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In our 227th ever Rum Doings, our topic is, with the end of the Great British Bake Off, what is left for Brexit Britain?

We discuss the magical futuristic technology of voice activated personal assistants, the peculiar national forgetting of what the Liberal Democrats did six years ago, and six year old antisemitism. We mourn the loss of Jack Chick, ponder the age of immigrants, and bitch about Plusnet.

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In our 226th ever Rum Doings, our topic is, with recent improvements in astroturf, is the writing on the wall for the traditional British lawn?

Lots of lovely arguing this week, after a boring bit of agreeing over the horror that is Theresa May’s Brexit policy. We argue over food, sexism, fundraising, bone broth and Nick’s magic teeth.

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In our 225th ever Rum Doings, our topic is now the Paralympics are over, can we stop going on about the disableds?

After Nick’s ugly hatred of the disabled is revealed, we move on to John’s tale of a horrible accident that nearly took out Toby, and broke one elderly cyclist. Which then leads on to a refreshingly politics-free episode, except that we just bang on about our children throughout.

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In our 224th ever Rum Doings, our topic is pray a moment of silence in Princess Anne’s chesty time of need.

We talk statins, home schooling, and then Nick makes John talk about No Man’s Sky. This naturally leads on to lazy writing in Star Trek, the madness of Knob Hill, and when will the Labour vote finally be over?

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In our 223th ever Rum Doings, if the NHS is so great, then why are people still getting ill?

Welcome to our discussions of getting struck off dentistry, last-minute dissertations, and the extraordinary private life of Wendy Deng Murdoch. We review Deadpool, and we discover why the second law of thermodynamics is why we can’t have nice things.

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In our 222th ever Rum Doings, our topic has been removed due to offensive language.

We discuss why Twitter should have been an open protocol, the opening of the Olympics, and then an extended argument about trampolining. We learn about the complexities of imaginary private beaches, the arrival of Olympic baseball and as you’d imagine, a dissection of Radio 4’s Loose Ends.

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In our 221th ever Rum Doings, our topic is, the British Summer, eh?

We talk about the subject that is at the forefront of the English-speaking world’s current interests: a vintage bus rally. And this tattoo and this image leads us to considered the delightful Nazism of Disney. Nick grills John on Toby’s pink pram, and then we consider Owen Jones’ latest peculiar twist.

John tells a story that means no one will ever touch him again, we attempt to understand Pokemon GO and the potential of augmented reality gaming, and consider just how awful are the Cornish.

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In our 220th ever Rum Doings, our topic is, wouldn’t making refugees work at Sports Direct kill two birds with one stone?

The big headline! Nick’s broken his foot! Hear all the background to the story that’s rocked the nation.

We then move on to talk Corbyn, as you might imagine. We talk Trident. We talk Owen Smith and his problematic ways. We talk May’s evil cabinet. And then we’re invaded.

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In our 219th ever Rum Doings, our topic is, isn’t it time to nationalise Taylor Swift?

We make some predictions for the future. All of them will come true. So better get your stuff in order, Queenie. We talk YouTube, and then obviously get into the hilarity of the Labour leadership coup, and the monstrousness of Theresa May.

What news might we have read if Britain hadn’t gone bonkers? Do you remember the Chilcot enquiry? Do you wear shoes? Is there a single ugly cello player?

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In our 218th ever Rum Doings, our topic is, surely schools should be teaching reading, writing and arithmetic, and not yet more emojis?

Now everything’s back to normal and the country’s running tickety-boo, we’re able to move on to… no, of course not. But we do cut off the politics talk after a bit and focus on more pressing matters, like how did PacMan mate? And what would we do if we had vaginas? This leads us to making a new rule about sex: no sharp corners.

We also make a big stakes bet over the possibility of a Trump presidency.

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