Mark the Week: What is it with this country and ships?

The Mike Hosking Breakfast

At the end of each week, Mike Hosking takes you through the big-ticket items and lets you know what he makes of it all.

Ships: 1/10

Two in a week with issues, one admittedly more serious than the other. What is it with this country and ships?

Nobel Prizes: 8/10

They get scant coverage in a world that has never been more desperate for brilliance and individuality and the celebration of the human spirit and achievement.

Home ownership: 8/10

Surely the hero number out of the census - more of us own a home. That's not what the rhetoric will tell you.

Keir Starmer: 3/10

Have you ever seen a politician take a victory the size of his and cock it up quite so quickly?

Jimmy Spithill: 7/10

Good guy, great athlete and a very big contributor to the America's Cup. He's quite possibly leaving a bit too soon.

School holidays: 6/10

They're almost over. Well done all grandparents who did the heavy lifting of grandkids, who on day one seemed cute as but by day seven were ungrateful little snots.

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