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Security Incident At Washington

1 items · 1 aliases · peaked week of 26 Apr 2026 · first seen 10 May 2026

The podcast covers a range of current events including the Warriors rugby team's strong performance, concerns over player injury depth, the India trade deal, a security incident in Washington, political tensions surrounding the UK royal family, China's new content regulations, иa

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Heard on radio

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  • Mike Hosking mike-hosking-breakfast Full Show Podcast: 28 April 2026 27 Apr · 69s
    All right, you go well. We'll see you Thursday. Other thing I can tell you about vis-a-vis Mendelssohn and, of course, the potential vote. One of the key figures, a guy called Ian Collard, who's a civil servant who ran the security team within the department. He was sequestered or asked to appear. Before the appropriate committee to, you know, this whole business of why Mendelssohn didn't fail and who did or didn't tell the Prime Minister. Anyway, he made the decision to decline the request and so he'll be giving evidence via writing. He was the official who briefed the then foreign boss of Oli who got sacked the other day about the UK SV, the UK security vetting recommendation not to give clearance. So he'll be doing it via writing, which is very, very Chris Hipkins. The other thing I can tell you about is Clare's. All their standalone shops in the UK and Ireland have stopped trading. They've gone into administration twice in a year. 154 stores. This is the high street. The British high street stories are a disaster. 154 stores, 1,300 staff. The concessions, 350 concessions will remain open, but they do the jewellery and the bracelets and we've all had our ears pierced at Claire's. But they're being beaten by Shine and Teemu and that's how it goes. 17-2.
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mike-hosking-breakfast Government / N-A

dramatic but contained threat to public safety

Full Show Podcast: 28 April 2026
27 Apr
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