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London Calling

Revolutionary Thoughts on Free Speech

London Calling

Ricochet

News, Politics

4.4975 Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

After the usual chit-chat about the week gone by, Toby and James have a substantive talk about the limits of free speech and what constitutes "crossing the line." It's all spurred on by the revelation last week that former UKIP party boss - and now GBNews personality - Nigel Farage has been "de-banked."

In Culture Corner the spotlight falls on the new Idris Elba series, Hijack (AppleTV+) and Toby recalls the life an Englishman in America on the Fourth of July.

Opening sound this week is Farage explaining his predicament on Twitter.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is London Calling.

0:04.0

London Calling.

0:06.0

I got a phone call a couple of months ago to say we are closing your accounts.

0:10.0

I asked why.

0:12.0

No reason was given. I was told a letter would come which would explain everything. I complained. I emailed the chairman. A lack he phoned me to say that it was a commercial decision which I have to say I don't believe

0:26.4

for a single moment so I thought well there we are I'll have to go and find a different bank

0:31.8

I've been to six.

0:33.0

Welcome to London Calling with me.

0:35.0

Welcome to London Calling with me James Delling Pot and my very good friend Mr Toby Young.

0:43.7

Tobes been a flat week for me.

0:46.0

What about you?

0:48.5

Very busy week, lots of parties last week, but a fairly uneventful weekend.

0:57.0

Haven't done anything very exciting, just tried to not drink, spend time with my family, cook some meals, get decent night's sleep to recover.

1:06.0

You have to do though.

1:08.0

You have to do that.

1:09.0

I bet your partying was, I bet they were all parties I'd absolutely have loathed with with kind of your

1:14.4

normally freco friends. You would have you would have liked the policy exchange

1:20.4

party James the guest speaker the surprise guest speaker at the Policy Exchange

1:26.5

Summer Party.

1:27.5

David, I, let me guess.

1:29.5

Rishi Sunach.

1:30.5

No, I hate policy exchange. It's absolutely. It's, I mean, those of us who are down the

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