We discussed candidates to be “put on the bus.”  We chose the Argentinian World Cup football team and the board of FIFA.

Topics for discussion included:

1.  Rodent infestation in Downing Street.

2.  Why the over sixties in Britain have the most balanced lives.

3.  The difference between wild and farmed salmon.

4.  The return of the vinyl record and music player.

5.  A venomous corn snake took refuge in a police car and had to be coaxed out using a dead mouse.

6.  Divorce proof tips for those who need them.

7.  The ban on the sale of energy drinks for those under sixteen.

8.  The RAF's new fighter plane, “the storm fighter,” will have no pilot, reach supersonic speeds, have weapons including precision guided bombs, adapted to take off and land on carriers, will first conduct joint operations with piloted jets, will be almost invisible to enemy tracking systems, and may eventually replace conventional jets.

9.  Up to fifty million tonnes of sugar may have rained down from space to earth about four billion years ago, potentially delivering the building blocks of life.

10. The Louvre heist mastermind was disappointed by the haul.

11. Britain wasted £10 billion buying unusable PPE during COVID.

12. The council has told a homeowner that he will have to tear down the chunk of Berlin Wall in his garden because it is oppressive.

13. Going to the cinema or art show keeps you young.

14. Gus, the T Rex skeleton, has been sold at auction for $50.1 million.

15. Notting Hill terrace takes a battering from a bus.