1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,320 Speaker 1: Devin Gray's a UK correspondent, Gavin Good evening. 2 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:03,920 Speaker 2: Hi there, right. 3 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:06,520 Speaker 1: I've got to say I've been a little skeptical about Starma, 4 00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:09,160 Speaker 1: but he is. What a performance he put on. We're 5 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:13,160 Speaker 1: calling him Starma Charma or Charmer Starma over here at 6 00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:17,040 Speaker 1: the White House, very shrewd, playing to Trump's ego. All 7 00:00:17,079 --> 00:00:20,279 Speaker 1: of those things, and potentially a trade deal talks of 8 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:20,919 Speaker 1: one at least. 9 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:25,639 Speaker 2: Yes. A very interesting press conference to pair held for 10 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:28,800 Speaker 2: nearly thirty minutes. He and of course Donald Trump. There 11 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:31,200 Speaker 2: was talk about Ukraine. He didn't get his way. I 12 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:34,720 Speaker 2: don't think on that very much. He's offering to send troops, 13 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 2: but he wants American air cover. The President sounded very 14 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:43,080 Speaker 2: dubious about that, suggesting Europe provided, but on trade much 15 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 2: much more upbeat and Sekre Starmer arrived with the sort 16 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:52,479 Speaker 2: of major gift, which is a second state visit to 17 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 2: the UK by Donald Trump. That would be unprecedented. I 18 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 2: think he definitely played his ego there. Immediately Trump said 19 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:01,960 Speaker 2: he would come and describe the king as a wonderful man, 20 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:03,840 Speaker 2: and what a great honor it would be. He's a 21 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:07,399 Speaker 2: huge Raw fan, so yeah, sakis Armer took that, knowing 22 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 2: that that would go down extremely well. But he let 23 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:14,480 Speaker 2: the President do most of the talking and certainly seem 24 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:16,560 Speaker 2: to be getting on pretty well with him. They are 25 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:20,120 Speaker 2: so different people, they're real chalk and cheese. But I 26 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:22,400 Speaker 2: think sakis Armer had learned to play as who said 27 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 2: a bit to his ego and this talk about a 28 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:27,360 Speaker 2: trade deal would be a huge relief. They've been talking 29 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 2: about this trade deal now for years and years and years, 30 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:33,120 Speaker 2: and when Joe Biden took over in the administration it 31 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:36,119 Speaker 2: seemed to be even further away. He seemed to go 32 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:38,480 Speaker 2: the other way. But Donald Trump, I think very keen 33 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 2: to get a trade deal. But what is the UK 34 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 2: going to have to give in in order to get that? 35 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 2: And will it mean that we don't have to suffer 36 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:48,600 Speaker 2: from the tariffs which he's holding over as some kind 37 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 2: of threat to the EU and also partially to the UK. 38 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 1: These sick and business airport in London, of courses getwork, 39 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 1: it's going to be allowed to expand to too, simultaneously, 40 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:01,320 Speaker 1: funktioning runways given. 41 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 2: Yeah. So the government has made since July a big 42 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 2: pledge of getting growth going in the UK. We really 43 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 2: haven't had substantial growth and they say we're going to 44 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:13,720 Speaker 2: build as well, and one of these sort of low 45 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 2: hanging bits of fruit there ryan. In other words, an 46 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:21,280 Speaker 2: easy take is this allowing to use a second runway 47 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 2: at Gatwick Airport, the second busiest runway, second busiest airport 48 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 2: in the UK. It's just to the south of London. 49 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 2: It already has two runways, but it only operates as 50 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 2: a single runway airport. So that's why I describe it 51 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 2: as the easy option. The northern runway is currently only 52 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:41,800 Speaker 2: used for taxiing or as a backup, so it wouldn't 53 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:45,120 Speaker 2: take a huge amount to make it operational, say within 54 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 2: the next five years. It's a huge plan, costing well 55 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:52,640 Speaker 2: over five billion New Zealand dollars, but we're not there yet. 56 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:56,400 Speaker 2: It still requires planning permission. Some MPs are against it, 57 00:02:56,480 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 2: of course, even within the government's own party. Local authorities, 58 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 2: the local councilors are against some of them, and indeed 59 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 2: it will still have to get this planning permission through 60 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 2: and there'll no doubt be an environmental kickback on that. 61 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 2: But this is seen to be as perhaps one of 62 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:15,960 Speaker 2: the most obvious decisions to make when the government talks 63 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:18,800 Speaker 2: about growth and in theory, as I mentioned, could be 64 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 2: done by the early twenty thirties. 65 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:23,320 Speaker 1: Interesting, Hey, this Colombian guy who's been caught trying to 66 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:27,360 Speaker 1: smuggle drugs, how what's he doing? How's he doing it? 67 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 2: Well, he's effectively taped the drugs to the underside of 68 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 2: a wig and then put the wig on his head, 69 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 2: and he's tried to smuggle with some eighteen thousand worth 70 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 2: and New Zealand dollars worth of cocaine. However, as we 71 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 2: probably all could say, Ryan, we've seen some very convincing wigs, 72 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 2: and then we've seen some not so convincing wigs. And 73 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 2: I have to say this man who came from the 74 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 2: Rafael Nunez International Airport flying into Amsterdam, Netherlands, had perhaps 75 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 2: the least convincing wig I've seen. The forty year old 76 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 2: attempted board the plane and footage shows him being talked 77 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 2: to by police, showing the wig being cut off from 78 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 2: the man's head to reveal nineteen capsules of the substance, 79 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 2: weighing some two hundred and twenty grams worth of cocaine. 80 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 2: He's been arrested on suspicion of trafficking, and no doubt 81 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:20,560 Speaker 2: the Dutch authority is very pleased to be keeping that 82 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 2: drug out of their nation. 83 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 1: Certainly Kevin and always always buy the good wig, I 84 00:04:25,839 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 1: guess is them all of the story. Kevin Gray UK corresponded. 85 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:32,440 Speaker 2: For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive. 86 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:36,040 Speaker 1: Listen live to news talks it'd be from four pm weekdays, 87 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:38,359 Speaker 1: or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.