So, do we live on an island of strangers? And will Labour MPs stand up to Keir Starrmer over language that is clearly inflammatory, doesn't tackle any of the problems that he lists, leaves care homes completely uncertain as to whether or not they can find staff?

Let's bear in mind that across apparently England's it's 130,000 vacancies. In Scotland,

there's something like three quarters of nursing homes have vacancies. There's definitely a long-term

solution needed, but in the short term, how will these premises and essential services manage to

continue? So we discuss that.

We look also at the Scottish election and ask whether reform might do the unthinkable

and offer a second referendum to try and poach independence voters.

Those are the headlines.

Now for the podcast.

Hi, Chomson, welcome to this week's Leslie was a podcast.

And, you know, there's a benefit to the sunshine and there's a drawback for the sunshine.

So the benefit to the sunshine is it's coming through by about half past six, seven o'clock in the morning it's streaming streaming into the joyce bedroom which wakes me up which is a nice thing because the

fields of homean holiday it's sunny it's shiny however what it also meant was that at seven o'clock this

morning i decided to get up and plow my way through the UK government's white paper on immigration.

And I had a shower afterwards.

So that's it.

That's the stuff talking off point for it.

It was just an awful experience.

The solution is blackout curtains, right?

Or linings, just get the linings and stick them on the existing curtains.

And yes, I think this is how the rest of the world's been working.

And certainly that's how they work in the Arctic because at this time of year coming, there's

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