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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 1h

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LBC caller vows to 'rethink' Reform membership

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 1h

'The majority of immigrants contribute more than they take.'
'You sound a lot smarter than me.'

Caller Gary vows to 'rethink' his support for Reform after @natashadevon.bsky.social explains her 'lack of faith' in Farage.

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 6h

'He was not involved in material considerations in relation to the evidence.'
'What do you mean by that?'

@lewisgoodall.com presses Bridget Phillipson over National Security Adviser Jonathan Powell's role in the collapse of the China spy trial.

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 8h

'It's not entirely fair to land this mess in his lap.'

@matthew-wright.bsky.social thinks Keir Starmer is 'on the wrong path' by blaming Nigel Farage and Brexit for the UK's 'economic wills'.

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 9h

‘Why are British politicians afraid to call China our enemy?’

As alleged links between government advisers and Chinese espionage emerge, @matthew-wright.bsky.social asks Professor Anthony Glees why Starmer won’t stand up to Beijing.

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 10h

‘A ceasefire has been reached, and Palestinians are returning to northern Gaza, so what are protesters on the streets today to protest?’

@natashadevon.bsky.social asks political analyst Professor Kamel Hawwash.

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 1d

'Doesn't this sound familiar? Foreign powers deciding on what should happen for people they know little of?'

As Yasser Arafat's nephew, Nasser al-Qudwa, says Gaza ‘must not be run by remote control’, @alimiraj.bsky.social asks if Trump's Board of Peace is a 'return to colonialism'.

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 1d

'We are living in a bit of a fascist revolution.'

Caller David is concerned about Nigel Farage's 'sweeping statement' that some teachers are 'poisoning kids' on race issues.

@matthew-wright.bsky.social

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 2d

‘People wanging on about government control actually just want the government to chuck out people they don’t like.’

James O’Brien connects the dots between digital ID outrage and Brexit hypocrisy.

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 2d

'Why can't you say yes or no?'

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper swerves @nickferrarilbc.bsky.social's question on whether Donald Trump should win the Nobel Peace Prize.

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 3d

'Trump definitely deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.'

Shelagh Fogarty is aware of the 'injustices he is carrying out in his own country', but thinks the US president has achieved something on Gaza.

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 3d

‘Once the hostages are released, will international journalists be allowed into Gaza?’

Shelagh Fogarty questions former Israeli spokesperson Eylon Levy.

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 3d

‘It is one of the daftest responses I’ve ever heard in 20 years on this radio station.’

James O’Brien can’t believe caller John’s reason for not supporting Trump’s Gaza peace deal.

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 3d

"In 24 hours' time, we will learn who has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize..."

With a Gaza ceasefire deal potentially imminent, Donald Trump is 'justified in claiming this could never have happened without him', @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social tells @nickferrarilbc.bsky.social.

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 4d

'Mounjaro. Ozempic. Wegovy. Jab the nation!'

Does Britain's favourite PE teacher approve?

Joe Wicks weighs in…

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 5d

“If he feels uncomfortable, perhaps he needs to look inside himself.”

Robert Jenrick thinks he’s found one of the ‘worst-integrated’ areas in the country.

But caller Jack, who is from Handsworth, tells a different story.

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 5d

'If this country carries on the way it's going - I will be gone.'

In light of Robert Jenrick complaining about not seeing 'another white face' in a Birmingham neighbourhood, caller Simon fears for his mixed-race daughter's safety.

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 5d

80,000 phones were stolen in London last year.

This one gang is believed to be responsible for 40,000 of them.

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 5d

'You can do both.'

To show respect for the victims of October 7th, James O’Brien asks that pro-Palestinian protesters pause their critique of the war in Gaza.

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 5d

"So you're laying waste to people's jobs, but you don't know how many?"

Kemi Badenoch plans to get rid of 'quite a lot' of civil servants.

She doesn't have the exact figure, but she assures Nick that she's 'looked at it'.

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 5d

'They will go back to where they came from.'

'Let's not pretend that deporting is something this country doesn't know how to do', says Kemi Badenoch, doubling down on her plan to remove 150,000 illegal migrants a year.

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 5d

'Is he suggesting that the colour of your skin makes you less British than someone else?'
'I think he has a lot of explaining to do.'

Bridget Phillipson reacts to a leaked recording of Robert Jenrick complaining about not seeing 'another white face' in a Birmingham neighbourhood.

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 6d

"They want to run the country. They can't even spell it right."

@natashaclark.bsky.social hsa notecid a bti fo a blendur ni teh Troy Praty goodei bga...

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 6d

Who will become 'the voice of the Palestinian people' after Donald Trump's peace plan for Gaza takes effect?

Jon Sopel and Shelagh Fogarty discuss the latest.

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 6d

‘How do you work that out, lads?’

James O’Brien is unimpressed with the Daily Mail’s framing of Gary Neville’s Union Jack rant.

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