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Siobhan McSweeney is angry. Here's why
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July 31, 2026
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In this special episode, Coco & Nish speak to actor Siobhan McSweeney and Gazan student Mahmoud Hasanain as they discuss the government’s renewed scheme to evacuate Gazan students with offers to study at UK universities. But there’s a catch–the government will only evacuate those with fully-funded places.
Siobhan, along with many other well-known faces from stage and screen–Gary Lineker, Dame Harriet Walter, Dame Vanessa Redgrave, Brian Cox, Dylan Moran, Maxine Peake and others–is auctioning off personal items in a bid to raise funds to support these students and turn those university offers into a real future.
Coco & Nish hear how Mahmoud wrote his university application by candlelight, and how his older brother, Mohammed, also has a university offer, but crucially lacks the funding to join Mahmoud in the UK. They also talk to Siobhan about whether it should really be up to celebrities to raise the money in the first place…
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