You will have to play out the sound of an appropriately sized fanfare in your head, to welcome the eightieth episode of the Just Williams podcast.

Duncan is joined by John, and James to ponder the current state of both the UK and the French economies, the level of government spending (and debt) and why we might just be getting to the end game as far as national spending sprees are concerned.

There is an update on the resurgence of Gold, the tricky issue of how to deal with Thames Water and the challenges facing the Electric Car Market.