The following podcast contains explicit language.

It's Friday, July 1, 2016 from Slate.

It's the gist I am Mike Pesca, and I am obsessed with British politics.

Could you tell if you listen to the show?

I think I know what in Britain, everything happens so quick, crazy stuff.

Now crazy stuff happens in the US, right?

Trump hears a plane says it's the Mexicans attacking.

Trump takes money donated to his charity to buy a Tim Tibo autographed football helmet.

But in the US, the campaign lasts so long and the spin for structure is so elaborate.

It all gets flattened and sanitized.

But oh, there in England, there's a contested referendum.

There's a vote that's won.

There's a back that's knife.

There's an email that's leaked.

There's a staff that's secunded.

I am way too into all things British.

I awake.

I immediately tracked the FTSE 100.

Now yesterday I spoke a little bit about the FTSE 100.

How it's recovered quite nicely since the Brexit vote.

But I should have also pointed out that the FTSE 100 is not maybe as great a status accounting tool

as the FTSE 250.

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