let's paint a picture the world cup final is on sunday in just over a fortnight time england win and the following day andy burnham heads to the palace and he becomes prime minister which is what would that be just an amazing start to his premiership if that all happens

Oh, of course.

I mean, you couldn't hope for a better moment.

And I think particularly, I often think about this.

I think these moments can be more profound for Labour governments because I think centre-left, maybe left parties and left politicians struggle more with a sense of national identity, specifically around England, than they do anything else.

And I think the rest of the country is way ahead of them.

We are really comfortable with who we are.

Matt, look, Andy Burnham, is he perhaps the most convincing football fan in Downing Street since, well, at least since David Cameron forgot which team he supports?

The big companies do have to worry about the locals losing licenses, but can you explain the basic legal case that Brendan Carr thinks he's making here and why it's so absurd?

Sure.

I mean, what he's arguing here is that he will use the FCC's power, uh, to regulate the airwaves, um, to block license renewals for broadcast stations.

Um, there's really no precedent for that in American history, um, certainly not for the censorious nature of what he's calling for.

Um, but like you say, I mean, the, the... it- it's a common misconception that ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, that they actually own, uh, these stations themselves.

What they are instead are affiliates.

Uh, and the stations are often owned by other companies, companies like Sinclair, companies like Nexstar.

Is there any hope for accountability for someone like Brendan Carr?

The big companies do have to worry about the locals losing licenses, but can you explain the basic legal case that Brendan Carr thinks he's making here and why it's so absurd?

Sure.

I mean, what he's arguing here is that he will use the FCC's power, uh, to regulate the airwaves, um, to block license renewals for broadcast stations.

Um, there's really no precedent for that in American history, um, certainly not for the censorious nature of what he's calling for.

Um, but like you say, I mean, the, the...

it, it's a common misconception that ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, that they actually own, uh, these stations themselves.

What they are instead are affiliates.

Is there any hope for accountability for someone like Brendan Carr?

This is another good example of Democrats highlighting the sheer criming that we're seeing here, and critically, who the victims are, which is us.

I mean, that's, that's, uh, uh, that's a r- really good way for him to put it, and I think it's a really important point to hammer home, that, uh, this is the People's House.

Um, it does not belong to the president.

He does not own it.

He is not leasing it.

Uh, he has no property right claim over it whatsoever.

He is simply crashing there for four years, uh, because of his job.

Can you talk about that a bit?

Look, I, I just, I find the whole thing just disgusting on some level.

Well, I mean, the, the thing is obviously pretextual.

We've known for years, even back during his first term, he was butting heads, uh, with, um, other members of the Federal Reserve, uh, with Jay Powell, the governor- the, the chairman of the Board of Governors.

Um, he wanted him to lower interest rates and Powell was not really ready to do so.

He was concerned about inflation.

Uh, that sort of simmered when obviously he had j- to take drastic steps on interest rates during the pandemic.

Um, but Trump has always shown a sharp interest in seizing control of the Fed and, and taking a more dovish approach to monetary policy.

Where do you expect all this to go? What comes before the Supreme Court exactly? Is it the effort to fire Cook and what happens?

Um, extradition?

Yeah, extradition stands out to me as, as the one truly legal pathway that this could happen.

Um, it's very rare, um, but it does happen.

Basically, the, the premise is the United States signs a treaty with another country.

Uh, that sets up the framework.

Courts then say, you know, you can't deport an American citizen unless there's an explicit requirement in the treaty to do that.

The other state has to match US levels of due process, basic rights, um, so you can't simply send someone to North Korea.

He is not a US citizen, but he had been granted protection from deportation by an immigration judge.