1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,759 Speaker 1: In the Brady is our UK correspondent with us. Good evening, 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:05,640 Speaker 1: good morning in the nice heavy on the program. 3 00:00:05,880 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 2: Hey Ryan, good to speak to you again. 4 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:10,760 Speaker 1: Now Starma and Machron getting down to business today and 5 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:13,360 Speaker 1: it's all about the boats. Have they been able to 6 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:16,320 Speaker 1: come to some sort of agreement to try and stop 7 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 1: the flow. 8 00:00:18,239 --> 00:00:21,320 Speaker 2: We'll find out very shortly. So the officials have certainly 9 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:23,480 Speaker 2: been working behind the scenes, the French and the UK 10 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:26,720 Speaker 2: government officials and diplomats. They will have been putting in 11 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 2: the hard yards while Macron and Starmer were having to 12 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:32,640 Speaker 2: stay banquet the other night with the King. Elton John 13 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:35,240 Speaker 2: was there, Mick Jagger as well. You know, the UK 14 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 2: does rasmatas as well as anyone else. So Macron has 15 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:42,880 Speaker 2: had a wonderful few days. But today is the sharp 16 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:46,200 Speaker 2: end of the trip. Can he stop these small boats 17 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 2: coming over from France? Now? It was very interesting last week. 18 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:51,640 Speaker 2: You may have seen this footage that went viral of 19 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:55,279 Speaker 2: French cops wading out into the water with pen knives 20 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:58,959 Speaker 2: and just slashing a dinghy that was crammed full of 21 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:02,360 Speaker 2: illegal asylum seekers who were about to embark and head 22 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:05,560 Speaker 2: off towards England. Twenty six miles of water that stretches, 23 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:08,559 Speaker 2: and that happened out of nowhere, and of course people 24 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:10,400 Speaker 2: here saw it and thought, well, hang on, why haven't 25 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 2: they been doing this for years? Twenty thousand people have 26 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:17,440 Speaker 2: illegally entered the UK this way in the first six 27 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 2: months of the year. So if that continues at the 28 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:22,960 Speaker 2: pace it's going, that's forty thousand people a year. That's 29 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:27,039 Speaker 2: a small town every year of illegal asylum seekers. So 30 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:30,440 Speaker 2: something has to change now. The French believe that the 31 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:33,399 Speaker 2: UK make life too attractive for these people, that the 32 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 2: benefits system here is far too lucrative for them. Let's 33 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 2: see what Macron and Starmer come up with. But something 34 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 2: needs to change because people in the UK are absolutely exasperated. 35 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:48,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, and you've only got to visit and talk to 36 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:52,240 Speaker 1: people and it's pretty It's front of everyone's minds and 37 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 1: pushing reforms chances up too, hasn't it. Hey, Oh yes, 38 00:01:57,160 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 1: what's happening with the junior doctor that's going on strike? 39 00:01:59,240 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 1: What's it about. 40 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 2: Well, we thought this was all fixed last year. Labor 41 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 2: came into power exactly one year ago this week and 42 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:08,639 Speaker 2: one of the first things Starmer did, and he was 43 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:11,600 Speaker 2: immediately criticized for it because people said he was caving 44 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:14,920 Speaker 2: into the unions. He looked at a situation he'd inherited 45 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:18,680 Speaker 2: where doctors wanted more money, junior doctors were going on strike, 46 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 2: nurses wanted more money as well. It was a mess. 47 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 2: So he rattled the financial cages a bit, came up 48 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 2: with some money and gave them pay rises. Now, sure enough, 49 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:32,800 Speaker 2: the junior doctors are back this week. They voted to 50 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 2: go on strike July twenty fifth day will walk out 51 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:37,679 Speaker 2: and they feel that their pay has not kept track 52 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 2: of inflation and that they've actually had a pay cut. 53 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:42,840 Speaker 2: So I don't think there'll be a huge amount of 54 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 2: sympathy in the UK public. Everyone struggling here at the 55 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 2: moment financially, the majority of working people, I would say, 56 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 2: and junior doctors threatening strike action. When the NHS is 57 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:55,920 Speaker 2: in the state, it's in the National Health Service, I 58 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 2: don't think there'll be an outpouring of public sympathy. 59 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 1: Sounds like they'll be quite the outpouring of money for 60 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:05,800 Speaker 1: this new stadium, Manchester United Stadium eight billion dollars and 61 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 1: they've chosen someone to iris see all this. 62 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 2: They have saib Co, Lord Coe as he now is so. 63 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 2: Former Olympic gold medalist middle distance runner. He then went 64 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:21,079 Speaker 2: into sports administration. He flirted with conservative politics and never 65 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 2: really made much of a dent there, but he's put 66 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:28,360 Speaker 2: in the decades in sports administration. He wanted to be 67 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 2: the new boss of the IOC, but he was beaten 68 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 2: by the lady from Zimbabwe. So this is the new 69 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 2: gig he has just landed. He will be put in 70 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:40,520 Speaker 2: charge of delivering Manchester United's new stadium. It's going to 71 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 2: cost eight billion ENZ dollars. It will be one hundred 72 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:49,279 Speaker 2: thousand seater stadium and his challenge is working with Jim Ratcliffe, 73 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:53,120 Speaker 2: the guy who is twenty eight percent shareholder and owner 74 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 2: of Manchester United, Britain's richest self made man. I've had 75 00:03:57,280 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 2: a few dealings with Ratcliffe over the years. He is 76 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 2: a very demanding taskmaster. So let's see how seb Cole 77 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 2: and him work together. 78 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:06,560 Speaker 1: Sounds like it's going to be interesting. In to thank 79 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 1: you for their end, Brady, a UK correspondent. 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