MICHAEL
Hello and a very warm welcome to Five in the Eye. It’s prime number episode of our news review show - number 0431 - which makes it extra special. This is me - Michael Ohajuru - looking forward to looking back over five stories that have caught our eye over the past week.
PHIL
And this is Phil Woodford joining Michael via Zoom and revealing that our top story is going to be Rishi Sunak’s speech on Wednesday to the Tory conference. He scrapped the next leg of HS2 and promised to abolish A-Levels and stop a generation of youngsters smoking. Was anyone convinced?
MICHAEL
For story number two, we turn to the United States, where the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, was ousted by hard-liners in his own party. Is government in the country beginning to fall apart?
PHIL
And what’s story number three, you ask? Well, it’s something Michael insisted we put in. Some of the latest research on what makes us either a dog lover or, in my case, a cat lover!
MICHAEL
And what about that extraordinary VAR mix-up in the game between Liverpool and Tottenham last weekend. Should the match be replayed? That’s story number four.
PHILAnd finally - at number five - we hope your breakfast has settled, because we’ll be discussing the dance-off between Nigel Farage and former Home Secretary Priti Patel.
MICHAEL
I feel dirty even talking about that dancing, Phil! And that’s this week’s Five in the Eye!
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