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James O'Brien - The Whole Show

What can you do, and where can you do it?

James O'Brien - The Whole Show

Global

News, Daily News

4.3912 Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2020

⏱️ 144 minutes

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Summary

Confusion this morning over lockdown restrictions, both from public and prime minister. So.. POP QUIZ time: what can you do, and where can you do it? I'm speaking to people *in* lockdown, some of whom don't even know it yet. 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

This is LBC from Global, leading Britain's conversation with James O'Brien.

0:14.0

It's three minutes after ten. Very good morning indeed to you. You are listening to James O'Brien on LBC. I hope that doesn't come as a traumatic shock to you,

0:23.4

and I hope that you will continue to do so. Something rather strange is unfolding, and I'm not quite

0:30.1

sure what to think about it. I am of the view, and as with all of my views, this is absolutely

0:35.7

negotiable, and I reserve the right to retreat

0:38.5

at full tilt from whatever I say in the context of opinion. But I am of the view that sometimes

0:45.8

it is probably a good idea for governments to be able to govern unimpeded.

0:54.6

Now, this is not a description of enthusiasm for dictatorships.

0:59.6

Rather, it is a recognition, I think, of what you might describe as emergencies.

1:04.2

In emergencies, you know, if we are under attack from a foreign force in the middle of the night,

1:13.0

anybody else here, any little Billy Joel echoes there,

1:15.4

which are entirely unintentional, in the middle of the night,

1:19.1

then I don't think that we need to have debates,

1:23.3

we need to have votes, we need to have parliamentary procedures

1:27.3

prior to, for example, shooting the Luftwaffe

1:30.7

out of the sky.

1:32.0

God, even I'm falling foul of Second World Waritis this morning.

1:37.0

I don't know if you're aware that you're not allowed to feel any sympathy for students.

1:40.7

If you're listening to Nick's show this morning, you're not allowed to feel any sympathy

1:43.5

for students who were locked up because there was a war 80 years ago. I'm

1:48.2

Clayton under any confusion or under any doubt about that. Stuff the students because war wants.

1:56.8

Seems to be the message for much of Brexit, Britain, not here. And I don't think that'll come as a surprise to anybody.

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