Jim Power

that non-entity will fail again.

Nothing will change.

Andy Burnham, through some mechanism, might get to stand in a by-election and become an MP and then become prime minister in another year or so.

Burnham is anything I see or read about him, he doesn't fill me with enthusiasm either, I have to say.

So it's a very, very depressing situation.

And then Nigel Farage waiting in the wings.

Seriously, Chris, if Nigel Farage became prime minister, what would you expect?

You totally derided Starmer's speech on Monday.

He did say some pretty strong stuff about rebuilding the relationship with the European Union.

It's all right.

We will actually mark and celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Brexit vote on the 23rd of June coming up.

Right.

Moving across the Atlantic from we were on the subject of clowns meant to be running stuff and not running it.

U.S.

inflation in April up to 3.8 percent from 3.3.

Energy prices up 17.9 percent.

Trump just over a year ago was promising to bring inflation down to very, very low levels.

It was promising to bring it down to negative levels, Jim, because he promised lower prices.

He did.

He did indeed, actually.