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Speaker 1: In the Bradio UK correspondence with us Hello Inda, Hello Heather,

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Speaker 1: great to be back. Is the special relationship over then

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Speaker 1: it certainly looks that way. Look, we've known that there

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Speaker 1: were cracks appearing for many, many years, not just because

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Speaker 1: of this president, but it's not been good for a

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Speaker 1: long time. And over the weekend everything that has happened

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Speaker 1: and what we heard in Parliament yesterday evening from Keir Starmer,

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Speaker 1: it looks like a chasm has now opened. So Starmer

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Speaker 1: made it clear his words, he said we do not

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Speaker 1: believe in regime change from the skies. That was what

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Speaker 1: he said in terms of what Trump is doing in

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Speaker 1: the Middle East and Iran. And then there have been

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Speaker 1: some criticism of the UK Prime Minister by Trump because

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Speaker 1: Trump said he wasn't impressed that Starmer didn't let him

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Speaker 1: use British airbases to launch these attacks over the weekend.

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Speaker 1: And then what changed was Iran's response, threatening places like

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Speaker 1: Dubai where there are a lot of British expats living

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Speaker 1: and holidaymakers. And then Starmer basically said, you know what,

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Speaker 1: you can use our air bases, so it's not good

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Speaker 1: and you could, honestly, you couldn't put two more different

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Speaker 1: men in one room than Donald Trump and Keir Starmer.

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Speaker 1: What do you think is going to happen with Chaigos?

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Speaker 1: I think ultimately the UK will fold, that's my reading

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Speaker 1: of US. I think the Americans will apply such pressure

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Speaker 1: and it's you know, he constantly chips away the Trump

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Speaker 1: it's a bad deal and criticizing Starmer, and Starmer's in

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Speaker 1: a very very difficult position, you know, lots of people

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Speaker 1: leaning on him, and he is prone to changing his mind.

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Speaker 1: And look at this decision at the weekend with the

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Speaker 1: air bases they reckon. That was the sixteenth U turn

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Speaker 1: since he became Prime Minister. Yeah, it is getting quite

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Speaker 1: out of hand for him, isn't it. Now, what are

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Speaker 1: you going to do with all the people in the

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Speaker 1: least an evacuation? Well, yes, that's what they want to do,

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Speaker 1: and they're saying that there is a plan, but we've

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Speaker 1: yet to see this and I guess it depends on

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Speaker 1: airspace opening up quickly and safely, and that does not

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Speaker 1: look likely anytime at the moment. No commercial airline is

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Speaker 1: going to let people fly with what's flying around in

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Speaker 1: the air. So the plan is for now for everyone

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Speaker 1: who is British and wants to get out to register

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Speaker 1: via the Foreign Office. So people reckon that there are

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Speaker 1: three hundred thousand British citizens in the Gulf region, mostly

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Speaker 1: in the UAE. About one hundred thousand have signed up already.

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Speaker 1: Just it's to let people know where you are. But

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Speaker 1: there's been no follow up. There was some talk of

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Speaker 1: a land route via Saudi Arabia, but look, this could

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Speaker 1: be over in a matter of days, so let's just

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Speaker 1: see hopefully. And what happened with Cruz Bickham's bend So

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Speaker 1: this is a funny one. Cruz Beckham, the son of

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Speaker 1: the Beckhams, is now lead frontman, singer and guitarist in

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Speaker 1: a band called wait for it, Cruz Beckham and the Breakers,

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Speaker 1: and they're on a UK tour. Now everyone knows the

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Speaker 1: capital of Wales is Cardiff. You know they're play an

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Speaker 1: awful lot of rugby. There you hear them singing their

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Speaker 1: national anthem. Anything that happens in Wales, Cardiff is where

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Speaker 1: it happens. Well, Cruse Beckham and his band played Cardiff

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Speaker 1: this week, their only appearance in Wales. It was Saint

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Speaker 1: David's Day, National Saint Day of Wales. The souvenir tickets

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Speaker 1: had Cardiff England printed on them. I kid you not.

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Speaker 1: Probably not his fault. I'm guessing he's not big on

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Speaker 1: the marketing or ticket selling. But the papers and social

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Speaker 1: media have had a field day. Yeah, Cruz Beckham and

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Speaker 1: the Breakers. Maybe they'll go on to be the next Beatles.

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Speaker 1: I don't know he did actually say on stage. In

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Speaker 1: the Word for word he did say on stage, I

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Speaker 1: want to be John Lennon. I think John Lennon knew

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Speaker 1: where Cardiff was. Yeah, you want to be John Lennon.

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Speaker 1: Lord doesn't start well, does it? In the thank you mate?

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Speaker 1: Look after Yourself into Brady UK correspondent, I want to

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Speaker 1: be John Lennon. John. The problem with that is when

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Speaker 1: you're a NPO baby, you're probably not going to be

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Speaker 1: John Lennon. Hocke to say it. For more from Hither

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