The Equality and Human Rights Commission new guidance on trans people’s rights is coming up. What will this mean for trans people in the UK and how did we get here? Plus: Reshuffle fun! Will Zack Polanski’s vow to never do a deal with Starmer be a gift to Reform? Labour succumbs to flags madness! And after a very special mid-show announcement we talk about how to keep yourself together when all about you is falling to pieces. 

ESCAPE ROUTES 

• Ros recommends Mix Tape on BBC iPlayer. 

• Jonn has been reading No Second Changes by Morgan Jones and This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong by the Map Men.  

• Marie recommends In Search Of Nomads by John Ure. 

• Dorian recommends loads of new albums: CMAT, Wolf Alice and Wet Leg. 

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