Incisive commentary on the the world's premier virtue signalling competition otherwise known as the soccer World Cup. Teams from around the world get together to show their disgust at their hosts, Qatar, and protest at the use of slave labour to build stadiums by playing in them.

In motoring news, we review the world's worst electric car. Plus breaking news from the Victorian state election.

The Six O'Clock Swill is hosted by Nick Cater and Tim Blair.

The red wave breaks on the cold hard rock of reality in the US mid-term elections but Florida Governor Ron De Santis stirs Republican hearts be declaring victory over Woke.

Nick Cater and Tim Blair are joined by Washington Post columnist Henry Olsen in Washington DC to discuss the implications for the next Presidential election.

Plus, a failed socialist prime minister from Portugal lectures the world about climate change and advice on how to throw a fully-vaxed bio-friendly party for kids.

Nick Cater is executive director of the Menzies Research Centre in Sydney. Tim Blair is the nation's premier blogger and raconteur.

The Swill team set their clocks to five minutes to midnight as world leaders gather in Egypt for Cop 27, the world's premier climate talkfest.

Plus, a preview of the US midterm election.

With Nick Cater and Tim Blair