From recent reports, hundreds of people in Britain are dying because of delays and problems with emergency care. Can anything be done about it right now? Medium term? Long term?

Last year, apparently, over one million Irish passports were issued. Why was that? Is it because everybody wants to be Irish, or is it for more mundane reasons?

The price of a barrel of oil has been dropping, yet at the pumps or if you’re filling your tank, little if anything has changed. Is this price gouging? Or the law of supply and demand?

It seems 65% of British people think Brexit has gone badly. Well doh – what took them so long? And yet the British Labour Party dare not suggest rejoining the single market, let alone the EU. So is it bread-and-butter issues that will win out in the long run, or is it British pride as a separate entity that has frightened the British Labour Party from uttering a cheep?

Finally, France or Germany – which would you prefer to holiday in? And what about Berlin and Boston – which would you feel most at home in?

The first podcast/vlog of the year, coming right at ya….