What Most People Think with Geoff Norcott
Oct 13, 2026 · 44 min · 13 segments
The ever classy Simon Evans returns this week to ask what Andy Burnham's game is on Europe. We also look at the Bank of England firing a shot across his speedy boughs. Then it's onto discussion of…
Geoff NorcottHost
Simon EvansGuest
Well, I mean, it's gotta be at the moment, isn't it? I'm on tour, I'm back in the car.
But, uh, £2 and a penny now even for a provincial fuel station for the diesel, and, uh, and on the motorways it's g- it's just like mortgage money.
I mean, uh, it's just obviously world events to some extent, although it is a bit...
It gnaws at my soul to see Andy Burnham trying to, you know, claim that he's gonna be the good guy who's gonna take on [laughs] the oil markets.
I mean, there was quite a funny, uh, meme o- of Andy Burnham with two buttons, and one is, [clears throat] "Reduce the duty that the government charge on fuel"-
Which is already something that people, uh, well, a lot of people were aware that you could do.
Um, another thing that I, uh, I got tagged in a tweet where somebody twe- a guy called Steven Power tweeted that, uh, that, "I believe this must be a fancy pub or something, but there's an Arsenal fry-up." So this is maybe something that happens on game day, maybe it's in the ground, a, a place called The Heritage, which might be, like, one of the fancy bits within the Emirates.
Well, I mean, it's gotta be at the moment, isn't it? I'm on tour, I'm back in the car.
But, uh, £2 and a penny now even for a provincial fuel station for the diesel, and, uh, and on the motorways it's g- it's just like mortgage money.
I mean, uh, it's just obviously world events to some extent, although it is a bit...
It gnaws at my soul to see Andy Burnham trying to, you know, claim that he's gonna be the good guy who's gonna take on [laughs] the oil markets.
I mean, there was quite a funny, uh, meme o- of Andy Burnham with two buttons, and one is, [clears throat] "Reduce the duty that the government charge on fuel"-
Which is already something that people, uh, well, a lot of people were aware that you could do.
Um, another thing that I, uh, I got tagged in a tweet where somebody twe- a guy called Steven Power tweeted that, uh, that, "I believe this must be a fancy pub or something, but there's an Arsenal fry-up." So this is maybe something that happens on game day, maybe it's in the ground, a, a place called The Heritage, which might be, like, one of the fancy bits within the Emirates.
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