1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:00,920 Speaker 1: Spring in the air. 2 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:04,600 Speaker 2: Joe, Yes, Mike, I think so. 3 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:05,040 Speaker 3: Yeah. 4 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: I was talking to a daughter this morning. It's twenty 5 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:08,600 Speaker 1: in London, warmest day of the year so far. So 6 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:11,600 Speaker 1: things are warming up now. What isn't warming up is, 7 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:14,920 Speaker 1: of course, Maloney and Trump. What once might have been 8 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 1: is no longer. She's basically lined up with every other 9 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:20,600 Speaker 1: Europeans bar the French, as far as I can work out. 10 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:23,040 Speaker 1: And you don't want to borrow it, do you? Yeah? 11 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:26,639 Speaker 2: Exactly? I mean well, in fact, she did endorse the statement. 12 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 3: She was part of that statement released by Canada, UK, 13 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 3: France and Germany two days ago, pushing back against Trump 14 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:37,160 Speaker 3: and his activities in Iran and the Middle East, saying 15 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:39,920 Speaker 3: that they were gravely concerned. They wanted to stop the 16 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:43,000 Speaker 3: escalating violence and living on open peace talks. 17 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:43,200 Speaker 2: Et cetera. 18 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:48,479 Speaker 3: But she's certainly aligning herself very much with the Europeans, 19 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:52,280 Speaker 3: and one newspaper headline today I thought was interesting called 20 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 3: their relationship the Big Freeze. At the moment, she's very prudent, 21 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 3: She's worried about this impact on the war on her 22 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:01,160 Speaker 3: popularity here in Italy. 23 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:04,160 Speaker 1: Are you squeezed by? I mean, we're all we're stuck 24 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:05,640 Speaker 1: here at the bottom of the world, of course, and 25 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 1: the hermuz straight is closed and that's a problem for us. 26 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:10,479 Speaker 1: But does that bother Italians per se? 27 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it's going to have a big impact 28 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:18,240 Speaker 3: on vacations over Easter because that's a big traveling time 29 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 3: for Italians. One of the popular resorts for Italians is 30 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 3: Chamel Shaikh in Egypt. I noticed that some of my 31 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:29,680 Speaker 3: friends were going to Jordan. They've canceled that they're going 32 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:34,200 Speaker 3: to Morocco instead. So people are very nervous about where 33 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:37,959 Speaker 3: this is going and certainly reassessing their travel plans. 34 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:39,800 Speaker 1: Funny you should say that all the poems I'm reading 35 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 1: about going to Portugal little in Spain, so you're going 36 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:44,480 Speaker 1: to get You're having a flood of palms at your place. 37 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:47,960 Speaker 2: We've already had a few with the Rugby. 38 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 1: Oh of course, yeah exactly, So we're economically. Has this 39 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 1: impacted you yet at all? And I mean, what are 40 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 1: you paying for a leader of gas? 41 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 3: Well? Yeah, the gas price the diesel is up around 42 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 3: two euros alter and the government's so concerned they're having 43 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 3: emergency talks tonight to introduce legislation to try and hold 44 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 3: that down. And certainly introduce some sort of fines. I 45 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 3: don't know how they do that on speculators, so that 46 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 3: is a big concern of the government. I don't think 47 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:21,399 Speaker 3: it's translated fully yet into the economy, but we will 48 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:24,360 Speaker 3: see some trickle down or some impact in the next 49 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:25,160 Speaker 3: couple of months for. 50 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:28,639 Speaker 1: Sure, because of course the Strait also deals with plastics 51 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 1: and pharmaceuticals, and India is affected by food and stuff 52 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 1: like that. Are you seeing any inflation re impact at 53 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 1: this particular point in time. Are they're forecasting trouble in 54 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 1: that department. 55 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 3: It's a little bit early, but inflation did rise to 56 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 3: one point rose one point five percent in February based 57 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 3: on a year on year basis, and that was up 58 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:46,359 Speaker 3: a little. 59 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:47,400 Speaker 2: Bit higher from January. 60 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 3: They're saying that that's mostly due to the price increases 61 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 3: that we've seen in services and products. So it's a 62 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 3: little bit early, but I think there is real concern 63 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:00,120 Speaker 3: that the price trends are going higher, and certainly looks 64 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 3: like that when I got to the supermarket. 65 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 1: The referendum we talked about last week. I'm interested in 66 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:07,640 Speaker 1: this that Maloney's hitting the podcast because she strikes me 67 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:10,240 Speaker 1: as a leader who's not omnipresent in terms of the media. 68 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 1: Am I correct in saying that she's not out there 69 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:12,799 Speaker 1: every day like Trump? 70 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 3: You know, Yeah, she's very selective about who she talks to, 71 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 3: and she uses social media much more than other political 72 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:22,080 Speaker 3: leaders in Italy have done in the past. 73 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:25,240 Speaker 2: But this was pretty radical. She's reaching out to young people. 74 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:28,960 Speaker 3: She's gone on this podcast called Pulp Podcast with a 75 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:30,919 Speaker 3: tattooed rapper called Feedees. 76 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 2: He's hugely popular. 77 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:35,000 Speaker 3: He's got thirteen million followers on Instagram. 78 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 2: He's not even a supporter of Maloney. 79 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 3: But she's gone on this program to really reach out 80 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 3: to young people and get them out to vote at 81 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 3: the weekend. 82 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 1: Interesting. Do you know about the boat that's floating off 83 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 1: your coast, the Russian tanker that's got the guess on 84 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 1: board that could go boom any moment. 85 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's had a lot of publicity in the Italian 86 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 3: and foreign press. 87 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 2: I haven't had any updates in the last twenty four hours, 88 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 2: but I was the last I saw it was Molta. 89 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:04,680 Speaker 1: I thought that that's no longer your problem can can 90 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:06,760 Speaker 1: blow up over in Malta. Nice to see you, Joe 91 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 1: Goo Well Joe McKinnon in a springtime in rhyme. Yeah, 92 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:14,120 Speaker 1: the Arctica Matgats. It was part of that shadow fleet. 93 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 1: It got hit. I don't think it's part of the war. 94 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:19,279 Speaker 1: I may be wrong, but it got hit by a drone, 95 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 1: which would indicate it is part of the war. Anyway. 96 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:24,040 Speaker 1: It looks a mess, and those sort of ships don't 97 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:26,039 Speaker 1: look flash at the best of times anyway, because they're 98 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:28,839 Speaker 1: in the shadow Fleet and it's just floating there with 99 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 1: a lot of guests on board, and they're thinking it 100 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:31,640 Speaker 1: might just go bang at any moment. 101 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:35,039 Speaker 3: For more from the Mic Asking Breakfast, listen live to 102 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:38,240 Speaker 3: news talks. 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