leading britain's conversation this is a podcast from lbc james o'brien this is mystery hour and my goodness me

every week it seems to be more welcome than it was the week before uh your weekly opportunity to get

the sort of satisfaction not ordinarily available on the radio you ring in with a question um as silly or as

serious as you like just don't be rubbish i've changed the rules for 2018. Don't be rubbish. You know if a question's

rubbish. We've been doing this for years. If you've got a question about baby pigeons or white

dog poo, you're wasting both of our times. It's an attempt to, I don't know, entertain and educate

and illuminate all at the same time. Speaking of which, I've worked out who I am

in the context of British politics. Should we crack on my mischare in a minute? Can I go off on one

for a couple of minutes first or do I need to drum up more business? If you've got a good

question, that's not rubbish, then ring 0345-609-7-3. If you're new to this, who, why, what, where, when, whether, whither, where for, even the occasional wence, that's how it works.

You ring in, you ask a question, somebody else knows the answer, and they will ring in with it.

You can be as academic or otherwise, as you please.

But I've worked out who I am.

It's taken me a while to work it out.

They're taking calls on Brexit, which obviously have played a, I suppose, a

positive part in my professional life, but they genuinely do sadden me on a personal level. I am the

bloke who sees a man beating up his girlfriend outside the pub, musters up the courage to go over

and intervene and ends up getting whacked by the girlfriend and told to sod off and stop interfering.

I speak for people because I feel that they've been lied to. And when I prove that they've

been lied to, they get crossed with me. What a cross to bear on your behalf, honestly.

A martyr for our ages. The first Brexit martyr. That's it, isn't it? You hear these calls.

As close to the action as I am.

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