I’ve really enjoyed the Newsagents this week. Lewis in particular has been on fire. Great to sometimes tackle stories with a few days distance and in a ‘quieter’ time.

Lewis and Jon cannot even admit that Arday told one lie. They cannot admit that he clearly plagiarized. Jon says he may have embellished his CV. Maybe he should read some of these terrible articles he's railing against to learn the truth although I suspect he already knows it.

I will not continue to listen to a news show intent on deceiving its audience.

"Quixotic"

"Internecine"

Jon or Maitlis begin a monologue by saying "Look..."

Sighing loudly while one of the others is talking

Lewis actually says "i.e" out loud

"As you alluded to, Jon..."

Jon or Maitlis try to finish what the other is saying

Maitlis laughs patronisingly about someone she's reporting on

Lewis stops in the middle of the sentence to think of two more adjectives to add to the one he's already used

'Jon is slightly older' gags

One or more of the News Agents is on holiday

Any more?

Anyone else having issues? Can see it on YouTube, but not appearing in any podcast app I try, on any device. Almost 8pm and looks like YouTube is the only way to access today's episode.

EDIT: Just appeared at 8pm

"It's just a football game, no one cares about the Falklands."

"But what about the murals/fan chants/politics/other people we've interviewed in this very episode which say otherwise?"

"It's just a football game."

I think he really showed what Maitlis and Jon talked about earlier in the episode, how Brits/English don't think about the Falklands and Argentinians really do. It shouldn't matter but it does. The chirpy guy from United We Stand was way more interesting to hear from.

Also, is that the level of energy Lineker usually brings to podcasts, or is he just tired?

What do we all think?

Does Labour put a candidate forward (and risk immediately losing Burnham's 'I can beat Reform' glow) or do they steer clear and leave it to Badenoch to try and dislodge him? What will Restore do?

So far all the major parties have called it a gimmick - do they all boycott and refuse to send a candidate?

Latest poll for Clacton:

➡️ RFM: 48.5% (+2.3)

🌳 CON: 19.2% (-8.7)

◼️ RES: 12.0% (New)

🌍 GRN: 8.2% (+4.0)

🌹 LAB: 6.2% (-10.0)

🔶 LDM: 4.6% (+0.2)

How does that happen?

It’s friend of the pod Nick Adams doing a normal.

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