MICHAEL
Hello and a very warm winter’s welcome to our Christmas Eve edition of Five in the Eye! Santa is no doubt tuning in and will have noted that episode 0337 is a prime number show! I’m Michael Ohajuru, looking forward to reviewing some of the final news of 2021.
PHIL
And joining Michael this week via Zoom, this is Phil Woodford, revealing that our top story is going to be the explosion in mental health referrals that have come out of the coronavirus pandemic. An old friend of the Eye will be joining us to discuss this worrying issue.
MICHAEL
For story number two, a consultancy recommends that we delay the gradual increase in the pension age because rising life expectancy has actually come to a halt. Obviously as an OAP myself, I have some opinions!
PHIL
What’s our third story this week? Well, President Obama is giving his annual advice on what books we should read. But do we all have the luxury of time to get through them?
MICHAEL
For our fourth story, it’s the Wild West world of Tory WhatsApp groups, where if you fall out of favour, you’re instantly cancelled!
PHIL
And finally this week, to round off the show, the spooks at foreign intelligence agency MI6 have channelled James Bond in their Christmas cards this year.
MICHAEL
Who receives a Christmas card from MI6? And that’s this week’s Five in the Eye!
