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Okay, good morning. It is three minutes after

10. You're listening to James O'Brien on Elbe's. You're listening to a very confused, James.

Even perhaps, dare I say, a discombobulated James O'Brien, because I just had a really bad thought.

Nothing like that. Nothing that necessitates a visit to confession. I just had a really bad or strange thought just before the light came on.

So you heard me a moment ago, I hope, reflecting upon the absolute absurdity of a country

where somebody who made their fortune, made enough money to allow him to go into politics

by selling get rich quick schemes on the internet under a variety of false names we'll get stuck into some of the detail of that shortly in case you're not fully aware of it but it i worry sometimes when i have a thought literally moments before the light comes on i worry about sharing it with you immediately without putting it through the filter of

cogitation and contemplation.

You see what I mean?

Should I give myself a few minutes to think about whether I should actually say this out loud

or not?

But Granch-Aps is spectacularly unsuitable, I would argue, and will shortly, to be Secretary

of State for Defence.

But surveying the talent puddle that constitutes the current Conservative Party,

he's far from the worst offender.

If it comes down to basic suitability, and, you know, in the rearview mirror,

you have Jacob Rees-Mogg and Nadine Dorries, both achieving cabinet level, you know, in the rearview mirror, you have Jacob Rees-Mogg and Nadine Dorees both achieving

cabinet level, despite struggling to reach double figures when you add one IQ to the other.

And you look across the sort of vista and remember Pretty Patel's hideous tenure as Home Secretary.

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