Hello and welcome to a very special edition of RomaniaX, where the twist ending, Ian

is not kind to say I was not a ghost all along and there is nothing in the box except

mugs and t-shirts, but we do have some big news and we'll be sharing it with you at the

end. Meanwhile, I'm Dorian Linsky and I'm joining

him in this week a three of our regulars. Ian Dunt is editor of politics.co.uk author

of how to be a liberal, which is still shelling. Hello Ian. Hello, hello, hello, hello.

On Tuesday we saw the mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, learning via text message

during a speech to journalists. The Manchester would be getting not the 65 million

he asked government for and all the 60 million they offered, but 22 million. Then Boris

Johnson refused five times to confirm that more money was on the table before you turning

at PMQ's on Wednesday. Typically, smooth work, Johnson there. Was there a punishment beating

gone wrong or a terrible misunderstanding? No, it was their attempt to kick back because

Burnham wasn't doing what he was told and the government is completely beset by control

free career of this sort. They really hate anyone standing up to them, especially other

politicians and especially sort of politicians from your position party. But the thing

is you could have told, it was almost staggering to watch it on phone right because you knew

it every second. You're like, well, how do you think that's going to fucking look

made? If you're saying that you're making funding now contingent on political agreement

with you, on political obedience, rather than public health and economic requirements

of the public, then how on earth do you think that's going to play out? Nevertheless, no

matter how obvious a mistake is, they will still make it and then do a juttering U turn 24

hours later. Well, I mean, Grant Chaps, we were going to detail on this, but Grant Chaps

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