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WAR ON IRAN

Talk Breakfast

Ricky Freelove

Current Affairs, Politics, News, Uk News, Phone In, Debate, British News, Conservatives, Immigration, Daily News, News Commentary, Talk, Labour, Reform Uk, Government, Speech Radio

4.3763 Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2026

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Iran strikes back hitting almost all of its neighbours. Isabel Oakeshott joins Jeremy live from Dubai after drone attacks hit hotels and infrastructure in the city. Lord Richard Dannatt hits out at Sir Keir Starmer's unpreparedness and his reliance on lawyers to make any strategic decisions. Grant Shapps joins Jeremy to talk about Starmer's failure over Iran and the incoming Spring Statement from Chancellor Rachel Reeves. Plus, Andrew Lownie joins Jeremy again as he says Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is now on 'suicide watch'.

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0:00.0

You're waking up to the fallout from the American and Israeli attacks into Iran.

0:04.6

Don't forget that breaking news in the last 25 minutes.

0:07.2

Several large blasts have been heard this morning in and across Dubai as Iran continues those retaliatory attacks in the Middle East.

0:16.4

Isabel Oakshot and just a tick live from Dubai. Wayne, good morning.

0:19.8

Morning, Jazat.

0:23.6

Not a typical weekend in Starmer's crap life. Oh dear me. They've planned 20 terrorist attacks, yet we weren't responding anyway.

0:31.6

I'm scared of the Muslims once again, mate.

0:33.6

Okay, put the good word, Jezat. I'm sick of this moron. Let's get him out.

0:38.2

Couldn't agree more.

0:39.1

Let's go live, as I said, to Dubai.

0:41.3

We're delighted to have a Talks International editor, Isabel Oakshot.

0:45.2

Good morning.

0:46.4

Good morning.

0:47.2

Well, Jeremy, yes, as you just reported there and I put on social media earlier,

0:52.4

there were a series of very loud blasts in the area of

0:58.1

Dubai that I'm based in. That's in the marina area. It's a very touristy area, actually,

1:04.6

and also very popular residential place. And those blasts were the loudest we've heard yet but equally we are reassured that they are

1:16.2

most likely the sound of interception by the UAE's quite sophisticated THAA interception kit.

1:25.2

That is the terminal high altitude area defense system that the authorities have here.

1:32.3

And it is one of the most advanced defense systems in the world. And one of the effects that it has is when there is an intercept, it can create a kind of what they call a canyon effect, so a kind of reverberation

1:47.0

that makes it sound as if that activity is actually a lot closer than it is.

1:53.0

So just because there were quite loud noises here in the marina and more widely in built- up areas of Dubai, that does not mean that there

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