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Strapping into the rocket of right thinking this week is Stanford professor Dr Jay Bhattacharya. He tells our co-hosts about his private meeting with Elon Musk and why he doesn't blame the new Twitter boss for his blacklisting over the Great Barrington Declaration.'

Plus, it’s less striking action, more strike-in-action this week as England crash out of the World Cup and industrial action rumbles on. But how many strikes can the Tories take until they are down and out?

Our co-hosts weighed in on the slew of strikes plaguing the country. Allison is losing sympathy for health workers walking out, as she thinks their timing over the winter period is 'cruel'.

Liam has been impressed by the response from Labour's shadow health secretary Wes Streeting, who reminds him of a young Tony Blair.

And Liam’s latest bit of political trivia has Allison quite impressed...


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