Dire Straits – Start Your Week with Ros Taylor and Andrew Harrison

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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Society & Culture, Government, News, Politics

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Setting up the stories of the next seven days… As Iran blockades the Straits of Hormuz and 20% of the world’s oil supply, can Trump cajole/bully other nations into clearing up the mess he caused? Including Britain? Plus: Ed Davey goes full Oppenheimer and calls for Britain to build its own nukes. Rachel Reeves tries to kickstart the economy (again). And the last word on the bitter “Should we replace Winston Churchill with an otter?” controversy that has torn the country apart. Ros Taylor and Andrew Harrison set out your week ahead. www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Andrew Harrison. Audio production by Simon Williams. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Artwork by James Parrett. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, we've got Simon on the line. Simon, young people, they're just all a bit, a bit lazy, aren't they?
0:09.0	What are you for?
0:10.0	Good night.
0:11.0	Welcome to McDonald's.
0:12.0	Have you to get the six minutes, please?
0:13.0	Some say young people are work shy, but at McDonald's, we hired 47,000 of them last year.
0:19.0	How's your night?
0:20.0	Like George here, who keeps things running during a Friday rush.
0:23.6	Resilience, making it happen at McDonald's.
0:28.6	What I've dedicated my life to is revenge.
0:34.6	A brand new drama based on the best-selling novel.
0:37.6	They think they're better than us.
0:38.6	Who do you think you are?
0:39.8	I'm going to prove to them that they're wrong.
0:41.6	She's punishing me.
0:43.1	You destroyed my family.
0:44.5	I will not rest until I've destroyed yours.
0:47.1	A woman of substance on Channel 4 starts tonight at 9.
0:50.0	The woman of substance on Channel 4 starts tonight at 9. Hello and welcome to another start your week from the bunker, setting out what we think will be the event of the next seven days.
1:07.2	I'm Andrew Harrison. We enjoy getting up at the crack of dawn to get you across the news. So if you find start your week useful, remember the best way to keep us at it is to support us on Patreon. We are hugely grateful to all our backers. Follow the link in the show notes and join them. With me this morning, it's Oh God, What Now Regular and author of The Future of Trust. Ross Taylor, morning, Ros.
1:29.4	Morning, very well. How are you?
1:43.6	All right, yeah, as well as can be expected. Yet again, Donald Trump's war on Iran, the one he said was completed, pretty much, will dominate the week. Specifically, the question of the Straits of Hormuz. about a fifth of the world's oil and liquid natural gas passes through this choke point
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