what? someone planted only male plain trees. and this is why pollen is horrific at this time. is that true? i ve wondered for years because i used to. working in westminster you used to get absolutely clobbered and like crying on the news, not because of the stories, but because of the pollen. maybe a little bit of that. but, yes, that s what it is. and it s all down. apparently the australians got rid of it. i looked at this a lot because anyway, if i sneeze that is why. tree cast coming soon. so, well let s start with today s news then because it s been a really busy, busy, busy election morning, not with one big gigantic story, but lots of different things coming out. the tories were talking about more changes to the benefit system that they want to do, extra cash for some mental health talking therapies. labour are talking about more prison places, and the difference between them and the conservatives on that is that they would give a justice secretary the power just to b
ps, and i love this bit. i avoided using tartan wall purely for laura s benefits . so handy, we got you here this week. yes. good morning to you, laura. tartan wool. i m not a fan. i m not a fan of tartan wool either. and we will answer that question, connor. we will answer it, but you have to keep listening. and a few other things to go through today. sure. yeah. we have the various commitments made that seem to be fairly new commitments on welfare reform. and we also have the previews for the manifestos. it s going to be an exciting episode of this sunday s newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello, it s laura in the studio. it s faisel in studio two. it s james in glasgow. hurray! how nice to have the two of you with me here on a sunday afternoon, having been abandoned by paddy and henry and adam and everybody else. i fought my way through thickets of pollen. apparently, it s all male trees that try and mate with you. what? someone planted only male plain trees. and this is