PHIL
Hello and a very warm welcome to episode 0348 of Five in the Eye - your weekly news review show on Colourful Radio. In London, I’m Phil Woodford, looking forward to looking back on five of the stories that have recently caught our eye.
MICHAEL
And this is me - Michael Ohajuru - joining Phil via Zoom this week and revealing that our top story is about the cost of the war in Ukraine. While we all want the fighters in Kyiv to prevail over Putin, how far are we prepared to go in terms of our own inconvenience or suffering?
PHIL
For story number two, we talk about Big Dog aka Boris Johnson. Has Ukraine got him off the hook over Partygate?
MICHAEL
At three this week, it’s the madness of the people who… wait for it… claim the war in Ukraine is a hoax. Is there *anything* that isn’t subject to conspiracy theories today?
PHIL
What’s number four? Well, some people have suggested renaming the London street in which the Russian Embassy sits. After President Zelenskyy of Ukraine.
MICHAEL
And finally this week, to wrap up the five, we return to the long-standing photographic evidence that President Putin is very fond of a facelift and barmy about Botox.
PHIL
It’s hard to say he shows a friendly face though. And that’s this week’s Five in the Eye!
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