Thank you Nick. The time is approaching 10 o'clock and well there's a lot to get through today.

For example, have you ever had violent race riots named after you?

Or indeed been accused by the head of the Met of emboldening the racist thugs responsible?

Has your vile and ignorant rhetoric ever helped instigate attempts to burn people alive in their beds?

Have you ever cited a self-described

misogynist facing rape and people trafficking charges in Romania as a

trustworthy news source for events in the UK or describe yourself as part of a

similar phenomenon to him? Have you ever helped a convicted woman-beater get

elected to the UK Parliament and have any newly elected MPs spent more time in America

getting binned off by Donald Trump than they have in their own constituency.

And what would you call someone who answers yes to all those questions?

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

Oh, I feel like I got kicked in the head by a horse.

It's three minutes after ten you are listening to James O'Brien on LBC,

where we concern ourselves immediately with potentially,

well, already incredibly important international matters, but potentially one of the most important

issues of our age. I don't know what your immediate reaction was to the Israeli attacks upon

Hisbalah members and anybody unfortunate enough to be in their vicinity,

including, of course, completely innocent people and many, many children.

2,800 people injured yesterday.

I beg your pardon, the day before yesterday, when Pages blew up, 12 people killed.

And yesterday, another 14, I think, were killed and 450 wounded in cities across Lebanon

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