Honestly find it baffling that whenever this issue is discussed there's often no mention of the root cause of all the violence: the brutal apartheid regime.

In other words, we need a wealth tax. Damn you Labour for walking back on it.

When we talk about how antisemitism has increased during this moment, we need to point out that so has Islamophobia. One of which is essentially sanctioned by the government.

I don't know if, when speaking about the demonstrations, we need to pander to the Right's portrayal of them. There were 100k+ people on the march, pretty much all of them like me - people that are simply outraged by Israel's actions against Gaza. But once again, the Right have cherry-picked the attendance and decided to portray it as the general.

It’s my own fault for opening a JOE video with my headphones on high volume.

There was honestly no way to clean up or clear up the idiocy of what that guy said on stage and its simply an extension of what Israel do in weaponising the Judean religion that he thinks there is any justification to using gay pride to support the murder of innocents in Gaza.

House spiders are acclimatised to live indoors and actually die in the cold Ava, so they're coming inside your flat to stay alive and your face is providing the spiders with sustenance ♡

Laura was great; she should be a regular! Hearing from the two women who have fled Israel to London, it occurs to me that no Palestinian civilians from Gaza will have been able to do likewise.

Bit disappointed that you couldn’t also talk about islamaphobic hate crimes have also doubled (and some of the horrible things that have been said/done on pro-Israel protests. You were right to talk about the rise in antisemitism of course but then, despite claiming a “nuanced” perspective, seemed to fall in the Right’s narrative.

I was at the demonstration on Saturday. There were quite a few Jewish people (for example Jews for Justice for Palestine) there marching in support of Palestine. I talked to several of them. Neither I nor they (as far as I know) was aware of Hizb-ut-Tahrir being anywhere near our mass demonstration. The march was very mixed in terms of age, ethnicity, religion etc etc. The only chants I heard were calling for an end to the occupation and a cease fire. The right wing in this country are despicable, dishonest and latching onto Israel AND wrongly equating Judaism with Israel. I think Jews for Justice for Palestine would disagree. The anti Palestinian crap from the main stream media has a simple name - RACISM.

Wonderful debut from Laura, great job, insightful podcast! 💫

I am in Northern Ireland and we have had an eternally mixed relationship with the police but in the case of the march last weekend I think the met should be given a bit of credit for the way they dealt with the protest. It seemed to me that in this instance the police were well trained and did not make any rash decisions or cause additional problems, especially given the political pressure from Cruella. I will caveat that with the reality that the police have a long way to go but I think for general community relations in the UK they should be quietly applauded this time !!

When it comes to housing - there are so many protections for landlords and requirements that tenants have to jump through from minimum earnings to employment types, no pets etc etc. Yet landlords don't have as many minimum standards - there is electrical and gas safety, the contract outlines what has to be covered, but there is no minimum standard focussed on quality. London flat searching literally feels like a gamble...

The war in Yemen has been ongoing since 2015, with no end in sight. The Saudi-led coalition has been bombing Houthi rebels, who control the capital city of Sana'a. The United Nations estimates that over 233,000 people have been killed in the war, including over 10,000 children. The war has also created a humanitarian crisis, with millions of people displaced from their homes and in need of food and medical aid. Does not get reported or elicit marches, for some reason...

Out of interest, were those two women asked how they feel about Israel’s bombardment of Palestine?

Even better from what Ava said about the new build buy to let. I’m a carpenter and almost had work on a site. 150 houses, 130 bought off plan by an investment firm to make into rentals.

On the transfer of wealth- aren’t the older generation selling up to pay for their retirement/care?? Don’t think most of us’ll see a penny of our mum’s house value.

Story of my life. I'm a small business owner. I have to fight with new landlords to prove I can pay the rent. I've been paying €2500 a month for the last 10 years. Never missed a rent payment. Put down 3x monthly rent three time for security and got every penny back because I took care of the houses. But a mortgage company won't give me a mortgage for more than €750. And now I'm 56 years old so I'm "too old" for a mortgage. I'm going to be working for the next 20-30 years, but they're afraid I will just stop paying my mortgage. And live where? I'm going to be paying someone this money. Why not pay a mortgage with it? It's insane. I've worked in finance. If they want to lend to you, your record of paying rent is good proof of your risk level. But in the US and the UK and the EU, they hide behind their "policy". I don't understand how that benefits them.

Why is the rise in antisemitism in the UK being highlighted so much and not a single mention of rise in islamophobia?

Social housing should never have been sold.

As far as I remember, Conkers work for spiders too.

Landlords claim that if they don't get their own way, they'll sell up and reduce the rental market. Fine, because that's one more house that can be purchased. The house that had a tenant family will now have an owner family, the house doesn't disappear. One less house to rent, but one less family needing to rent.

This housing stuff at the end needs to be edited into its own separate video. People need to hear this.

Maybe people wouldn't resort to violence if our government wouldn't turn a blind eye to the horrific war crimes Israel has been committing for over 70 years the people have had enough of your government supporting horrific wars and the murder of innocent people of all backgrounds and our government are only interesting in pursuing their own agenda's. But I guess condemning Israel is akin to admitting the role the british government had in completely destabilising the middle east as well as this horrific conflict. The fact out government hasn't officially stated that Israel's plan on inflicting collective punishment of the innocent Palestinians is a war crime is disgusting.

LOVE AVA'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS LANDLORDS!!!!

That's a very thick table in the studio. Your discussions are great. Grown up. Thoughtful, revealing, insightful. Thanks.

Let's have Producer Laura on camera side more often!

17:20 "Israel is the only country in the middle east where you can hold a pride march". But they're working on it.

Interesting discussion. Alas, the conflation of Jews with the Israeli government and/or the nastier end of extreme nationalist Zionism is not new. Saw it myself as a student in the 90s whereby certain Palestinian and Lebanese students were loudly and performatively anti-Jewish. Then, Yasser Arafat was their idol. Presumably now simply masked men with AKs fill that role.

Hamas moved their political leaders and their family out to Qatar before the attack on Israel. They knew what would happen as a reaction on their upcoming terrorist attack. Why is there no anti hamas element in those pro Palestine marches?

26:05 The words must be true for all - Khoms and Yangs - or they are not true at all. 47:00 When you can't afford to pay your mortgage, but you can afford to pay somebody else's.

Laura was excellent 👍 Get her on more if she wants to ✅

Really interesting point about some of the Free Speech advocates being the most keen to censor the pro Palestine protests, or displays of solidarity, e.g. the Palestinian flag or chants. I am myself a member of the Free Speech Union. I think it is incredibly important to be extremely consistent when it comes to Free speech. One of the critisms that comes up often, particularly regarding the left trying to censor speech is that people are quick to label speech as hateful based on their own interpretation of what they think the speaker actually means. This is precisely what I am seeing in regards to the pro Palestine marches. I would assume for example that the vast majority of people when they chant "Palestine will be free" mean free from oppression. I think when it comes to banning, or censoring speech it has to be very clear cut that someone is supporting terrorism and or inciting violence, e.g. the individual with the Hamas banner. We must be consistent, otherwise we are being hypocrites. We cannot have a high bar for speech we agree with and a low bar for speech we dislike.

Lavender is used to ward off most bugs. I can't for sure if it works. I tried getting rid of moths using lavender oil mixed with water, but I don't think it did much difference.

I recall two spider bites on my neck from sleeping. They last weeks and go rotten from the venom, which is why I card jar them and throw them outside now. There was a colony of mini transparent Scorpions living on what was a central line (extension) station in Essex. I can't recall if it was Ongar or North Weald. They lasted years from the 70's but gradually died out.

I need a 2 hour show each time from you guys, daily! ❤ also, im pretty sure there are scorpions somewhere around the london area. Saw it on telly once when i was a teenager, still mortified by it, in fact 😂

It was very insightful to have Laura describe the feeling of the crowd during the Pro-Israel march speeches. That's something that doesn't get captured on video clips. Great podcast as always🎉

Regarding renting and Landlords, terms like housing crisis and emergency make it sound like you're talking about a broken system that's not working and the government should do something about it. The system is working exactly as landlords that lobby and control the system have planned it. They want a market of desperate consumers and low resources. Profit before people.

I really don't understand why the IDF or any state militaries that engage civilian areas aren't also terrorists? Id love to understand it a bit more if you have more knowledge on this

A rose between two thorns😂😂😂. Vote green/left. 🌎💚

In the news this week we saw two police officers sacked for illegally stopping and search two black people (professional athletes Ricardo dos Santos and Bianca Williams). This is the way black and brown people get treated, this time there were consequences but that's only because it was on camera. Mr dos Santos said he's been stopped nearly fifty times by the police. This relates to issue of pro-Palestine and pro-Israel marches and how they are viewed.

journalist saying that people made up their mind so it doesn't matter to dive into the topic, how pathetic Oli! I thought you have better journalistic integrity than that. 14:30

I see talking about words is more pressing than white phosperous

If Michael Gove is so proud of inclusivity, humanity and democracy why does he lose no sleep when signing off on selling so many weapons to the Saudi regime?

I wonder what laura really thinks about freedom for Palestine, she sounds like she supports israel

Did anyone else find the comment comparing the situation in Gaza/Israel to being marched to the death camps in the holocaust a bit much? I had sympathy for the interviewee until that point but the two situations are not at all comparable. I whilst it’s not my lived experience, it felt off comparing the two

Please do a "love podcasts hate nonces" asmr entry randomly as a nice surprise lol

We do indeed have established invasive scorpions in the U.K. so tread carefully

Conkers to keep spiders out. There is a well established scorpion colony in the UK in Sheerness docks.

Criticism of the state of Israeli is now part of the official definition of antisemitism. So it’s impossible to criticise the state of Israel or it’s government without being accused of antisemitism. So tell me, how where do we go from here?

the podcast is the podcast ladies and gentlemen

Not lavender. It’s peppermint for spiders. They hate it!

Surely Laura's line should be the wizard of oz because Oli is like the large head, no joke there, but Laura's putting it all together.

Natural spider repellents: peppermint oil, eucalyptus anything citrusy 😊

For whats its worth, I used Credit Ladder to pay my rent for a year or so to build up the credit score to help get a mortgage, much as Ollie is suggesting.

How do you know it's a spider bite? It left it's web address.. Tetratrichobothrius flavicaudis, or the European yellow-tailed scorpion ... an introduced population exists in the United Kingdom. 🙌

does Oli just get louder every episode?

I’ve got one of them plug-in spider ultrasonic defender things, and while it doesn’t get rid of all of them, I have seen less.

Am I right in thinking that home ownership is not an asset unless you own two or more of them?

AKCHEWALEE I think you'll find that we DO have scorpions in the UK. A single, invasive species called the Yellow Tailed Scorpion. They can only be found successfully breeding in 'Sheerness' though, and I'm not even convinced that's a real place tbh.

I’m a fan of the PubCast but I think you need to get someone from Wales on the show, for balance more than anything as you have a lot of English and Scottish guests but no Welsh ones, but also for an in depth analysis of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act (2016) to compare and contrast how this works in law and practice as it would be really interesting to share this viewpoint with the wider people of the UK. I work in social housing and and am chartered in housing and there is so much in RHW that differs from English legislation such as the protections against retaliationary evictions and no fault evictions in the first 12 months have been outlawed as you can only serve notice at the expiration of the first 6 months of the tenancy and it’s a 6 month notice period now. There are ways to evict under S157 which is breach of contract but that’s not a no fault issue.

Great podcast! Unfortunately the sheer amount of ads on KZfaq is making it hard to watch.

5:44 when the actual politics starts 😊

In addition to my previous comment re housing, while I do agree with the idea of a government backed loan for a deposit in the same way as Help to Buy, the issue with this is that with houses as expensive as they are and interest rates at 5.25%, if you look at the Skipton model that is helping renters with a 100% mortgage under certain conditions, you see why a 100% mortgage doesn’t work for most. They use a monthly payment measure rather than an income multiplier model, which I would support, but if you consider interest rates and the limited length of a mortgage, even stretching to 40 years, you are unlikely to be able to buy as nice a property as you could afford to to rent in the current market. So where I live, a house like mine would rent for £1250pcm but my mortgage, with a 22.5% deposit is £1650 over 30 years and the house is worth approx £400k. In that circumstance, assuming the bank would lend you a mortgage on the value of your rental payment with a bit of headroom for a rate increase, you would struggle to buy a house as nice as you could rent and that’s a bit of a problem if you ask me. It only really works if you stay in the property for the duration, if you want to move in 5 years you would have a high chance of negative equity. I’d love to solve the crisis and having more homes available under S106 agreements with looser eligibility criteria so more people can buy them would be a great start IMO.

Lmao, lighting issue at the start. Ava looks tinted green. Grinching in prep for the holidays? 😂😂

Worth pointing out that Gen Y as well as Boomers have benefitted from house price increases.

Who has Israel ever stood with?

Think about our delicate ecosystem and open your house and heart to spiders, wasps, ants, scorpions, frogs, snakes et al

I hope this logic (as opposed to guilt by association) gets applied to other marches/protests as well from now on.

Yes there are scorpions in the UK , not native and very limited , but yes yellow tailed ones are here. I support peoples right to peaceful protest , even if I don't agree with their cause. Yet that is a liberal right hard won through centuries of social and political struggle and war, costing the lives of millions. Through social media we have access to all the horrors inflicted by conflicts , yet with or without our countries say they continue. Extreme Liberal choices like pacifism is also an acceptable position in the U.K, even if that tolerance on a wider spectrum of a majority of the population would fail against aggressive terrorism and Nationalist violent expansion. As is happening in so many places currently , so be free to protest and feel strongly about the violations being perpetrated , but also vote against people who want to pursue here policies that lead to removal and restriction on those freedoms and for needs services ,including a capable military able to fight is necessary to ensure those freedoms are kept here AND elsewhere.

If you're not religious, you call them guideparents. We have them for our kids and they're in our wills as the people who will look after them should anything happen to us. Congratulations on becoming a god parent :)

I've heard that spiders don't like the smell of vinegar, so possibly putting some diluted vinegar in a spray bottle, and spraying it around a doorway may deter them from entering.

Can someone explain the need for sympathy for Israelis able to pay their way out of a war zone? That's a genuine question; I really struggle with really deep sympathy for them. I understand that they have had a recent tragedy, and suffered an act of terrorism. As individuals I am sorry they have suffered, but to put an Israeli woman who payed to just leave on a chartered flight and give her the same status as those fleeing war on small boats is really weird. Israel voted for a government that is oppressing a people, and now they're surprised when there is push back. "Omg I've had to rent an apartment in London while waiting for out overwhelming military to subjugate those unruly Palestinians again." And to draw parallels with the experience of the Jews during WW2 is madness - it feels like Israeli propaganda is geared towards making its people feel like victims constantly. It's a real hallmark of facism; the enemy is both overwhelming AND weak. "We are the victims. Of these human animals." Victim, animals. Overhelming, weak. Palestinians are CONSTANTLY asked to condemn Hamas. Why are Israelis not asked to condemn their government? I reckon they'd be less perfect victims as soon as the racism is revealed.

Conkers are supposed to keep spiders away.

You people should get experts to discuss important issues. Comes across as unqualified and boring 🤷🏾

The LISA can be used to buy any home as long as its your first home. And its a maximum of 4k per year which comes to 5k after the 25% bonus.

Are you sure they are spider bites? Have you been to France lately? Or stayed in a hotel? Perhaps check for bed bugs 😬

Don't worry about the spider. You probably got the last laugh when you ate it in your sleep (it happens). 😂

How do you know it was a spider that bit you? Did you wake up and see the spider?

Until your parliament legalizes pepper and taserrs for self defense , I do not feel safe there. I can't understand how anyone can feel safe there!

You need Conkers for spiders.

I love it when secular leftists talk about religion In the context of a protest about an actual war, I’d say the use of “Jihad” probably refers to the lesser Jihad. However, the call to the lesser Jihad is not a call to terrorism or war-crimes. It is probably a call to defend the Ummah, unless there is evidence to the contrary.

The housing crisis will never be resolved unless/until there is mass takeover of private housing stock back into the public NOT FOR PROFIT domain. Private _for profit_ rented accommodation should be the anomaly, not the norm and 'luxury' priced housing should be just as 'rare' as those people on the upper echelons of the socio-economic ladder. That way we could all afford to live in decent homes, where no-one is forced into rooms only in HMOs because everything else is out of their level of affordability. Also, I'm very disappointed with what appears to be a one-sided view of Israel in this podcast. We are in the midst of a catastrophic war on Palestine and its people, not just Hamas and its appalling actions. I'm someone who has a nostalgic love of the land of Israel and many of the Jewish people I met during my time spent there, but I am appalled at what I'm seeing from the government and its supporters worldwide. Your commentary here shows very little, if any empathy to the people of Palestine and the impacts of a rise in anti-muslim hate crimes here in the UK since the recent war began.

Lavender oil and you can help if you hover round the edge of every room and apply the oil rouns the rokm after that. Then you can get a lavender dehumidifier so it helps to keep the small of lavender in the air. Spider's dont like the oil on there flegs and the lavender sends a danger signal to them. So it keeps them out.

Lavender clearly working - haven't seen a scorpion in the UK ever!

Lemons prevent spiders. Put it all around your entrances - turns them right off

Laura has got the Rogue from X-Men thing going on - I'm going with Rogue

In my mid 20's I believe I need a 42k salary to get a mortgage, afford to commute/live, and have some money left so I can save something so I'm not reliant on loans when something goes wrong. (I'm not even trying to live the traveling youth life, I literally cannot afford it, best I can do is try to afford kids before I'm 30). However both my parents have rarely made more than 25k, those are working-class wages, with their shared income probably coming in around 40k a year. I'm seriously bloody worried about this as the oldest son I've got some responsibility to take care of them, the cost of living is stretching them thin, while I can barely afford to save, they are just surviving, they have minimum in regards to savings/pensions, state support isn't great so I can't expect anything to help them so it'd be my wage pickign up that weight, wieght that should go towards me having a family. What assets they do have will go towards their care and private care that can swallow 100k in a year, I've worked in private nursing homes and the cost of a room/care a month is crazy, put me in a ditch overpaying that.

Yeah, I agree with giving first time buyers deposits who have good credit history - actually you could do even better, the government take equity in the property which would give the government a return rather be a loss maker. It would unfortunately increase house prices further though... need to build more too maybe with the return from the deposit scheme. I'm not sure many people can afford mortgages with interest rates as they are (or higher) so it's all a good idea if things aren't collapsing and we are overdue a big crash!

Hamas is to Gaza and Gazans what the IDF and Israeli government is to Israel and Israelis

Re the Scorpions in the UK comments - there is a species of yellow scorpion that lives in sherness in Kent, invasive species type thing but theres a thriving population in the harbour/docks area. Could maybe be a threat to the beavers?

Housing always comes back to supply and demand. I agree that giving someone with a track record of paying their rent on time, a 50k deposit would undoubtedly work for that person. However, giving every first time buyer a 50k deposit would not because of there is the same number of houses on the market, then everyone now needs x amount more than the other first time buyer. 50k today becomes 200k tomorrow. Only tax’s like “land value tax”, and of course buying more housing will unlock housing stock and stabilise prices.

They ain't spiders Ava.......they're bed bugs! 😱😱 Not only that but forrin bed bugs from France!!

the green Chromatic Aberration is very bad.

Rent caps and lots of social housing is needed right across the country. Yes it’s a positive if you can manage to buy your own home. However, take the house building out of the private sectors hands. The rent then becomes an income to the government to invest. It creates jobs not only whilst building. Build homes to rent and homes to buy in the same way we did after the war. It would pay for itself.

Hi Rail Staff here- Imo stay proffesional and don't do stuff that may upset/offend when it comes to PA stuff. For example if I have a trainload of people going to a football game, I might tag "And we do hope the right team wins" when at the stop the football fans are going to alight. It makes the journey nicer for them but doesn't do much to impact anyone else travelling. The tube driver has gone fairly political. Regardless of how much or little I agree with him. All I'll say it's not something I would feel comfortable doing.

At this time of year, spiders are on the move. Males are hunting for a mate.

You didn’t really mention much about the palestine protests apart from reporting on the pro-hamas presence there. Interesting

Hello Laura

Why would you not wait until you’ve been to the pro palestine rally to put this out? You waited a while to talk about the situation just until you were able to report on the israeli side. Could you not have waited until you interviewed at both rallies and analysed them one after the other? It all looks very biased to me