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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 18h

‘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 · 21h

'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 · 1d

'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 · 1d

‘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 · 1d

‘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 · 1d

"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 · 2d

'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 · 3d

“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 · 3d

'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 · 3d

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 · 3d

'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 · 3d

"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 · 3d

'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 · 3d

'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 · 4d

"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 · 4d

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 · 4d

‘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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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 4d

'They're going to have to sacrifice another liberty of yours to cover up the embarrassment of having to arrest 500 old ladies...'

James O'Brien criticises the Home Secretary's crackdown on repeated protests.

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 4d

'You honestly expect my listeners to believe a government that failed with its Rwanda plan is going to get 150,000 people out of the country every year...?'

@nickferrarilbc.bsky.social pokes holes in the Tories' new plans for illegal immigrants.

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 4d

'There cannot be hatred and division - we all have to stand up against that.'

After David Lammy was jeered at a Manchester vigil,
@miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social acknowledges that there is 'rightly, a lot of anger in the Jewish community'.

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 5d

“Only the Conservatives can bring this country back together.”

Kemi Badenoch assures her party that the Tories can 'win the debate and the next election'.

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 5d

"We made mistakes. At times, we were too soft."

Tory chairman Kevin Hollinrake opens his party's conference by demanding more 'tough love' from the Conservatives.

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 5d

Watch @lewisgoodall.com's full interview with the Home Secretary here:

Government accused of 'authoritarianism' as protest laws are strengthened (again)

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 5d

“That is for them to explain, not me.”

Israel has invited Tommy Robinson for a visit, praising him as a ‘courageous leader’.

Shabana Mahmood calls him a ‘corrosive influence’, but ‘won’t comment on the decision.’

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 5d

“Mass criminality? Holding up a placard…”

Shabana Mahmood denies that the government is showing signs of ‘authoritarianism’ as they continue to clamp down on peaceful protest.

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