Adam Macqueen

There was a big narrative, I remember, from the last lot of local elections, which was, oh, we're going to come in and we're going to cut waste and we're going to cut DEI initiatives and all that kind of thing.

And the experience, once people got into power, seemed to be that actually, well, you can do a bit of that, but the sort of sums of money are fractional.

Not to say there isn't waste in local government.

Of course there is.

You write about it constantly in your column.

But they're fractional compared with the actual, you know, the adult social care budget and all those kind of big things.

Has that sort of gone away as a narrative now, or are people still pushing there is some money down the back of the sofa?

That's the charm, Ed.

Two things we haven't got enough of.

Let's put them together.

I'm still thinking about Trump's statues.

They did reassure Kim for quite a long time, didn't they?

Yes.

Before they decided they didn't.

They do have an amazing ability to fall out with each other horribly at the top of the SNP, don't they?

But it was too strong even for the rugby club dinner.

Right.

That's the way to get it, above 60%.

He wants a price cap on various sort of basics across all supermarkets, doesn't he?

Milk, eggs, cheese, I saw.