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London Crime on the Down, Party swapping and Trump trying to buy Greenland - it's THE BUGLE 4365!

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News, News Commentary, Satire, Test Match Special, Comedy, Chris Addison, The Last Post, Nish Kumar, Urncast, Tiff Stevenson, Hari Kondabolu, Alice Fraser, Andy Zaltzman, The Gargle, Mildly Informed, Politics, Top Stories, John Oliver

4.8 β€’ 6.7K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 21 January 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

This week on The Bugle, Andy is joined by Alice Fraser and Anuvab Pal, as they discuss Trump's Greenland spending spree, London's crime rate lowering, and a women busted for drugs, found in a bag labelled "Does Not Contain Drugs"


πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Trump on Greeland: Andy, Alice and Anuvab breakdown Trump's old fashioned approach to trying to buy other people's land

πŸ’‚ London's Crime on the Down: London's crime rate falling to it's lowest in a decade, but at what cost?

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Reform's Big New Signing: The three also break down Robert Jenrick's controversial move from the Tory Party to Nigel Farage's Reform.


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0:00.0

The Bugle.

0:11.1

Hello, welcome to The Bugle.

0:15.6

This is issue 4,365 of the world's only ever

0:20.2

and one remaining audio newspaper for a visual world.

0:23.6

I am Andy Zaltman and as part of Elon Musk's reputation rehabilitating efforts.

0:28.6

He has let the bugle use as controversial AI Grok technology on this week's bugle

0:33.6

to make me sound like I'm wearing more clothes than I actually am.

0:38.2

I am not in fact wearing a full suit of armour, nor am I wearing a 1920s feather boa,

0:44.2

although they do suit me very well, and nor am I wearing flippers with bells on.

0:48.7

But such is the power of technology for once being used not to debase humanity. I am actually wearing

0:55.8

a white france made of lobsters. I always do that on the bugle. They're just a bit over-excited

0:59.3

today because of the two co-hosts who are joining me, favourites of the lobster community.

1:06.5

Joining me from Australia, Alice Fraser and from India, Anuvab Pal. Hello, both of you.

1:12.0

Hello, Andy.

1:12.9

I am delighted to be favoured of the lobster community,

1:16.6

although I think lobsters might be the name that the fan base of Jordan Peterson stands

1:21.7

call themselves or maybe are mockingly attributed that name by people who don't like them.

1:28.1

I'm not 100% sure, but I'm pretty sure that it's a Jordan Peterson lobster situation

1:33.5

because he thinks that lobsters get dopamine from fighting

1:37.6

but hasn't realized that for lobsters, dopamine is like not the same thing as it is for people.

1:45.3

I don't know if you've noticed, Andy, but people are not the same as lobsters.

1:50.6

Well, I mean, not everyone, Alice.

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