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James O'Brien - The Whole Show

What Lockdown?

James O'Brien - The Whole Show

Global

Daily News, News

4.3913 Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2020

⏱️ 143 minutes

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Summary

If you've flocked to the beach, I want to know why This is a catchup 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.

0:15.2

Four minutes after ten is a time. A very good morning to you. And, well, I suppose I should start by urging you to stay

0:22.1

at home today if you possibly can, because that is still the official advice, at least as far

0:27.9

as I understand it. But even a cursory glance at the news this morning and last night will

0:33.1

show you that many, many, many people have completely given up on trying to observe it,

0:38.3

whether you are celebrating Liverpool's magnificent triumph in the Premier League or heading

0:43.6

towards the beach in Dorset or having a sort of unofficial or illegal street gatherings in

0:50.3

West London, every single person in every single one of these categories is behaving in a way

0:55.9

that to my eyes is completely at odds with what we are supposed to be doing. Of course, the problem

1:02.2

kicks in or becomes really, really clear when you remember that it was, I think, on Wednesday

1:08.4

at PMQs that the Prime Minister, in response to a question from

1:12.4

a Brighton MP, responded that city leaders should show some guts and welcome visitors back.

1:19.4

I've also gone back to May to look at the changing guidance then, when they loosened the limits

1:25.8

on what we couldn't do for our daily exercise.

1:28.3

And of course, it was back in May, the middle of May or so, that we were told we could go to the beach for a swim

1:34.3

as long as we observed social distancing.

1:37.3

I just heard in the news bulletin there that George Eustace has been suggesting that we would close beaches

1:43.3

in the event of people not observing social distancing.

1:46.4

And unless there's been an, I mean, an absolute epidemic of weapons-grade photoshopping,

1:52.0

then yesterday was a fairly conclusive proof that people are not observing it.

1:58.0

I can't even bring myself at six minutes after ten to tell you about some of the

2:02.6

scenes that have popped up on social media accounts in these seaside towns, Dirtle Door, near

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