Marcus and Michael reflect on their wisdom in modifying the Grumpies bunker to hold thousands of litres of diesel and 8 pallets of tinned tomatoes, as the war escalates in the Middle East. They set out three scenarios for the outcome and only one of them – the least likely (spoiler, it involves rose petals and cheering crowds)- is good. Then it’s on to examine the desperate contortions of US allies – notably the UK’s Keir Starmer and our own PM Albanese, and ministers Marles and Wong – to avoid thinking or talking about our major ally assassinating government leaders as a new normal. It turns out assassinating foreign governments is okay if they are ‘bad guys’. And, luckily, we were kept in the dark until afterwards. Phew.