The pubs are back! Can the Great British Public drink the county back to economic health? Plus, did the deeply strange Prince Philip memorial weekend give us any pointers to the future fate of the Monarchy? Should we give up hoping for ‘normal’ politics to come back? And why shouldn’t there be a black James Bond?

“AstraZeneca? I’d have taken a North Korean vaccine if they offered me.” – Justin Quirk
“Brits treat the Royal Family as both superhuman and somehow subhuman too.” – Alex Andreou
“If there’s one thing that Labour hates, it’s Labour.” – Marie le Conte

Presented and produced by Andrew Harrison with Alex Andreou, Marie le Conte and Justin Quirk. Assistant producers: Jelena Sofronijevic and Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. The Bunker is a Podmasters Production

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