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Bugle 4119 - Evil but competent

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Nish Kumar, Hari Kondabolu, Alice Fraser, Politics, News, News Commentary, John Oliver, Tiff Stevenson, Chris Addison, Mildly Informed, Andy Zaltzman, Urncast, The Gargle, Satire, Comedy, Test Match Special, Top Stories, The Last Post

4.86.7K Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Andy is with Alice Fraser and Mark Steel to discuss whether Boris is pro rogue or anti rogue. Plus, fires, hurricanes and Donald Trump's take.

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0:00.0

The Bugle, audio newspaper for a visual world.

0:13.6

Hello, Bugleers and welcome to issue 4,119 of the Bugle audio newspaper for a visual world.

0:21.6

It is Friday, 30th August.

0:23.8

This is the Bugle for the week beginning Monday, 2nd of September 2019.

0:27.6

I'm Andy Zoltzman back in London.

0:29.5

The city where a thousand years ago today, not a lot was going on.

0:33.0

Really a bit of this, but now that's totally different.

0:35.2

Arguably too much.

0:36.2

If any could find some kind of middle ground between those two.

0:38.7

Joining me today, all the way from Australia, Alice Fraser and all the way from the 1980s, Mark Steele.

0:44.4

Hello, Andy.

0:46.4

Hello.

0:47.4

Well, the 80s seem like quite a sort of little, little reservoir of calm.

0:53.6

Yes, back to, don't they?

0:54.8

You're changing your opinion on Fetchum, aren't you?

0:57.3

It was a sweet offer, compared to this.

0:59.0

She'd be leading it now, wouldn't she?

1:01.3

She wouldn't be dithering about.

1:03.7

Technically, I'm also from the 80s.

1:05.7

Yeah.

1:06.7

And some of the comedy I was doing back then was,

1:07.7

Well, I think it's reasonable to say, Fetchum was evil, but at least she was competent.

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