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Rob and Tom discuss the sudden withdrawal from Afghanistan and the hike to National Insurance… TOPICS- [0:00] Intro- [1:04] Headlines: Afghanistan- [9:26] Headlines: Big Hearted Britain To Take 20,000 Refugees- [14:37] Headlines: UK Cabinet Ministers At War In Afghanistan Blame Game- [19:45] Main Story: National Insurance Increase- [38:23] Boris' Ratings- [47:30] Outro- [48:46] Ad: Dr Wilko's Campaign For Better BeveragesSUPPORTSupport all TTSS shows on PatreonSHOWNOTES- The Papers- Afghanistan: How the Taliban gained ground so quickly- Afghanistan: How many refugees are there and where will they go?- Guilty Feminist 268. EMERGENCY EPISODE for the crisis in Afghanistan- Afghanistan: How many asylum seekers has the UK taken in?- How the UK’s refugee resettlement scheme compares to other countries after Priti Patel criticism- Afghanistan: Dominic Raab’s answers to five questions from MPs- Boris Johnson outlines new 1.25% health and social care tax to pay for reforms- National Insurance: What’s the new Health and - Social Care tax and how will it affect me?- How the tax system squeezes graduates- Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention- YouGov: Westminster Voting Intention- Politico Poll of Polls- Join us on Discord!DISCUSS- Reddit- Twitter- FacebookATTRIBUTION- Recording engineer: Ennuicastr- Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).- Main Image: National Insurance Card in the Public Domain