130. Tranche Like Nobody's Watching

Where Politics Meets History

Global

Politics, History, News

4.5 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Iain and Tessa discuss what drones have done to warfare (and how the Ukraine war compares to wars through history) the latest tranche of Mandelson files and what their impact might be, why trade unionists are shifting to Reform UK - and more!

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0:00.0	You know what I love about Eurostar?
0:02.5	The comfortable seats with lots of leg room.
0:05.2	You know what I don't love?
0:06.7	Playing heightened seat with my feet.
0:08.9	Or playing footseys with my neighbour.
0:11.0	Ouch!
0:11.7	Sorry.
0:12.9	Now that I'm on the Eurostar,
0:14.7	the only game I'm playing is stretchy, stretchy leg-leg.
0:17.5	And I always win.
0:19.3	Ugh!
0:20.7	That's the ticket.
0:22.4	Eurostar, together we go further.
0:27.8	Legroom varies by class of service.
0:30.1	Mr Gorbachev tear down this wall.
0:34.1	And yes, we will build the wall.
0:37.0	The ladies not for turning.
0:39.7	It's going to be a U-turn.
0:40.7	It's a bit of a U-turn from Labour.
0:42.2	Georgia about the U-turn.
0:43.7	Times change, but for over 240 years,
0:47.2	the Times and Sunday Times
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