Judges block Rwanda plan, plus who broke Britain with James O’Brien

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News, News Commentary, Government

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🗓️ 16 November 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

A frantic week in UK politics, that started with the sacking of Suella Braverman and the shock return of David Cameron, took another huge twist as the Supreme Court ruled that the Government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda was unlawful. Rishi Sunak however came out fighting, announcing an emergency bill to keep the policy alive.

Plenty then for Nish and Coco to get their teeth stuck into with guest, LBC presenter and “conscience of liberal Britain” James O’Brien. His book ‘How they broke Britain’ features a cast of nefarious characters, including Cameron himself - how suitable is he for the role of Foreign Secretary? Also in the firing line is the right-wing media and Paul Dacre in particular, while we also learn about the less well-known shadowy cabal of conservative think tanks and the tactics they employ to influence public opinion. But is Jeremy Corbyn worthy of a place on James’ shit list?

Plus why Nish and James are ‘disaster capitalists’, Nish makes a shock news hat admission, and we have a bumper heroes and villains, as James weighs in with his selections. Find out what ITV has done to upset Nish, and why Coco puts James to shame by nominating 44,000 heroes!

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Guest:

James O’Brien, LBC radio presenter, and author of ‘How they broke Britain’

Audio credits:

ITV Breakfast/Edinburgh TV Festival

ITV Studios/@NigelFarage

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0:00.0	Hello, this is Pots over the UK. I'm Coco Khan. And I'm Nishkumar. This week we're saving
0:16.2	the UK from peak bothering former Prime Ministers. And poison pet letter writing former home
0:21.3	secretaries. Plus we'll be joined by LBC presenter James O'Brien, a man who's been called
0:26.6	the conscience of liberal Britain. As opposed to me, who's been called the man who absolutely
0:31.1	ruined Britain. No regrets. Hi, Coco. Hi, Nish. So, well, a bravenman out of a job.
0:37.7	Oh, yeah, yeah. The Rwanda plan declared on lawful by the courts. Andre 3000 has got a new
0:41.7	album coming out. It's a devarly miracle. The whole week has been it was the valley over
0:46.6	the weekend. Happy devarly to all Pots over the UK listeners. Festive of light in Hinduism.
0:51.3	And the light has shone through. Yes, there are heavy caveats for that. So, well, a bravenman's
0:55.4	lost her job, which means she's probably going to end up being leader of the conservative
0:58.6	party the next time that there's a leadership contest. The Rwanda plan has been stalled by
1:03.7	the courts, but that probably means Rishi Seena's going to try and take us out of various
1:06.8	international legislative agreements. And the Andre 3000 album is experimental jazz
1:11.2	folk. So, there are caveats to all of those things. But at the moment, on occasion, you
1:16.7	have correctly castigated me for an excessive negativity. So this week I'm full of sunshine.
1:22.3	So, Euler, fuck so dark. It is Rwanda plan. And Andre 3000 is back. That's amazing.
1:28.2	That's the right news for me. What a beautiful week. Our inbox this week has been full of
1:33.2	hat chat because last week you coined the phrase news hat. You didn't listen to last week's
1:39.0	episode. Please listen to last week's episode. It was very good. But if you didn't listen
1:42.0	to last week's episode and you're wondering, what does that mean? None of us know either.
1:46.2	Coco just used the phrase news hat. And our inboxes look like the inbox of a millenus with
1:51.5	the amount of cat-based conversation. This is from at C-Bish. That's S-E-A-B-I-C-H, which
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