Full Show Podcast: 30 July 2026
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Morning and welcome today. The COVID inquiry and their recommendations and whether it changes anything next time. Our first oil and gas exploration permit is live. We've got mortgage money on the move and guess which way that's heading. Nick Bryant is back after eight as we count down to the midterm stateside. Amid a war the president clearly can't end. Joe's in Italy. Enda is covering the UK for us. Welcome to the day, seven past six. Jeremiah Arzu has entered what appears to be a growing debate at the Comm Games. He's a sprint man out of the UK. He's talking about respecting the flag, respecting the Comm Games and generally making an effort in turning up. Now, Hamish Kerr has been allowed, I think, an easy run this week with his maybe, maybe not decision making process.
Important to point out, by the way, he can do whatever he likes. Of course he can. It's just the lack of scrutiny around it. The lack of questions, the complete absence of any media probing how this has unfolded and wondering on our behalf whether all this in and out, up and down, is actually kosher. It appears Kerr is not alone, as a good chunk of the English team has bailed as well, which is where Arzu comes in, asking what the media should be asking, is this legit? Can you simply turn up if you want or not if you don't want to? Is the Comm Games just a weekend event of no great consequence? Does representing your country at a gymkhana not really count for much anymore? Personally, I don't care. I'm not a Comm Games fan.
As a sports nut, the world is so full these days of the finest of the fine doing amazing things on a regular basis. Do we have time or interest to watch and follow the progress of a team made up of the potential heroes as opposed to the current ones because the current ones don't see it as worth their while? It already has survival issues, of course, given Glasgow's being paid for by Victoria. The sports have been cut. We're now down to three-a-side backyard basketball. Now, if all this is ringing a bell, just all I'm saying is how about a bit of truth and a bit of bluntness and a bit of reality? If you don't want to go, don't get selected. Sponsors and national governments who fund a lot of this deserves a setup where they know what they're getting, they understand the standard and the expectation.
And if time has passed this particular event by, then that's life. If venues are hard to come by, that's life. If it needs to be demoted to an up-and-comers sort of outing, that's fine. But let's clear the air, work out what's what, who's interested, who isn't, and where we go. Because it's got buggers muddle vibes, as they say in the military, and it doesn't need to.
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Now, we're going to be talking about our COVID response this morning with the health minister, but stay inside the Fauci's back front and centre as Rand Paul and the Republicans go after him on the hill.
I respectfully decline to answer based upon my rights under the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution. Did you fund gain-of-function research in other biolabs around the world? On the advice of council, I respectfully decline to answer based upon my rights under the Fifth Amendment.
Yeah, he pled the Fifth 111 times. In Britain, new Andy has problems. Today's focus is on social care. It's almost 30 years since the Royal Commission. It's a major dereliction of public duty. that Parliament has not faced up to this of all challenges, something so fundamental. Now, the problem is he's making a lot of costly promises against the original promise that he will stick to the manifesto not to increase tax, and yet he keeps hinting that he's going to have to increase tax. Theresa, who once ran the place, has thoughts.
He has to be prepared to sit down and have those meaningful discussions, to look at the proposed solutions, to comment on them, And not just have the discussion, but the Prime Minister has to be willing to listen to the other party.
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