1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,760 Speaker 1: Bryan Bridge. See Brady is a UK you correspondent with 2 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:07,480 Speaker 1: us Hi Hinde. Hey Ryan, great speaking and to you too. 3 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:10,240 Speaker 1: The UK and Germany are going to sign a defense 4 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:11,119 Speaker 1: treaty today. 5 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:16,280 Speaker 2: Yes, this has taken eighteen rounds of negotiation and what 6 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 2: we're seeing is Keir Starmer moving the UK far more 7 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:23,119 Speaker 2: closely to Europe yet again. So last week President Macron 8 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:25,840 Speaker 2: of France was here on a state visit. Today he 9 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 2: will be doing business with Friedrich Mertz, the new Chancellor 10 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 2: of Germany. And it's pretty much a defense treaty. There's 11 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:35,960 Speaker 2: lots of other security and trade stuff in there as well, 12 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:38,720 Speaker 2: but there's a key line in it that an attack 13 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 2: on one will be defended by the other. Now I'm 14 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:44,520 Speaker 2: struggling to see how this differs from the protections offered 15 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:48,199 Speaker 2: to both Germany and the UK under NATO membership. But 16 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:51,960 Speaker 2: it's really a message for Russia's ears that if you 17 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:56,440 Speaker 2: even think about coming close or threatening either of these countries, 18 00:00:57,000 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 2: both of them will respond. So let's see how that 19 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 2: plays out. Yeah. 20 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 1: Interesting, and Kostama's suspending four of his own in peace. 21 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:08,840 Speaker 2: He's had enough of these four. So three of them 22 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:11,559 Speaker 2: only came in as new members of Parliament last July, 23 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 2: so they've been in the job barely a year and 24 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:19,199 Speaker 2: he's suspending them. They've all led various different rebellions against 25 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 2: legislation he has tried to bring in now, in particular 26 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 2: the recent welfare reforms. They were very prominent and I 27 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:29,040 Speaker 2: think they made it difficult for other Labor MPs to 28 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 2: defend the government position when you've got these four popping 29 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:36,480 Speaker 2: up on the airwaves, spouting off and giving their tubbensworth. 30 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 2: So the end result is he's had enough of them. Now. Look, 31 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:43,760 Speaker 2: Jeremy Corbyn, the former Labor leader, is rumored to be 32 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 2: starting his own left left wing party, so they may 33 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 2: well quit and go there. There is some speculation, but 34 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 2: it's clear. I think this is a message. As MP's 35 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 2: are just about to break up for their long summer 36 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:59,080 Speaker 2: holidays until the end of September. This is Starmer sending 37 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 2: them home just with a warning that you know, if 38 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 2: you even think about causing me problems next time in parliament, 39 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 2: this is what will happen to you. 40 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:10,239 Speaker 1: And what about the jetpot? This is the Lotto jetpot 41 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:14,119 Speaker 1: four hundred million dollar or euro I should say, is it? 42 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 1: And an Irish family it's come forward to climate. 43 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:20,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's four hundred million en Z and they've come 44 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 2: forward anonymously. So the euro millions is played everywhere France, Germany, Italy, Greece, 45 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 2: you name it, Belgium, UK, Ireland. But crucially it's not 46 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:34,639 Speaker 2: six numbers to match. You need to match seven. Can 47 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:36,919 Speaker 2: you imagine the odds on that. Someone said to me once, 48 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:39,680 Speaker 2: a statistician, that it was like stopping someone in the 49 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:43,240 Speaker 2: street and telling them their mobile phone number, that those 50 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:46,679 Speaker 2: are the odds. So you've got to match seven numbers 51 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:49,920 Speaker 2: in euro millions, and one winning ticket last week in 52 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 2: Ireland did just that. Now everyone in Ireland every day 53 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:56,080 Speaker 2: has been a paper story saying well we know the 54 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 2: county the ticket was sold and now we know the 55 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 2: shop it was sold in. Of course could have been 56 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:03,280 Speaker 2: someone just driving through, or it could be someone local, 57 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 2: so everyone was super excited to find out who they are. 58 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 2: They've come forward anonymously, they've got the money, and a 59 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 2: statement was put out by a lot of organizers from 60 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 2: the family saying it's a family syndicate. They're going to 61 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 2: have a holiday and one member of the family has 62 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:21,400 Speaker 2: said he will not be deviating from his cheese and 63 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 2: Ham Sandwich every lunchtime. So let's see if four hundred 64 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:27,839 Speaker 2: million dollars does not really change them. 65 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:30,520 Speaker 1: Is there a big texts over there like in the US, 66 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 1: I get texts of the Jesus out of them. Is 67 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 1: it the Simon no no. 68 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 2: That drops into your bank account as soon as the 69 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 2: check clear's four hundred million dollars for you to do 70 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 2: whatever you want with. I think they're very clever not 71 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 2: having any publicity because a country the size of Ireland, 72 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 2: with the amount of criminal networks, seriously, the amount of 73 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:53,120 Speaker 2: organized crime we have in Ireland, you might as well 74 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 2: just draw a big X on your back. And they 75 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 2: need to be careful about how they spend it as well, 76 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 2: because if you're suddenly driving a Lamborghini Hurricane round County Limerick, 77 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 2: that's going to draw attention to you. 78 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 1: Certainly. 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