MICHAEL
Hello and a very warm welcome to your favourite news review show, Five in the Eye, right here on Colourful Radio. This is me - Michael Ohajuru - and you’re listening to episode 0349. A prime number show!
PHIL
And this is Phil Woodford joining Michael by Zoom this week, revealing that we have a special guest on the show this week. Joining us for the first time on the Eye, it’s Andy Gregg. Hi there, Andy.
ANDY
Hi Phil, hello Michael. It’s great to be here on the show and I can reveal that our top story this week is going to be about how the tectonic plates in international politics have been shifting in response to the Ukraine crisis. China is under pressure from both sides, while Germany has seemingly done a 180-degree turn in its relationship with Moscow.
MICHAEL
For story number two this week, it’s the bravery of a particular journalist - Marina Ovsyannikova of the widely-viewed, state-controlled Channel 1 in Russia. She staged a one-woman protest against the war live on TV.
PHIL
And what’s story number three? It’s the language of the war, which seems now to borrow from the world of cranks and conspiracy theorists.
ANDY
For our fourth story, we discuss men’s suits. Apparently, they are no longer going to be included in the Office for National Statistics’ basket of items used to calculate inflation. Have the days of a smart whistle really come to an end?
MICHAEL
And finally, to wrap up the five, it’s the member of the House of Lords who wasn’t allowed to contribute to a debate because he’d slept through a minister’s speech.
PHIL
Michael, no one would ever sleep through your contributions to this week’s Five in the Eye!
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