left seems to be organising itself. We talk about the victory for a left candidate for the

democratic nomination in New York City with a programme that would probably make Jeremy Corbyn's

heart sing. We speculate on why he hasn't said he will join the new left party being formed

in England at the moment.

And what's happening on the Scottish front?

There is a group that's promising a meeting in October.

It's not very clear whether it supports independence or not.

We're talking still about the wider question of Palestine

and the shameful decision by the SMP group at Westminster to abstain

on the vote on Palestine action and what's followed on that and much more besides including

its and bits about the Western Isles and the glorious bounciness of Greenlanders.

Those are the headlines.

Now for the podcast.

Well, hi chums and welcome to this week's Leslie Ridder podcast.

It's been a bumper week with the Labor government

celebrating its first week in government.

There's absolutely nobody.

There were tears from the front bench

and some shocking poll results.

How has the week been for you, Leslie? I'm still in Greece pretending to relax by a pull,

which I think possibly you can hear spilling over into the microphone with the dulcet tones of

Queen and various people shouting and giggling and mixture of Danish and Germans.

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