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Four minutes after at 10 is the time. A very good morning indeed to you. I never notice

while it's happening. I only notice when it's over. But we seem to have moved out of that

period where it felt as though it would be inappropriate to talk about anything other than

the war in

Iran. A similar thing happened with Ukraine, albeit that that is an entirely different war,

an entirely different type of war. But it's just worth noting, isn't it? I mean, there haven't

been any major developments. Obviously, the fact that one side, well, both sides are far from trustworthy,

but one side is prone to contradict itself within minutes of opening its mouth. And

incredibly, that's the side that we still consider to be our allies. But in terms of that

sense I had, and I shared it with you a few times, I'd say to Eleanor some mornings at 11 o'clock

or 12 o'clock, I'd say, it's going to sound a bit odd if we start talking about shoplifting,

isn't it, having just sort of spent an hour examining the likelihood of World War III

starting soon or questions about whether the United States of America is currently undergoing

its own suez, its own sort of abandonment of the top seat at

top table when it comes to international relations. Questions about whether or not Donald Trump

has finally entirely lost touch with sanity. Talking about whether or not the most powerful

man on the planet is entirely unfit for purpose.

And now we're going to talk, I mean, we never actually talk about parking tickets on this

program because it is always an unrelentingly dull conversation.

Ditto speeding tickets.

But moving on to, shall we say more quotidian, is that the right way to pronounce the word?

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