Good morning. Three minutes after 10 is the time. And you're listening to James O'Brien on LBC, where it's quite a lot to get through today. The question of whether, as the government insists, paying people more money will solve many of the current problems facing the country as one that I think employers will be able to help us come to perhaps a better understanding

of.

Stop whining about fewer foreign workers, pay Britain's more, say ministers.

Could that be a silver lining on the horizon?

We'll begin proceedings in a moment with the continuing protests on the M25, which have once again succeeded in bringing

the climate change issue, much, much, much further up the news agenda than it otherwise gets

for reasons that we still struggle fully to understand. Part of me is quite grateful because I have

this, presumably part of my Catholic heritage. I have

this guilt about not talking about it enough. And then, of course, on the days when they succeed

in bringing traffic or towns or cities to a standstill, however briefly, then there's a

sense that you have to talk about it, which strikes me as being almost the point, or certainly

quite a large element of whatever the point proves to be. I'd like to talk about it, which strikes me as being almost the point, or certainly quite a

large element of whatever the point proves to be. I'd like to talk about Emma Radicano.

Just simply brilliant. What a moment of absolute magic unfolded in New York on Saturday night.

So I can't see a phone in it yet, but goodness me, we will certainly give her a little bit of attention. And another story about white, you know how uncomfortable. How conceited of me? It's about it. So you know how uncomfortable I get about it. You could have just telling me, who's this idiot on the radio who thinks I know everything about him? Who's this plonker on the wireless who seems to think that I've been

hanging on his every word for the last five years? Keith, stop nodding. The story, once again,

a story that breaks down academic and educational access according to demographics.

Actually, do you know, maybe we can have a conversation about whether we should even do that

anymore? I don't know.

Yeah, we probably should, but it would be an interesting conversation. More students are winning university places in every demographic across the UK except white men.

I am interested in the what and the why of stories like this, as you know.

And will they, won't they, won't they, will they, won't they? Will they, won't they? Will they join the dance? I forget. Is it the mock turtle who comes up with that in Alice in Wonderland or Alice through the looking gloss? Is it the mock turtle, Keith? Will they, will, will we, won't we, won't we? Won't we? Won't we? Will you join the dance? seems to be the attitude of this government towards so-called vaccine passports

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