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James O'Brien - The Whole Show

Why I won't talk about Gary Lineker today

James O'Brien - The Whole Show

Global

News, Daily News

4.3914 Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2023

⏱️ 140 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 at ten is the time. Here's a thing. Here's a thing. Um, I can't find an article

0:09.1

that lists all of the organisations and august individuals criticizing Soella Braverman's

0:16.2

illegal bill, illegal immigration bill, so-called illegal immigration bill.

0:21.4

I can't find one.

0:22.7

I got, and I'm sure there is one, and I don't have a cast of thousands working on this program.

0:29.0

So, you know, maybe if I did, we would have been able to find it.

0:33.3

But isn't that significant?

0:35.0

Off the top of my head, I know that the United Nations Refugee Council has criticized it in the strongest terms.

0:43.9

You know that human rights organizations like Amnesty have.

0:46.8

You may not know that the Board of Deputies of British Jews released a statement yesterday, saying today's British Jewish community has descended from

0:55.2

refugees and or migrants we have significant concerns at the potential for newly

1:00.3

proposed migration legislation to breach both the refugee convention and the

1:04.8

human rights act you've got the Children's commissioner expressing similar concerns.

1:12.5

And I can't find it.

1:14.7

The News at 10 on the BBC last night led with Gary Lineker's tweet.

1:19.6

Listen, if I had encouraged you to vote for Brexit or Boris Johnson or Liz Truss or any of the rest of it,

1:26.7

if I bore personal responsibility

1:28.3

for the tiny little bit of influence I bring to bear upon listeners every morning, I would

1:35.0

probably be desperate to talk about Gary Linneker. But why would the BBC not be putting together

1:41.3

a proper collection of criticism from organisations and individuals supremely qualified to do this.

1:49.3

Soella Braverman yesterday broke the ministerial code.

1:52.1

If she didn't, she can sue me.

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