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James O'Brien - The Whole Show

One of the most astonishing interviews I've ever done

James O'Brien - The Whole Show

Global

Daily News, News

4.5840 Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2022

⏱️ 152 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 97

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and conditions. Three minutes after ten is the time and you are listening to James O'Brien on

0:34.2

LBC. Where for the seven millionth time in the last few months or years,

0:39.1

I find myself wondering how far we should go this morning.

0:42.6

How far, yesterday we flirted with the F word for much of an hour,

0:46.6

discussing government pressure being brought to bear on academic institutions teaching English literature.

0:52.1

Yes, you heard me correctly.

0:53.6

There's a semi-viral clip out

0:55.2

there somewhere if you want to recap on the idea of an English government being opposed to the

1:00.0

teaching of English literature. But when Liz Truss stood up in the House of Commons yesterday and

1:04.8

justified her complete abandonment of principle evidence and truth on the grounds of being a

1:10.2

patriot, I'm afraid that the F word popped up once again in my mind.

1:14.6

And we'll be having a proper look at that in the second hour of the program today as things stand.

1:19.6

Because in the first hour, I'd like to talk or I'd like you to talk about the issue that prompted Liz Trust to make such a potentially dangerous intervention or dissent further into shame and horror.

1:35.5

Because the Northern Ireland story is, it's a really weird one.

1:40.4

I don't know, I don't think that I'm judging you or anything like that. I don't know how much of it you understand.

1:49.2

And I don't know how many of us realize how important it is. It's really odd, isn't it? Because it is, it's not that complicated, but for some reason, we'd rather look away.

2:01.2

Listen, I'm talking about myself, not about you.

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