Lockdown: not so absurd anymore, Prime Minister

James O'Brien - The Whole Show

Global

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4.3 • 912 Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2020

⏱️ 135 minutes

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Boris Johnson said Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer's call for a nationwide lockdown was the "height of absurdity". 10 days later the Prime Minister announced that England would go into a month-long lockdown to stop the NHS from being overwhelmed. Not so absurd anymore. 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	Coffee for Ben?
0:02.3	Ben!
0:04.8	Mmm, kinder bueno.
0:07.8	Crispy wafer, filled with creamy hazelnut,
0:12.3	dipped and drizzled in delicious chop.
0:14.9	I said coffee for Ben.
0:16.5	Oh, sorry, excuse me.
0:18.6	Actually, it's pronounced Buen.
0:21.7	Buen.
0:23.1	Buen.
0:25.2	Okay.
0:27.6	Why be basic when you can be Bueno?
0:31.2	This is LBC from Global, leading Britain's conversation with James O'Brien.
0:44.2	Three minutes after ten is the time.
0:45.7	A very good morning to you.
0:46.6	I hope you had a lovely weekend.
0:47.8	I really do.
0:48.7	I hope you resisted any urges to tie one on, as we used to say.
0:53.1	Is that still a thing?
0:54.0	Is that still a phrase that people,
0:55.3	or to go large, not in your local fast food outlet, but in your social life. But of course,
1:01.6	that temptation is quite big. And I suspect it grows when you reflect upon the man leading
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