I'm Ed Vasey and we're going to be unpacking the politics of the day

from where the British sovereignty over the Fulblins is in jeopardy

to whether Trump or Prince Harry speak for the UK

and whether 50 is too old for a mullet.

Joining me today are two people who'd look great in a mullet.

The opinion and features editor at Cityam, Alice Denby.

Welcome to the show.

Hello, thank you for having me.

And of course, our venerable Michael Binion, welcome to the show.

Thank you, Ed.

Hi.

You're just back from a wine tasting trip to Italy, Michael. What could be more amazing. Yes, the sun, the vineyards, wonderful wine, yes. I mean, I recommend everyone goes out. Well, no, no, no, it's spoilt it. It was tremendous, yes. And what did you bring back with you, Michael? I brought a whole lot of bright Italian shirts because I think they're just very pretty. Nice big orange one, some floral ones, and some, what else to bring back? Well, I didn't actually buy the wine. It's pretty good, but it's not very cheap. Not cheap at all, in fact, quite pricey. But I might look out for it. Very good. Good reds.

Very nice. Excellent. Because apparently the sales of lipstick have gone up because of the war.

Yes, this is... People like luxury. Michael's clearly decided Italian shirts.

Oh, his luxury. Well, yes, it's kind of lipstick sales are usually a recession indicator because

whenever the economy is doing badly people buy themselves small luxuries to cheer themselves up

so it's bad news really if lipstick sales are going up well you bought some dinby pottery

you can't buy it i know it's closed down it's very sad gosh it's a great excuse for going out

and just indulging itself.

Oh, the world's in a terrible state.

I have this.

I need this.

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