mixcloud.com/ChrisRealCount… Weldon Henson kicks this generous hour of country music off, it also includes ʎǝlpǝH ɐnɥsoſ Camila Sunny Zach Top Return of the Jack Willie Nelson Ags Connolly Amber Digby and many more.

Something I think is wrong about the Linehan arrest - five armed officers!! Did they think he was going to produce a weapon and fight it out? Or is there an 'I was there' bragging culture within the Met over high profile arrests? One copper could have stopped him.

I retired years ago but never worked in a job where I could afford to lose the income by going on strike. Does this beg the question if you can afford to strike, do you really need the money?

Genuine question. When we send these guys back to France one by one, do we take their fingerprints in an attempt to stop them coming back and just claiming to be someone else?

Why is the Chancellor promising to put a library in every primary school? Isn't that the Education Secretary's job? Or is Rachel from Accounts so desperate to look good she has to borrow positive news from other departments?

Starmer's conference speech - a lawyer delivering his closing statement to a jury he knows are on his side so no need to give a stuff what the folk in the public gallery think???

mixcloud.com/ChrisRealCount… music from Amber Digby Summer Dean Music West of Texas Brennen Leigh The Derailers The Mavericks Willie Nelson James Hand and many many more in this generous hour

Proper roast potatoes are delicious eaten cold

All wars including the civil kind are started by the arrogance and personal ambition of politicians. Discuss.

Can't help wondering if there's much call in the entertainment world for Kier Starmer look-alikes

Please next Wednesday would some MP ask Starmer how long he thinks it will take for fake digital ID to be available? His reply should be worth preserving for posterity

mixcloud.com/ChrisRealCount… Another generous hour of superb country music including Brennen Leigh SammyKershaw Ricky van shelton Mark Chesnutt official Reba McEntire 49 Winchester and many more

Each Budget should start with a recap of the last one

Advert on TV for some heating thing I'm not interested in but the grown woman presenting says it costs one pence an hour 😡😡 pence is plural. One of them is called a penny. I'd freeze rather than buy the product just for that reason. It's one penny FFS.

mixcloud.com/ChrisRealCount… Need a generous hour of nonstop Christmas tunes by country artists? Look no further. No chat just music as background to your gift wrapping, tree decorating, wine testing available here free

Govt claims they are reducing energy bills for us all. Got this today. The energy price cap set by the energy regulator, Ofgem, is changing on 1 January. Here's what this means for you. 📷Your current costs £994.47📷Your new costs £1,036.01📷Your estimated annual change £41.54

VAR ought to look at Ed Miliband because he's well offside

Would this be a good time to offer the USA the chance to forget all that independence notion and re-join the British Empire?

What we could do with now is a coalition Government which puts the most able and experienced individuals in Ministerial jobs. No Party yah boo BS, identify what's important to the voters, work together and deliver it. No chance of that though is there.