What The F*** Is Going On? with Mark Steel – Ep 128

What The F*** Is Going On? with Mark Steel

Mike J Benwell

Comedy, Society & Culture, News

4.8 • 735 Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Mark is joined by comedian Lucy Porter, along with Elliot Steel, as he tries to make sense of Rishi Sunak's £2,000 lie, comedians being asked to go on Question Time – and how The Vixen managed to beat Mark (and Cheryl Baker) on The Chase. Plus, Britain's most patriotic man Nigel Boulevard on why he's standing for election, more money saving tips from Martin Sunak – and a woman who Mark overheard in a cafe is fed up with the election already. Get ad-free extended episodes, early access and exclusive content on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wtfisgoingonpod Follow What The F*** Is Going On? with Mark Steel on Twitter @wtfisgoingonpod Follow Lucy Porter @lucyportercomic and her podcast @FingersBuzzers Follow Elliot Steel @elliotsteelcom Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:33.5	we will slide for the de-outification of the... Let me put it to you.
0:38.6	If you win by one, you've won.
0:42.1	The phone went over the side of the phone.
0:44.1	It is time to draw a living under the same.
0:47.3	I just think everyone should be sure the fuck is going on.
0:52.9	Hello, I'm Mark Still.
0:54.8	Welcome to my election podcast, where each week I ask the question, what the fuck is going on?
1:02.4	What the fuck is going on?
1:04.6	This is supposed to be the pinnacle of debate, the greatest minds, contesting how we shape the future of the country
1:12.4	and all its citizens. It's the democracy invented by the ancient Greeks in which every citizen
1:18.9	would discuss the conflict between individual responsibility and our duty as citizens to act
1:24.7	as a society protecting each other. And we get, Labour will make you pay
1:29.6	£2,000 tax. That's what they'll do. They'll take £2,000 off you, set by a bloke who
1:36.2	probably spends £2,000 a day on scented fucking candles. The question could have been,
1:41.9	what is your view on the potential risks and benefits of artificial
1:46.6	intelligence? And he'd have gone £2,000. That's what they're going to take off you, £2,000.
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