FARAGE'S SECRET £5M GIFT EXPOSED AFTER REFORM'S LANDSLIDE

Reform's landslide just broke UK politics, and Farage's £5m gift could end it all. Two British expats break down a week of political chaos, fake food, and UFO committees.

Jack and Adam unpack the 2026 UK local election earthquake: Reform's 1,400+ seat surge, Labour's collapse, Starmer clinging on, and whether Farage could actually become prime minister, just as a parliamentary probe into his undisclosed £5 million crypto gift threatens to derail everything. 

Plus a Reform councillor wants to monitor UFOs at Doncaster Sheffield Airport, the science behind why you hate your own voice, and Adam's top five foods that aren't what you think (Pringles are only 42% potato).

00:00 Intro 

00:02 UK local elections and the two-party system 

00:10 Starmer's leadership crisis 

00:17 Farage: man of the people or £5m gift recipient? 

00:38 UFO monitoring at Doncaster Sheffield Airport 

00:43 Why you hate the sound of your own voice 

00:53 Top 5: foods that aren't what you think 

01:08 Outro

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Transcript

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Welcome back everybody to another episode of Temporally Scripted. I'm Jack Austin, and I'm miserable because I have a slight cold and I'm middle-aged. But we've got lots to tell you about today. It's been an interesting week in the news, or maybe not so if you are not interested in the politics of very, very small towns across the United Kingdom, and potential new prime ministers in a country that used to be great but is now not so great. But we'll get into all of that stuff later. Of course, everybody's favorite part of the show, the, the point that most people tune out, um, he's here again. Welcome, Adam Garcia. Yeah, here again, fortunately or unfortunately for some, I guess. I'm also middle-aged and miserable. I have a torn calf muscle, partial tear. Not so great. If only we- At least I have something to complain about ... you know, if only we had work to do or something, like. Yeah, I know. On this fine Friday morning, 'cause I would imagine many of the people watching this have to go to, like, offices and things, which i- is so, you know, I can't remember what that's like. Yeah, and I'm glad I, I don't have to do that. I've done it before. I would never really wish to do it again, I don't think. Yeah, if you had to get a job. Just all that dry office banter and- Yeah, like sneaking out for a cigarette 16 times a day and all of that stuff. Yeah, I'd have to take up smoking again just... Just for something to do. Yeah, just for something to do. Is it... The weird things about working in an office as well is, like, when it's your birthday, you have to bring in cakes and snacks for everybody. It's like, what the fuck is that about? It's my birthday. Yeah, it's weird, isn't it? Why do I have to, why do I have to bring cakes in for everybody? It's like, "Oh, great. Yeah, it's my birthday. I have to fucking remember to bring all this stuff in." Like-... I deliberately- It makes, it makes no sense ... d- d- deliberately make Marmite sandwiches and that. Here you go. It's my birthday today. This is how I like to celebrate. Marmite sandwiches and hash brownies. See how you like them apples. Doris from accounting's like... Good times. Anyway, so yeah, it's been an interesting week with, uh, landslide elections. I feel like the UK has now shown how irritated and fed up everybody is with the constant letdown of the government. I mean, going from... Of course, it's not a general election, for those of you that are watching that are not from the UK. Our general election is, like, where we change prime minister and decide who's gonna be in our houses of Parliament, which is basically the government itself, right? The, the big cheeses, the ones that get paid, um, like- Yeah ... for doing what they do. And with the lo- But sometimes that can happen a bit more often, and we have, uh, another change of prime minister for no reason, and sometimes it, they're basically unelected because A party leader will quit or get pushed out, and then the party will vote for the new one, that will be the new prime minister. Just thought I'd drop that in there 'cause it's n- nice and democratic and we like it. Yeah. Often, yeah, often this happens these days as well, right? They, um... You know, we, we, we pretty much out of the last 10 prime ministers only voted for two of them or something like that. It's, it's crazy. Not that I would vote anyway 'cause I have no faith in the system, so for those of you that are at home going, "But your, you know, your grandad died for your right to vote," it's like, yeah, no, my grandad was in the war and I still don't and neither did he, so do one. Yeah. Okay. Well, but there you go. It's, it's my, my right, right? But yeah, it's, um... I think that the, the... This is, like, a fairly seismic change, um, in, in the political landscape because the two main parties, which obviously most, most, uh, Western... Oop. My AirPod was so sick of it, it was trying to run away. Um, most, uh, Western politi- political systems are built on that same kind of system, right? You have two main parties. I think really before we even dig into, like, the news and what's happened, that's an interesting point because I, I, I, I believe that the two-party system, and this is my opinion, tinfoil hat moment everybody, right? The, the two-party system was basically invented to stop people having revolutions because if you imagine before you had this, you'd have, like, one leader, which would usually be the royals, right? The royal family of a country or whatever, the emperor, and that's, like, one source of power, one source of truth. So as, like, the, the general public, the, you know, the, the, the people of power that don't like whoever is in power decide that they're sick of it and they want a change, they'll go and overthrow the, the royalty, the leadership of the country, and then the whole system collapses and a brand new system comes in with different, you know, um, ideas, different agenda, all of that kind of stuff, which means that then controlling people is, like, becomes more of a challenge. So I think they had this idea, it's like, "Wait, why don't we do this system where we have two parties?" Right? We can make one red and one blue, right? And we can basically have them in so that whenever one of them is, like, everyone's fed up and they're like, "Ah, forget these guys. Let's get these guys out," they get voted out, and then the other party comes in, so, so it's blue now. But blue do exactly the same as red, they just disagree on, like, the most minute details of things. But the general agenda of what they do, how much debt they get us in, how much they control the population is the same. And then they'll get away with it for, like, four years or eight years, and then everyone will get fed up with blue. They're like, "Oh, let's try red again." And then red comes back in. They're like, "Hey, it's all new. It's gonna change." And then the same thing happens. So it's like you never have revolution because you're just replacing One sauce with the other sauce. And- Yeah ... and I feel like now everyone's got really sick of red and blue, so they're like,"Well, let's try purple and green. That's gonna be loads better." Right? We've done the primary colors, let's move on to secondary colors. Exactly. And it is like that 'cause every time as well it's like it's not the- when there's a general election and a new party comes to power, it's not because their policies and ideas are just really, really good, so much better than the other side. People are just going, "I'll vote for them because they're not them." You know? And it's just sort of like the lesser of two evils. But it is 100% that. A new party gets in, and at first it's good. There's all the promises. Five year end, everyone hates them'cause they've messed up so much stuff. Then the new ones come in."Oh, yeah, everything seems pretty good at first. Yeah." Well, two years in, four scandals down, whatever else, and it's like you're back to the where you began, and it just goes in this never-ending cycle. And also what, what happens in this, I think, is nothing ever really gets any better. It just gets continually worse because it's just getting dragged down by each one, and you just each time voting for the less bad option. And so it just over time it just, yeah, it's like a downhill. It's crazy. Which is not great. Yeah. And, and also, like if you look at the UK now, it's become one of those countries, I think it's in, in the top countries for the biggest inequality between the rich and the poor now as well. It's like there's like there's this measurement that I saw a graph of the other week, and there's like a median or an average basically line of the difference between, you know, the wealthy and the not so wealthy or the poor. And now in Britain, like that gap is like wider than it's ever been. So it's the... It, it shows that like the, the general movement of all this stuff is not great. People are still making shit loads of money. It's just like not everybody in the general population. Um, I, I saw a statistic- Yeah ... the other day that said like 40% of the road network in the UK is like that, like, what's the word? Um, needs service, needs fixing, not, not up to standard. There's like potholes everywhere and all of this stuff. I mean, I've not been back, but I sort of feel like if I landed back in the UK it would be a bit like when I flew to the wrong airport in Cuba and had to... And they're like, we were driving across and there's like massive potholes and swimming pool size in the motorway and stuff. Yeah. You know, people trying to like thumb a lift on the side of the motorway and whatnot, and like ... Do you know what I mean? And probably not as many coconuts and that- Some kind of wild west. Still I don't know. Um yeah, I don't know exactly what it's like over there 'cause it's been a while since I've seen it as well, but yeah, but everything does seem to be not, definitely not improving. And I think it's all, it's all kinds of things. So it's that thing with, uh, roads and infrastructure, some of which has never been great. And I remember getting the train to work, like, 20 years ago. And th- there'd always be... If you were working five days, there'd definitely be one or two days when the train didn't show up or was massively late. And then it's like and they'd be like, "Oh, leaves on the line," or this problem or whatever. And you're like, "How do you not get this right?" 'Cause it shouldn't be that hard. Other countries do it, you know? But, but they don't. And things like that have always been a problem, and I guess they're as bad, if not worse, now. And so it's just... And that, and then, like, health service and waiting lists and everything really. I, I don't know. And you... If you're getting more and more of that shift where you have a bigger gap between the rich and poor, then I guess it's gonna be like that. If, if you're rich, you can do everything privately. It doesn't really affect you so much. But for everyone else, it, it does. And I, I guess that gap's only gonna grow over time as well as companies need less employees 'cause they replace certain workers with automation. Yeah. Yeah, 'cause that's coming as well. And I, I mean, does it look like Starmer's gonna survive this one? He seems, like, pretty... 'Cause normally, when these kind of scandals happen, like Starmer's... Well, Starmer, the, the, the prime minister, is normally as soon as it's like this, it's like, "Right. That's it. He's done." But he seems to, he seems to be hanging on in there, doesn't he? He's like, he doesn't He won't quit, will he? I'm not sure he's... He won't 'cause apparently even he said something about, well, if there's a challenge and there's another leadership race, then he'll be in the race. People will be able to vote for him. Even though, in fact, probably nobody wants to vote for him, and everyone around him is quitting. He's like, "No, no, I'm..." I, I don't know if it's some, like, extreme, I don't know, narcissism or, or something that he has. But there's a few times... There's, there's a few weird things about him. It's like he said something about one time, "Oh, yeah, I, I, I..." Someone asked him about dreams, and he's like,"I don't, I don't dream." Like, okay. And there were some other, like, really weird quirks in his personality. And I remember, I think it was a year ago or two years ago, there was, um, a lot of protests and- Some would say riots in places, and some people putting things on social media and various things. And Keir Starmer just introduced these really unbelievably harsh laws where people ended up... And that's where a lot of his people getting locked up for hate speech for usually posting something that's could be seen as kind of innocent and not that bad on Facebook. Um, but I remember watching a show, um, that was kind of like a panel, and one of the guys on there was a psychologist, and he was looking at it and he's like, "Yeah, so what Starmer's doing, it's like from a psychology point of view, you could really see this as just narcissistic rage." Mm. You know? It's like, 'cause the, the people, the plebs hadn't listened to him. He's the most important person, and then it's like, right, just rage at them. So I don't, I don't know. I could be totally wrong. I don't know if there's some... I don't want to insinuate, but there's some dark, sinister part of this man or anything. Could just be the opposite. Uh, but he s- definitely seems to have a very overly high opinion of himself and belief in himself that just seems a little bit unwarranted. Yeah. He's, he's... To me, he reminds me of like a narcissistic geography teacher. Yeah. Do you know what I mean? He's got that kind of vibe going. Okay, sit down class. He does. Detention, Sam. It's that kind of... He does. He's got like pure, you know, geography teacher vibes and, you know, to may- maybe he was like third in command in the school as a geography teacher, so he's got a bit of a chip on his shoulder. Like, it's like, "Well, if the head teacher dies and the deputy head dies, then I'll be the head teacher." Yeah. Kind of- It would be a shame if I hit them with my car. It would be like that. But he was also a- 'Cause he was... Wasn't he a... I was just gonna say, wasn't he a human rights lawyer before, uh, getting into politics? Yeah. But, but is he a human rights lawyer in the same way that like HR doesn't work for you, they work for the company? Quite possibly. I heard that there was some, there was some cases that he worked on where it was like a lot of people were saying,"Now, are you sure you wanna be getting freedom for that individual?"'Cause it, it was pretty dark, put it that way. But anyway- Crazy, isn't it? Yeah. I mean, it's weird how, uh, like the media and the perception and I, like I don't even read that much news, to be honest. Like, I, I- I don't even read. No, I know. Full stop. You, you have to use the, you know, the version for, for, for the blind, don't you? It reads it out to you. Pretty much, yeah. Um, but, but yeah. I, I, I don't read a lot of news, to be honest. But it's funny how even at that level you develop opinions about people and, and feelings about people that you've never met, that you have no idea about who they actually are and how they actually are. Because if I look at it now, I'm like, "Oh yeah, Keir Starmer, massive dickhead." And then for some reason there's like Angela Rayner who might take over, summat about her that I just don't like, and I've got no reason. There's no, there's no rhyme or reason for it. Yeah. I have no ba- apart from the fact she's a politician, and obviously they're all footwits, but- It's- you know, like- ... hard to trust. Yeah. There's no... And then, then there's that Burnham guy who's a douche, but for some reason I feel less, less like... There's less of a hatred in my soul towards him for some reason. I don't know. I have no basis for it whatsoever, and I'm sure it will change very quickly after he's been prime minister for three months and the media starts talking about him. I mean, that was, 'cause that was basically the Tony Blair thing as well, wasn't it? New Labour and he comes in and everything seems, oh, this is great, and look, this young guy seems really kind of cool, charismatic. He's not like the old, old folks in Parliament. He's, he's got great ideas, gonna do brilliant things. Genocide. Just roll forward the clock a little bit 'cause you never know what they're gonna do. Um- No ... the same with that Andy Burnham thing. Know nothing about him really. Um, I know it's- Genuinely ... it, um, 'cause he was kind of popular, but then he kind of got blocked from running in a local election. Uh, but then, so for him to actually be able to run for leader, first some- someone currently has to step down as like the, the local MP so that he can then... Well, then there'll be like a vote for him to get in, and then after that they need to call another vote, uh, in the area for him to be elected actually as MP. So it's like- Yeah ... it's a really long, long process for him to be able to do it, and there's no guarantees. But there was quite, that quite funny thing earlier this week where in the House of Commons, it's like Black Rod goes, knocks on the door, and one of the politicians shouts out,"Not now, Andy, you're too early." Which I thought was good. You don't get humor very often- No, they are- ... in most places ... they, they do, do quite a bit of like shouting out and stuff though. I like that, that whole heckling vibe. But then the same thing is being said of that is like I quite, again, don't know why, I just quite like Nigel Farage Like I can't, I, I, I... And I have no real... It's not necessarily even politically, I'm just saying it live on air, probably gonna get some haters. Good news, people I wouldn't wanna spend time with anyway. Terrible, smelly hippies that glue themselves to the road, um, and call it- Just throw it back out. Yeah. To just get some i- i- insults done. Get, get the first shot in before someone says it to you. There's probably oil in the glue that they glue themselves to the road with anyway. Um, but yeah, just- Really harmful chemicals ... just Stop Oil is a whole other conversation for another day. Um, and I know they don't represent the Green Party, so to speak. But yeah, it's weird, isn't it? Like I've never met this dude. I've got no idea about, like much about him. I just like him. There's something about him that he just, he's likable to me, and he seems like a someone... I think I judge everyone- Yeah ... based on how fun I think it would be to have a pint with them. Yeah. I- I've heard people say that before, and I had friends who'd say that about Boris Johnson and things like that, but- That's probably me. It could have been, yeah. But we're not friends though. Exactly. But I mean, for me with both, uh, Boris Johnson and with Nigel Farage, it's like would I, would I have a pint with them or speak to them for an hour? Yeah, why not?'Cause it's someone who's got different life experience, could be good to, to learn from. But I really don't like- Networking experience ... networking. But, uh, from their public persona, I really don't like either of them. Yeah, it's interesting, isn't it? And- And, and- Yeah ... what's, what about the Green Party dude? Like I don't like... Even though I'm here in a T-shirt, and I did a meeting with a client yesterday in a vest, 'cause I've got to that level of comfortable now in my hair. Just gonna show up in a vest, don't care. Um, like I, I don't like the Green Party dude 'cause he turns up to TV interviews with a T-shirt on. I'm like, "What the fuck? You're supposed to be a politician. What's that about?" You should have like one of those Victorian wigs on or whatever, like... Like top hat and tails and all that kind of thing. They should all still have to wear that stuff. Maybe a cane. Yeah. Yeah, and a monocle. They should all... That's it. Like the Monopoly man. Um, but yeah, I don't know. It's weird, isn't it, how- Does he have a monocle or is that a Mandela effect? I think that is a Mandela effect, isn't it? Yeah. Yeah. The, the monocle guy that's coming into my head now is like the dude in Ace Ventura. But anyway, that, that's- No ... that's a tangent we can go down- But yeah. right now. But, um, 'cause people are like already lost. Uh, but yeah, it's, it's weird, isn't it? Maybe it's because I grew up in Lincolnshire that I like- Right ... that Farage just for some reason seems like a better option than the Green Party guy. You know, maybe growing up in such a blue, like- Like farming area, you know, all the kids on the bus at school were talking about, like, their dad's combine harvester and stuff. It's just in, in me- Yeah like conditioned. Do you know what I mean? So when I see someone like- Yeah, maybe... old Farage, I think... I mean, I still know he's an absolute toilet of a human because, again, goes with the territory. Politicians are all toilets. Like there's not, there's no exception to the rule. Yeah. And I mean, I think he tries to play on that thing quite a lot as well, where you'll see him giving some, a little bit of an interview or press, uh, press conference or whatever, and he'll be outside of a pub with a pint in one hand, cigarette in the other. It's like, "Man of the people, um, and I'm just like everybody else." And it's like, yeah, except our next story about his £5 million gift from a, a crypto king. Yeah. Maybe that's a little bit different. Yeah. But, and again, so this story's interesting. The timing's very interesting for a start. Like, because obviously it's after all of this stuff has just happened with them having their landslide victory across all the local elections. Um, and now suddenly it's like, oh, okay, we're gonna investigate him for this thing. I, I... It's, it's bad obviously, right? But there isn't any politician that's not in that boat in some way, shape, or form. Again, they all have conversations with people. They all get backed by people. They all have favors done for them, and they, they almost, in a lot of ways, they can't even help that because there's this reciprocity thing, right? If people do stuff to help them, then they feel like they need to throw help back in the other direction. So it's like- Which is, I, I believe that's, isn't that kind of against the law?'Cause that's buying politicians essentially. Yeah, but it's also human nature. It's impossible not to. Like it, it's just one of those things, right? Um, like if you're prime minister, w- which to be fair, the rate they're going through 'em, Adam, might not be that far away. Um- We, we both might be in Verennen. Who knows? We, we both, you know, and then I ask you for a small favor, like, "Please, can I, you know, take all the oil out of this lake and flood this village?" You're gonna be like, "Wow, it's been, you know, a few thousand people live there. Not sure where we're gonna re-home them to, but Jack has invited me around for Christmas quite a few times, so." Sorry, folks, move on. Yeah. Sorry, Swansford, like that's it for you. You know, you're getting fracked. Um- Exactly. So there is a bit of that, but then there's also, of course, yeah. And, and I, I, I would argue that- Obviously these smaller parties, they can't-- they could... The only way they can compete with the bigger parties is by being funded, right? And all the big parties are the same. If you look at who funds the Labour Party, I'm sure we could pull it up now and say, right, who's the biggest funders of the Labour Party? You're gonna find rich individuals that are the biggest funders of the Labour Party. And if you go, you know, who's the biggest funder of the Conservative Party? Now, I know the difference is that this is a personal gift, but still it's, uh... I think that guy's the main-- He's also the main, um, backer of Reform as well, from what I understand. He's like a half British, half Thai guy, this Bitcoin, um, crypto guy. Right. Okay. So it's not just a gift for him. Apparently, the, the excuse for it is that it was a, um, a security gift to pay for Farage's security. Um- Yeah, but there was two different things, wasn't there?'Cause don't know if I can find it, but yeah, at first he said it was, uh, it was a security thing. And then he kind of backpedaled on it. I can't remember which way around it was. And then said, "Oh, it was a, a reward for campaigning for Brexit for 27 years." And it- Hmm ... it, it's one or the other. Both of them are very, very separate things. And apparently, shortly after receiving the £5 million gift, he went and bought a 1.4 million property paid in cash. Right. Yeah. Good times. Not bad, is it? Not bad. Yeah. I mean- I mean, it, it's just, it's that thing, what, what could be reasons for it? It, it could be okay. Want to give some money to a party, want to say thank you to him. We want it for security. Is it... But it, uh, it's hard not to wonder, is it something else? Is it a politician being bought? And I mean, I don't know how rich the crypto investor is, but I think to anyone,£5 million is not small change. I mean, for 27 years it's only £187,000 a year. It's not, you know, pocket change. Yeah, maybe. I reckon Nigel Farage- And I mean- ... spends that on pints. He probably does, and Lambert & Butler. I mean, I don't know, but 27 years, so he's been doing, he's been campaigning for Brexit since 1999. Probably. Or was it before then? Probably. Or was it the time up to Brexit? So he's been doing it since like the early '90s or something. Yeah, I would guess so. Dunno. Because the, it, it was that, it was that point where Tony Blair and stuff was starting to really, you know, go into the whole European Customs Union And, uh, there was even talk when we were younger, wasn't there, about the UK taking the euro?'Cause that was a big thing. Yeah, I vaguely remember that. People were not happy- And then said no ... about that. Well, I'm not using the same currency as the French and the Germans. You joking? That was basically it. So I'm just looking here now at like the, the donors of the Labour Party. Like, obviously, the main donors of the Labour Party are the unions, right? So they're like the vast majority of it. But then after that, you've got Lord David something, Gary Lubner, Lubner. Like, these are all, you know, personal- It's, uh, Gates somewhere. Uh, Bill. Yeah. Well, a- a- again, so that's the other interesting thing, isn't it, about the difference in our politics to... Or maybe it's not interesting, but the difference between our politics and American politics. Theirs is much more based around the individual, right? So Trump and Obama and all of the different people were all funded into, into, into the White House, Biden, whatever, by rich technocrats, basically. Um, the amount of money that goes into campaigns in the US is just insane. When you see how many, just how many millions or billions get contributed sometimes just by individual people or groups to a politician, it's just, it's mind-boggling. Um- It really is ... I was just thinking, I wonder if anything goes on where you have like, uh, individuals for the donors to a party. If I was a corporation, could I find an individual and say to that individual, "Contribute to this party for me," and tell them it's from me? I wonder if anything else like that goes on. I wouldn't... D- it wouldn't surprise me. I'm not saying that it does 'cause I only just thought of it all. Maybe I invented it. Maybe I could patent it. I don't know. Maybe we should start the Adam and Jack Party- Yeah ... um, and see if we can get some donors. Yeah. Seems like a good business to be in The, yeah, the temporarily scripted party. And then to be fair, because we'll never get elected, we'll never have to declare any of our personal gifts. Yeah. Are you expecting, uh, quite a lot of personal gifts from crypto billionaires and individuals? I, I heard that when he got given the gift it was like, you know, um, CatZ Ear coin, and it was only worth 10 quid, but it just moon- Oh, right, okay it was a moonshot. So actually- That was it ... so actually it was more of a joke gift where this guy was like, "Here's some CatZ Ear coin. Hold onto this, son. It's gonna be worth a few bob." And he's like, "Oh, well- Then he- ... I shouldn't really take it 'cause I'm, you know, in this position where might end up in power one day. I shouldn't really take this gift." He's like, "Yeah, it's only 10, it's only 10 quids worth of CatZ Ear coin. You'll be fine, mate." He's like, "I don't know. All right then. Send it over to my wallet." And then sends it over to his wallet, and then looks like three days later it's worth £5 million. Gonna take that out and buy myself a nice house. In cash. In cash. I think it's totally innocent, to be honest with you. I'm just- I don't know why everyone's getting so, so bothered about. Yeah, exactly. I think, like we said though, when we started talking about Farage, he's got that like man of the people, I'm just like you kind of thing. But I don't know about you, but I don't know anyone that's received a £5 million gift recently for seemingly no reason or a very obscure reason which we don't know about. Also, not many people I know have just bought a, a 1.4 million pound house with a big bag of cash. Yeah. So I wonder if he's gonna get away with it, because what they can do is if, if they find him guilty, they can suspend him, and if you're suspended for any longer than 10 days then they, that triggers a by-election in your seat. So he could lose the seat in Parliament. But what it- Whoa ... what's not, what's not clear is whether or not if he loses his seat, he can just get a different seat. Interesting. That's not clear. So I don't know if- 'Cause in a way he really is that party, isn't he? When you think of Reform, I don't, I can't think of any other major MPs in there. I know they've somehow got a load of ex-Tories and ex-Labour in there, uh, but I can't remember any names. He's, he's the only one that really stands out. He's like the face of a party really. Yeah. They've got like Braverman, she's one of them, and there's a few others in there that, that kind of jumped ship from the, you know, the, the Conservatives. But yeah, it's, um, an interesting one. I, I wonder if the... But the timing I think is very interesting as well. It's like- Oh, okay ... it's come out just now. It's like, you know, I, I, I think that... 'Cause again, regardless, I don't think it's gonna improve anything in the situation, but it is gonna be a big shakeup, and like clearly like if, if he doesn't get kicked out of... He's gonna be the next prime minister, which is mental. Like totally mental. It's really mental. And I mean, 'cause earlier we were talking about two-party systems and... But that complete paradigm is just completely, completely changed, uh, if we look at the local election results.'Cause I can't remember the exact figures, but you... Maybe you could pull them up or check them out. But we had Reform like so far ahead of everyone else, and then all of the others are just kind of bunched together with like a, such a small percentage of a vote in comparison, and that's including like Labour, Tories, Green Party. And, and the Green Party as well from going from what used to be like 2% or something of the vote, now I think they're up to like... They're up to like 17 or something crazy. Yeah. So in terms of that, like councils, yeah, Reform now are at like 1,455, Labour 1,000. So they're, they're up 1,453. So they had two, and now they have like 1,450- ... 55. It's a pretty good turnaround- Right ... isn't it? Yeah. So, uh, all of them basically came from Labour. Um, and the Greens went from... They had a few more actually.'Cause the council elections are weird. There, there's like certain areas, um, where it, it moved basically. So the seat-wise, yeah, it's crazy. I can't find the percentage for some reason, which is a bit annoying. But, um, it's a... It's, it's seismic, you know? Um- Yeah ... everywhere, basically. Um- And it really seems like if there was a, a general election tomorrow, without a, a shadow of a doubt, Reform would, would get in. Yeah. But that's like- 'Cause it seems like the, the closest competition is like, uh, a long, a long way behind. Yeah. Yeah. So if you look at the, um, yeah, the polls basically, um, I don't know why it's so hard to find, um, a good quality poll 'cause they're... Normally they're everywhere. Um, but yeah, if you look at the graph right now, like the Greens are surging, you know. They're, they're, they, they're going crazy. So they're almost about to take over Labour, and Reform are like- 25 % or something. The Greens are now up to like 15%, and then Labour and Tories are just, just under 20% in the middle. It's crazy that the Greens would be that close 'cause for years it's like the way it always was, you just had like Labour, Conservative, sometimes it would flip between them. You'd have Lib Dems somewhere in the third, apart from when they did a coalition government. And then the Greens would just be this tiny, tiny little fraction at the bottom that would never really get any votes or never really do anything. And for them now to be almost as popular as Labour or Conservative, that's, that's really wild. And a lot of their policies are really wild as well. Um, it should- Yeah, he does even want like legalize all drugs. He's a lunatic. It's that and a load of other stuff you'd think doesn't sound so great. And it's just like ultra, ultra far, far left, but in like a really, really bizarre way. It's not f- I don't know how to describe it, but like ultra-liberal. Hmm. Yeah. In ways I think it... Well, it's a mix of that, and I think they were trying to get like the Muslim vote as well, and so they've integrated that even though their, their policies on some things are completely the opposite of anything in Islam. But somehow all, all this has been merged into the same thing, and that's where a lot of, uh, and I don't know how any of this works 'cause it's absolutely mad. But that's where a lot of their votes came from and, uh, during like the canvassing and things, it's like knock on doors in various Muslim areas and then like convince someone to vote. But it wouldn't just be like that, that guy that would vote. He'd get like his entire family to go and vote, and that's where, that's where a lot of the n- numbers came from. I think as well, you know, the whole like let's legalize everything argument- It's, uh, maybe that it works well in places like Portugal and stuff, but can you imagine doing that in the UK? Like, British people are built different. It's just not, it's not gonna work. Like, it's just not gonna work. It's really not, is it? It's just gonna have so many more people on the sesh, like regular, on the regular. All day. Beer sales will probably increase, I would guess. Um, but, uh, you know, we... I don't know if we have enough police cells to deal with the aftermath of that or, you know, mental health, um, professionals. Like, uh- It'd just be absolute carnage. Um- Really would. People have no off switch. And no, I don't think they do, and I think it would be terrible for a whole, a whole generation. Yeah, exactly. So, you know, it's, it's, it's crazy. Um, anyway, so sticking with politics but also going back into s- some of what we talked about last week, right? The UFL... UFO files landed, groundbreaking it was. There was, you know, lots of stuff in there that we didn't know before. Um- Hey. Absolutely. Go check out the previous episode to find out why. And while you're at it, don't forget to like, share, subscribe. Yeah. Yeah. Space is really dark. Um, which I, you know... And I never knew it was quite so dark as it was. The, the camera quality that people took out into space, we build, build spaceships, but fucking cameras are rubbish. Um, and, uh, we have a, a, a new reform counselor in the UK that wants to monitor UFOs as part of, uh, the airport reopening in, in Doncaster Sheffield, which sounds like the least glamorous airport in the world- doesn't it? Yeah. It's not like when you're traveling somewhere and it's like, "Oh, well, do you have, like, a layover anywhere? Do you have any stops?" "Yeah, just, uh, Singapore and Dubai." "Oh, okay. Sounds pretty good. What about you?" "Oh, well, you know, Doncaster Sheffield, and then, uh,""off to Aberystwyth." I don't know. It's crazy, isn't it? It's like one of those things where they must have had a big argument about whether it's a Doncaster Airport, whether it's a Sheffield Airport, and then they just had to, like, sort of settle that it's both. Um- Y- yeah, please everybody. Yeah. But what's, what's this all about? He wants the UFOs? But what's he do- I don't get it. Is that the w- the main reason for plane delays? Is this the excuse they're gonna start using for- It, it's a good one ... the fact we're running out of jet fuel across the UK? It's like, "Oh, I'm sorry, your plane's delayed because there's a, a UFO out there." It's like- Um- ... isn't that just a drone? Like, what, what's this about, you know? Well, that's just actually what he wants to do. So- It, he as part of, uh, the airport, he wants to have monitoring for UFOs or UAPs as we now know of them, which is really crazy. Yeah. But this comes from when Reform won control of the City of Doncaster Council in 2025, and they said that one of the things to do was to reopen, uh, this airport. And so I guess the, the reopening's being planned, and they want to do this with it. Uh, I, I don't know. I think the only thing is with it,'cause it's like a government thing, I just wonder how much it'll cost. You know, 'cause you'll have to have everything, and you'll have to have like, uh... Will it be like an office where they're monitoring this? But then you're gonna need like a HR department, a health and safety department. Are the binoculars health and safety approved? I don't know, whatever else, and everything, I could just imagine it costing an absolute fortune. Whereas, yeah, but probably on the roads to the airport there's potholes and lampposts that don't work and things like that. But instead we'll spend the money looking for UFOs with probably really low-grade equipment that could we not do the job better from like a, a military base with like state-of-the-art radar and, or satellites with like amazing, amazing tools on board to be able to like zoom in on anything and see what's there? Are we gonna have like Gavin on the airfield with a, a telescope? I, I, I don't know. I don't know how it's gonna work. Yeah, on his, on his part-time shift. Yeah, I mean, it, it, it's, uh, it's bizarre there's even a budget for it with, like you said, all that other stuff. But also, we can't even stop like illegal immigration, people coming in across the, the channel and stuff. Like, there's no budget for that. So they'll, well, up in Doncaster, it's like in Kent we've got no budget for anything because we have to process all of this stuff all of the time. But in Doncaster they've got Alan searching for UFOs. Like, "Seen owt today, Alan?" "No, not today. Ugh." You know, drinking Yorkshire Tea, like crazy. Yeah, sure. Mad. Madness. Um, a- another interesting story that you, uh, put across just for, uh, it doesn't really apply to me. So y- the, the title of it is Why You Hate The Sound Of Your Own Voice. I love the sound of my own voice. I hate the sound of yours. Really? But no, I love it. Hey, there we go. No, I'm only joking. I, you've got a very nice tone of voice. You sound like you're from Doncaster actually. Yeah, not really. All right. Um, but Cheers, mate. Got any tea? Yeah, but what's this about? Well, yeah, it's just sort of, um, popular science. So sometimes we'll ju- just do, like, little reports on just, oh, scientists have found this or the reason for blah, blah, blah. So yeah, the- Legit lifespan ... the reason, I believe so. It's as good as looking for UFOs above an airport. Um, but yeah, so most people, I'm sure everyone's had this at some stage. They've heard their own voice and gone like, "Ugh," or, "That doesn't sound like me." And most people, they, they really don't like it. So one of the reasons is that we hear our voices differently to how they sound to other people. Um, I can't remember the term for it. Maybe it'll say in here. Uh, but yeah, because when we hear sounds, we're hearing it as airwaves just going into our ears. But when it's our own voice, it's traveling, like, through our jawbones, through all kinds of different structures, and then into the eardrum. So it sounds, uh, bassier. It sounds clearer, and it... And so when we hear it on a recording, it just sounds way, way different. But it sounds like it's the... Like, from what everything was said there, it should sound better, right? It's, like, in the sense of, you know, it's bassier. It's got this quality. But I guess because it doesn't sound li- like you in it. I, I understand this. I've listened to myself speaking, and it's like, you know. Yeah, so when you're hearing your, your own voice, that's when it's kind of got more bass and it's clearer. Oh. Like when you're... But when you listen to a recording, it's not as full, and as humans, we make decisions about other people based on their voice. So, like, how their voice sounds will influence whether we think someone's smart. Are they trustworthy? What kind of level of agreeableness, emotional stability, all of those kinds of things, and even things like competence. And so we've, we've got conditioned to our voice sounding this way, and we think, "Yeah, I, I sound, I sound honest, assertive. I sound this, this." And then we hear the actual recording, and it's like, "Oh, that is different." What actually... Yeah, what actually- Yeah ... happened there, right? Yeah, it's, it's like you wouldn't want a, you know, if someone walks in and they're... You're, like, hiring new security team. Imagine you're Nigel Farage. You've got £5 million to spend, and some guy comes in. He's looking hench. You're like, "Oh, he looks good." He's like, "Hello, Mr. Farage." You'd be like, "Um, what the fuck?" Do you know what I mean? So I can, I can understand that, and I think you do. Y- you get it with certain regional accents as well, don't you? It's like you get an opinion about somebody because of the way- They speak like, y- you know- Yeah even earlier in this episode when we were talking about Keir Starmer and you did your most excellent impression, I have to say, of Keir Starmer. The geography teacher. Right. Yeah. He has like an in- he has like an interesting voice, doesn't he? It's, it's, it's weird. Like, and you, you do ... Y- I can see how you make a judgment of someone based on their accent, the way they speak, the pitch, the tone, how confident they are, all of that kind of stuff. Maybe that's why Tony Robbins is so rich and does so well, 'cause he's got like the world's deepest voice. Yeah, he really does. He, he sounds like he smokes like 50 Woodbines a day. Yeah. Yeah, I did a Tony Robbins course about a year ago. It's pretty good. But yeah, he's, uh some of it's just so over the top and extreme at the same time. And everyone get up, say this. Yeah. Come from this stuff and it's like, wow. Yeah, it's crazy. But really good guy and the way he thinks about certain things is really good. Apparently, uh, they did some like tests at, at like a university or something. I can't remember the whole story, but yeah, it's basically statistically proven that his, his methodology treats depression in this really, really amazing way. Um- He's cool, man. Yeah, he's, um- Yeah ... he's ve- I can't remember how many meals that he's, um, delivered, but he like, he remembered when he was a kid, I think he was super poor, and he remembers one Christmas or something, like he- they got delivered meals as a family, these hot meals, and it had such a, like a big effect on him at the time. He was like, "Right, that's, that's, you know, I'm... one day I'm gonna give back to people that don't, that don't have enough food." And I think he's like given away billions, billions of hot, hot meals. Crazy. Hmm. That's amazing. Um, the other thing that's cool is he, he, he says he doesn't work with people that, uh, that he defines as winning the sperm lottery. He's not interested- Right ... in working with rich people that were, that got their money because their parents were rich. He only works with people that have made themselves super rich. I, I think... And I don't... I think, I think he makes like $10 billion a year or something over his companies. It's crazy. Yeah. So ladies and gentlemen, as usual, we're at that point in the show where Adam is gonna take it away and tell us about the top fives, but I have no idea what they could be. So they're not even Jack Austin approved top fives today. Oh, right. Well, it's, uh, it's actually top five most embarrassing things that Jack Austin has said. Oh, beautiful. Well, it, I mean, I'm surprised. I'm very surprised that you managed to narrow that down to five. Well, it was top five out of a very long list. Uh, no. So something a little bit different. So it's top five, uh, foods that aren't quite what you think. So we have some that are kind of, uh, we have some legal absurdities, seed food disguises, chocolate controversies, and more. Lovely. Um, yeah, 'cause a lot of food that we eat, especially snacks and I guess highly processed things, we'd expect it to be one thing, or sometimes even the label guides us to believe it's a certain thing, but it turns out to be something slightly different. So the first one we went for is, uh, Pringles.'Cause you... I don't know, what do you think of when you think of Pringles? Well, what are they? So, so I'm gonna be a bit biased in this 'cause I saw a short video the other day where a woman had a Pringles can next to a, like a glass Pringles can, and she was putting all the ingredients- of the Pringle- Oh, right in there. Yeah. But before I saw that video, I would've thought potato chip, right? Like, but, but actually, yes, not, not at all. And that's what everyone thinks. Yeah, and it's like they, they do contain potato, but they're not, they're not sliced potato. They're made from a dough using, uh, potato-derived ingredients plus other starches, flours, and flavorings. And there was- Yeah, there's like dextrose and MSG and all kinds of other stuff in there. It's all kinds of crazy stuff. And so what happened a few years ago, it was like, uh, in the UK, it was a VAT dispute, um, because most, most food is like zero rated, but potato chips are, are, are like standard rated, so it would be like a different rate for VAT. And so Procter & Gram- Gamble argued that Pringles were not really potato crisps because they were only around 40 to 42% potato. In the end they didn't win, and they still had to pay the higher rate, I believe. But yeah, I mean, I didn't know exactly what I thought was in Pringles, but I definitely thought it would be more than 40 to 42% potato. Yeah. Yeah, once you pop, you can't stop, so I did wonder there might be crack in there or something. But it's like, yeah, I, th- they are, you know, you know that they're killing you s- slowly when you eat them. You're like, "This is not, this is not ideal." Um- And it's just what is, what exactly is that extra 50, 58, 60%? It's- So from the video I saw it's just like chemicals and powders and dextrose and just like all kinds of mad stuff. Um, it's, it's weird actually. I've been seeing a lot of Pringle-related videos recently 'cause there's this craze going around where people get a, a, a can of Pringles, and they'll melt chocolate and then fill it up to the brim with melted chocolate and then put it in the freezer so the chocolate like solidifies around the crisps, and then- cut slices of it, which just boggled my mind because apparently it's a thing. Some people like to eat chocolate with crisps. Like, which is- Yeah, 'cause it's for the sweet/salty thing, isn't it? I mean, they would be dead with the leaf blowers if I was president of the world. That would be the first thing. Leaf blower people, people that eat crisps and chocolate at the same time- ... sorry, no place for you. No, we've got a Mars mission. You can either go on the Mars mission or gas chamber. Um- Right. Wow. I, I guess... Yeah, hopefully you don't get in the race for this, uh, new prime minister Labour leader job. Sounds pretty grim for a lot of people. What, what's next? Uh, okay. So the next one is probably- I guess we call them something different now perhaps, but when we were kids they'd be known as crab sticks. Right. Yeah. Now often known as seafood sticks. Um, people think, oh, well, it's probably like cheap crab meat or crab meat mixed with something else, something a bit crabby. But usually it's something called surimi, which is processed white protein, protein paste from fish. Uh, and a lot of the time it's made from minced white fish such as pollock or cod, probably not so much, and Pacific whiting. Uh, so yeah, so they, they take it, they mince it, wash it, mix it with ingredients such as sugar or sorbitol, then blend it with flavoring starch or egg whites, and shaped into products resembling crab, shrimp, or lobster, et cetera. All sounds really, really nice. I do like one of those dipped in some vinegar. Ooh, nice. But I was never a fan of that kinda... It, it always just seemed really artificial to me, even as a kid. And, and one of my friends, "Oh, w- oh, wicked, crab sticks. Oh, uh." It's like, "What's wrong with you? What, what do you need that for?" I, I feel, I feel called out, Adam. What's next? Okay. This isn't really- I'm gonna go eat some crab sticks. This isn't really much of a controversy unless you mix it with Pringles, I guess. But, uh, white chocolate. So it's just one of those things that people argue about online is like, is it actually chocolate or not?'Cause some people say, okay, for it to be chocolate, you have to have cacao solids, like solid bits of the co- cacao bean in, in the chocolate, which white chocolate doesn't have. It just has- Yeah ... um, cacao butter, which is like the fat from the actual bean. So it doesn't, it doesn't really contain cacao. So is it chocolate? I don't know, but it's one of those Reddit kind of people in a cesspit shouting at each other about chocolate kind of thing. Yes. They should ask the Milky Bar Kid. He knows. They sh- oh, Milky Bars are amazing. I used to love those things. They are. I, I- One became, and they were in the paper wrappers for a while, and there'd be like a puzzle on the back of it that you could do. Yeah, I've demolished- Back in the day ... a few Milky Bars in my time. Good for you. Beautiful. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, it takes me back. Anyway. Yeah. I think once had like a, a Milky Bar, um, Easter egg. That was really good as well, and it had like the, the Milky Bar like buttons on the inside, and I think it had like, I don't know, something else That's some next level shit right there. I like it. Yeah. Sure was. Okay. Well, next we have wasabi, the sushi betrayal. So- Mm. Loads of people think they've had wasabi, uh, maybe in restaurants, maybe they've bought it in shops, and they think, "Okay, I'm getting genuine Japanese wasabi," and it's a spicy green paste made from the wasabi plant. However, much of the wasabi served outside Japan is imitation. So it'll be made from horseradish, mustard, and green coloring rather than- Mm ... freshly grated wasabi,'cause it's really difficult to grow, and it's really expensive. So if you've been to an expensive restaurant or bought it in an expensive shop, it could well be that you've had wasabi, but the likelihood is, high likelihood you haven't. You just think you have, and you've had this mad mix of horseradish. It's much milder as well apparently, real wasabi. It's, it's much milder than- Oh, really?... the stuff that we get. It's nowhere near as, as potent, which me- To be honest, I feel like I would like it less. My... The thing I like about fasabi, or the wake with- fake, fake wasabi we have, is that it, like you eat some and it go pff. Makes your nose like explode and your eyes start streaming and stuff. Like I kinda like, that's the whole point of it. And there's that thing in your nose, isn't it? It's like phew, just that, just feel that instant heat and kinda soreness. Yeah, so if I wasn't gonna get that, then, you know, uh, I'd, I'd need about$300 worth of wasabi, the real stuff. They can keep it. Give me my horseradish. Yeah. Fuck it. Just let me go down to Tesco and get some Tesco Value wasabi. Yeah. But that, that's true though. It did just give me... 'Cause I didn't know about this one, but it gave me an idea. Next time I'm, you know, cook some beef, I'm just gonna get the fake wasabi out and phew, bit of that with a bit of beef. It's just horseradish sauce, innit? Beautiful. Yeah. Probably tastes pretty good actually. Absolutely. Yeah, yeah. Good going. What's up next? Okay, and the last one, I don't know if it applies to British audience so much. Definitely in America you often get, um, pancake syrup. It's like a, a topping for your pancakes. Sounds pretty good. Most people assume it's maple syrup, something that came from a tree near a cabin out in the woods involving a man in a lumberjack shirt or something siphoning some syrup from a tree. Canadian, yeah E- exactly. Um, well, yeah, and that's 'cause that's what it typically would be. However, what it actually is is something completely different. So it's basically table syrup, and it's not pure maple syrup. They're usually used, uh, made from sugar syrups, flavorings, and coloring. Mm. And that's basically it really. And also some, some stuff that doesn't sound so good but comes from corn. Uh, so yeah, it gives like... It's one of those things that gives the impression of, oh, this is maple syrup, but it's just not, uh- Sugar water basically. Basically, yeah. And it's, it's also the case with a lot of honey, isn't it? Most honey now is like mixed with syrup and all kinds of other stuff. It's like... So we, so we went out to, um, the, the middle of nowhere, the, the jungle to this waterfall the other week, and we bought some jungle honey, and it was like 30 quid or something. It was super expensive, even in Vietnam because it's like rare. So then when you, when you see it in the supermarket, even though it's pricey, it's n- it's half syrup or half sugar or it's never proper honey anymore. There's some process that's... Yeah,'cause often if you get honey as well, you'll... I- if you don't have it straight away, after a few weeks you'll start to see it crystallize and- Mm ... all that kind of thing, whereas pure honey apparently will just stay exactly the same and not actually change. Yeah, interesting. That's, that's what I heard. And yeah, so that was for the top five. Anyway, a couple of like honorable mentions, which I, I wish I'd done more on. One of them is truffle oil. So we see it all over the place and think, "Oh right, that's, yeah, truffle oil. Classy." But often it's never actually been anywhere near a truffle, so it's basically flavored most of the time with, uh, synthetic aroma compounds such as 2,4-diphyl pentane, which I can't pronounce it. It sounds delicious. So it sounds really good. Yeah, I mean, that, that kinda makes sense, doesn't it?'Cause truffles are super expensive. How would you have a truffle oil, you know? It's, uh- Yeah. It, it would be nightmare to make... you'd, you know, you'd need an army of pigs to find them, wouldn't you? You would. And I mean, I guess it, it... Actual truffle oil does exist somewhere, but yeah, for most of the ones that you see, it's just chemical flavorings to make it a bit like- A truffle. I don't know. Yeah. It's o- it's only real if you're around at Nigel Farage's house. Yeah. Maybe that, that's what the 5 million was for. Keeping stocked up on truffle aisle. Brilliant. I love that. And then you said a couple of honorable mentions. Is there another one? Um, the other one was my favorite, uh, cheese flavored slices. The plastic- Yeah ... cheese that, yeah, they have to change the name for because it's not really cheese, and it's mainly water and, I don't know what else really, some milk, some other weird processed stuff, emulsifying agents, uh, things like that, which is nice. Really good fun chucking those at babies though. Right. Okay. I don't know if you've ever seen the videos. I did test it on my son as well, um, where you... people get one of those cheese slices, and like when the baby's crying, they just lob the cheese slice in the baby's face, and it- Right ... the confusion stops the baby from crying basically. It's like- Oh, that's pretty cool ... that's right. Got a cheese slice. Yeah, I've seen people do it on cats as well. Right. I mean, I, I'm glad you, when you mentioned it, you said that you tested it on your own son rather than just going out and throwing cheese flavored slices at babies randomly in the street. Yeah. Ladies and gentlemen- Shut up.... don't do that unless you're also recording them. Anyway, moving on. No, I'm joking, joking. Disclaimer, don't do that. Nobody go and throw slices at random people. Awesome. Thank you, Adam. That was a, a great top five, and I'm glad that you've ruined half of my diet. No more Pringles for me. Fantastic. Um- Yeah, Pringles are really good as well. Yeah. Yeah. I've been eating like the cheaper sort of local version, which prob- not very often, but, but they're even less potatoey even Pringles. But anyway, never mind. Lord only knows what's in those. So that brings us to the end of the show, ladies and gentlemen. If you've enjoyed it or if you've suffered it till the end just to watch us and make fun of us in the comments, give us a like, a subscribe, uh, tell us what you liked, what you didn't like, and whether or not you want us both to come back next week, which we will anyway 'cause we don't really give a shit what you think. Thank you very much, uh, Adam. Until next time. It's been a pleasure. It, it has indeed, as always. Okay. See you next time, folks. See you in the next one.