are not aware of the UK's role in colonising Australia. Well, I mean, certainly not aware of the role in, I mean, let's be frank, mass killing. Indigenous Australians killed. I think it's a genocide. It's an absolute genocide, yeah. And we have a collective amnesia about this. You know, so Thorpe mentions in the clip, you know, our children, our babies.

I mean, look... Most British people are not aware of the UK's role in colonising Australia. Well, I mean, certainly not aware of the role in, I mean, let's be frank, mass killing. Indigenous Australians killed. I think it's a genocide. It's an absolute genocide, yeah. And we have a collective amnesia about this. You know, so Thorpe mentions in the clip, you know, our children, our babies.

So that's a reference to the Stolen Generation where children of indigenous mothers were taken from their families to live with white Australians. I mean, how grotesque is that? You know, and it's really hard to deny that her protest, you know, it was just incredibly successful. I mean, it put it on the world stage. We're sitting here having a conversation about it now.

So that's a reference to the Stolen Generation where children of indigenous mothers were taken from their families to live with white Australians. I mean, how grotesque is that? You know, and it's really hard to deny that her protest, you know, it was just incredibly successful. I mean, it put it on the world stage. We're sitting here having a conversation about it now.

So, you know, I'd have to say if we were doing Hero of the Week, I might put her in for it.

So, you know, I'd have to say if we were doing Hero of the Week, I might put her in for it.