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James O'Brien - The Whole Show

Keir Starmer addresses his Mandelson problem

James O'Brien - The Whole Show

Global

News, Daily News

4.3913 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2026

⏱️ 158 minutes

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This is a catch-up version of James O'Brien's live, daily show on LBC Radio. To join the conversation call: 0345 60 60 973

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0:00.0

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1:00.1

Good morning. It's three minutes after at 10 and I guess it's one of those days when the news

1:05.4

could move at a million miles an hour at breakneck speed while we are actually on air. I think it's unlikely that

1:12.0

there'll be any major ructions. Kirstarmer, if you're not aware of this, is due to give a speech

1:17.1

at 11 o'clock. I mean, as far as I can tell, a scheduled speech that he would have given anyway,

1:21.9

but it certainly assumes, doesn't it, a level of interest that wasn't in place this time yesterday, actually, even before

1:29.0

PMQs. But we may, well, I think at the moment I'm minded to take that live. It would be quite

1:33.5

weird not to. And if the speech is really boring, which is, of course, possible, then we will

1:38.9

definitely return for the Q&A's, which are unlikely to be. Shall we put some bets on this?

1:43.7

Unlikely to be about the

1:45.3

meat and drink of the speech that he's just delivered and rather more likely to be about the

1:50.8

absolute hot mess that he finds himself in this morning. And here's a line that I think is

1:57.7

indisputable. And there may not be as much about this story that is

2:01.9

indisputable as we initially think it is a mess entirely of his own making which means whatever

2:10.2

prejudices or opinions you come to this story with the one brick upon which we can all agree this story has been built is that it is a mess

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