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James O'Brien - The Whole Show

Why do we need to know the ethnicity of suspects?

James O'Brien - The Whole Show

Global

Daily News, News

4.5840 Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2025

⏱️ 145 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

It's three minutes after 10 and, oh, go on, I'll ask you, can you remember?

0:04.1

We had a caller about a year ago who was from an Eastern European country, and to my shame,

0:08.8

I can't remember which one, but there was a phrase, like a figure of speech in her home

0:13.5

country about having your destiny decided in a room that you weren't in.

0:18.8

We were talking about Ukraine at the time.

0:21.5

And maybe was she Hungarian, perhaps?

0:24.0

It was a brilliant line.

0:25.3

And I can't remember it.

0:26.5

So I am, what do they call it?

0:27.8

Crowdsourcing.

0:28.8

I'm crowdsourcing that question.

0:31.3

This is the hive mind in action live on LBC.

0:36.5

In fact, it's the hive mind every day, isn't it? Because we muddle together

0:41.2

towards answers or pursue illumination not always successfully. And to that end, I should tell you that

0:46.7

if you try to send me a WhatsApp this morning, you will not be successful. Something is wrong

0:52.2

with the system. So do not WhatsApp me.

0:54.8

You can still text me on 84850 and you can of course still call me,

0:58.9

although it would be a bit weird if you did that because you don't know what question I'm

1:02.2

asking you yet.

1:03.4

Oh, go on, I'll tell you anyway.

1:04.5

0345-6060973.

1:08.4

So there are two cases currently that seem to me to be profoundly relevant to the police's decision or police being told that they can reveal the ethnicity of a suspect in a high-profile case.

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