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So, back to the UK, I have a clip to share. play for you. It's not just Olaf Scholz that has been more than a little irritated with Starmer lately. While out and about a development in Milton Keynes, the Prime Minister's trip was cut short after an intervention from farmers. They were protesting the government's inheritance tax plans in this clip from The Guardian.

So, back to the UK, I have a clip to share. play for you. It's not just Olaf Scholz that has been more than a little irritated with Starmer lately. While out and about a development in Milton Keynes, the Prime Minister's trip was cut short after an intervention from farmers. They were protesting the government's inheritance tax plans in this clip from The Guardian.

Oh, yeah. It's a classic. It's an absolute club classic. I'm genuinely very impressed. I'm just impressed that they did that. Do you think it was a pre-record? No, it couldn't have been.

Oh, yeah. It's a classic. It's an absolute club classic. I'm genuinely very impressed. I'm just impressed that they did that. Do you think it was a pre-record? No, it couldn't have been.

Yeah, you're a farmer that can do both. Yeah.

Yeah, you're a farmer that can do both. Yeah.

The letters said, and we quote, these measures mimic the performative cruelty of the failed Tory governments rejected by voters last July. They also breach Britain's international obligations to respect the right to claim asylum and guarantee safe routes. Far from being a drain on this country, migrants from all over the world enrich our society in every sense.

The letters said, and we quote, these measures mimic the performative cruelty of the failed Tory governments rejected by voters last July. They also breach Britain's international obligations to respect the right to claim asylum and guarantee safe routes. Far from being a drain on this country, migrants from all over the world enrich our society in every sense.

Anti-migrant politics will not build a single house, staff a single hospital or raise anyone's wages. Instead, by echoing its rhetoric, the government is simply fuelling the rise of Reform UK.

Anti-migrant politics will not build a single house, staff a single hospital or raise anyone's wages. Instead, by echoing its rhetoric, the government is simply fuelling the rise of Reform UK.

Pulling no punches there either. No legitimate concerns. You don't see that sort of language in there. Starmer was saying this week, you know, we have to accept that there are legitimate grievances. Every time I read these things, I'm like... The picture that is created is so that everyone's got their fingers in the ears going like, la, la, la, la, la. We left the EU. We sabotaged our economy.

Pulling no punches there either. No legitimate concerns. You don't see that sort of language in there. Starmer was saying this week, you know, we have to accept that there are legitimate grievances. Every time I read these things, I'm like... The picture that is created is so that everyone's got their fingers in the ears going like, la, la, la, la, la. We left the EU. We sabotaged our economy.

We took away the sort of opportunities for the young. We've left ourselves in a desert. What do you mean? Why are you acting? We've done it. We did the thing. I hate this narrative.

We took away the sort of opportunities for the young. We've left ourselves in a desert. What do you mean? Why are you acting? We've done it. We did the thing. I hate this narrative.

Now, after the break, we're asking... What's love got to do with it? We're speaking to Sean Fay. Pod Save the UK is brought to you by Shopify.

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