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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 21h

“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 · 21h

'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 · 22h

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 · 22h

'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 · 23h

"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 · 1d

'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 · 1d

'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 · 1d

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

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 1d

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 · 1d

‘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 · 1d

'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 · 2d

'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 · 2d

'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 · 2d

“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 · 2d

"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 · 2d

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 · 2d

“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 · 2d

“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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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 2d

“It is designed to capture cumulative disruption.”

Shabana Mahmood denies that strengthened protest laws were created with the Gaza protests specifically in mind.

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 3d

‘Maybe she has a personal issue…’

Caller Chris gives short shrift to Sarah's text saying that ‘immigrants are ruining our country.’

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 3d

"Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia are two sides of the same coin."

@natashadevon.bsky.social thinks anyone ‘with a functioning heart’ should feel compassion towards each life lost in the Israel Gaza war.

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 4d

“Stop the marches!”
“Empty words!”

David Lammy was heckled at a vigil for the Manchester synagogue victims.

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 4d

‘I don’t think it’s too big an ask to say: let’s not do it tomorrow.’

James O’Brien thinks the protest in support of Palestine Action should be called off, given the Manchester synagogue attack.

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 5d

"As a Muslim, I've never heard someone being called 'Jihad'."

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood was 'very surprised' to hear the name of the Manchester synagogue attacker, but tells @nickferrarilbc.bsky.social that was his name 'from birth'.

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 5d

"That is the most eloquent call I’ve had in a long time."

Michelle was on her way to synagogue when she heard of the attack outside.

She called Shelagh Fogarty to share her thoughts.

Caller Michelle impresses Shelagh Fogarty with her powerful response to Manchester synagogue attack Video | Global Player

Two arrests have been made near a Manchester synagogue, after two people died in a suspected terror attack which saw a car driven into a crowd and a man stabbed on the holiest Jewish day of Yom Kippur...

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