Zoë Grünewald

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Pod Save the UK · Time to nationalise Ticketmaster? “Cigarettes & Alcohol”, the Grenfell Inquiry concludes · 5 Sep 2024 podcast

And what about criminal ramifications for some of the actors involved in this?

My goodness me. I remember when we interviewed Peter Apps, one of the things he pointed out was that the story of Grenfell really lays bare the inequalities in society and whose lives matter more, who has more power, who has more influence.

You know, so Leslie Thomas Casey, representing the survivors and victims' families, made the point that while Kensington and Chelsea is one of the smallest and richest boroughs, Grenfell's residents were overwhelmingly working class. He said the fire was inextricably linked with race. I'm just wondering, what did the report say on this?

I suppose it doesn't go so far as to use the word racist or institutional racism.

James Riding, thank you so much for joining us on Podsafe the UK.

Now, the Tory leadership race is in full swing, with leadership hopefuls launching their bids this week and the first elimination due after we record this afternoon. But according to a new poll from YouGov, most of the new Tory leadership hopefuls aren't very well known, with one significant outlier, Priti Patel.

She's far better known than any of the other candidates, with 82% of those polled knowing her name, but perhaps for the wrong reasons.

So the polling organisation More In Common have done some polling that kind of backs up what you said there. Voters essentially think that the Conservatives are weird.

Getting a bit weird, isn't it? So do you think... I mean, surely the logical step is for them to just get a total nobody in. Like, wipe that slate clean. No?

So just for clarity for any of our listeners who are not familiar with what a Zempik is, a Zempik is a weight loss drug. It's traditionally prescribed on the NHS for people who are struggling to lose weight and who also have other comorbidities that would make a significant amount of holding weight dangerous for them. However, you can get it privately. There's been a run on

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.

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.

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?

There we go, I just came up with it.

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.

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?

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