Hello, you're listening to the Times Red Box Politics podcast, Patrick McGuire here in

Fort Matjouli for the next couple of weeks. And we're starting off with a brilliant

podcast a day if I do say so myself. We're going to be talking about how you lose an

unloosable election, lessons from around the world and across history for Sir Keir's

Starmer there. But first, it's time for the colonists.

The colonists with Libby Raichy, Libby Purvis and Rachel Salvesta on Times Radio.

Yes, time for Libby Raichy, with Libby Purvis, Morning Libby. Morning.

And Rachel Salvesta, Morning Rachel. Hi, Patrick. Great to have you both, how you doing?

Very well, thank you. I'm sorry if there's building, we've got builders at the moment,

but there's banning, right? I thought that was rapturous applause, Rachel, for another

searing insight. You make him meowing cats as well.

I'll go. A chorus of fans. Libby, any builders in today?

No, no, but the rain stopped here, which is nice.

How lovely, lovely. It is, oh, there's a blue sky for the first time in a while outside here,

so yeah, hope springs eternal. Anyway, let's get cracking, shall we? Liz Tross,

it's a name we hear surprisingly often given the way her premiership ended.

This morning's Times reports that she's nominated one person for an honour every,

every four days she was in office. Fourteen people are still on her resignation on

this list, which is being vetted as we speak by the House of Lords Appointments Commission.

And it could have been even longer two people turning it down, turning down the nomination by

the former PM wisely, I would have thought. One source said they thought it would be humiliating

to receive an honour from Tross. Are they right, Rachel?

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