Show Notes
Cheat Sheet - all the news you need to know in 10 minutes. On today's episode, Sophy and Wilf discuss Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch’s speech at the Tory conference. There are also updates on the story of a US death row inmate who survived a botched execution attempt, the death of a plague victim in Russia, and Andy Burnham’s meeting with German chancellor Friedrich Merz today. They also mention how voting in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election has opened today. A full list of candidates can be found below. Finally, they discuss a decision by the Bank of England to replace historic figures with animals on UK banknotes. Holborn and St Pancras by-election candidates Sagal Abdi-Wali (Labour) Barmy Brunch (Official Monster Raving Loony Party) Ewan Cameron (The Conservative Party) Tom Darwood (Independent) Clare Fischer (Climate Party) George Galloway (Workers Party) Tyler Johnson (Restore Britain) Briony Anne Lonbay Kapoor (Rejoin EU) Peter Newman (Reform UK) Ketankumar Pipaliya - (UK VOICE safer and stronger UK) Zack Polanski (The Green Party) Jonathan Silberman (Communist League) Helen Spiby-Vann (Christian Peoples Alliance) Patrick Thomas Stillman (Liberal Democrats) Ben Walker (UKIP)
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