War – what is it good for? Absolutely nothing. But this week we found out that defending the UK from it is going to cost us a lot of money. And the losers will be the world’s poorest people – the money for Britain’s boosted defence budget will come from foreign aid.

Sir Ed Davey – leader of the Lib Dems – tells Coco he has an alternative: bigger taxes on big tech (and some other ideas). And Coco goes a bit Yoko Ono, wondering how we give peace a chance.

Zoë Grünewald steps in for Nish as the pod asks what Macron can teach Starmer about Trump wrangling. And we send out a search for Kemi Badenoch… Has anyone seen her? As Ed Davey presents a credible opposition voice to the Government – the Tory leader is missing in action: last seen in a right wing podcast vortex.

While Kemi struggles to cut through, the Climate Change Commission has thought of an ingenious way to get us to act on net zero. The humble kebab.

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Guests
Ed Davey
Zoë Grünewald

Audio Credits
UK Gov
PBS News
ABC News

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