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James O'Brien - The Whole Show

An Abdication?

James O'Brien - The Whole Show

Global

News, Daily News

4.3912 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2019

⏱️ 137 minutes

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0:00.0

This is LBC from Global, leading Britain's conversation with James O'Brien.

0:09.6

Three minutes after ten, a very good morning indeed to you, and it has to be said quite a historic morning as well, as we are poised presumably, to see the resignation, or at least the announcement of the timetable for the resignation

0:22.2

of Theresa May. A majority of 17, a working majority of 17 when she elected to go to the country

0:28.4

in pursuit of more political space. Didn't exactly work out well for her, but it is perhaps

0:34.5

pertinent to reflect upon all of the people who were cheerleading for her

0:39.4

just three, well, just a little less than three short years ago. We will look today at whether

0:44.9

or not things could have gone any differently, and of course we'll also have a look at what may

0:48.6

or indeed will happen next in the shortest of terms. We seem poised to see a man who's been fired twice for

0:56.7

lying and revels in a reputation as the worst foreign secretary in the history of these islands

1:01.1

being appointed Prime Minister by 100,000 paid up members of a single political party. But

1:09.7

you know, we are where we are. I'm in that weird

1:12.4

Dimblebee-esque position, not question time Dimbleby, but important occasion Dimbleby,

1:18.1

where I'm commentating on nothing. I'm commentating on space at the moment, and you will

1:22.4

understand why. We will cross live and immediately to the lecten outside number 10 Downing Street as soon as the

1:28.8

Prime Minister appears behind it. And here she is. Theresa May at 10 Downing Street, live on LBC.

1:38.7

Ever since I first stepped through the door behind me as Prime Minister, I have striven to make the United Kingdom

1:47.0

a country that works not just for a privileged few, but for everyone, and to honour the result of the EU referendum.

1:55.0

Back in 2016, we gave the British people a choice. Against all predictions, the British people voted to

2:03.0

leave the European Union. I feel as certain today as I did three years ago that in a democracy,

2:10.9

if you give people a choice, you have a duty to implement what they decide. I have done my best

2:17.2

to do that. I negotiated the terms of our exit

2:21.1

and a new relationship with our closest neighbours that protects jobs, our security and our union.

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