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This week, ahead of the French election on Sunday, Ewan was joined by journalist and author Philippe Auclair as he looks at French thinking, French society, the French election, and the French future depending on whether the public back 'Jupiter' or BoJo with arguably better hair. As well as that he speaks of the Londoners he wants to kick in the face, why he can't sleep, and how it's all a load of merde really.

The show also featured Ivana Bacik's magical bump and final nail; academia's lust for dead dogs and robotic replacements; the hilarity as Tony Holohan might bring down a house of shit cards; The Late Late goes Arirang on dull rugby moms and dads; and why only men can sleep... seemingly. Plus in the monologue, a delve into what you're allowed think, what you're allowed say, and why? Ewan wonders how being pro-Washington is not just okay but embraced, why we can't call out Zelenskyy's behaviour and Ukraine's grim and ugly reality while supporting their people's plight, why our politicians lust after some mass murder and invasions, why our journalists ignore it, and why are public accept it? Ultimately we don't hate war, we hate war we're told to hate.

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