It’s Donald Trump MK2. He was inaugurated on Monday and to say he’s hit the ground running would be an understatement. A whole host of executive orders signed, an address to Davos, a call for Putin to end the war in Ukraine and a warning to NATO allies that they need to increase their budget provisions for defence.
It certainly has been a lively start.
This is the latest Downtown Den Politics Podcast, a Donald Trump special edition.
NHS strikes VAT on private healthcare, the Online Safety Act, Trump tariffs and Epstein, Gaza and Palestine.
An interest rate cut may have given Chancellor Rachel Reeves a little respite this week, but an independent economic report suggests that she has a £50 billion hole to fill if she’s to hit her own fiscal targets. What options does she have?
DIB Boss, Frank McKenna, caught up with Dame Louise Ellman in the Downtown Den.
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