Good one here from Andrew, actually. He says, morning, Mike, just a question. The strikers

lasted four months. How have these bin men paying their bills? Surely they aren't being paid

while they're not working. That's a good question. I don't know the answer to that.

Perhaps William Fruston does.

William, very good morning to you.

Morning.

Very good to see.

You've been away travelling on your travels, which we'll get to a little bit later on.

I guess we should kick off with the big story of the morning, which is the rape gangs. And what on earth this Labour government is doing to basically deny justice to so many young women

who they say they want to protect and who they say they want to fight for?

You know, they say they want to safeguard young women and girls.

And yet here's an absolute opportunity to do it and they've turned it down.

Well, they will, yeah.

And I think it's because the whole episode cuts against their worldview.

That's the reality.

So all of these Labour MPs, they have a worldview based on oppressors and victims.

You know, and the oppressors are white people and the victims of various minorities.

That's how they think, Mike.

So they can't actually see the reality?

The reality cuts up against that.

It's so butts up against the whole worldview.

And that's why their reaction is to resist it and pretend.

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