In the Brady is a UK correspondent. He's with us right now in the good evening.

In the Brady is a UK correspondent. He's with us right now in the good evening.

To you, hey, Ryan, lovely to speak to you again.

To you, hey, Ryan, lovely to speak to you again.

Now. The boss of Heathrow is going to face a parliament next week over the fire, FIESCO. What are we expecting?

Now. The boss of Heathrow is going to face a parliament next week over the fire, FIESCO. What are we expecting?

Well, I think they're going to turn their verbal fire on him because people are very angry about what happened on Friday. Now. Thomas Wolby is the chief executive Heathrow Airport. He's quick to point out that it is not the airport's fault that there was a fire at an electricity substation on Thursday night, but a lot has emerged since. So he took the decision that his deputy would work through the night and that he, the CEO, would go home sleep and then wake up refreshed for the task on Friday of making the decisions that would ultimately get the airport open again to the traveling public on Saturday. A lot of people are saying why didn't you just work on How could you sleep? The Transport Minister here, Hidi Alexander. She's even come out on radio and said I wouldn't be able to sleep if that had happened in my job, and I was dealing with the closure of the biggest airport in Europe and the busiest I would not be able to sleep. So I think he can expect a few verbal bullets next week. He's under pressure. But it has just shown up the chronic problems we have deep in our infrastructure in the UK. That a fire at a substation a few miles away knocks out an airport with three hundred thousand passengers going through it.

Well, I think they're going to turn their verbal fire on him because people are very angry about what happened on Friday. Now. Thomas Wolby is the chief executive Heathrow Airport. He's quick to point out that it is not the airport's fault that there was a fire at an electricity substation on Thursday night, but a lot has emerged since. So he took the decision that his deputy would work through the night and that he, the CEO, would go home sleep and then wake up refreshed for the task on Friday of making the decisions that would ultimately get the airport open again to the traveling public on Saturday. A lot of people are saying why didn't you just work on How could you sleep? The Transport Minister here, Hidi Alexander. She's even come out on radio and said I wouldn't be able to sleep if that had happened in my job, and I was dealing with the closure of the biggest airport in Europe and the busiest I would not be able to sleep. So I think he can expect a few verbal bullets next week. He's under pressure. But it has just shown up the chronic problems we have deep in our infrastructure in the UK. That a fire at a substation a few miles away knocks out an airport with three hundred thousand passengers going through it.

Goodness may well, we'll look forward to that little inquiry. Kese Thamas is he wants to fix every pothole in Britain.

Goodness may well, we'll look forward to that little inquiry. Kese Thamas is he wants to fix every pothole in Britain.

Yes, and I think it was John Lennon who sang that there were four thousand potholes in Blackburn, Lancashire. That was in the sixties. Well, I think he'd be underestimating the task at hand now because in all honesty, I run a lot, as you know, Ryan, I now run cross country mostly because the danger of twisting an ankle or worse, because of the pothole situation here. It is so bad now. Kre Starmer has given a radio interview. He actually said, at this moment in time, as I'm speaking, someone will be driving over a pothole. He used the figure seven hundred million, not dollars in terms of fixing the problems. Seven hundred million potholes is what the Prime Minister believes there are to be fixed in the UK. So he was challenged on how he's going to do this, and he used the phrase AI and tech eight times and the presenter said, well, just explain how that works, and he goes, look very simple, he said, each time the Council fills in a pothole, they go online, they'll update it, they get some more money and they can go fill another one. So that's where we are right now, seven hundred million potholes in the UK. According to Kure Starmer.

Yes, and I think it was John Lennon who sang that there were four thousand potholes in Blackburn, Lancashire. That was in the sixties. Well, I think he'd be underestimating the task at hand now because in all honesty, I run a lot, as you know, Ryan, I now run cross country mostly because the danger of twisting an ankle or worse, because of the pothole situation here. It is so bad now. Kre Starmer has given a radio interview. He actually said, at this moment in time, as I'm speaking, someone will be driving over a pothole. He used the figure seven hundred million, not dollars in terms of fixing the problems. Seven hundred million potholes is what the Prime Minister believes there are to be fixed in the UK. So he was challenged on how he's going to do this, and he used the phrase AI and tech eight times and the presenter said, well, just explain how that works, and he goes, look very simple, he said, each time the Council fills in a pothole, they go online, they'll update it, they get some more money and they can go fill another one. So that's where we are right now, seven hundred million potholes in the UK. According to Kure Starmer.

Goodness may may how much AI's got to do with fixing it, but that's interesting by putting.

Goodness may may how much AI's got to do with fixing it, but that's interesting by putting.

It men with shovels and gravel, Ryan, that's that's what's not AI.

It men with shovels and gravel, Ryan, that's that's what's not AI.

Yeah, hey, very quickly right. She is going to address Parliament this week, the House of Commons. Do we know whether they're going to cut the universal school lunches? Have you heard anything about that or is that all just scuttle that rumor?

Yeah, hey, very quickly right. She is going to address Parliament this week, the House of Commons. Do we know whether they're going to cut the universal school lunches? Have you heard anything about that or is that all just scuttle that rumor?

I think everything's being cut. I think Britain is heading back to austerity. There is no money. Not only is she getting rid of the school lunches for really kind of disadvantaged, vulnerable kids, fifty thousand civil servants are going to lose their jobs. I think Britain is heading back into a decade of austerity. There is no money left here, there is no growth and we are where.

I think everything's being cut. I think Britain is heading back to austerity. There is no money. Not only is she getting rid of the school lunches for really kind of disadvantaged, vulnerable kids, fifty thousand civil servants are going to lose their jobs. I think Britain is heading back into a decade of austerity. There is no money left here, there is no growth and we are where.

We are finally. Connor McGregor wants to run for president of Ireland.

We are finally. Connor McGregor wants to run for president of Ireland.

Yeah, watch this one, it's going to be interesting. He's making a lot of noise online For anyone who doesn't know who Connor McGregor is. He is an extremely wealthy and successful cage fighter from that UFC brand in America. He is Irish. He's Dublin through and through. He has a really bad reputation amongst a lot of people in Ireland. There was a civil case brought against him in court last year for sexual assault by a woman, which he lost. There was a previous conviction for punching an elderly man in a pub. Yeah. He's been speaking out about immigration and a lot of illegal immigrants coming into Ireland. He is getting some support on the far right of the political spectrum in Ireland. But the problem he has in terms of becoming president, you need twenty elected representatives to come out and say they back you. He's not going to get twenty. In fact, I would go so far as to say if I ran against him, I from County Wexford as a journalist, I would get twenty people to back me and he would get zero. And I'm not being big headed here, I'm just stating facts.

Yeah, watch this one, it's going to be interesting. He's making a lot of noise online For anyone who doesn't know who Connor McGregor is. He is an extremely wealthy and successful cage fighter from that UFC brand in America. He is Irish. He's Dublin through and through. He has a really bad reputation amongst a lot of people in Ireland. There was a civil case brought against him in court last year for sexual assault by a woman, which he lost. There was a previous conviction for punching an elderly man in a pub. Yeah. He's been speaking out about immigration and a lot of illegal immigrants coming into Ireland. He is getting some support on the far right of the political spectrum in Ireland. But the problem he has in terms of becoming president, you need twenty elected representatives to come out and say they back you. He's not going to get twenty. In fact, I would go so far as to say if I ran against him, I from County Wexford as a journalist, I would get twenty people to back me and he would get zero. And I'm not being big headed here, I'm just stating facts.

Right, Thig So much for that in the in the Brady a UK Correspondent.

Right, Thig So much for that in the in the Brady a UK Correspondent.

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