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Summary
Alex White discusses the Road Safety Authority’s abandoned plan to install breathalysers in pubs, arguing it risks encouraging risky behavior. The conversation shifts to the deadlocked solicitor strike, highlighting the critical need for a functioning criminal justice system and the economic challenges facing legal aid. Finally, White addresses the UN report on missing the 1.5-degree climate target, emphasizing that while the goal is lost, significant global effort remains necessary to mitigate further warming.
Topics discussed
Introduction and guest welcome
RSA proposal for breathalysers in pubs
Critique of breathalyser idea and historical context
Transition to solicitor strike discussion
Deadlock in solicitor strike and legal aid economics
Need for resolution in criminal justice system
UN report on missing 1.5-degree climate target
Global climate efforts and China's renewable energy lead
Overshoot is not surrender and call for global effort
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