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1035 - Sozzled Plonkers feat. Libby Watson (5/11/26)

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🗓️ 12 May 2026

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Libby Watson of What’s All This Then? returns to the show to talk about the tragic downfall of Our Keir, whose Labour Party lost massively in recent local elections. We also talk about a golden statue of Trump built by Hasidic ultra-Orthodox Jews and the UK Parliament’s (reported) drinking problem. Finally, we have a Chapo reading series double feature: Richard Dawkins thinks Claude is real and a babe, and Megan McArdle wants to heal the nation with memes. Check out What’s All This Then? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whats-all-this-then-with-charlotte-mcdonnell-and/id1812045307 And catch her streams at: https://www.twitch.tv/libtron

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0:00.0

All my whole

0:07.0

All I want to It's a joke.

0:33.4

It's Monday, May 11th, and we've got some shop for you. In today's episode, Felix and I are, once again, friends. It's Monday, May 11th, and we've got some shopper for you.

0:38.6

In today's episode, Felix and I are once again joined by our old pal and the host of

0:44.1

What's All This Then? Libby Watson. Libby, welcome back.

0:48.0

Thank you so much. I should be saying it like that every time we say the name of the podcast. I'm not. I should be, should be doing that for

0:54.9

sure. Well, we obviously, there was just an election in the UK, and we will be asking you,

1:01.0

what's all this then? But, you know, there's obviously some politics talk about it in this country.

1:06.4

We've got a reading series for us today. But I would like to begin today's episode with my personal

1:12.7

favorite news story of the last week. And I'm talking about the golden calf. Folks, they finally did

1:19.4

it. They turned Donald Trump into a golden idol. And you know, the Bible is pretty clear on this,

1:26.5

but I want to make clear, the sponsors of the

1:29.3

golden calf have made it clear that this is not a golden calf. And I would just like to read the,

1:35.7

actually, Horat's the Israeli newspaper, wrote this story up, and I think it's great. I just want to

1:41.2

read a little from this. As a giant gold statue of U.S. President

1:45.3

Donald Trump was unveiled in Florida last week. A group of Hasidic ultra-Orthodox Jews joined the

1:51.2

ribbon-cutting ceremony while Trump personally thanked them for their contribution during a phone call

1:56.0

documented at the event. The 6.7 meter statue, which is 22 feet tall, was installed at the Trump

2:02.4

Dural, Miami, a golf resort in Doral, South Florida, and received widespread ridicule on X

2:07.5

for resembling a modern-day golden calf. The towering statue depicts Trump standing with his

2:12.6

fist clenched in the air in a pose resembling the moment after the assassination attempt

2:17.3

against him

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