What Most People Think with Geoff Norcott

Milo Edwards returns to discuss Andy Burnham making his first major false move at PMQs and why the Tories were bouncing around like they had ADHD. We also disagree strongly about millionaires leaving the UK (I think it's bad btw). Then we have the quarterly chat about whether AI will end everything, before talking about crazy Donald's five grand giveaway in the Patron only section.

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After John Healey decided to introduce himself to the British public I get my head around the style and substance of what he had to say. Spoiler alert: there's not much of either. I also look back on a turbulent few days for Reform, the Channel 4 sting might not matter to the base but what will 'most people' think. And what is the true definition of 'loose pub talk'?

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Politics is back with a bang and I review Andy Burnham's first couple of days at big school. The style was good but was there any substance? Also how did his pledge to avoid petty point scoring go? Elsewhere the Tories had a reshuffle and I ask what would it take to make a Tory famous?

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Mark Steel makes a welcome return to preview Andy Burnham's first proper week in office: will his 'work in progress tour' still be effective in the big rooms? We make some very specific predictions. I also ask is really ok for men to cry, after Djokovic had a little blub on court after his first round exit in the US Open. In the Patron only we talk about how we've become less liberal on crime and why all Prime Ministers fear being photo-shopped with a spliff.

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As I get to the end of my Edinburgh Fringe run I discuss how this festival is destroying itself with left-wing economic thinking. Outside of that I ask why Andy Burnham is paying a grand for a pretend door. Friend of the show Reform's Robert Jenrick has been firing off yet more policy initiatives. Then I look at the landmark settlement in the State where Meta have tacitly acknowledged 1000 hours a day on their sites might not be that healthy.

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