Hello and welcome to the podcast of the Lotus Eaters, episode 1,420 for Monday the 18th of May

2026. I'm your host, Luke who joined today by Firas and Carr. And today we're going to be

talking to you all about reflections on the Unite the Kingdom Rally that was had this weekend,

which seemed to have once again again, a great turnout and

a solid energy to it. We're then going to be talking about why it's time to restore Makerfield,

because we have a campaign to fight, ladies and gentlemen, and we all need to get to it.

And then we're going to conclude with Ferris' segment talking all about the

latest horrific murder and why racism seems to kill so often. So before we get into the first

segment, just to let you know, of course, it is Monday. So Farras has a Realpolitik at 3 o'clock.

This one's going to be live.

This one is live, yes.

And we're talking about the, it's episode 47, so we're talking about the 47th, so we're talking

about the 47th president of the United States.

And how is it going, really?

And has he achieved any of his geopolitical ambitions?

Right.

Or is he closer to them?

Yeah.

So if you want to get Ferris' thoughts on all of that, then tune in at 3 o'clock.

With all of that said, okay, Carl, tell us about the rally.

So there was the United Kingdom rally on Saturday.

It was pretty big.

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