Hello and welcome to Not Another One.

Now I was away last week, but I'm back here.

Did you have a good holiday?

We missed you.

I did, thank you, Tim Montgomery. And how are you? Ian Martin, starting me, Miranda Green, but not another one. As you can see, I'm a bit rusty. Yeah. Well, no, not at all. But did you have a good time? It was marvellous. I have to say, I highly recommend just going up into the Alps where there's no Wi-Fi and sort of staring at

wildflowers for a week, maybe swimming in the old Chile Lake. Very, very good. It was incredibly

was a nature cure. And do you get agitated though if you're away from internet connection for like

a whole day. No. Really? Zero. Zero symptoms on that.

I mean, you know, you can put your data on and then get a weird half hour of dystopia,

which I did do once a day and to check my emails.

So you did do it then.

I did check my emails, but it was, it felt wonderfully remote, I must say.

And also, I know we're going to get onto the thorny subject of the European Union because of the trade deal.

Wasn't too much. Without Steve. Without Steve. Steve Richards is actually taking a week off in France himself.

Yeah. I can heartily recommend Oates Savoire, where I was. I don't know where Steve is. He can tell us when he

gets back. But while we're on the topic of France, you know, Ian, I know it's your contention

that the economy in France is stagnating and it's all a big old mess and the fantasy of the

Romanian Brits who want to rebuild ties with the EU. But, you know, when you are in continental Europe, it's quite smooth experience.

Well, things do work.

It's almost as if when you go on holiday, you go to the nice places.

It's funny that.

Yeah, I mean, if the whole of England was like Southwold or something.

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