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The Lesley Riddoch Podcast

Lesley Riddoch and Pat Joyce

Political Chat, News, Political Commentary, Scottish Politics, Politics, Scottish Independence, Uk Politics, Society & Culture

4.8 • 259 Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

As the US Presidential election enters its final days Donald Trump held a rally at Madison Square Garden where speaker after speaker spewed racist, misogynist bile. Has this harmed or enhanced his campaign in those seven vital swing states where the presidency will be won or lost?

World leaders have condemned the overwhelming decision by the Knesset to ban the UNWRA from operating inside Israel,Gaza and the West Bank. Israel has claimed that UNRWA has colluded with Hamas in Gaza. This is the culmination of decades of anti UNRWA activity by Israel.
The USA government has said it is "deeply concerned". Is it concerned enough to use legislation which allows the stopping of military aid to countries that restrict US humanitarian aid?

King Charles acknowledged “painful aspects” of Britain’s past while sidestepping calls to directly address reparations for slavery at the summit of Commonwealth leaders, saying “none of us can change the past, but we can commit … to learning its lessons”.
What lessons can we learn by examining the role of the Royal Family in the slave trade? Reparations are justified but who should pay them?

We look forward to Rachel Reeves' first Budget. Will there be any surprises? Just what is a "working person"?

Kemi Badenoch appeared on the Sunday Show and was skewered by Martin Geissler over the "voluntary" union and her plans-lack of- for reprogramming devolution. It looks likely that she will defeat Robert( Pensioners waking up with illegal migrants in their bedrooms) Jenrick to become Tory leader. No matter which of the two win it signals yet another shift to the Right in UK politics.

All this plus a surprise guest appearance of the Masked Postie!

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0:00.0	These are serious and depressing days and maybe we're clutching its straws.
0:04.4	But perhaps the decision by the Israeli cabinet to outlaw UNRWA, which is the aid agency set up
0:11.2	essentially in 1949 after the Israeli state was created to help the displaced, evicted Palestinians,
0:18.5	perhaps that decision is something that will trigger the United States
0:22.3	administration from being unable to supply any more arms to Israel, maybe. And if we look as well
0:29.1	at the other big horrible development yesterday of that Trump rally in Madison Square Gardens,
0:35.3	perhaps he's managed to alienate key groups of voters like Puerto Ricans
0:40.6	in some of the appalling things he said. There's a Labour budget on the cards tomorrow.
0:45.4	We'll wait to see what that has to bring, but it has been widely trailed. So we ponder all of that
0:50.4	and try to look on the bright side. Those are the headlines. Now for the podcast.
0:59.6	Hi, Choms and welcome to the sweet Leslie Riddish podcast and I got her right this time. You're
1:04.4	not hearing thy my garbled attempt, which I did earlier. I mean, God Almighty, it must be about
1:10.7	15 years I've been saying
1:12.6	Leslie Riddick, but then occasionally it just comes out.
1:16.6	No, somebody did explain this to me because I have difficulties with it. It's something to do
1:21.2	with a good name. I'm sure I've said this to you before. A good name apparently makes
1:25.5	your lips and your mouth go out and then in, right? So I can't think what would be a good name apparently makes your lips and your mouth go out and then in right so i can't think
1:30.8	what would be a good a good one gardener you're possible something like that but riddough is kind of
1:36.7	your mouth open for all of it and basically it makes it hard to articulate the various syllables so
1:43.2	it's not a good name so my. So it's not a good name.
1:45.0	Sorry, Dad, but it's not a good name.
1:47.0	Yes, that's it.
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