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News Catch-Up: Rafah, 2fm and Rishi Sunak's Bad Week

Season 1, Ep. 143

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It's news catch-up time and unfortunately we have to talk about the horrors overnight in Rafah, I give my take on the chaos in 2fm and we discuss the fact that Rishi Sunak accidentally standing in front of the word 'MORON' wasn't even the worst part of his week.


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