Zoë Grünewald

Coming back to that thought of, I've done a Zen pick, but I didn't enjoy it. Is it some sort of, I'm actually very hard? Is it? I'm so tough.

So as we record on Wednesday morning, we don't know who will be the first candidate to be knocked out, but let's take a moment of sympathy for Keir Starmer, whose top team apparently forgot to wish him a happy birthday this week. They could have made him a sombre cake. Apparently his daughters remembered they went to pick up a Siberian kitten from a local cat shelter to join Larry at number 10.

So as we record on Wednesday morning, we don't know who will be the first candidate to be knocked out, but let's take a moment of sympathy for Keir Starmer, whose top team apparently forgot to wish him a happy birthday this week. They could have made him a sombre cake. Apparently his daughters remembered they went to pick up a Siberian kitten from a local cat shelter to join Larry at number 10.

It remains to be seen what colour it is. We would imagine probably grey. I find this story strange. I find it weird that it's in circulation. Did Did Starmer's team brief this out?

It remains to be seen what colour it is. We would imagine probably grey. I find this story strange. I find it weird that it's in circulation. Did Did Starmer's team brief this out?

Right.

Right.

So, yeah, no, new cat. I mean, if this story has been briefed out, I think they should have led with they wanted a puppy and he negotiated them down, which I think is a, they start off hopeful, get what you're given, which I think speaks to a wider philosophy. Starmer's also ordered a redecoration of number 10, leading to the removal of a portrait of Margaret Thatcher,

So, yeah, no, new cat. I mean, if this story has been briefed out, I think they should have led with they wanted a puppy and he negotiated them down, which I think is a, they start off hopeful, get what you're given, which I think speaks to a wider philosophy. Starmer's also ordered a redecoration of number 10, leading to the removal of a portrait of Margaret Thatcher,

from the Iron Lady's former study, which according to his official biographer, the PM found unsettling. Right-wing media has been whipped up into an outrage about this. I mean, what are you thinking, Zoe?

from the Iron Lady's former study, which according to his official biographer, the PM found unsettling. Right-wing media has been whipped up into an outrage about this. I mean, what are you thinking, Zoe?

There we go, I just came up with it.

There we go, I just came up with it.

Sorry, sorry, I interrupted you. It just came to me in a moment of genius.

Sorry, sorry, I interrupted you. It just came to me in a moment of genius.

So that is some of your bookings gone. I just hope you know that. And finally, to close the show, I have a retraction to make. So listeners to our episodes recorded at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival may recall that we had a brief conversation about the Baja Men's seminal song, Who Let the Dogs Out? You're familiar with it, right, Zoe? Yeah, I know the song.

So that is some of your bookings gone. I just hope you know that. And finally, to close the show, I have a retraction to make. So listeners to our episodes recorded at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival may recall that we had a brief conversation about the Baja Men's seminal song, Who Let the Dogs Out? You're familiar with it, right, Zoe? Yeah, I know the song.

It's an iconic song. Basically, we were having a chat about like, oh, you know, when you're a kid, you thought it was about dogs. And then I mentioned, yeah, and then I found out, oh, it's so annoying because I wanted it to be about dogs, that it's actually slightly sexist. It refers to unattractive women being in a place. Who let these unattractive women in here? Who let these dogs out?

It's an iconic song. Basically, we were having a chat about like, oh, you know, when you're a kid, you thought it was about dogs. And then I mentioned, yeah, and then I found out, oh, it's so annoying because I wanted it to be about dogs, that it's actually slightly sexist. It refers to unattractive women being in a place. Who let these unattractive women in here? Who let these dogs out?

Certainly that's what I thought anyway. And then I was promptly corrected. That is not what the song is about.