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

Three minutes after ten is the time.

I was just sharing a hilarious anecdote with the producer,

and I've decided to begin our week together by sharing it with you as well because I'd hate you to think that there was a

sort of red button going on on this program and that all the top quality banter unfolds off

air or the kind of you know premium content unfolds off there and the stuff that goes out via

the microphone is is merely you know, the second best available

commentary at 10 o'clock on a weekday morning.

So, weirdly, looking at Keir Stama this morning, who's been in the studio, of course, with Nick Ferrari,

and who sort of continues to try to establish his own brand for want of a better word.

And I mean by that a political brand. Starmerismism is not a word yet until literally just then. Has anyone heard? Have you heard Starmorism as a word yet? Have you, have you heard Starmorism as a word? Oh, all right, just me then. What is it then? All right, over to you. Can we put the microphone in the production office? Because I ain't got a Scooby. Until we have a slightly clearer picture of what, Starmerism may or may not be,

you kind of look at other areas that he could be working on to, it's quite nice to talk about something

from the top of the show that isn't entirely linked to COVID and Brexit, but no doubt they'll

come into things. And the anecdote I was going to share with you is one, I kind of had to double

check my memory banks there. Good morning, by the way. I do apologise. Four minutes after 10. I hope

you had a splendid, splendid weekend. I really do, albeit that things are getting beyond

monotonous now, the notion of being on a hamster wheel.

And I know that some of us need to remind ourselves occasionally that we need a, we need to

remember we're lucky to have a hamster wheel in the current climate.

Three million people have had their hamster wheels stolen and or broken.

But we are where we are.

And it's going to name drop furiously now. Keith, we probably need a whole new bank of sound effects this morning.

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