Jun 4, 2026 · 38 min · 9 segments
Andy is with Mark Steel and Ria Lina to ask the big questions... - Are we still paying attention to the Iran war? - Would Andrew Mountbatten Windsor make a good mechanic? - Has anyone read the latest…
Andy ZaltzmanHost
Mark SteelGuest
Ria LinaGuest
Um, it, it wasn't entirely clear, uh, from my not particularly in-depth research in what specific nation it is National Cheese Day, but when all is said and done, are we not all just part of the single great nation of humanity? No, absolutely not, uh, as proved by, for example, the past and the present, and almost certainly the future.
People just keep fucking nattering on and doing stuff, uh, one often leading into the other.
To commemorate which, here is the sound of milk being poured into a big bucket.
Anyway, uh, if you all come back and listen to this bit in a few days, it will sound like a piece of cheese.
Uh, this week, well, Tony Blair, the former British prime minister and 2003 British mass protest-prompting champion, bleated his way back into politics last week with, of all things, an essay, uh, 5,500 words long, loosely entitled Why the Labour Party is Shit These Days Compared to When I Was the Labour Party.
Basically, in summary, this country ain't big enough for two Labour leaders who won a sizable majority at a general election despite a low vote share of a dismal turnout, leaving the party vulnerable to its shallow support dissipating over the course of the ensuing parliament.
So we are, [laughs] um, we, um, uh, we are having a special commemorative, um, essays section in the bin in which we set you essays about the world.
Um, your choice of essays, Buglers, um, answer two in, um, in, uh, over five and a half thousand words each.
Um, explain why military action works better when no discernible advance planning has been done.
Essay number two, the time for judging politicians by their actions and the results of those actions is rightly over.
Discuss with reference to one or both of the 45th and 47th presidents of the USA.
Um, it, it wasn't entirely clear, uh, from my not particularly in-depth research in what specific nation it is National Cheese Day, but when all is said and done, are we not all just part of the single great nation of humanity? No, absolutely not, uh, as proved by, for example, the past and the present, and almost certainly the future.
People just keep fucking nattering on and doing stuff, uh, one often leading into the other.
To commemorate which, here is the sound of milk being poured into a big bucket.
Anyway, uh, if you all come back and listen to this bit in a few days, it will sound like a piece of cheese.
Uh, this week, well, Tony Blair, the former British prime minister and 2003 British mass protest-prompting champion, bleated his way back into politics last week with, of all things, an essay, uh, 5,500 words long, loosely entitled Why the Labour Party is Shit These Days Compared to When I Was the Labour Party.
Basically, in summary, this country ain't big enough for two Labour leaders who won a sizable majority at a general election despite a low vote share of a dismal turnout, leaving the party vulnerable to its shallow support dissipating over the course of the ensuing parliament.
So we are, [laughs] um, we, um, uh, we are having a special commemorative, um, essays section in the bin in which we set you essays about the world.
Um, your choice of essays, Buglers, um, answer two in, um, in, uh, over five and a half thousand words each.
Um, explain why military action works better when no discernible advance planning has been done.
Essay number two, the time for judging politicians by their actions and the results of those actions is rightly over.
Discuss with reference to one or both of the 45th and 47th presidents of the USA.
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