Kevin Maguire

And he's not recovered from that.

It's become much more difficult.

You're quite right.

And incumbency is becoming a problem.

Before, it was always a plus you could do.

So people are screaming out for change, but they're not all screaming out with the same voice.

And so you see a polarization in elections with the rise of the Greens on the left, Nigel Farage and the reform on the right.

And it's

It's very difficult for anybody to be heard over the din.

But in the UK, certainly musical chairs in Downing Street is now becoming a national game.

Yeah, we're expecting 35 bills, and they range from giving the health secretary greater control of the NHS, taking away a quango, to making it easier to build nuclear power stations, to stronger rights for people who bought houses but the land is owned by somebody else.

Is there anything there that will fundamentally change the dial, the political dial?

I suspect not, because it's a cost of living issue that preoccupies most people.

And at the moment, the UK, like Ireland, like many other countries, is in the grip of rising energy prices because of the Trump Netanyahu attack on Iran.

And there's huge pressure on the government to spend money to try and get down energy costs.

But it always proves hugely expensive, as happened after Putin's invasion of Ukraine.

At the moment, in a month's time, yes.

But that's in part because if he was going to go, he'd set a timetable.

It's whether in a month he can resist setting a timetable for his departure.

He's beaten off the immediate threat, but each threat and each attempt to repel those who want him gone leaves him weaker.