{"id":73948,"date":"2026-08-08T08:06:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/73948\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:06:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:06:35","slug":"burnham-take-your-time-on-holiday-have-two-months-or-even-two-years-the-weekend-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/73948\/","title":{"rendered":"Burnham, take your time on holiday&#8230; Have two months or even two years! | The Weekend T"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"Burnham, take your time on holiday... Have two months or even two years! | The Weekend T\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JtAac0u15f8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nBurnham, take your time on holiday&#8230; Have two months or even two years! | The Weekend T<br \/>\n<br \/>\nTelegraph writers Michael Deacon and Tim Stanley take a look back at the biggest and most bonkers stories of the week.<\/p>\n<p>Michael and Tim discuss Andy Burnham\u2019s holiday just two weeks into the job, the resignation of a Cambridge professor, and the claim that nursery rhymes are sexist. They also debate MPs\u2019 drinking culture, topless sunbathing in Spain, 20mph speed limits, and compassionate leave for bereaved pet owners.<\/p>\n<p>Chapters<br \/>\n00:00 &#8211; Introduction &#038; Winston Churchill&#8217;s Drinking Habits<br \/>\n00:25 &#8211; Prime Minister&#8217;s Early Holiday Controversy<br \/>\n05:31 &#8211; MPs Drinking Culture &#038; Stomach Pumping Rumours<br \/>\n09:00 &#8211; The Resignation of Professor Jason Arday<br \/>\n11:21 &#8211; Lynda La Plante\u2019s Speeding Ban &#038; 20mph Limits<br \/>\n14:30 &#8211; GP Surgeries Closing During Heatwaves Proposal<br \/>\n16:13 &#8211; Bank of England Staff Working Abroad<br \/>\n18:05 &#8211; Pet Bereavement Leave<br \/>\n20:15 &#8211; Are Nursery Rhymes Sexist?<br \/>\n24:30 &#8211; The Decline of Topless Sunbathing in Spain<\/p>\n<p>\u25ba Sign up to the Telegraph&#8217;s free new daily newsletter, From the Editor, bringing you the latest news, features and analysis from the Telegraph newsroom: www.telegraph.co.uk\/customer\/secure\/newsletter\/from-the-editor\/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_youtube_telegraphmain<\/p>\n<p>\u25ba Get the latest headlines: www.telegraph.co.uk?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_youtube_telegraphmain<\/p>\n<p>\u25ba Stay ahead with a Telegraph digital subscription:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/customer\/subscription\/store?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_youtube_telegraphmain<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/ and https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/telegraph are websites of The Telegraph, the UK&#8217;s best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.<\/p>\n<p>#TheWeekendT #UKPolitics #AndyBurnham #TheDailyT #BritishHumour #MichaelDeacon #TimStanley #TheTelegraph #NurseryRhymes #SpeedingBan #WorkingFromHome #Parliament #Churchill #UKNews #PodcastHighlights<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Burnham, take your time on holiday&#8230; Have two months or even two years! | The Weekend T Telegraph&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73949,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[10],"tags":[61137,20540,15336,61139,61146,331,61149,61138,61141,61144,60256,61143,61136,41233,61148,61135,61140,48934,61142,1745,3569,337,44131,10154,61145,267,61147,20767],"class_list":["post-73948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-telegraph","tag-20mph-speed-limit","tag-andy-burnham","tag-angela-rayner","tag-bank-of-england-wfh","tag-british-humor","tag-british-politics","tag-daily-t-highlights","tag-gp-heatwave","tag-greg-james","tag-house-spider-season","tag-jason-arday","tag-little-miss-muffet","tag-lynda-la-plante","tag-michael-deacon","tag-news-commentary","tag-parliament-drinking","tag-pet-bereavement-leave","tag-political-comedy","tag-sexist-nursery-rhymes","tag-telegraph-podcast","tag-the-daily-t","tag-the-telegraph","tag-the-weekend-t","tag-tim-stanley","tag-topless-sunbathing-spain","tag-uk-politics","tag-uk-satire","tag-winston-churchill"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}