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

Three minutes after ten is the time

you are listening to James O'Brien on LBC

quite a lot to get through today actually

It was one of those mornings where what appeared initially

to be slim pickings

fattened up rather as we made our way

through the news agenda

I would like if there's time to return to the tale of the McDonald's boss who has walked away with a, it's dreadful,

absolute, it's a pittance, 12 million pounds after being compelled to step down for having

a consensual relationship with a fellow employee. I do think it's a sign of a changing world, but perhaps we need someone a little more in tune with the changes to talk us through the necessity of them.

The TV debates, very, very interesting.

We are joined this morning for a long-time listeners to the program by one of the veterans of the early years.

Jones the Engineer is here who made by far the most incisive and perspicacious comment

about TV debates that you have ever heard in your life.

He said, I don't like them, James, because you're not allowed to clap,

so I can't tell whether anyone's ever made a good point or not.

And although we laughed,

that's actually a, it's a brilliant point. He said it doesn't know who's winning, because no one's allowed to clap. And that's actually a brilliant point, although also a bit silly. So we will

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