Brigid Laffan

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206 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 20 Sep

Brigid Laffan’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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I think it will go up and down.
I do think the Gulf states will start pipelines.
You know, they'll start alternative routes, but that takes a while to come through.
So the Iranians aren't going to have a permanent advantage over...
for a permanent advantage.
But the next couple of years could be very uncertain in that part of the world.
Yeah, it's an extraordinary time to be commemorating 250 years of the United States because the United States as a state, as a society, as a political system is in turmoil and largely due to the rise of MAGA and to one man.
And he has single-handedly... He owns the Republican Party and he has single-handedly...
taught us that norms that we took for granted are meaningless if someone wants to drive a coach and four through them.
And he's achieved that.
And what's the one bastion that has survived in the US is most of the courts are still doing their job, even if he has packed the Supreme Court.
And of course, that's the big issue.
Oh, they have.
Oh, absolutely.
And he's in danger of the Democrats could do well in the midterms.
But again, I think the fate in American democracy is being able to survive.
Anything I think has been rattled.
If we think of the January 6th assault on the Capitol and also that the article Katrina Perry captures that.
The Declaration of Independence, Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.
And interestingly, the people who have most faith in the American dream living in the United States today are those with immigrant parents.
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