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James O'Brien - The Whole Show

All-time worst government policies

James O'Brien - The Whole Show

Global

News, Daily News

4.3913 Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2023

⏱️ 144 minutes

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Summary

This is a catch-up version of James O'Brien's live, daily show on LBC Radio. To join the conversation call: 0345 60 60 973

Transcript

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0:00.0

Good morning. Where to begin? I think Nick Ferrari this morning, struggling to contain his mirth at the Rwanda

0:07.7

scheme, actually sets the tone for the only way to approach it now. If you don't laugh, you'll cry.

0:14.6

I can't begin to imagine what it would be like to contemplate this sort of policy if you were

0:19.6

a fan of Boris Johnson, who of course

0:21.7

was Prime Minister when it was first introduced, or an admirer of Priti Patel, who was the

0:26.2

Home Secretary who first sought to steer it to fruition, or indeed a cheerleader for Suella

0:33.6

Braverman, who was both the second and third Home Secretary who sought to deliver

0:38.8

the Rwanda plan, whatever it was. And everywhere you turn, it gets worse. I can't remember

0:45.2

a policy like this. Let me run through some of your suggestions. I think we're going to do

0:49.3

a phone in on, is this the worst policy of your lifetime? 034-60609-73.

0:54.9

And if not, what is?

0:56.0

You can't have Brexit.

0:57.3

My inbox, God, there's a first.

0:59.2

James O Brexit, saying you're not allowed to talk about Brexit.

1:01.8

Brexit's not a policy in the same sense that this is.

1:04.7

The government that brought Brexit about was David Cameron's and he didn't want it.

1:09.5

Obviously, having presided over such epic stupidity

1:13.0

in political life would in a normal country exclude you from high office for the rest of your days.

1:19.2

But in Brexit, Britain, he gets brought back as foreign secretary by a desperate prime minister,

1:24.4

i.e. Rishi Sunak. So you can't have Brexit. Yes, it cost a fortune. Yes,

1:28.5

there are absolutely no benefits at all. I'm reading your texts now. That's from Ali.

1:32.4

But it doesn't count because it's not like the government announced it. It was a referendum result

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