S8 Ep757: 13. Simon Constable. Simon Constable laments the decline of the Royal Navy, noting Britain has more admirals than warships. He criticizes Keir Starmer for resisting military budget increases despite rising threats from Russia and Iran.
The John Batchelor Show
John Batchelor
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🗓️ 17 April 2026
⏱️ 10 minutes
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| 0:28.5 | You're built to win it. I'm John Bachelor. I welcome my good colleague of many years, Simon Constable, writing for Wall Street Journal and Barons and other distinguished publications. |
| 0:54.9 | He is an Englishman in the South of France. It is springtime here in New England, and it's |
| 1:00.3 | springtime for some weeks now in the South of France, so I enjoy competitive comparing of |
| 1:05.6 | climate. Simon, a very good day to you. I am weeks behind. My daffodils are in glory now coming in along with the Forsythia. |
| 1:14.7 | You're well ahead of me. I think your daffies have been gone for a week or more. You take walks in the sunshine with your two puppies. How is it this day? Good day to you, Simon. |
| 1:26.8 | Good day to you, John. Thanks having me on the show. |
| 1:29.8 | The weather is absolutely fabulous at the moment. |
| 1:32.7 | It might not sound as fabulous as where you are, but for us it's really great. |
| 1:37.0 | So the high today is 67 Fahrenheit. |
| 1:40.9 | The low is 38 Fahrenheit. |
| 1:43.0 | It's sunny and light breeze all day. |
| 1:46.2 | And it's been absolutely delightful. |
| 1:48.5 | So not too hot, not too cold, the sort of Goldilocks-esque. |
| 1:52.9 | And we also have in the gardens, we've got the irises breaking out and flowering, which is lovely. |
| 1:59.1 | We've got wild orchids in the garden, which just show up, |
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