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The far right will, of course, treat the Paul Doyle case very differently from one where the accused is darker-skinned or foreign or both. The rest of us must not. That’s kind of the point.
May 30, 2025 at 6:39 AM
The far right will, of course, treat the Paul Doyle case very differently from one where the accused is darker-skinned or foreign or both. The rest of us must not. That’s kind of the point.
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My next guest.
I made a video essay explaining why, in my view, Israel is committing genocide under international law. I hope this helps frame the issue a little bit better and explain why there is a consensus among academics that this is indeed a genocide. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmCl...
Is Israel Committing Genocide in Gaza?
YouTube video by Alonso Gurmendi
www.youtube.com
May 30, 2025 at 10:49 AM
My next guest.
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ADHD diagnoses, the lawyers calling out Israel’s atrocities as genocide, and Honest Bob Jenrick: the London Underground vigilante. tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx
James O'Brien Daily
Daily News Podcast · Updated daily · Welcome to the best bits of James O'Brien's LBC phone-in show.
Listen back to all the highlights in a 60-minute bite sized chunk of his show with new episodes ever...
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May 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
ADHD diagnoses, the lawyers calling out Israel’s atrocities as genocide, and Honest Bob Jenrick: the London Underground vigilante. tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx
This morning is the best James O'Brien show I've ever listened to.
April 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
This morning is the best James O'Brien show I've ever listened to.
¡Firma la petición! ¡No a la megafábrica de celulosa de Altri en Galicia! bit.ly/3vUkVOa
No a la megafábrica de celulosa de Altri en Galicia
La enorme factoría de celulosa de Altri pone en peligro el corazón de Galicia, su naturaleza y a sus habitantes. ¡No a la megafábrica de celulosa! Firma la petición.
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April 4, 2025 at 6:10 AM
¡Firma la petición! ¡No a la megafábrica de celulosa de Altri en Galicia! bit.ly/3vUkVOa
Mr J O'B LBC today. I wonder why Sangitas figures fell, any idea?
March 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Mr J O'B LBC today. I wonder why Sangitas figures fell, any idea?
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When something is a success, people like to associate themselves with it. So it's noticeable how quiet the Brexiters are.
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Brexit cheerleaders have gone awfully quiet – so let me remind you what they did to Britain
If we do talk about it, we start to recognise the gulf between their words and reality
inews.co.uk
February 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
When something is a success, people like to associate themselves with it. So it's noticeable how quiet the Brexiters are.
inews.co.uk/opinion/brex...
inews.co.uk/opinion/brex...
@mrjamesob.bsky.social I hope you are having a great break with your family. I am suffering withdrawal symptoms from your absence. 🙂
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January 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social I hope you are having a great break with your family. I am suffering withdrawal symptoms from your absence. 🙂
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November 18, 2024 at 6:36 PM
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Just managed to get this into the 60 second limit. Phew!
December 4, 2024 at 11:37 AM
Just managed to get this into the 60 second limit. Phew!
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I guess Hegseth was sober that day
Hegseth: Typical Trump. All bluster, very low substance… he’s an armchair tough guy. This is a guy who said that John McCain is not a war hero yet he sought his own five military deferments
December 4, 2024 at 2:09 AM
I guess Hegseth was sober that day
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"5 Things You Need to Know About Pete Hegseth, Trump's Islamophobic Pick for Defense Secretary"
Zeteo's Prem Thakker scoured Hegseth’s books, and what he wrote about Muslims, women, Israel, and more is truly shocking.
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Zeteo's Prem Thakker scoured Hegseth’s books, and what he wrote about Muslims, women, Israel, and more is truly shocking.
Read/share/subscribe:
5 Things You Need to Know About Pete Hegseth, Trump's Islamophobic Pick for Defense Secretary
I scoured Hegseth’s books, and what he wrote about Muslims, women, Israel, and more is truly shocking.
zeteo.com
December 4, 2024 at 2:54 AM
"5 Things You Need to Know About Pete Hegseth, Trump's Islamophobic Pick for Defense Secretary"
Zeteo's Prem Thakker scoured Hegseth’s books, and what he wrote about Muslims, women, Israel, and more is truly shocking.
Read/share/subscribe:
Zeteo's Prem Thakker scoured Hegseth’s books, and what he wrote about Muslims, women, Israel, and more is truly shocking.
Read/share/subscribe:
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£715m is far from the total cost of the Rwanda scheme
The way these figures are calculated mean they are mainly "direct" costs and don't take account of other impacts. The Illegal Migration Act was passed to enact the Rwanda scheme and drove spending on asylum up by billions
The way these figures are calculated mean they are mainly "direct" costs and don't take account of other impacts. The Illegal Migration Act was passed to enact the Rwanda scheme and drove spending on asylum up by billions
December 2, 2024 at 5:51 PM
£715m is far from the total cost of the Rwanda scheme
The way these figures are calculated mean they are mainly "direct" costs and don't take account of other impacts. The Illegal Migration Act was passed to enact the Rwanda scheme and drove spending on asylum up by billions
The way these figures are calculated mean they are mainly "direct" costs and don't take account of other impacts. The Illegal Migration Act was passed to enact the Rwanda scheme and drove spending on asylum up by billions
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Busted! (Soon changed my tune, though.)
"The Left has no choice but to stay on Twitter" can be best understood as the writer saying "I worked very hard to get all my followers on Twitter and I don't want to have to start all over again somewhere else"
December 2, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Busted! (Soon changed my tune, though.)
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If there is a vote for bluesky comment of the year, this has my vote.
I don't love it either, but I'm not sure how you tell a man that he should let his only surviving son rot in prison to respect norms, institutions, and the rule of law, when the country you devoted your life to serving just pretty comprehensively voted they don't give a shit about any of that.
December 2, 2024 at 10:00 AM
If there is a vote for bluesky comment of the year, this has my vote.
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I read through Pete Hegseth's books. He:
–Wants a "Long War with Violent Islamism" & bigger Guantanamo
–Fearmongers about Muslims winning elections
–Complains of "legal issues" on torture
–Calls women "distractions"
–Says the US "is the world’s sheriff"
"Anti-war" Trump's pick to lead the military:
–Wants a "Long War with Violent Islamism" & bigger Guantanamo
–Fearmongers about Muslims winning elections
–Complains of "legal issues" on torture
–Calls women "distractions"
–Says the US "is the world’s sheriff"
"Anti-war" Trump's pick to lead the military:
5 Things You Need to Know About Pete Hegseth, Trump's Islamophobic Pick for Defense Secretary
I scoured Hegseth’s books, and what he wrote about Muslims, women, Israel, and more is truly shocking.
zeteo.com
December 4, 2024 at 4:01 AM
I read through Pete Hegseth's books. He:
–Wants a "Long War with Violent Islamism" & bigger Guantanamo
–Fearmongers about Muslims winning elections
–Complains of "legal issues" on torture
–Calls women "distractions"
–Says the US "is the world’s sheriff"
"Anti-war" Trump's pick to lead the military:
–Wants a "Long War with Violent Islamism" & bigger Guantanamo
–Fearmongers about Muslims winning elections
–Complains of "legal issues" on torture
–Calls women "distractions"
–Says the US "is the world’s sheriff"
"Anti-war" Trump's pick to lead the military:
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Covid corruption commissioner starts fraud probe
Well I hope he gets a lot of our money back after the Tories and their PPE corruption..
And I also hope some of the profiteering wrong 'uns go to jail
Let's see.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Well I hope he gets a lot of our money back after the Tories and their PPE corruption..
And I also hope some of the profiteering wrong 'uns go to jail
Let's see.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Covid corruption commissioner gets to work
Tom Hayhoe's first task will be reviewing the £8.7bn of pandemic PPE that had to be written off.
www.bbc.com
December 3, 2024 at 8:00 AM
Covid corruption commissioner starts fraud probe
Well I hope he gets a lot of our money back after the Tories and their PPE corruption..
And I also hope some of the profiteering wrong 'uns go to jail
Let's see.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Well I hope he gets a lot of our money back after the Tories and their PPE corruption..
And I also hope some of the profiteering wrong 'uns go to jail
Let's see.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
@mrjamesob.bsky.social loved your joke about Rayleigh.
November 26, 2024 at 6:44 PM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social loved your joke about Rayleigh.
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The soil carbon market is going to collapse - and that's a good thing.
One of the issues I explore in this week's column, about the dreamworld of climate fakery our legislators have created.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
One of the issues I explore in this week's column, about the dreamworld of climate fakery our legislators have created.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s science-denying fanatics are bad enough. Yet even our climate ‘solutions’ are now the stuff of total delusion | George Monbiot
The ‘progress’ made at Cop29 has been on carbon markets: a world of magical thinking, over-claiming and distorted truth, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2024 at 6:39 AM
The soil carbon market is going to collapse - and that's a good thing.
One of the issues I explore in this week's column, about the dreamworld of climate fakery our legislators have created.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
One of the issues I explore in this week's column, about the dreamworld of climate fakery our legislators have created.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Prime Minister should make a statement, immediately, to confirm whether UK missiles have been fired into Russia. Full statement below.
November 20, 2024 at 5:09 PM
The Prime Minister should make a statement, immediately, to confirm whether UK missiles have been fired into Russia. Full statement below.
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Now sometimes these enquiries can be expedited. Sometimes cases are very straightforward (eg some of the early riot cases where the full offence was captured on video and guilt was immediately admitted).
But the point is that unless you know what the evidence is, it’s hard to make an assessment.
But the point is that unless you know what the evidence is, it’s hard to make an assessment.
November 18, 2024 at 5:50 PM
Now sometimes these enquiries can be expedited. Sometimes cases are very straightforward (eg some of the early riot cases where the full offence was captured on video and guilt was immediately admitted).
But the point is that unless you know what the evidence is, it’s hard to make an assessment.
But the point is that unless you know what the evidence is, it’s hard to make an assessment.
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What sort of further evidence? Well the full unedited CCTV for one. Footage from other sources (mobile phone recordings from witnesses, say). Witness statements. Interviews with suspects. Mobile phone reviews to establish fuller context (which can take months).
All off the top of my head.
All off the top of my head.
November 18, 2024 at 5:50 PM
What sort of further evidence? Well the full unedited CCTV for one. Footage from other sources (mobile phone recordings from witnesses, say). Witness statements. Interviews with suspects. Mobile phone reviews to establish fuller context (which can take months).
All off the top of my head.
All off the top of my head.
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This means, rather obviously, that the CPS would not (or should not) charge or not charge somebody of a criminal offence based on, say, a selectively edited clip of CCTV.
Other evidential enquiries would need to be undertaken. And if they haven’t been, the CPS will tell the police to do it.
Other evidential enquiries would need to be undertaken. And if they haven’t been, the CPS will tell the police to do it.
November 18, 2024 at 5:50 PM
This means, rather obviously, that the CPS would not (or should not) charge or not charge somebody of a criminal offence based on, say, a selectively edited clip of CCTV.
Other evidential enquiries would need to be undertaken. And if they haven’t been, the CPS will tell the police to do it.
Other evidential enquiries would need to be undertaken. And if they haven’t been, the CPS will tell the police to do it.
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Now. Key to all prosecution decisions is independence.
All decisions are supposed to be based on an independent assessment of *all* of the available evidence. Not only evidence which supports a case against an accused, but the parts which don’t.
All decisions are supposed to be based on an independent assessment of *all* of the available evidence. Not only evidence which supports a case against an accused, but the parts which don’t.
November 18, 2024 at 5:50 PM
Now. Key to all prosecution decisions is independence.
All decisions are supposed to be based on an independent assessment of *all* of the available evidence. Not only evidence which supports a case against an accused, but the parts which don’t.
All decisions are supposed to be based on an independent assessment of *all* of the available evidence. Not only evidence which supports a case against an accused, but the parts which don’t.
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If both tests are met, you have a prosecution.
The CPS remain under a continuing duty of review, and must always be applying these tests in light of new information.
The CPS remain under a continuing duty of review, and must always be applying these tests in light of new information.
November 18, 2024 at 5:50 PM
If both tests are met, you have a prosecution.
The CPS remain under a continuing duty of review, and must always be applying these tests in light of new information.
The CPS remain under a continuing duty of review, and must always be applying these tests in light of new information.