The Randal Report

Two weeks into the UK battle for number 10 Downing Street! Finally, it's time for the great British public to cast their vote! So, what of the campaign so far, who are the runners and riders and who will fall at the final hurdle? Will it be a goodbye for the Prime Minister Sunak and a hello for Labour and will the Green Party win a second seat? We unravel the first two weeks of the campaign and are we getting excited? Probably not!...

It's the beginning of a long election year in the USA, but will either of the main contenders even make it to polling day? Will Satsuma man Trump be languishing in a federal prison? will Biden remember where he lives and who is wife is? An election looms in England also and believe me the choice isn't great here either. A governing party who's only idea is to send illegal immigrants to another country, but hasn't sent any yet, or t...

THE RANDAL REPORT Is Football Coming Home?

Now I readily confess that my knowledge and experience of football is rather limited! I have only been to one match and that was Leicester City, playing I don’t know who and it was around 1969, and Leicester City lost, which at the time was not unusual!

Indeed, my limited interest was more in the legs of the players and how short the shorts were, but we’ll leave that there! So, here we...

In today's episode of the Randal Report, we’re going to talk about US politics and how it looks from across the great pond! With the midterm elections more or less concluded, I noted that more than 16.7 billion dollars was spent in the pursuit of the result!  In England there are limits on campaign expenditure, each candidate has a limit of around £8,700, that they can spend, which means that we’re talking a total of less than £5,5...

What would happen if we decriminalized (or even legalized drugs?

Should Britain follow some other countries and change the law on the use of Cannabis?

Should it just be confined to laws on Cannabis or should all drug laws be changed!

Could this be the answer to resolving many of the worlds problems from broken economies to crime and more?

Quote Of The day: “In the sixties, people took drugs to make the world weird. Now the worl...

After a tumultuous week in British Politics, in a week from now, we’ll be getting our 4th PM in just five years! Indeed, yet another! In this political drama that makes the House Of Cards look lackluster, recent events can only be described as a clusterfuck, or Trussterfuck, with the British people paying for it, at every turn! The latest incarnation lasted just 45 days in office, which is a new record! It was no surprise to us...

Today, we discuss the continuing trials and tribulations of one Liz Truss as she desperately clings on to the floating log, that is the remainder of her political career!

Hunt’s summary to rescue Britain from the abyss, No cut in basic rate of income tax. Looks like a withdrawal of the unit cap on energy, i.e. no longer capped at £2,500. Truss has pedaled this policy as her centerpiece since winning the leadership.

What now for...

With the bank of England preparing for the possibility of a drop in UK property prices by up to a third, what now for the UK housing market and is this an issue confined only to the UK?

What does the future hold for a property market that has been in a bubble for some 10 years?

Is the current economic situation just a reflection of the actions of government and central banks over the last 14 years?

Current average two year fixe...

1. Will the lights go out this winter? Why has it come to this? How will people cope and what of Britains ‘Blitz spirit?

2. The death of Mahsa Amina last month in Iran a 27 year old, who allegedly beaten to death after being detained by Tehran’s morality Police, accused of breaking the hijab dress code, has since resulted in mass protest, with over 185 having died as a consequence, what does this mean for the regime of Iran?

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Just a few weeks into her premiership, Liz Truss, is already floundering on the political rocks, with talk amongst some Tories of trying to change the rules on leadership challenges, so they can trash the Truss and start again, I might add, yet again! The mini budget presented by the new chancellor rewarded the richest 1% with a tax cut, and along with reversing the NHI increase, introduced only a few months ago by the previous...