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Ructions | Problems come in battalions

On this episode of Ructions with Ross + Ashley, Marc Ross + Gerald Ashley discuss the Bank of England and the UK's mortgage madness, inflation and french fries, 2024 elections in the UK and US, Brexit's 7th anniversary, the history of 1848, the upcoming NATO summit meeting, Narendra Modi's state visit to DC, plus what they are reading and watching.

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Timestamps:

1:05 | Bank of England + UK's mortgage madness

9:00 | Inflation

13:39 | 2024 UK Elections

17:15 | Brexit's 7th anniversary

21:25 | 2024 US Elections

24:00 | The history of 1848

25:05 | NATO summit meeting

29:32 | India + Modi's DC state visit

35:18 | Reading + Watching

Reading + Watching List:

Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization by Ed Conway

The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance by Henry Petroski

Tour de France: Unchained on Netflix

Eat. Race. Win. on Amazon Prime

The Docks by Bill Sharpsteen

What It Takes: The Way to the White House by Richard Ben Cramer