Leave It Out, Episode 11. Nick Rose, solo. Recorded Friday 6 November 2026 (Europe/London).

Cameras first, rules later? Police facial recognition is expanding, and shops are getting a new legal code. Then: Andy Burnham’s EU reset, what is actually happening with ketchup sachets, the Russell Brand verdict and today’s Met comments, Sir Mark Rowley’s warning that policing is “heading for failure”, and a quick US midterms wrap.

Ketchup fact check: there is NO Great Britain ban. A consultation is planned. The EU ban starts in 2030 and applies in Northern Ireland under the Windsor Framework.

Content warning: factual discussion of rape and sexual assault. Brand was convicted on Thursday 5 November, refused bail and remanded in custody; sentencing is due Monday 9 November. Separate investigations are not findings of guilt. Do not identify, speculate about or hint at complainants in the comments.

Daily UK news and commentary. Sharp, daft, very British. The court story is treated seriously, without jokes.

CHAPTERS

0:00 Cold open: Bonfire Night and today’s headlines

1:06 Police facial recognition and the shops’ legal code

6:08 Burnham and the EU reset

8:52 Ketchup sachets: a consultation, not a GB ban

11:29 Russell Brand: verdict, custody and Monday sentencing

15:23 Rowley: policing “heading for failure”

18:36 US midterms: Congress, the veto and what happens next

20:27 The takeaway

SOURCES

1. Facial recognition laws and rollout: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/stronger-laws-for-police-using-facial-recognition-technology · https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmp8gxl2xzkpo · shops code: https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/news/retailer-use-of-facial-recognition-tech-to-get-new-legal-code-from-government/725575.article

2. Burnham and the EU reset: https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/politics/brexit-andy-burnham-border-checks-eu-uk-b3078103.html

3. Ketchup sachets: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ban-ketchup-sachets-burnham-eu-b3079316.html · https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-10-23/37653/

4. Russell Brand verdict plus today's Met comments: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/nov/05/russell-brand-found-guilty-rape-sexual-assault · https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cmly00r44jgvo

5. Met chief: policing "heading for failure": https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvglww2r307ko

6. US after the midterms: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq1kdgnn2xdeo

7. Burnham trade deals (Guardian): https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/nov/03/andy-burnham-to-unveil-eu-trade-deals-brexit

8. US House / next steps (NBC): https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/democrats-house-control-midterm-election-wins-trump-check-rcna603397

News status and relative dates are as at Friday 6 November 2026, not a later upload date.

Host: Nick Rose. Audio-only recording; animated host, not live host video. Illustrative file photographs: Wikimedia Commons, credited on screen. Graphics quote the linked reporting.

Thumbnail: adapted CCTV photo by Isochrone (CC BY-SA 2.0), ketchup photo by Eric Fischer (CC BY 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons; cropped and colour-graded.

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Leave It Out, Episode 9. Nick Rose, solo. Recorded Wednesday 4 November 2026.

America's biggest political earthquake in a generation. Democrats take the House and the Senate: seven Senate seats flipped, including Texas, Kansas and South Carolina. Governors flipped in Texas, Georgia, Ohio, Iowa and Nevada. Elon Musk put more than $200 million into Texas and lost. Trump says "I don't view it as a hit on me" and posts a VETO hat. After that: what it did to the money (dollar down, gold above $4,000, BAE down 5.2%), what it means for Britain, Europe, NATO, Ukraine and China, and quick ones from home: the King in Antigua, the supermarket fridge hack and new cancer blood tests in GP surgeries.

Daily UK news and comedy. Sharp, daft, very British. Leave it out.

Chapters
0:00 The blue wave hits Texas (cold open + rundown)
2:27 Democrats take Congress: the scoreboard
5:25 The governors flip
7:40 Texas: Musk's $200M faceplant
8:46 Why it happened: prices, war, corruption
11:08 What Trump does now: the VETO hat
13:52 The money: dollar down, gold up, BAE down
17:46 What it means for Britain, Europe, NATO, Ukraine, China
21:19 Back home, quickly: the King, the fridges, cancer tests
24:04 The takeaway

Sources
1. AP: Democrats win the US House and Senate — https://apnews.com/article/midterm-election-house-senate-democrats-republicans-trump-f126e12e05b579a327b98481c0ae2226
2. NBC News: Democrats clinch a majority of governorships — https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/democrats-flip-governorships-extending-party-inroads-red-states-rcna607010
3. DW: Democrat Talarico wins Texas Senate seat — https://www.dw.com/en/us-midterms-democrat-talarico-wins-texas-senate-seat/live-79829440
4. NBC News live: election results 2026 — https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/live-blog/election-results-house-senate-trump-live-updates-rcna607376
5. Euronews: What Trump's defeat means for Europe and global markets — https://www.euronews.com/2026/11/04/us-midterms-what-trumps-defeat-means-for-europe-and-global-markets
6. Reuters (via Euronext): Dollar retreats on Democratic wins — https://live.euronext.com/en/financial-news/dollar-retreats-democratic-wins-us-midterms-stoke-ai-regulation-jitters
7. Guardian business live: Dollar falls, gold and Treasuries rally — https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/nov/04/dollar-falls-while-gold-us-treasury-bonds-rally-markets-react-democrats-midterm-election-victory-marks-spencer-latest-live-updates
8. The Parliament Magazine: little will change for Ukraine, Europe — https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article/the-democrats-won-americas-midterms-that-wont-alter-trumps-position-on-ukraine-or-europe
9. BBC newspaper review: the King on slavery — https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2l4q52p9w4o
10. BBC: multi-cancer blood tests in GP surgeries — https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm9qz93ew22no

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Leave It Out — Episode 8. Nick Rose, solo. Recorded Tuesday 3 November 2026. Supermarket fridge hackers hit Europe; someone walks onto a Devon heath with a spade and nicks a nest of England's rarest ant (a wildlife crime — police are appealing); Dexy the emu, named after Dexys Midnight Runners, still hasn't come on, Eyeleen — 14 eggs, no chicks; a Brighton couple scrub road signs for "Filthy Signs ASMR"; a collector opens seven card packs strapped to a biplane wing over Kent; a deadly pufferfish washes up at Studland; and five suspected WW2 bombs at a Cotswolds wedding venue (no one hurt, no weddings on).Daily UK news and comedy. Sharp, daft, very British. Leave it out.Chapters0:00 Tuesday roundup: Europe's supermarket fridge hack1:40 The Great Ant Heist4:18 Dexy the Emu6:23 Filthy Signs ASMR9:01 Card packs on a plane wing11:01 A deadly pufferfish in Dorset12:50 WW2 bombs at a wedding venueSources0. Supermarket fridge cyberattack, Europe — https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/nov/02/europe-supermarket-fridges-freezers-who-hacking-why1. Narrow-headed ant nest stolen, Devon — https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjn5vpqr3qeko2. Dexy the emu, Suffolk — https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c933xjk5n6zeo3. Filthy Signs ASMR, Sussex — https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr74pdzv2vz5o4. Card packs on a wing walk, Headcorn — https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c689znw4nxzko5. Pufferfish at Studland — https://metro.co.uk/2026/11/02/rare-deadly-pufferfish-washes-uk-beach-29759166/6. WW2 bombs, Great Tythe Barn — https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crvg9w817zy3oStills: Wikimedia Commons (credited on screen). Host: Nick Rose#LeaveItOut #AntHeist #Emu #ASMR #podcast #UKNews