The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #1015

Carl and Harry are joined by Dan and Stan of Voice of Wales to discuss The Diddy Situation, a taste of things to come, and the glorious rise of the red squirrel.

Reading List

• Diddy Been Diddlin’

  More Than 100 People Could Accuse Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Of Sexual Abuse In New Lawsuits: Here’s A Complete Look At The Allegations - Forbes

  Diddy lawsuits ‘to expose famous accomplices’ says lawyer - Evening Standard

  Celebrity photographer exposes what she saw at 30 Diddy parties, including ‘warning’ for children - New York Post

  Diddy sex tape featuring 'even bigger celebrity' has been leaked - Indy100

  Sean Combs - Wikipedia

  Clive Davis - Wikipedia

  Suge Knight names powerful music execs who allegedly used drugs, alcohol and sex to ‘control’ Diddy, Usher and Justin Bieber - Page Six

  Big conspiracy thread - Aristos_Revenge - Twitter

• A Taste of things to come

  Keir Starmer points to Welsh Labour government as 'blueprint' for UK, at party conference - ITV

  Tata Steel Closure - BBC

  Welsh taxpayer unlikely to get back £7.3m for failed racetrack - BBC

  Cardiff Airport: Lee Waters ‘not concerned’ about airport's loss in value - ITV The loss in value is £38million. Welsh Government bought the airport for £52m in 2013 but valued at £15m in 2021

  More recent article reporting the airport making 4.5m a year loss - Cardiff Journalism

  And what’s the answer? Plough more money in. This article from the Welsh Government reports a £206m investment - Senedd Research

  M4 relief Road scrapped - £144m spent, nothing to show for it. - South Wales Argus

  Welsh school standards drop by equivalent of whole year in PISA education report - ITV

  Major challenges for education in Wales - IFS

  Sliding education results and high inequalities should prompt big rethink in Welsh education policy - IFS

  Welsh education in 'crisis' - ITV

  Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board special measures - Welsh Government

  Prince Philip Hospital minor injury unit to shut at night - South Wales Guardian

  'Protest camp' set up outside hospital - Wales Online

  While everything crumbles around us plebs, this is how the other half live. - Telegraph

  Angry Patrick - VoWales - Twitter

  Council Leader - VoWales - Twitter

  Kidnapped - VoWales - Twitter

  Stans Tweet Pic - StanVoWales - Twitter

  Wales year long black supremacy - Voice Online

• Red Squirrels Rise Up Against the Invaders

  Grey squirrels in the UK - Woodland Trust

  Squirrelpox is carried asymptomatically by the Greys - British Red Squirrel

  Decline of the red squirrels in the UK- Reddit

  Red squirrels - GB News

  Comeback in Ulster too - Ulster Wildlife

  Twitter reaction - GB News - Twitter

  Loving it - Sargon_of_Akkad - Twitter