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Wouldn't you like that, Birmingham?

On today's show, is there a future in British steel?

As Labour nationalises a key strategic industry, we look at what it means

and wonder just how

worried we should be about Chinese involvement in our economy. Plus, Kemi Badenock floated an electoral

deal with reform for the local elections and found that there's little joy in making plans with

Nigel. Does she really want what's best for him? We examine the state of the reform,

conservative reverse takeover. And fear of Trump.

In his first term, everyone from the business world to those of the arts and celebrity were

outspoken in their attacks on the president. Why are they now so utterly cowed? We have a very special

guest, the giant of US political commentary, Molly Jong Fast, to discuss the

Murr of Symbolton's reign of terror. Let's meet that panel. Journalist, commentator, author of

The Future of Trust and Creative of the More Jam Tomorrow podcast, Ros Taylor. Hello, Ros.

Hello, Andrew. So, with the aforementioned Birmingham bin strike now over a month old,

and the streets fill it up with thousands of tons of rubbish. The government has brought in military experts to help out with logistics. Soldiers won't actually be doing the bins,

but is bringing in the army ever a good look when it comes to strikes? I think it's a better

look than you might imagine because it's better than doing nothing, right? And it gives the

impression that central government is engaged and realizes the scale of what's going on and acknowledges the problem.

Also, these guys, as you say, well, not all guys, presumably, but they will be in the behind the scenes doing logistics.

They won't actually be the army on the streets, which equally is not necessarily a good look.

But it's an interesting wider story that isn't getting much of a telling. I mean, it's partly

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