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James O'Brien - The Whole Show

When Starmer U-turns on winter fuel, what will you make of him?

James O'Brien - The Whole Show

Global

Daily News, News

4.5840 Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2025

⏱️ 158 minutes

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Summary

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

Where? Sandy!

0:02.0

Out the birdhouse again!

0:04.0

Off to London for some museum hopping.

0:07.0

I got a great deal with SWR rewards.

0:10.0

I'm using my reward to treat the girlfriends to a fancy dinner.

0:14.0

Party animals, you lot?

0:17.0

Waze!

0:19.0

Make every trip a treat with SWR rewards.

0:23.6

Book trains direct to claim yours.

0:25.9

Southwestern Railway, spread your wings.

0:28.7

T's and C's apply.

0:30.1

It is three minutes after ten.

0:32.1

I'm old enough to remember when Sir Kirstarmer was abused for revealing that he and his family observed Shabbat on Friday evenings.

0:39.7

And it was embellished and exaggerated to suggest that he would somehow be unable to respond to international emergencies during that period.

0:48.3

And now he's effectively been painted as an emboldener.

0:51.8

Well, not effectively, he is being painted as an emboldener of Hamas and crypto-anti-Semite by Benjamin Netanyahu.

0:58.9

What a strange course of events it is.

1:01.6

If only somebody could have seen the moment coming when it would be widely accepted that even the vaguest, mildest criticism of Netanyahu's continuing slaughter of innocent Palestinians would render you a supporter of Hamas or an anti-Semite. How the world turns.

1:19.6

I don't want to talk about that today. I want to talk about domestic politics. We've done a lot on Israel this week, actually, a lot on Gaza

1:28.1

this week. And we will do more. Because there's a U-turn on the way. I looked up the

1:35.5

poll tax last night. I know what you're thinking. God, you lead an exciting life. Is that

1:39.4

what it's like to be in showbid? You look up the poll tax on a Thursday, you can hardly call this showbiz, but I was on

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