Hello and welcome to the podcast of the Lotus It is episode 1,211 for Friday the 18th of July 2025.

I'm your host, Luca Johnson, joined today by special guests Josh Firm and Nick Dixon. Full names today. And together we are Firm Dixon Johnson. Nice. Straight out with the jokes. And Josh is back. I came back thinking he'd left and he's still here. You can't get rid of me. Yeah. I'm like some sort of venereal disease. I just keep on coming back. You did a really good podcast. so recently, Josh, I saw 120,000 views. Yeah. It doesn't matter what channel.

Mm-hmm. like some sort of venereal disease. I just keep on coming back. You did a really good podcast so recently, Josh. I saw 120,000 views. It doesn't matter what channel. Who's channel was it there? Not just doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. I would never bring there. Do you have a channel, Nick? Do you have a channel? I think we both do, yeah. Go and subscribe to them, ladies and gentlemen. And we also, you know, I appeared on Nick's channel so it's even more confusing.

Yeah, yeah. Yeah, and some of those people might not know me, but so I put up a tweet today with me with the sword in the old office just to show that I'm from the OG days. So to anyone doesn't know me, I'm Nick. Hello. And to anyone who does, I'm also Nick. So it's redundant, really. You're Nick, whether they know you or not. And if you don't know, I'm just a classic centrist

Who just believes in all the normal stuff

You know, women shouldn't vote redundant really You're Nick whether they know you or not That's true And if you don't know I'm just a classic centrist

Who just believes in all the normal stuff

You know women shouldn't vote

Death penalty for shoplifting

That type of thing

Sensible policies for a healthier Britain

Yeah and for making noise on a train

With no headphones

Oh shootable

Out go

Also total junkie death as well

Just throw that one in there Because I've been walking through Swindon today and my goodness are they annoying.

Anyway, today we're going to be talking all about the Battle of Epping.

We're then going to be talking about Britain now allowing children to vote.

And then we're going to talk about the man who pretended to be a black poet, which should be a fantastic way to round things off the weekend, ladies and gentlemen.

So, with all that so, shall we begin by talking about what happened in Epping yesterday?

Well, I say yesterday, but it actually goes back further than that, of course.

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