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Okay there, welcome to the re rap for Monday. All the best buts from the mic casting breakfast on news Talk said be in a sillier package, I am Glenn Hart. And today the elections, not the Australian election, but the local body elections happened in the UK. Why is this so interesting? We know why the warriors are so interesting. There's a new oldest woman and some of our listeners asked some terrible questions before any of that.

Okay there, welcome to the re rap for Monday. All the best buts from the mic casting breakfast on news Talk said be in a sillier package, I am Glenn Hart. And today the elections, not the Australian election, but the local body elections happened in the UK. Why is this so interesting? We know why the warriors are so interesting. There's a new oldest woman and some of our listeners asked some terrible questions before any of that.

Farewell to survive Jones.

Farewell to survive Jones.

It's a shame so many of the current media don't really remember exactly why he was so famous.

It's a shame so many of the current media don't really remember exactly why he was so famous.

But I was very sad excuse me to hear of the passing of Bob Jones. Sir Robert Jones are The last contact I had with him, I think was last year when he sent me a copy of his latest book. They always came with a personal note. When I say personal, a letter came with a letter. He would have dictated the letter and had it typed up, and he signed it himself. He was from a different era of sorts, I never received an email from Bob, only letters. Last time I dealt with him in person was in his office in Wellington, over looking the harbor. That too was from an era, beautifully set up as you can imagine, but in a time and place kind of way, a lot of paneling, a lot of staff. His office was large on the corner. Of course, he smoked. That became a thing in the Helen Clark days, by the way, when she was busy making rules around smoking indoors. Bob was having none of that because his office he was the boss, if not the king. So last time I was in his office, we had wine and we sat amongst the swirling tobacco smoke coming out of his pipe. The artwork was worth the trip alone. He had one fantastic taste and two a fantastic collection. He also had one of the best brain Gele ever encounter. What was often lost, actually by many, in the barrage of cantankerous Boobiage was the amount of knowledge and wisdom he had gleaned from a lifetime of reading and travel. There wasn't a place he hadn't been. He had more stories than you ever had time to hear, and he had well or time, but he had time to tell you. Small irony are noted. On Friday night when I watched the television. In their coverage, they made much of the Rod Vaughn helicopter encounter, the irony being no one these days hires a chopper to go looking for a fisherman. TV three reflected the modern malayism, afraid to say his passing was the second story behind the weather, even though the weather was the day before his news. It showed a lack of understanding of who Jones was and what he contributed to the country. That's the problem with modern newsrooms these days. The institutional knowledge has largely left the building. From business to politics to public discourse, Jones was an invaluable addition to the national psyche. Unafraid, bold, brilliant with the language, and fantastically funny because he was fantastically irreverend even when a reverence was wildly more tolerated than it is these days. It was a great life and he was a great man.

But I was very sad excuse me to hear of the passing of Bob Jones. Sir Robert Jones are The last contact I had with him, I think was last year when he sent me a copy of his latest book. They always came with a personal note. When I say personal, a letter came with a letter. He would have dictated the letter and had it typed up, and he signed it himself. He was from a different era of sorts, I never received an email from Bob, only letters. Last time I dealt with him in person was in his office in Wellington, over looking the harbor. That too was from an era, beautifully set up as you can imagine, but in a time and place kind of way, a lot of paneling, a lot of staff. His office was large on the corner. Of course, he smoked. That became a thing in the Helen Clark days, by the way, when she was busy making rules around smoking indoors. Bob was having none of that because his office he was the boss, if not the king. So last time I was in his office, we had wine and we sat amongst the swirling tobacco smoke coming out of his pipe. The artwork was worth the trip alone. He had one fantastic taste and two a fantastic collection. He also had one of the best brain Gele ever encounter. What was often lost, actually by many, in the barrage of cantankerous Boobiage was the amount of knowledge and wisdom he had gleaned from a lifetime of reading and travel. There wasn't a place he hadn't been. He had more stories than you ever had time to hear, and he had well or time, but he had time to tell you. Small irony are noted. On Friday night when I watched the television. In their coverage, they made much of the Rod Vaughn helicopter encounter, the irony being no one these days hires a chopper to go looking for a fisherman. TV three reflected the modern malayism, afraid to say his passing was the second story behind the weather, even though the weather was the day before his news. It showed a lack of understanding of who Jones was and what he contributed to the country. That's the problem with modern newsrooms these days. The institutional knowledge has largely left the building. From business to politics to public discourse, Jones was an invaluable addition to the national psyche. Unafraid, bold, brilliant with the language, and fantastically funny because he was fantastically irreverend even when a reverence was wildly more tolerated than it is these days. It was a great life and he was a great man.

He was certainly prickly on occasion, that's for sure. And yeah, it's weird that I wouldn't hear so much about as boxing expertise, because I remember hearing him every second week talking about what was having in the world of boxing back in the day. There you go, right, So strange goings on in the UK right now. It seems like Labor, both Labor and the Tories are really struggling up against some of the so called minor parties. Reform and the Lib Dems Reforms keeps splitting the Conservative vote, which means that the Lib Dems march on through.

He was certainly prickly on occasion, that's for sure. And yeah, it's weird that I wouldn't hear so much about as boxing expertise, because I remember hearing him every second week talking about what was having in the world of boxing back in the day. There you go, right, So strange goings on in the UK right now. It seems like Labor, both Labor and the Tories are really struggling up against some of the so called minor parties. Reform and the Lib Dems Reforms keeps splitting the Conservative vote, which means that the Lib Dems march on through.

So here, what the hell's going on there?

So here, what the hell's going on there?

I'll tell you why. I think of all the voting that's gone on over the weekend in the last couple of days, and that includes Canada, of course, and everyone's doing the whole anti Trump thing, which is probably true, certainly a place like Canada, it's true. And then you go to the safety of what you know, Singapore got an increased vote, The People's Action Party got an increased vote over the weekend eighty seven of ninety seven or eighty five and ninety five, whatever it was, I can't remember. They'd better than expecting, of course, elbows when you know, flight to safety basically, And yet the exact opposite happened in Britain. And what's significant about Britain is yes, it was a local body election. But the difference between local body elections in Britain and here is that they're run by the party, so in other words, they're just mini versions of the national general election. So your candidates are all Tories, Conservatives, Labor Party, Lib Dems and Reform. Now there was a by election in amongst the local body elections, and Rod was telling us about it last week. It was the Runkum and hellsby by election. Reform won it, and this was a Labor seat that was so safe to lay but it was inconceivable that's something someone like Reform could come along and win this by election, but nevertheless they did win it. Also, the Reform Party one dominated not just seats and councils, but control of councils in Kent, Staffordshire, Lincolnshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lancashire. And these are people to the rights, so they're doge people. They are people who are going to cancel work from home. So once you control a council in Britain you can make some genuine change. And they're going to be making genuine change. And it was thought over the weekend by very wise heads who know a great deal more about the electoral process than I do in Britain. That one is this can translate to the national equation, the national story. So the suggestion from more than one bright spark was that this is the end of the two party system in Britain. This has been decimated now. So the lib Dems are players, the Reform Party are certainly players, and in amongst that you've got the Labour government, and you've got these Tories who are down to a shell of what they once were. So in other words, you'd a four party system now, and that it's entirely possible that this scenario will play out at the next general election. Further, they said that if you extrapolate out the support that Reform got on Friday and Saturday and put it into a general election, they would be the government. In other words, Nigel Farage would be the Prime Minister of Britain. And that's why, to my mind, anyway was vastly more important than any one of the other elections that was held around the world, because largely within a margin, they turned out the way you thought. What didn't turn out the way you think is what happened in Britain. That translates Britain has been changed potentially for it, And.

I'll tell you why. I think of all the voting that's gone on over the weekend in the last couple of days, and that includes Canada, of course, and everyone's doing the whole anti Trump thing, which is probably true, certainly a place like Canada, it's true. And then you go to the safety of what you know, Singapore got an increased vote, The People's Action Party got an increased vote over the weekend eighty seven of ninety seven or eighty five and ninety five, whatever it was, I can't remember. They'd better than expecting, of course, elbows when you know, flight to safety basically, And yet the exact opposite happened in Britain. And what's significant about Britain is yes, it was a local body election. But the difference between local body elections in Britain and here is that they're run by the party, so in other words, they're just mini versions of the national general election. So your candidates are all Tories, Conservatives, Labor Party, Lib Dems and Reform. Now there was a by election in amongst the local body elections, and Rod was telling us about it last week. It was the Runkum and hellsby by election. Reform won it, and this was a Labor seat that was so safe to lay but it was inconceivable that's something someone like Reform could come along and win this by election, but nevertheless they did win it. Also, the Reform Party one dominated not just seats and councils, but control of councils in Kent, Staffordshire, Lincolnshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lancashire. And these are people to the rights, so they're doge people. They are people who are going to cancel work from home. So once you control a council in Britain you can make some genuine change. And they're going to be making genuine change. And it was thought over the weekend by very wise heads who know a great deal more about the electoral process than I do in Britain. That one is this can translate to the national equation, the national story. So the suggestion from more than one bright spark was that this is the end of the two party system in Britain. This has been decimated now. So the lib Dems are players, the Reform Party are certainly players, and in amongst that you've got the Labour government, and you've got these Tories who are down to a shell of what they once were. So in other words, you'd a four party system now, and that it's entirely possible that this scenario will play out at the next general election. Further, they said that if you extrapolate out the support that Reform got on Friday and Saturday and put it into a general election, they would be the government. In other words, Nigel Farage would be the Prime Minister of Britain. And that's why, to my mind, anyway was vastly more important than any one of the other elections that was held around the world, because largely within a margin, they turned out the way you thought. What didn't turn out the way you think is what happened in Britain. That translates Britain has been changed potentially for it, And.

Of course the really depressing thing about that is that I don't know how much about the Reform Party, you know, but it has been infiltrated by some really overt races racists as opposed to the less overt racists that actually run the thing.

Of course the really depressing thing about that is that I don't know how much about the Reform Party, you know, but it has been infiltrated by some really overt races racists as opposed to the less overt racists that actually run the thing.

So yeah, we'll see what happens there.

So yeah, we'll see what happens there.

A rerap Let's talk about more fun things like the Warriors who just seemed to not be able to lose at the moment fantastic.

A rerap Let's talk about more fun things like the Warriors who just seemed to not be able to lose at the moment fantastic.

There seems some confusion around when it last happened, if it ever has. In fact, I was told Friday that it was twenty eighteen we last went six from eight at the commentator Saturday night and for me in the rain in Brisbane that it had never happened.

There seems some confusion around when it last happened, if it ever has. In fact, I was told Friday that it was twenty eighteen we last went six from eight at the commentator Saturday night and for me in the rain in Brisbane that it had never happened.

Ever.

Ever.

Either way, what did happen is we won again. We beat the Cowboys, which we were supposed to. But like a lot in the Nral, it doesn't take a lot for the unexpected to happen. And if you saw the game, a couple of cowboy try showed they can slice you apart fairly fast and fairly readily. And yes, the score looked a little bit tighter, maybe than it should have been by the end. But and here's the story, well one of two stories. But the season one, our defense is as good as it gets. In two. We don't look flakely flaky the way we sometimes used to. Also, we're still missing a bunch of top flight players and we still look solid. And aside with depth, were still winning. I mean, have a look at the table. We're virtually first. The conditions were shocking, yet the game didn't fall apart. Metcalf came to the party. In terms of kicking, he didn't get them all, and the ones he did have were the easier variety. But kicking aside, he's the star of the show of course these days. In fact, he's so good when he doesn't kick. You wonder whether it's a shame he does kick, and that distracts from what he does the rest of the time. Anyway, The nights are next, and the thing about being in the top of the table is every other side is below you. The night's are tenth. Once we might have got a little bit nervous about this, you know, when a lot and then all of a sudden slip up. I don't get that sense that this is going to happen. What I see is a side that has come or is coming of age. Now there's a resilience, a consistency there where expectation weekend week out doesn't change. Great sides don't wobble or have bad days or do inexplicable things. Still early in the season, still only six of eight, but I mean, you can only play one game at a time, and as we said each week now Vegas aside, this looks exemplary. This looks like our best season ever. This looks like our year. Yeah.

Either way, what did happen is we won again. We beat the Cowboys, which we were supposed to. But like a lot in the Nral, it doesn't take a lot for the unexpected to happen. And if you saw the game, a couple of cowboy try showed they can slice you apart fairly fast and fairly readily. And yes, the score looked a little bit tighter, maybe than it should have been by the end. But and here's the story, well one of two stories. But the season one, our defense is as good as it gets. In two. We don't look flakely flaky the way we sometimes used to. Also, we're still missing a bunch of top flight players and we still look solid. And aside with depth, were still winning. I mean, have a look at the table. We're virtually first. The conditions were shocking, yet the game didn't fall apart. Metcalf came to the party. In terms of kicking, he didn't get them all, and the ones he did have were the easier variety. But kicking aside, he's the star of the show of course these days. In fact, he's so good when he doesn't kick. You wonder whether it's a shame he does kick, and that distracts from what he does the rest of the time. Anyway, The nights are next, and the thing about being in the top of the table is every other side is below you. The night's are tenth. Once we might have got a little bit nervous about this, you know, when a lot and then all of a sudden slip up. I don't get that sense that this is going to happen. What I see is a side that has come or is coming of age. Now there's a resilience, a consistency there where expectation weekend week out doesn't change. Great sides don't wobble or have bad days or do inexplicable things. Still early in the season, still only six of eight, but I mean, you can only play one game at a time, and as we said each week now Vegas aside, this looks exemplary. This looks like our best season ever. This looks like our year. Yeah.

I said last week that I'm just worried that because we keep expecting the Warriors to trap up, they surprise us by not tripping up. And as soon as we start expecting them to win, that's where it's all going to, you know, get turned sideways.

I said last week that I'm just worried that because we keep expecting the Warriors to trap up, they surprise us by not tripping up. And as soon as we start expecting them to win, that's where it's all going to, you know, get turned sideways.

So yeah, let's expect that. Keep just keep expecting the worst.

So yeah, let's expect that. Keep just keep expecting the worst.

Expect them to go back to type and lose the games they should win, and win the games they should lose, and who knows what will happen rerap.

Expect them to go back to type and lose the games they should win, and win the games they should lose, and who knows what will happen rerap.

So congratulations are in order.

So congratulations are in order.

We have a new oldest woman, and obviously commiserations are also in order.

We have a new oldest woman, and obviously commiserations are also in order.

As a result of that.

As a result of that.

One hundred and fifteen British one. That was the other thing that fascinating me over the week. Is it unusual to have the oldest woman in the world or the oldest person in the world of pomp? You don't think is Pom's as long? Look do you? I mean nuns in Southern America, parts of Japan.

One hundred and fifteen British one. That was the other thing that fascinating me over the week. Is it unusual to have the oldest woman in the world or the oldest person in the world of pomp? You don't think is Pom's as long? Look do you? I mean nuns in Southern America, parts of Japan.

An old lady they found up on the hills in Italy. No, you're doing the local village. She've been living in a she's in the old person's home now, but she's one hundred and fifteen factors of Friday, one hundred and fifteen years, two hundred and fifty two days, So let's call it virtually one hundred and sixteen. Ethel's the name, of course it is. Everyone was born then was called Ethel.

An old lady they found up on the hills in Italy. No, you're doing the local village. She've been living in a she's in the old person's home now, but she's one hundred and fifteen factors of Friday, one hundred and fifteen years, two hundred and fifty two days, So let's call it virtually one hundred and sixteen. Ethel's the name, of course it is. Everyone was born then was called Ethel.

Weren't they? So the Brazilian nun told you sister Lucas died last Wednesday. So Ethel, who was born the twenty first of August nineteen oh nine, last surviving subject of Edward the seventh. That's impressive. She gets to be the oldest person, so unusual that BRIT's lived that lot.

Weren't they? So the Brazilian nun told you sister Lucas died last Wednesday. So Ethel, who was born the twenty first of August nineteen oh nine, last surviving subject of Edward the seventh. That's impressive. She gets to be the oldest person, so unusual that BRIT's lived that lot.

Do you reckon if you're like the third oldest person, do you sit there every day.

Do you reckon if you're like the third oldest person, do you sit there every day.

No looking through the obituaries, just going today. It could be my dad.

No looking through the obituaries, just going today. It could be my dad.

You'd run a book, you'd go odds on, she doesn't look well, you know, the nun she didn't look well. I think I'm quit. I think I'm quit. I said, I think I'm quins in here, because you'd.

You'd run a book, you'd go odds on, she doesn't look well, you know, the nun she didn't look well. I think I'm quit. I think I'm quit. I said, I think I'm quins in here, because you'd.

Be give me. They go out and they interview these oldest people.

Be give me. They go out and they interview these oldest people.

They always seem surprisingly sprightly, don't they compared to the other you know, you've I've got, you know, eighty year olds in my life. I don't know how many ninety year olds I know, but yeah, the ones that were in their eighties. But let's just say I'm impressed when I see those sprightly one hundred and fifteen year olds, and I'll have what they're having, because that usually involves a strong at least one strong drink a day more often than not.

They always seem surprisingly sprightly, don't they compared to the other you know, you've I've got, you know, eighty year olds in my life. I don't know how many ninety year olds I know, but yeah, the ones that were in their eighties. But let's just say I'm impressed when I see those sprightly one hundred and fifteen year olds, and I'll have what they're having, because that usually involves a strong at least one strong drink a day more often than not.

Yes, I don't think I want to live to be that old.

Yes, I don't think I want to live to be that old.

I already feel that old now the rewrap. Part of the reason for that is, of course, the hours I keep. I know, all I'm doing is sitting around, telling jokes, showing off and playing with music.

I already feel that old now the rewrap. Part of the reason for that is, of course, the hours I keep. I know, all I'm doing is sitting around, telling jokes, showing off and playing with music.

But because I have to get up in the middle of the night to do it. You do feel it after a while.

But because I have to get up in the middle of the night to do it. You do feel it after a while.

Mike, Why the hell do you get up at two thirty when you start at six? Ten minutes shower, ten minute bricky bricky hah, half an hour to get to work. Surely no one's on the road at that time. You correct, they're not drive to work at three point thirty. Sit there for two and a half hours. Please explain. There's a lot of good questions there, Hi, Mike, Can I ask if your show doesn't start until five point thirty, why do you have to get up at two thirty?

Mike, Why the hell do you get up at two thirty when you start at six? Ten minutes shower, ten minute bricky bricky hah, half an hour to get to work. Surely no one's on the road at that time. You correct, they're not drive to work at three point thirty. Sit there for two and a half hours. Please explain. There's a lot of good questions there, Hi, Mike, Can I ask if your show doesn't start until five point thirty, why do you have to get up at two thirty?

No?

No?

Such a good question, Not such a good question.

Such a good question, Not such a good question.

This show doesn't start at five thirty. When did it start at five thirty? Glenn?

This show doesn't start at five thirty. When did it start at five thirty? Glenn?

Ummm, well no, September eleven, two thousand and one.

Ummm, well no, September eleven, two thousand and one.

It did that day five thirty start?

It did that day five thirty start?

Yeah?

Yeah?

So on that one day, Yeah, just the one day and one day alone. Apart from that, it's never started at five thirty.

So on that one day, Yeah, just the one day and one day alone. Apart from that, it's never started at five thirty.

But you never know, do you?

But you never know, do you?

You don't. I don't know whether to laugh, to see your question as cynical slash humorous, to call you in moronic idiot, or just to sit here and weep.

You don't. I don't know whether to laugh, to see your question as cynical slash humorous, to call you in moronic idiot, or just to sit here and weep.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I mean, it's it's not true that There's no such thing as a stupid question, is there?

I mean, it's it's not true that There's no such thing as a stupid question, is there?

Is it?

Is it?

The idea that they think that the most acclaimed and successful broadcaster in the country can just stroll into work five minutes before the show goes to air is laughable, and that only happened with the last guy, not this guy.

The idea that they think that the most acclaimed and successful broadcaster in the country can just stroll into work five minutes before the show goes to air is laughable, and that only happened with the last guy, not this guy.

I I supposed to admit that, Hi, I am weird hat.

I I supposed to admit that, Hi, I am weird hat.

Yes, I get up pretty early as well, mostly to make podcasts, and I'll be back to do that again for you tomorrow.

Yes, I get up pretty early as well, mostly to make podcasts, and I'll be back to do that again for you tomorrow.

I'll see there.

I'll see there.

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