517. Is Trump Plotting Regime Change in Cuba? (Question Time)
2 April 2026
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I wish you would explain how the Shadow Cabinet works in the U.K. and how the idea might be adapted to the U.S. form of government.
We already have a Shadow Cabinetin the U.S.!!!! It’s called the the FOURTH WING of the Government otherwise known as THE DEEP STATE made up of ALL THOSES UNELECTED Bureaurcrats!!!!!