WEBVTT - The UK Report with Enda Brady - Wed 11 Jun, 2025

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<v Speaker 1>Ladies and gentlemen in the Brady the UK. God, do

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<v Speaker 1>the barrel down there a battle, come down, sun, God,

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<v Speaker 1>he's back in the brady. Good morning, Good.

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<v Speaker 2>Morning, Tiamack. How I've missed you? How are you doing well?

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<v Speaker 1>Not only have you missed me, I've missed you. Ev

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<v Speaker 1>have the listener. I get so many texts just in

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<v Speaker 1>the last week or tender. Not the first week. Nobody

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<v Speaker 1>kid in the first week, but the second week. They

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<v Speaker 1>said where's eb And I said, well, he's doing his

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<v Speaker 1>Walk of a lifetime. How did it go?

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<v Speaker 2>It was very, very difficult, Tony, if I'm honest. So

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<v Speaker 2>I was in the Amazon in Peru and it was

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<v Speaker 2>five stages self sufficiency. You're carrying a rucksack with your food,

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<v Speaker 2>a hammock, a rain fly cover to keep the rain

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<v Speaker 2>off the hammock, and a medical kit. Now my bag

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<v Speaker 2>weighed about nine point four kilos at the start. So

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<v Speaker 2>I did three stages. I got to be close to

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<v Speaker 2>the on the stage three and it was getting dark.

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<v Speaker 2>I found the terrain extremely difficult to navigate and I

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<v Speaker 2>had a good look around me. I've come to a

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<v Speaker 2>river crossing in the Amazon, and I thought, you know what,

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<v Speaker 2>I've kind of had enough of what they call ultra running.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a road runner. I prefer flat surfaces in Europe

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<v Speaker 2>without insects trying to eat you alive. So I took

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<v Speaker 2>Maruksack off. I sat down by this river in the Amazon.

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<v Speaker 2>It was absolutely gorgeous. I took out a bar of

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<v Speaker 2>chocolate and I drank some water, and I thought, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>completely at peace with this. I don't want to go

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<v Speaker 2>any further. So made my way back to the base

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<v Speaker 2>camp where everyone was camping for that night, and about

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<v Speaker 2>twelve other guys pulled out as well, and there was

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<v Speaker 2>a bunch of South African fellas with a couple of

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<v Speaker 2>Irish guys that they knew, and they'd organized a minibus

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<v Speaker 2>from this settlement in the middle of nowhere. They've somehow

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<v Speaker 2>conjured up a minibus and it took seven hours to

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<v Speaker 2>get from this tiny village called Santa Rosa de Huakaria

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<v Speaker 2>in the Amazon. It took seven hours back to the

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<v Speaker 2>town of Cusco, and I was kind of in two

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<v Speaker 2>minds is to stay on and kind of wait around

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<v Speaker 2>to the end of the race. Two days later, and

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<v Speaker 2>then this South African bloke very bluntly said to me.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, big rugby guy. He said, mate, we're going

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<v Speaker 2>where they have hot showers and cold beer. Are you in?

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<v Speaker 2>And as soon as he said that, I said, yes,

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<v Speaker 2>I am in. So we helped on the minibus and

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<v Speaker 2>off we went. Peru. I have to say, Tony, stunning country.

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<v Speaker 2>If you ever get the chance. Matchew Peachu blew my mind.

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<v Speaker 2>Rainbow Mountain, the hike we went up on that, The

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<v Speaker 2>scenery it was like Switzerland on steroids, and the food

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<v Speaker 2>was incredible and the people were so friendly.

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<v Speaker 1>Those events presumably well produced.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah. So it's a company called Beyond the Ultimate,

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<v Speaker 2>very value, very well organized. They have medics and doctors

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<v Speaker 2>and paramedics at every checkpoint every ten kilometers. They give

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<v Speaker 2>you water, They check out the athletes. They do races.

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<v Speaker 2>They've won in the Arctic, which I've done. They've won

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<v Speaker 2>in Kenya, which I've done. The race in Peru. They

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<v Speaker 2>have another in the Nibia in the desert, and a

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<v Speaker 2>new one in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan. Believe it or not.

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<v Speaker 2>So athletes from all over the world. But it was great.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, there was French people there. There was four French,

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<v Speaker 2>twelve South Africans. There was me at two other Irish blokes,

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<v Speaker 2>load of Brits everyone, a couple of Canadians. It was

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<v Speaker 2>won by a Canadian guy. A female South African runner

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<v Speaker 2>was the first woman home. A couple of Americans and

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<v Speaker 2>a really nice kind of international mix and a great

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<v Speaker 2>leveler because everyone has to pitch their hammock together in

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<v Speaker 2>the evening, and you know you're just having a chat

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<v Speaker 2>and around with a young American guy who is a

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<v Speaker 2>wind farm engineer from Texas. There was a guy who

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<v Speaker 2>does not blood transplants but bomb marrow transplants in Canada.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, really interesting people and everyone just kind of

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<v Speaker 2>plodding along. The jungle was utterly impenetrable. It was so

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<v Speaker 2>humid and sticky, insects coming for you every single inch

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<v Speaker 2>of the way. I saw some beautiful butterflies. If you

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<v Speaker 2>look up online, Tony, this is the most beautiful creature

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<v Speaker 2>I have ever seen firsthand. People talk about rhino and elephants,

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<v Speaker 2>a blue morphom o r p ho. Google that, and

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<v Speaker 2>this creature fluttered down in front of me with the

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<v Speaker 2>most iridescent blue I have ever seen. And I was

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<v Speaker 2>just like, if you whoever got whichever god you pray

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<v Speaker 2>to or none. You just think, Wow, how beautiful is

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<v Speaker 2>this universe?

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<v Speaker 1>If phoe, watch what comes up?

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<v Speaker 2>I've never seen anything like this, butterfly.

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<v Speaker 1>A look at it in just a moment when you

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<v Speaker 1>when you sit down and you have that moment. Is

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<v Speaker 1>that pretty much the mind, body body talking to each

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<v Speaker 1>other saying that's enough for now.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. I genuinely couldn't go on, Tony. I mean, there

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<v Speaker 2>was loads of super fit athletes who were capable of

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<v Speaker 2>doing the five stages. I could have tried, and I

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<v Speaker 2>think it would have ended badly because the terrain. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>you were climbing up waterfalls at one stage they knotted

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<v Speaker 2>ropes and you were going up a waterfall at one stage.

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<v Speaker 2>It took me forty five minutes to cover a kilometer.

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<v Speaker 2>So the vegetation, the growth, it was so thick, and

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<v Speaker 2>the jungle is just sapping every last ounce of energy

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<v Speaker 2>out of you, and body and mind were gone. And

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<v Speaker 2>I just thought, you know what, I can have a

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<v Speaker 2>really miserable day and try to do Stage four, possibly

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<v Speaker 2>get injured or get sick. And then when I got

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<v Speaker 2>talking to those South African boys, and the phrase the

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<v Speaker 2>guy used was warm showers cold beer. Yeah, and you

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<v Speaker 2>know me, Tony, I was just like, yeah, you sold it.

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<v Speaker 1>To me, twist and shat if you don't mind, well, congratulations.

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<v Speaker 1>So you're doing your make said really attractive. But you

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<v Speaker 1>know it's very different to the things that you've you've

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<v Speaker 1>previously done. And do you hope you're not going to

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<v Speaker 1>be disappointed and beat yourself up around this because it

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<v Speaker 1>is quite you know, to put yourself out there in

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<v Speaker 1>the front end. It's just, you know, exquisitely exciting.

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<v Speaker 2>I was at peace with a Tony, to be honest,

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<v Speaker 2>because I wanted the experience. And look, I'll be very honest, Tony.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm forty nine, as you know, I turned fifty coming

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<v Speaker 2>up Christmas, and I wanted something big to train for.

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<v Speaker 2>I wanted an experience. I've never been to South America before,

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<v Speaker 2>and in all honesty, I needed a break. I just

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<v Speaker 2>I've worked pretty you know our industry. You know, it's relentless.

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<v Speaker 2>You're always on the go, you're always reading and interviewing people,

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<v Speaker 2>and I just wanted a couple of weeks to just

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<v Speaker 2>switch off. And it was great. And I'll tell you

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<v Speaker 2>one little thing, Tony, without getting all to philosophical, it

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<v Speaker 2>made me appreciate what I have, and it made me

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<v Speaker 2>think I need to slow down and appreciate what I

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<v Speaker 2>have because I'm constantly on the go and it's like

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<v Speaker 2>what am I doing next? Bam bam bam, even with marathons,

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<v Speaker 2>Like I mean, one day this year, I was filming

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<v Speaker 2>in Switzerland in January and the next day around a

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<v Speaker 2>marathon in Morocco, and that is not normal. And I'm

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<v Speaker 2>only starting to realize that now that you know, just

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<v Speaker 2>slow down and just kind of take it all in.

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<v Speaker 2>And I know, Tony, you're a big wine man. Peruvian

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<v Speaker 2>malbek You ever see it in a shop? You ever

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<v Speaker 2>see it in a restaurant? Oh my god. So the

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<v Speaker 2>Argentinians and Chile have the market share dominated in Europe.

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<v Speaker 2>As far as I can see about red wine. Peruvian

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<v Speaker 2>malbec is off the scale good and it's twenty two

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<v Speaker 2>dollars a bottle. It is outrageously good.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, I'll check that out when we come back.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll talk more about that, and we'll talk to you

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<v Speaker 1>as well. The new nuclear plant which is coming on

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<v Speaker 1>the Cans for the UK, and a couple of tributes

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<v Speaker 1>as well. We'll do that next into Brady he's back.

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<v Speaker 1>He's safe as well. He's part of a straighter everynight

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<v Speaker 1>and de Brady is back with us. We usually talk

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<v Speaker 1>to you about on Tuesday and Thursday. This week it's

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<v Speaker 1>Wednesday and Thursday. If it goes to play for tomorrow,

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<v Speaker 1>if this works, if this audition works out really well,

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<v Speaker 1>we'll get to tomorrow as well, because there's a lot

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<v Speaker 1>happening in the world. A textepropet to absolutely nothing. Could

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<v Speaker 1>you just ask in attorney mech do you still pay

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<v Speaker 1>TV and or radio license in England?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, we do. That's a very good text question. We

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<v Speaker 2>absolutely do. So get this. Whether you watch the BBC

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<v Speaker 2>or not. So you can have your satellite TV with

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<v Speaker 2>all the services, you can just watch Sport, Netflix, Premier League.

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<v Speaker 2>You may never turn on the BBC and you still

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<v Speaker 2>have to pay the license fee. And I think we

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<v Speaker 2>are paying somewhere in the region. I reckon it's about

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<v Speaker 2>two hundred and sixty dollars a year we pay for

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<v Speaker 2>the license fee. Now, the argument is that that money

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<v Speaker 2>goes into the BBC coffers and they can create amazing

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<v Speaker 2>programs and you watch Wimbledon and David Attenborough and all

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<v Speaker 2>the Crown Jewels of sport that the BBC have. But

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<v Speaker 2>I would say I watched the BBC on maybe how

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<v Speaker 2>many shows do I watch on the BBC? I watched

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<v Speaker 2>the Wimbledon tennis and I really like a family program

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<v Speaker 2>called Race Across the World. That's pretty much it that

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<v Speaker 2>I watch on the BBC, and I'm giving them two

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<v Speaker 2>hundred and fifty bucks a year for that. Vira, No,

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<v Speaker 2>don't watch us. I've found that too bleakly. Yeah, I

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<v Speaker 2>rarely watch the BBC. I mean, if don't get me wrong,

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<v Speaker 2>they're news. They've got some great journalists, but I get

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<v Speaker 2>my news from other sources. I watch an awful lot

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<v Speaker 2>of VPL on Sky Sports, which I pay extra for. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>that's a very good question. Your listener is absolutely right. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>we pay a lot of money here for that license fee.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a question here too, which is often bet LABC

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<v Speaker 1>is to the cost of it and what venue we

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<v Speaker 1>as Australions get from it these days.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Look, I think the argument here is that the

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<v Speaker 2>BBC is a cultural institution and you could land in

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<v Speaker 2>the middle of anywhere Africa, Asia and say BBC and

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<v Speaker 2>people will know what you're talking about, and it does

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<v Speaker 2>spread British culture. But then a lot of people feel

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<v Speaker 2>it's time to get some adverts in and advertising and

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<v Speaker 2>raise revenue from other ways.

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<v Speaker 1>Nuclear plants on the cads for which part of the

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<v Speaker 1>UK if I go ahead.

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<v Speaker 2>So a county called Suffolk, which is in the east

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<v Speaker 2>of England, they are going to put in a new

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<v Speaker 2>nuclear power plant at the cost of twenty eight billion

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<v Speaker 2>Australian dollars. Now there's not a great deal of money

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<v Speaker 2>left in the UK coffers. We know that Starmer has

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<v Speaker 2>come out today and defended it and said that every

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<v Speaker 2>penny will be accounted for and this will herald the

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<v Speaker 2>golden age of clean Britain energy, which will ultimately power

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<v Speaker 2>about ten million homes. It's probably going to take the

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<v Speaker 2>best part of a decade to build it. But today

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<v Speaker 2>the money has been signed off. He has miraculously found

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<v Speaker 2>twenty eight billion dollars.

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<v Speaker 1>Twenty eight billion dollars Kitchen kachin Kitching. Would people be

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<v Speaker 1>familiar with the name of Frederick a Fourth Side, great

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<v Speaker 1>journalist and some wonderful books their novelist.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, so look, people may not have heard of him,

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<v Speaker 2>or might not remember the name, but you will know

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<v Speaker 2>the name the day of the Jackal, of course, very

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<v Speaker 2>famous novel which in recent years Sky have taken on

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<v Speaker 2>and they've remade it with as a TV series with

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<v Speaker 2>Eddie Redmain. They actually kind of changed everything in it

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<v Speaker 2>to the point that he said in his last interview,

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<v Speaker 2>So he passed away this week. Frederick Forsyth. He said

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<v Speaker 2>in his last interview that even with the name The

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<v Speaker 2>Day of the Jackal, he said the TV show Sky

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<v Speaker 2>recently made with Eddie Redmain was so different. He said

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<v Speaker 2>he couldn't have done them for plagiarism because they changed

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<v Speaker 2>absolutely everything he had come up with, and I got

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<v Speaker 2>the impression he didn't really like it. So great journalist,

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<v Speaker 2>an extraordinary, towering literary figure, sold about seventy million books

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<v Speaker 2>all up. And I loved one quote he gave, and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm paraphrasing here. I read it in his obituary today.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, some people, he said, there are several reasons

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<v Speaker 2>people write books. He said, some people write books because

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<v Speaker 2>they have a burning passion to get a story down

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<v Speaker 2>on paper. He said, some people write books because they

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<v Speaker 2>absolutely love writing. He said, Others write them because they're politically,

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<v Speaker 2>are actively driven towards a topic. And he said, and

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<v Speaker 2>then there's me. He said, I just love the.

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<v Speaker 1>Money, which he is brutally honest that I love.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, perspect that you have visions of these kind of

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<v Speaker 2>you know, creative artists who fall out of bed in

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<v Speaker 2>the morning. I must write six thousand words this new

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<v Speaker 2>plot twist as I've just dreamt overnight. No, he just

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<v Speaker 2>loved making money.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, this isn't that wonderful? I think that's great. Tell

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<v Speaker 1>us about the I've been watching this in the last

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<v Speaker 1>forty eight It is intriguing because I think you and

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<v Speaker 1>I have talked about it. How important it is for

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<v Speaker 1>the payments to for people during the depths of your

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<v Speaker 1>winter to have support for a range of riss been

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<v Speaker 1>well documented. Where's that going now?

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<v Speaker 2>So big U turn Starmer initially took this money away

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<v Speaker 2>so pensioners in the UK every winter, regardless of whether

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<v Speaker 2>you're on your basic state pension, which is not very much,

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<v Speaker 2>or you could be a multimillionaire in your seventies, everyone

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<v Speaker 2>was given approximately six hundred dollars, regardless of their income

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<v Speaker 2>or the size of their house or their savings, six

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<v Speaker 2>hundred dollars towards fuel payments. So it gets cold. December

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<v Speaker 2>January February it's grim in the UK. You've got the

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<v Speaker 2>gas on, you've got the heating on, and for as

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<v Speaker 2>long as anyone can remember, every single pensioner couple in

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<v Speaker 2>the UK or single pensioner got six hundred books from

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<v Speaker 2>the government. Starmer came in and looked at it and

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<v Speaker 2>he thought, well, hang on, we can't afford to pay

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<v Speaker 2>that anymore. I'm going to stop it, and he did.

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<v Speaker 2>The end result was local council elections, but he didn't really.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, it makes me wonder how smart he is.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes pensioners vote young people don't. Pensioners watch the news,

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<v Speaker 2>they read the papers, they have opinions, and they would

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<v Speaker 2>majority of them vote well. Starmer felled out to his

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<v Speaker 2>cost in the recent council elections. Reform hammered labor in

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<v Speaker 2>many places, and the big issue on the doorsteps was

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<v Speaker 2>we're really annoyed that you've taken away our winter fuel payments,

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<v Speaker 2>so lo and behold three sixty U turn yesterday. He's

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<v Speaker 2>suddenly got to find two and a half billion dollars

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<v Speaker 2>to fund it, but he's put in a little caveat

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<v Speaker 2>If your household income as a pensioner is under seventy

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<v Speaker 2>thousand Australian dollars. You will still get the payment. If

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<v Speaker 2>you've got more than seventy thousand a year coming in

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<v Speaker 2>between the two of you, you won't be getting it.

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<v Speaker 2>So the majority of pensioners in the UK will now

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<v Speaker 2>be getting their six hundred books come winter.

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<v Speaker 1>I see Hugh Laurie having a birthday today. I think

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<v Speaker 1>he's sixty six. But I was going through some of

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<v Speaker 1>the things that he's done over the years. You're very

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<v Speaker 1>famous in America for doing House, which was a great

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<v Speaker 1>series from our four through to twelve. But then you

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<v Speaker 1>look at other programs of which he was very involved.

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<v Speaker 1>Black DDA would be one that jumps to mind, which

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<v Speaker 1>you would only just remember the great Black Head a

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<v Speaker 1>Hu Laurie birthday boy.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, and he used to be a TV show called

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<v Speaker 2>A Bit of Fry and Lurry. Of course it was

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<v Speaker 2>very funny, so Leaves and Muster. I think he was

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<v Speaker 2>in as well, you know, the old kind of traditional

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<v Speaker 2>English establishment Butler comedy. Yeah, funny guy. And I mean

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<v Speaker 2>you're right, he is absolutely huge in America. And I

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<v Speaker 2>would wager Tony because his accent is so good as

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<v Speaker 2>an American, I would bet there are a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>Americans who don't actually realize he is an English actor's

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<v Speaker 2>super Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I've seen him interviewed a couple of times, and he

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<v Speaker 1>can cross between those interviews if he's doing so the

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<v Speaker 1>COOLBA program, he can do it in a beauty in

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<v Speaker 1>his hometown accent from off Oxfordshire, or he can do

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<v Speaker 1>just an American accident. If you didn't know, you wouldn't know.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, talent, talented guy. Very happy birthday to him. Were

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<v Speaker 2>blessed to have him.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, we're blessed to have you back on, Dick.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you recaver now?

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<v Speaker 1>You go straight back into work mode?

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<v Speaker 2>I was. I was in work today, made two TV

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<v Speaker 2>shows today and it was fun at the Dutch government

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<v Speaker 2>has collapsed. The Dutch government has collapsed, and Bulgaria is

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<v Speaker 2>joining the Euro currency as of next year. So it's

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<v Speaker 2>a bit busy. But I'll tell you what, Tomy, it

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<v Speaker 2>was just lovely to walk back into work today and

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<v Speaker 2>people are happy to see me. I was just like,

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<v Speaker 2>I almost tears in my eyes. It has only been

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<v Speaker 2>gone a fortnite. How lovely is this?

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<v Speaker 1>It's a nice it's a lovely feeling on a Saturday night.

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<v Speaker 1>You and I have been watching very carefully as many

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<v Speaker 1>of the listeners, this dreadful story coming out of Austria,

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<v Speaker 1>where ten to eleven losing their lives, a lot more

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<v Speaker 1>people injured. It's just dreadful. Young kid only twenty one

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<v Speaker 1>with two weapons.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, shocking. So he's an ex pupil of the school

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<v Speaker 2>and the whisper or certainly what's going around online is

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<v Speaker 2>that he claims he was bullied at the school years ago.

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<v Speaker 2>He legally held these two firearms and he's gone back

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<v Speaker 2>in and slaughtered people. Absolutely shocking. I mean Austria, I've

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<v Speaker 2>always thought it was a very very safe country. Never

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<v Speaker 2>makes the news nowadays for this kind of thing, and

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<v Speaker 2>there you go, out of nowhere, a school shooting in

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<v Speaker 2>a small town in Austria.

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<v Speaker 1>Aging well like we much said tomorrow. Thank you Winder

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<v Speaker 1>Brady in the UK keeps us up to date with

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<v Speaker 1>all things to do with the news of that part

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<v Speaker 1>of the world at the cereals on the way your

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<v Speaker 1>calls coming up the other side of stranger overnight