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Where Politics Meets History

85. All I Want for Twixtmas Is You

Where Politics Meets History

Global

News, Politics, History

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In this interesting limbo period between Christmas and the New Year, Iain and Tessa discuss their predictions for 2026, Trump's hopes for peace in Ukraine, Iain's views on newsreaders with regional accents and Tessa's Christmas reading (Central Europe: The Death of a Civilization and the Life of an Idea, by Luka Ivan Jukic).

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0:00.0

The people of Britain love their spin bikes.

0:02.5

They also love moving their card balances to a Barclay card platinum balance transfer card

0:06.6

with no interest for 36 months and £20 cashback until the 29th of January, 2026.

0:12.6

A balance transfer fee of 3.45% applies.

0:15.8

Subject of financial status, teas and seas and exclusions apply.

0:19.1

Check if you're eligible at barley card dot co dot uk representative example

0:23.2

24.9% AVR representative variable and 24.9% purchase rate per annum based on a 1,200 pound credit limit

0:29.9

if i had to picture a moment of calmfulness it would have to be at the beach on the edge of the sand

0:36.1

with the waves at my toes, what's yours? Calm's

0:40.7

herbal remedies. Calm's day is a traditional herbal medicine used for stress, exclusively based on

0:46.3

traditional use only, contains Valerian root, always read the label. This is a global player

0:54.0

original podcast.

0:55.6

Twixmas. Somebody get rid of it. End of rant, Tessa.

0:59.0

I realise you can't punch people anymore. It's not the 70s any longer.

1:02.2

Why are you taking your clothes off?

1:03.4

Being back in your company just for 15 minutes.

1:05.4

It made you feel hot.

1:06.4

Let me impale you with this mini Mars bar.

1:08.2

No bloody food in these buildings.

1:09.6

Wouldn't be the first time.

1:09.9

That's true.

1:10.5

That's true.

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