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Speaker 1: KX. Doctor Hosking would diagnose a kind of funk as

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Speaker 1: a result of some observations for you this week. So

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Speaker 1: three I thought, three very clear examples these past few

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Speaker 1: days of good news, of uplifting events, of indisputable progress,

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Speaker 1: and yet for too many it was not a reason

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Speaker 1: to acknowledge or accept or congratulate, but rather moan a

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Speaker 1: bit more or find a reason as to why it

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Speaker 1: can't be. So are the most obvious the ceasefire and

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Speaker 1: hostage come prisoners? What now? As I said, peace in

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Speaker 1: the Middle East is only ever temporary, But the bit

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Speaker 1: we witness Tuesday is an indisputable win. And for now

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Speaker 1: there was much and as much to be celebrated. And

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Speaker 1: yet the main character the US President for some was

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Speaker 1: not to be thanked or recognized. The Greens here went

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Speaker 1: as far as to suggest we actively don't acknowledge them,

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Speaker 1: They argued. The tireless ground operators, i e. Them are

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Speaker 1: the people who wore the scarfs and held the press conferences,

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Speaker 1: were somehow more responsible. So a mix there of complete

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Speaker 1: delusion and lack of grace. There were no shortage of

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Speaker 1: obsessives who contacted me raging about the Palestinian treatment of

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Speaker 1: pro Israeli coverage, even a cease fire for some as

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Speaker 1: a reason to peckholes apparently above celebration and or relief.

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Speaker 1: And then education, very clear, specific and indisputable progress and

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Speaker 1: phonics this week as well as English and maths in

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Speaker 1: our primary schools. We changed it up. It's working, but

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Speaker 1: oh no, a lot of pushback on that as well.

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Speaker 1: It's only a small sample. How do we know for sure?

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Speaker 1: A number of interviews on this very station with Unions

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Speaker 1: principles teachers about as reluctant as you can get, possibly

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Speaker 1: acknowledging we might be onto something. But let's see. Let

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Speaker 1: me dial up the skepticism just a bit. Heaven forbid,

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Speaker 1: you catch me being enthusiastic. Then the hospo sector record income.

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Speaker 1: Oh but Mike, that's not profit. What about the bells? Yes, yes, yes,

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Speaker 1: I get it, But I tell you this for nothing.

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Speaker 1: When the good news arrives, if you can't see it

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Speaker 1: all worse, you don't want to see it. You're destined

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Speaker 1: for a life of well existence of misery and woo

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Speaker 1: in myopia. I mean, as the nation's funk set in,

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Speaker 1: has Dua replaced rugby as the national pastime. Good grace

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Speaker 1: is not that hard. Sometimes the news is good, Sometimes

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Speaker 1: the outlook is better, Sometimes the future is bright. Give

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Speaker 1: it a go. It won't kill you. For more the

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