Sep 15, 2026 · 21 min · 17 segments
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The Guardian, "Ministers seek law change to make seventy-two million pound donation to Reform illegal." I wonder why they didn't do that before.

I mean, I heard someone on radio today saying they should limit the amount of donations you can make to, like, a thousand pounds from any individual.

And the host, oh, I can tell you, it was Nick Ferrari on LBC, was saying to the guy, "So that'd just be one thousand pounds from a, a trade union." He went, "Well, no, it's per member." [laughing] But then by the same token, they didn't get into this, but I think the debate would be, well, if you're the boss of a corporation, would you be able to do it on behalf of your employees? Or is there something tangibly different about a union? And even if you did bring in these rules, there'd be some way of getting around it.

Um, also on the front page of The Guardian, why is there a picture of Oasis? "Gallagher's acquiesce." A new Oasis tour dates include long-rumored return to Knebworth.

Listen, I don't wanna doxx myself, but I, I live just down the road from Knebworth, but I also cannot afford the tickets, so absolutely useless news.

We've got our front page of The Times, "The five unhealthiest lunches for work." Why would you...

That doesn't make any sense, does it, evolutionarily? Stuff that's really bad for you, oh, it tastes nice.

By arsenic, I mean the poison, not when you have a small cut just on the inside.

Enhanced checks may block seventy-two pound, a million pound donation to Reform.

Doesn't everyone who's given big money to Reform so far have a criminal conviction? Then again, so do most people you walk past on the street thanks to the early release scheme.

The Guardian, "Ministers seek law change to make seventy-two million pound donation to Reform illegal." I wonder why they didn't do that before.

I mean, I heard someone on radio today saying they should limit the amount of donations you can make to, like, a thousand pounds from any individual.

And the host, oh, I can tell you, it was Nick Ferrari on LBC, was saying to the guy, "So that'd just be one thousand pounds from a, a trade union." He went, "Well, no, it's per member." [laughing] But then by the same token, they didn't get into this, but I think the debate would be, well, if you're the boss of a corporation, would you be able to do it on behalf of your employees? Or is there something tangibly different about a union? And even if you did bring in these rules, there'd be some way of getting around it.

Um, also on the front page of The Guardian, why is there a picture of Oasis? "Gallagher's acquiesce." A new Oasis tour dates include long-rumored return to Knebworth.

Listen, I don't wanna doxx myself, but I, I live just down the road from Knebworth, but I also cannot afford the tickets, so absolutely useless news.

We've got our front page of The Times, "The five unhealthiest lunches for work." Why would you...

That doesn't make any sense, does it, evolutionarily? Stuff that's really bad for you, oh, it tastes nice.

By arsenic, I mean the poison, not when you have a small cut just on the inside.

Enhanced checks may block seventy-two pound, a million pound donation to Reform.

Doesn't everyone who's given big money to Reform so far have a criminal conviction? Then again, so do most people you walk past on the street thanks to the early release scheme.
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