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What The F Is Going On? with Mark Steel

What The F*** Is Going On...? With Mark Steel Episode 3

What The F Is Going On? with Mark Steel

Carousel Studios

News, Society & Culture, Comedy, Politics

4.7888 Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode, Mark is joined by Mock the Week regular and We Are History podcast host, Angela Barnes, and Elliot Steel as he tries to make sense of the NHS pay dispute, Bill Cosby and this new obsession with Union Jacks. Follow What The F*** Is Going On? With Mark Steel on Twitter @wtfisgoingonpod And visit our website www.whatthefisgoingonpodcast.co.uk for more information. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I think the people of this country have had enough of experts.

0:03.5

I've had enough of Michael Dove.

0:04.5

If you count the legal votes, I easily wear it is time to get Brexit done.

0:11.0

This candle smells like my vagina.

0:13.0

It's supposed to be up here.

0:15.0

I should be back in school on the other side of the ocean.

0:18.0

What the fuck is going on?

0:22.4

Hello, I'm Mark Still.

0:23.7

Welcome to episode three of my podcast, where each week I'm going to be asking, what the fuck is going on?

0:30.2

What the fuck is going on?

0:32.5

Now, this week, senior doctors have announced that they are considering stopping paid and unpaid overtime in protest

0:40.5

at the 1% pay deal that they've been offered. The inconsiderate selfish pigs, they're threatening

0:47.0

to stop coming in on their days off and working for nothing. Have you ever known such greed?

0:57.4

For two months we went out once a week to clap them and they're still not happy. And for cabinet ministers, that was even more of a sacrifice than for most

1:02.7

people because they live in bigger houses with huge heavy front doors and long gravelly paths.

1:08.8

So they had to put more effort into their clapping. Paying doctors

1:12.9

with applause is fair enough as long as the economy changes so that applause is currency. And in

1:19.3

Tesco's, they go, uh, that will be £39.57, please. Or nine minutes banging a saucepan

1:26.6

with a wooden spoon.

1:28.3

All right, here.

1:33.1

Thank you very much. Here's your change.

1:40.1

My sources tell me that the government have been very reasonable in the negotiations.

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