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James O'Brien - The Whole Show

What has happened to the Conservative Party?

James O'Brien - The Whole Show

Global

Daily News, News

4.3913 Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2023

⏱️ 138 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 60 973

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0:00.0

Three minutes after ten is the time.

0:02.3

A very good morning to you.

0:03.4

I'm still a bit discombobulated by yesterday's events.

0:08.2

Speaking of the political reshuffle, we'd probably get stuck into that.

0:11.1

But I thought I'd throw you something different first, early doors.

0:14.7

We'll be talking about the Conservative Party in a couple of minutes.

0:17.9

But I just, you know, sometimes I try very hard to take a step

0:21.5

back from the fray and work out what it is that's troubling me. There's a story around today

0:27.7

about a National Trust calendar that's been given out to volunteers. And some people are

0:32.0

having a right old hissy fit because it contains some festivals that Muslims and Hindus celebrate,

0:40.7

but doesn't contain references to Christmas and Easter.

0:44.4

The rationale behind it is that you don't really need to be reminded of when Christmas and Easter are

0:50.7

if you live in this country, but if you're trying to be a little bit more inclusive,

0:54.8

i.e. understand the festivals. This weekend, for example, if you live in this country, but if you're trying to be a little bit more inclusive, i.e. understand the festival. This weekend, for example, if you live in Hounslow, in the London

1:01.9

borough of Hounslow, you could have been forgiven for, if you weren't aware of the Festival of

1:07.8

Light, of Diwali, you could have been forgiven for thinking that you'd somehow

1:11.2

missed bonfire nights and the fireworks displays had come along at a slightly different period.

1:16.6

So listen, I probably wouldn't have done it, that particular thing.

1:20.8

But then if I, well, actually, maybe I would have done, because you can't allow the woke finder

1:25.6

generals to determine what you do. If you're

1:29.0

trying to do something that is more inclusive than what is usually done, then you include the

1:34.5

things that people don't know about. But I think you could have included the things that people

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