Is it right to say, as the Home Secretary is doing, that repeat demonstrations for Gaza, Palestine, or indeed anything else, peace, will now be curtailed and the police are being given new powers to stop repeat protests?

We take a look at that. We look also at the prospects for peace in Israel, Palestine,

and at the recent party conferences, there have been the Conservatives, pretty much ringing

empty halls is the huge impression you get from the tiny numbers who bother to turn up. And actually,

the Greens Conference in

England, which really had quite a zingy kind of speech from the Jewish leader, Zach Polanski,

who nonetheless upholds the right to protest for Palestine. So all of that and looking ahead

to the S&P conference. Those are the headlines.

Here's the podcast.

Well, hi folks and welcome to this week's Leslie Riddick podcast.

Leslie, the nights are fair drawing in with Storm Amy over the weekend.

Certainly the autumn now.

As we speak, hopefully you can't hear the drum of the washing machine in the background

because I'm washing the second part of the big duvet and I had a mad notion for a hot

chocolate last night my first hot chocolate of the season so I was bashing around at quarter to

ten thinking there must be drinking chocolate in here somewhere how are things with you

ah well it just shows you when you know kind of country lubbers have different things in their minds drinking chocolate in here somewhere. How are things with you?

Ah, well, it just shows you when, you know, kind of country lubbers have different things in their minds because I'm thinking leaves for compost, everywhere I'm going, I cycled over to

Dundee yesterday and I'm sort of looking at all the verges and thinking, hmm, there's some good

beach leaves. Note to self, come and get them later.

Leaf mold. No, to chuck it. Well, you. Come and get them later. Leaf mold.

To chuck it well, you could.

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