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The Bigger Picture: Ideas for the Tory leader, Labour hones its plans & China's demographic timebomb

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The Bigger Picture

The Bigger Picture: Ideas for the Tory leader, Labour hones its plans & China's demographic timebomb
Wondering why our government seems so bereft of ideas and unable to say what it believes in, Professor Tim Evans of Middlesex University assesses a list of policies for a future Tory leader suggested by ex-MEP Daniel Hannan. Tim also looks at Keir Starmer's early attempts to hone Labour's platform for the next election. And he explains why China is facing a demographic timebomb which will have massive ramifications for its economy.
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Professor Tim Evans


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The Bigger Picture: Tory Contest, Taiwan, Cost of Living & Lord Trimble

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The Bigger Picture

The Bigger Picture: Tory Contest, Taiwan, Cost of Living & Lord Trimble
Political commentator Mike Indian updates Simon Rose on the contest for the leadership of the Conservative Party, as Liz Truss garners ever more endorsements. He considers Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, the most senior American politician to visit in many years. He looks at the cost of living crisis in the light of the MPC's biggest interest rate rise in 27 years. And he pays tribute to Lord Trimble and his vital role in the Northern Ireland peace process.
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Mike Indian


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The Bigger Picture: The Tory leadership contest analysed and where it leaves Labour

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The Bigger Picture

The Bigger Picture: The Tory leadership contest analysed and where it leaves Labour
Political commentator Mike Indian analyses the Conservative Party contest to determine the leadership of the party and who will be Prime Minister. What are the positive and negative aspects of Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss? Will the views of the party membership and the MPs coincide and what will each mean for the Labour party? Mike also looks at Boris Johnson's final Prime Minister Questions and the cost-of-living crisis.
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Mike Indian


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The Business of Film: The Railway Children Return, The Good Boss & Persuasion

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The Business Of Film

The Business of Film: The Railway Children Return, The Good Boss & Persuasion
James Cameron-Wilson looks at the UK box office, wilting 52% in the heat. The Railway Children Return only managed #6 with £365,000 but James found the moving story overcame an unduly modern presentation. At #16 is Spanish Goya award triumph The Good Boss with Javier Bardem in arthouse cinemas and on Curzon Home Video. On Netflix, Persuasion is a funny and moving modern take on Austen.
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James Cameron-Wilson


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The Business of Film: Thor – Love and Thunder & Donbass

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The Business Of Film

The Business of Film: Thor – Love and Thunder & Donbass
James Cameron-Wilson looks at the UK box office, resilient in the better weather but only because of the arrival of Thor: Love and Thunder, taking £12.3m in the #1 spot. James found it the most expensive romcom of all time (costing $250m), often pantomimic and, in the end, atrocious. His faith in cinema was restored by catching up with the 2018 chilling black comedy Donbass from Ukraine, which is even more fascinating given the current conflict. It's available to buy and rent online.
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James Cameron-Wilson


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The Business of Film: Where The Crawdads Sing, Drive My Car & The Gray Man

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The Business Of Film

The Business of Film: Where The Crawdads Sing, Drive My Car & The Gray Man
James Cameron-Wilson tells Simon Rose of a bump in the box office as the weather cools. Minions is the new #1 with Where The Crawdads Sing arriving at #3, taking £1.3m. Based on the best-selling novel, James found it beautiful but ultimately rather disappointing. At #6 is the one NT Live showing of Jodie Comer in her one-woman play Prima Facie. James's DVD of the month is the Japanese award-winner Drive My Car, which he found a mesmerising and genuine original unlike anything else. Not so Netflix's action thrller The Gray Man with Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans, which he found OTT and wildly improbable.
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James Cameron-Wilson


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The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors: ECB rate hike, latest CPI & Carnival rights issue

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The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors

The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors: ECB rate hike, latest CPI & Carnival rights issue
Russ Mould of A J Bell talks to Simon Rose about the ECB rate hike, bigger than expected in an effort to tackle inflation. He points out that there are 19 different inflation rates to consider and wonders how one interest rate can satisfy the requirements of so many countries. Are they, and other central banks, increasing rates into a possible recession? He also looks at the cost-of-living indicators for the UK and the latest capital raising exercise from cruise ship operator Carnival, a company, he feels, which may suffer if discretionary spending is cut back.
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Russ Mould


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The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors: Market perkiness and UK company earnings

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The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors

The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors: Market perkiness and UK company earnings
Victoria Scholar of Interactive Investor talks to Simon Rose about why markets have been so buoyant despite aggressive monetary tightening from the US Federal Reserve. UK markets are lagging ahead of next week's MPC decision but earnings from commodity companies like Shell and Centrica were buoyant. Not so the reaction to results from either Barclays Bank or challenger Metro. Drinks giant Diagio is weathering the inflationary environment well, showing a bit shift to low- and no-alcohol drinks while ITV pleased investors with how well it is doing.
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Victoria Scholar


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Gadgets & Gizmos: Aggressive chess robots, e-Jerry cans & wrapping bridges in foil

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Gadgets and Gizmos

Gadgets & Gizmos: Aggressive chess robots, e-Jerry cans & wrapping bridges in foil
Tech maven Steve Caplin tells Simon Rose about the chess robot that broke a 7-year-old opponent's finger. There's also an explanation of why Hammersmith Bridge was wrapped in foil, a hydrofoil creating hydrogen, the privacy dangers of TikTok, why BMW owners need to pay more for heated seats, an e-Jerry can if you run out of charge and serving court papers using non-fungible tokens.
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Steve Caplin


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Gadgets & Gizmos: RIP SLR cameras, a drone superhighway and more efficient kettles

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Gadgets and Gizmos

Gadgets & Gizmos: RIP SLR cameras, a drone superhighway and more efficient kettles
Share Radio's technology guru Steve Caplin laments the demise of the SLR camera after over 60 years. He discusses the world's longest drone highway, printing your face on Hasbro figures, hacking fruit-fly brains, a more efficient kettle, a crowdfunded levitating firestone and the Swiss developing a network of underground autonomous freight tunnels.
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Steve Caplin


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