Finland's in the news, not just because Russian jets invaded Baltic airspace as well as Estonian earlier last weekend,

but because they are prepared for a future that perhaps all of us are suddenly having to focus on,

with Oslo and Copenhagen airports experiencing drones, Russian drones, wandering through and closing those airports, a cyber attack in Brussels.

It feels like the problems of the continent are certainly coming home to roost. We talk about all of that

and the many ways in which Finland is a country that just actually functions extremely well,

because it is prepared and it never gave up

the good old stuff that many other societies, Britain in particular, just dispensed with.

Things like trams, things like affordable housing. They never stopped. So there's a lot of Finland.

There's a bit of your party. There's a bit of Andy Burnham, there's a lot of looking at Palestine and

whether recognition will actually aid some sort of progress there, and of course Donald Trump

and his paracetamol. Those are the headlines. Here's the podcast. Well, hi folks and welcome to

this week's Leslie Riddick podcast. Leslie, you're back from glorious Finland. Finland, Finland, Finland, Finland, the country where I want to be pony trekking or camping,

or just watching TV.

It sounded glorious, but a bit planes, trains and automobiles for getting home about the signs of things.

Yeah, well, the Finns do seem to be the butt of a lot of people's jokes in many respects.

You know, I mean, there's so many things I discovered from being there for a week, especially with someone who, Gavin Hannigan, young guy.

He's from Inverness originally and a big shout out to his parents, Barbara and John Hannigan,

who are both yes bikers.

You've produced a good in there, I would say.

Gavin, hugely talented filmmaker, but also big, tall, strapping, six foot five guy just as well

because he was actually carrying three cameras.

I picked them up sometimes and I thought

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