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"Let's actually drop all tariffs or really minimise them." The UK should follow Israel’s lead in dropping all tariffs on US goods, Sarah Elliott, director of the Special Relationship Unit at the Prosperity Institute, tells @HugoRifkind. @SarahBSmithVA | #TimesRadio

“I think we’re screwed either way.” It’s “worrying” that there is no obvious mechanism within the US Constitution that can hold President Trump back from further affecting the markets, says @PJtheEconomist. @EdVaizey | @RSylvesterTimes

I’ve been nominated for Moment of the Year for my MTG interview!! 😭❤️ Such an honour to be alongside such an amazing lineup, thank you The Radio Academy

"Russia really has long infiltrated spies into target nations...in order to maintain deep covers in the West." Russia’s "deep-cover illegals" are reviving Cold War-era espionage tactics to infiltrate Western nations, says journalist and author Shaun Walker. @HugoRifkind

why has no one invented a matcha martini yet

It’s nearly a week until voting closes for the ARIA Moment of the Year award⏱️‼️ If you enjoyed my interview with Marjorie Taylor Greene, you can vote here: radiotimes.com/audio/radio/ar…

“The death of MPs, Tory MPs, in what context would that be funny?” “I'm not here to say what's funny and what's not funny.” Emma De Souza says Kneecap's controversial comments could have been part of a "comedic rap", and says MPs should focus on the war in Gaza.

“A juicy [opportunity] has gone swaying past Kemi Badenoch and instead of grabbing it, she’s jumped out the window headfirst.” Badenoch was gifted a #PMQs topic by Tony Blair and she’s failed to “catch the moment,” says The Times's Tim Shipman. @Lara_Spirit | #TimesRadio

“When opportunity knocked in the form of Mr Blair, instead of pivoting, she decided to stick with what she’s doing.” Kemi Badenoch has shown she lacks the “situational awareness” and dexterity needed in politics, says The Times's Tim Shipman. @Lara_Spirit | #TimesRadio

god forbid a girl has hobbies (eating)

🚨 And there it is - the Australian Labor Party is projected to be able to form a majority government, with 26 seats still in doubt. Anthony Albanese becomes the first PM to win back-to-back elections since 2004. Opposition leader Peter Dutton will lose his seat. #auspol

“I can't help but wonder if Nigel sometimes struggles to assemble a team.” Farage needs some “tall poppies” around him to make Reform UK a success, former Ukip MP Douglas Carswell🇬🇧🇺🇸 tells @EdVaizey.

"It seems like the UK got the short end of the stick." Trump's trade deal with the UK is consistent with his strategy to "divide and conquer" but "go after" little countries first, says American economist and Nobel prize winner Joseph Stiglitz. #TimesRadio | Lord Ed Vaizey

“My concern is that countries are looking at the uncertainty and they’re saying… we have to look at working around or away from the United States.” Antony Blinken tells John Pienaar “the jury is still out” as to whether the US can still be considered an ally of Europe under Trump.

“You can bet your bottom dollar Angela Rayner will be talking to some of those Labour MPs and saying, I didn't like that very much.” Is this the moment Angela Rayner decides she’s "had enough" of Keir Starmer? Tim Shipman | @TheoUsherwood | @RiaLinaCom | @HugoRifkind

“That's it, I've just wasted the best years of my bloody life.” Former Labour leader Neil Kinnock reveals why he avoids reflecting on losing the 1992 election "like the plague". 🗳️ How To Win An Election 🎧 pod.fo/e/2d5d35 @HugoRifkind | Daniel Finkelstein | @PollyMackenzie

“I’m not a racist simply because I love my own people.” Inside the Homeland Party conference: a registered political group accused of being the “largest neo-Nazi organisation in Britain." #TimesRadio

"What is she doing?! He just answered that!" An exasperated Tim Shipman is lost for words at Kemi Badenoch's PMQs strategy. @HugoRifkind | Stephen Flynn MP | #TimesRadio

“It’s not just some soft, wet, liberal optional extra. Rehabilitation in prisons is a crucial tool of public protection.” Ann Widdecombe denies Reform would be more liberal than Labour on prisons, after saying she wouldn't back mandatory chemical castration for sex offenders.

“He is very aware of the cameras being there, he wants the shock value.” President Trump's “ambush” of President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa over the treatment of white farmers highlights his “reality-TV” persona, says The Times’s Manveen Rana. @HugoRifkind | #TimesRadio