WEBVTT - The UK Report with Enda Brady - Thu 12 Jun, 2025

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<v Speaker 1>The garden through the barrel, it down aig. There a battle,

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<v Speaker 1>come down the garden to the under Yep. We touched

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<v Speaker 1>up with in the Brady in the United Kingdom on

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<v Speaker 1>a Tuesday yesterday it was Wednesday. We spoke to him

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<v Speaker 1>yesterday and he's been gracious enough to join us again

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<v Speaker 1>on Thursday. You would you'd be familiar, of course, with

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<v Speaker 1>the great Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys. Co Incidentally, Inda,

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<v Speaker 1>we happen to be talking about him in the last hour,

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<v Speaker 1>having a bit of fun with some Beach Boys music,

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<v Speaker 1>and the news came through just ten pasts of the hour,

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<v Speaker 1>or near not to ten pasts of the hour. He's

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<v Speaker 1>only just passed away, Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys.

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<v Speaker 2>Morning, Tony. Do you know what. It's quite coincidence because

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<v Speaker 2>I was flying back, as I told you yesterday, from Peru,

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<v Speaker 2>and I had with me Elton John's amazing new autobiography

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<v Speaker 2>called Me, and he was talking about how crazy life

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<v Speaker 2>was in the seventies, and he said, out of the blue,

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<v Speaker 2>just as he was getting famous in America, he was

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<v Speaker 2>invited for a coffee at Brian Wilson's house in California

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<v Speaker 2>and Elton rocked up by himself. The door was opened

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<v Speaker 2>by Brian Wilson. His family were inside, and he said,

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<v Speaker 2>Brian Wilson, the song that was in the chart at

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<v Speaker 2>the time was your song, which Bernie Taupin had just

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<v Speaker 2>finished writing with Elton John. And Elton said in the

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<v Speaker 2>book that he opened the door, knocked on the door

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<v Speaker 2>and it was opened, and Brian Wilson opens the door

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<v Speaker 2>and he kept singing I hope you don't mind, I

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<v Speaker 2>hope you don't mind in words, and he brought Elton

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<v Speaker 2>into his to meet his family and he said, look

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<v Speaker 2>who it is. It's the man who wrote your song.

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<v Speaker 2>And Elton John in the book says it was quite

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<v Speaker 2>a surreal experience to meet someone that he had idolized

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<v Speaker 2>for his music and to have Brian Wilson singing Elton's

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<v Speaker 2>music back at him in front of his kids, who

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<v Speaker 2>look quite amused.

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<v Speaker 1>Great in that wonderful well you know those sort of people.

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<v Speaker 1>I probably they went through a very difficult time the sixties,

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<v Speaker 1>and Elton has been well and truly documented he's having

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<v Speaker 1>medication drug issues, which presume is in this book. Is

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<v Speaker 1>it a good rate sopher?

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely? Rip roaring I raced through it, so I was

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<v Speaker 2>cherishing every chapter. If you see it around or if

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<v Speaker 2>you're looking for a good holiday read, it's called me.

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<v Speaker 2>And he holds no punches. He pulled no punches. And

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<v Speaker 2>there's loads of tittle tattle in there. People he's fallen

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<v Speaker 2>out with people, he's fallen back in with another. Just

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<v Speaker 2>a little anecdote for halftime. Tony, he had a dinner

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<v Speaker 2>party one night, and Elton John being Elton John, he

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<v Speaker 2>was able ring up Princess Diana and she came for dinner.

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<v Speaker 2>Then he rang up Richard Gear and he come for dinner,

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<v Speaker 2>and who rocks up as well, Sylvester Stallone, And they're

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<v Speaker 2>all having a nice time. And then Diana is relaxing

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<v Speaker 2>in front of the fireplace and the fire and just

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<v Speaker 2>kind of chilling out. And then Elton sees Richard Gear

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<v Speaker 2>making a bee line for her and chatting her up.

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<v Speaker 2>And then he said, about half an hour later, his husband,

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<v Speaker 2>David Furnish, arrives back at the table and whispered to him,

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<v Speaker 2>we've got a situation. And Elton said, what's the situation?

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<v Speaker 2>And apparently Sylvester Stallone was extremely jealous of Richard Gear

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<v Speaker 2>chatting up Diana, and it almost ended in blows between

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<v Speaker 2>the two men before Stallone stumped off with the immortal words,

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<v Speaker 2>I wouldn't have come if I'd known you'd invited effing

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<v Speaker 2>Prince Charming, which was how he referred to Richard Gear

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<v Speaker 2>who was trying to steal Diana's attention.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a great story, I'll tell you it's not such

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<v Speaker 1>a great story. Let's go to the north of Ireland.

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<v Speaker 1>A big call for backup now that I've had a

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<v Speaker 1>fair bit of rodney, a couple of knots of rioting

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<v Speaker 1>in northern Ireland.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, this is very serious now and the police have

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<v Speaker 2>actually asked for reinforce months from Police Scotland to come over.

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<v Speaker 2>So eighty officers are transferring right now to the north

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<v Speaker 2>of Ireland town called Ballymena and widely hear what has happened.

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<v Speaker 2>So a teenage girl was allegedly the victim of a

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<v Speaker 2>sexual assault earlier this week. Now two fourteen year old

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<v Speaker 2>boys were arrested. They've been charged, they've appeared before the

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<v Speaker 2>local court and the case will go through the courts. Now.

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<v Speaker 2>The boys spoke through a Romanian interpreter, so clearly they're

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<v Speaker 2>not Irish and they're not from the area, and what's

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<v Speaker 2>been happening is a lot of violence against migrants in

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<v Speaker 2>the town, a lot of racism, a lot of racist abuse.

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<v Speaker 2>People have taken to the streets. Property has been damaged,

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<v Speaker 2>houses have been damaged, and then they've turned their attention

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<v Speaker 2>on the police force PSNI Police Service Northern Ireland. Thirty

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<v Speaker 2>two officers injured two nights of rioting and the Assistant

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<v Speaker 2>Chief Constable, basically one of the top cops in the

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<v Speaker 2>North of Ireland. He has come out today and said,

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<v Speaker 2>do not riot tonight. Do not risk your future. He said,

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<v Speaker 2>you will end up being prosecuted, you could go to jail.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's got really really out of hand there, and

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<v Speaker 2>all of these kind of community tensions stoked because of

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<v Speaker 2>an alleged sexual assault on a young girl this week.

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<v Speaker 1>Gee, allan's got some issues. We'll do that another day

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<v Speaker 1>and talk about some of them. Illegal asylum seekers too.

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<v Speaker 1>About fifteen thousand a year for the year, and that's

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<v Speaker 1>just a date.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, so we're not even halfway through June. The end

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<v Speaker 2>of June obviously will mark the halfway point of the year.

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<v Speaker 2>And we're told today that the number of illegal asylum

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<v Speaker 2>seekers coming across from France and these little dinghies, massively overcrowded,

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<v Speaker 2>extremely dangerous, risking their lives, has reached fifteen thousand for

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<v Speaker 2>the year as of now. Now that's a town that's

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<v Speaker 2>a new town every six months of people popping up.

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<v Speaker 2>It's costing about eight million Australian dollars a day in

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<v Speaker 2>the hotel accommodation for these people, and clearly that can't

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<v Speaker 2>go on now. The government has in the past couple

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<v Speaker 2>of hours announced plans to stop hotel accommodation for these

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<v Speaker 2>asylum seekers by twenty twenty nine, so they're giving themselves

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<v Speaker 2>a four year window to get this under control. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>it is one really serious issue here that riles people up.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of taxpayers cash people feel is being wasted.

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<v Speaker 2>And the footage I've seen today on all the news

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<v Speaker 2>channels French police on the beaches, these dinghies being pushed

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<v Speaker 2>out the sea, people clambering on board and no cops

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<v Speaker 2>intervening whatsoever. So the French are quite clear, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it seems to be from the top down in France.

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<v Speaker 2>Let them off. We don't want them here, and if

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<v Speaker 2>they're happy to sail across to England. It's the English problem.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, speaking of England, what's going with the England footage team?

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<v Speaker 2>OLSN so a bad night last night really so it

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<v Speaker 2>finished obviously seeing the great news Australia qualified automatically, no

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<v Speaker 2>more playoffs or any of that stress to go through.

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<v Speaker 2>England played a friendly last night at Wembley and honestly

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<v Speaker 2>the players looked like they were on the beach already,

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<v Speaker 2>or certainly they wanted to be. England won Senegal three,

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<v Speaker 2>England's first ever defeat to an African nation ever in history,

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<v Speaker 2>only a friendly, but they've had a really bad week.

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<v Speaker 2>They went to Andorra last weekend to play a World

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<v Speaker 2>Cup qualifier, and Dora if you can't find it on

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<v Speaker 2>the map, there's a very good reason. It's basically a

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<v Speaker 2>ski resort wedged in between France and Spain. How they

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<v Speaker 2>can field eleven international soccer players is beyond my comprehension.

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<v Speaker 2>And England only beat Andorra one nil and then go

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<v Speaker 2>well last night and lose three to one to Senegal.

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<v Speaker 2>So the newspapers have turned on the team. The back

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<v Speaker 2>pages are all turning on the German manager of England

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<v Speaker 2>now Thomas Tukel and we are twelve months out from

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<v Speaker 2>a soccer World Cup and England look in complete disarray.

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<v Speaker 2>The only thing I would say, Tony in their favor.

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<v Speaker 2>It's been a hell of a long season and these

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<v Speaker 2>players are pushed from pillar to poll on club matches,

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<v Speaker 2>Premier League, Champions League, Oh England need you internationals, friendlies

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<v Speaker 2>and clearly a lot of the wives and family are

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<v Speaker 2>in the background saying can we not just go to

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<v Speaker 2>Spain and have a holiday?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah? Holiday holiday, Mike, lovely to talk to you and

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<v Speaker 1>do it again next week. Thank you into Brady bringing

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<v Speaker 1>us up today.