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1689 - Everybody thinks pensioners have it too easy

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1689 - Everybody thinks pensioners have it too easy
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Tue, 27 Oct 2026 - 2h 25min
1688 - Is freedom of movement back on the table?
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Mon, 26 Oct 2026 - 2h 24min
1687 - Welcome to James O'Brien Plus
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Mon, 26 Oct 2026 - 01min
1686 - I'm going to start prepping for a crisis
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Fri, 23 Oct 2026 - 2h 23min
1685 - What has AI ever done for us?
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Thu, 22 Oct 2026 - 2h 25min
1684 - Should we be extracting more gas from the UK?
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Wed, 21 Oct 2026 - 2h 27min
1683 - The mother of all privatisation disasters
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Tue, 20 Oct 2026 - 2h 23min
1682 - The French attack France
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Mon, 19 Oct 2026 - 2h 24min
1681 - Go to bed with a racist, wake up next to a misogynist
Fri, 16 Oct 2026 - 2h 22min
1680 - Want to know what Putin wants? Watch Donald Trump
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Thu, 15 Oct 2026 - 2h 22min
1679 - Trump has posted footage from the tiger enclosure
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Wed, 14 Oct 2026 - 2h 28min
1678 - I think this is brilliant politics from Andy Burnham
Tue, 13 Oct 2026 - 2h 23min
1677 - Why Brexit was in Russia's interests
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Mon, 12 Oct 2026 - 2h 23min
1676 - The U.S. government wants to livestream an execution by firing squad
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Fri, 09 Oct 2026 - 2h 22min
1675 - Kemi feels sorry for people inheriting multimillion pound properties
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Thu, 08 Oct 2026 - 2h 21min
1674 - Is inheritance tax morally wrong?
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Wed, 07 Oct 2026 - 2h 37min
1673 - What makes business people special?
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Tue, 06 Oct 2026 - 2h 20min
1672 - The Israeli government is racist - that doesn't mean Zionism is
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Mon, 05 Oct 2026 - 2h 22min
1671 - Possibly the best phone-in about prisons we've ever had
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Fri, 02 Oct 2026 - 2h 24min
1670 - Andy Burnham recognises how foolish Brexit was
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Thu, 01 Oct 2026 - 2h 24min
1669 - I think Andy Burnham stole my material
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Wed, 30 Sep 2026 - 2h 23min
1668 - What's unfair, unsustainable, and costs £15bn a year?
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Tue, 29 Sep 2026 - 2h 21min
1667 - Can Andy Burnham really pull this one off?
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Mon, 28 Sep 2026 - 2h 31min
1666 - White collar jobs are disappearing
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Fri, 25 Sep 2026 - 2h 26min
1665 - Children leading "let them drown" chants
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Thu, 24 Sep 2026 - 2h 25min
1664 - What is the point of the Liberal Democrats?
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Wed, 23 Sep 2026 - 2h 27min
1663 - Andy Burnham is about to meet Donald Trump for the first time
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Tue, 22 Sep 2026 - 2h 25min
1662 - What it's like living in a British tourist town
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Mon, 21 Sep 2026 - 2h 25min
1661 - The bravest people in this country are being terrorised by the biggest cowards
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Fri, 18 Sep 2026 - 2h 29min
1660 - The cleverest mathematicians are ringing alarms on AI
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Thu, 17 Sep 2026 - 2h 25min
1659 - Is the Piddington row about racism or maleness?
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Wed, 16 Sep 2026 - 2h 25min
1658 - If I was Scottish, I'd be pro-independence
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Tue, 15 Sep 2026 - 2h 31min
1657 - £72m from crypto billionaires is not at all like union donations
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Mon, 14 Sep 2026 - 2h 25min
1656 - How 9/11 changed the world
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Fri, 11 Sep 2026 - 2h 26min
1655 - I'm not sure what "social class" means
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Thu, 10 Sep 2026 - 2h 26min
1654 - Ed Miliband is seeking an ethical foreign policy on Israel
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Wed, 09 Sep 2026 - 2h 29min
1653 - Israel's President wants dialogue and no action
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Tue, 08 Sep 2026 - 2h 26min
1652 - Violence against women breaks out on the floor of the Reform conference
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Mon, 07 Sep 2026 - 2h 24min
1651 - If you want Farage as PM, you're either a mug or a billionaire
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Fri, 04 Sep 2026 - 2h 24min
1650 - Is this the beginning of the end for Reform?
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Thu, 03 Sep 2026 - 2h 27min
1649 - Do you blame Thatcher and Brexit for the UK's problems?
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Wed, 02 Sep 2026 - 2h 28min
1648 - You tell me why you're optimistic about Andy Burnham
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Tue, 01 Sep 2026 - 2h 26min
1647 - Why Middlesborough is such a dangerous place to live
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Fri, 28 Aug 2026 - 2h 25min
1646 - How will AI change human existence?
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Thu, 27 Aug 2026 - 2h 26min
1645 - Should Andy Burnham sanction Israel?
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Wed, 26 Aug 2026 - 2h 25min
1644 - Why would you watch a "joy ride" video?
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Tue, 25 Aug 2026 - 2h 24min
1643 - Should we encourage kids to become builders?
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Mon, 24 Aug 2026 - 2h 24min
1642 - Normalisation of racism and misogyny in the UK
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Fri, 21 Aug 2026 - 2h 25min
1641 - What should Harry and Meghan do when they come back?
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Thu, 20 Aug 2026 - 2h 24min
1640 - The shanty town I saw in London's centre
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Wed, 19 Aug 2026 - 2h 26min
1639 - Why we've stopped talking about Donald Trump
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Tue, 18 Aug 2026 - 2h 28min
1638 - More drilling during another heatwave would feel mad
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Mon, 17 Aug 2026 - 2h 25min
1637 - Nigel Farage is scared of being mocked
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Fri, 14 Aug 2026 - 2h 25min
1636 - Are zero-hours contracts as evil as they appear?
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Thu, 13 Aug 2026 - 2h 27min
1635 - We aren't frightened enough about climate change
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Wed, 12 Aug 2026 - 2h 27min
1634 - I want Andy Burnham to fix the British high street
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Tue, 11 Aug 2026 - 2h 26min
1633 - In what circumstances might you have a baying mob outside your home?
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Mon, 10 Aug 2026 - 2h 25min
1632 - Spotting the children at risk of being jobless adults
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Fri, 07 Aug 2026 - 2h 27min
1631 - The burden that comes with a thick skin
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Thu, 06 Aug 2026 - 2h 28min
1630 - Pressure on the PM to keep two killers in prison
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Wed, 05 Aug 2026 - 2h 28min
1629 - Andy Burnham is treating us like adults
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Tue, 04 Aug 2026 - 2h 30min
1628 - What's the point of school?
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Mon, 03 Aug 2026 - 2h 25min
1627 - Trump works only to benefit Trump
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Fri, 31 Jul 2026 - 2h 26min
1626 - You live in a hotter country than the one you were born in
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Thu, 30 Jul 2026 - 2h 26min
1625 - The PM took questions and actually answered them
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Wed, 29 Jul 2026 - 2h 22min
1624 - Tell me why I'm wrong to be concerned
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Tue, 28 Jul 2026 - 2h 26min
1623 - Was Theresa May's "dementia tax" right all along?
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Mon, 27 Jul 2026 - 2h 27min
1622 - Trump's still making a mockery of observable reality
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Fri, 24 Jul 2026 - 2h 26min
1621 - Has Burnham run out of options on prisoners?
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Thu, 23 Jul 2026 - 2h 27min
1620 - Why is the PM so obsessed with bus fares?
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Wed, 22 Jul 2026 - 2h 25min
1619 - What Andy Burnham needs to do now
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Tue, 21 Jul 2026 - 2h 26min
1618 - Andy Burnham becomes PM
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Mon, 20 Jul 2026 - 2h 29min
1617 - We are trying to figure out what Andy Burnham means
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Fri, 17 Jul 2026 - 2h 30min
1616 - How the England team have changed
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Thu, 16 Jul 2026 - 2h 27min
1615 - Why we are so moved by England at the World Cup
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Wed, 15 Jul 2026 - 2h 30min
1614 - Do you want: ice lollies, or imminent planetary doom?
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Tue, 14 Jul 2026 - 2h 26min
1613 - The dishonesty, deception and embellishment baked in with Farage
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Mon, 13 Jul 2026 - 2h 26min
1612 - Climate deniers now attack kids for being too warm
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Fri, 26 Jun 2026 - 2h 25min
1611 - The heat is the new normal
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Thu, 25 Jun 2026 - 2h 27min
1610 - I'm checking the temperature and asking: are we the baddies?
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Wed, 24 Jun 2026 - 2h 30min
1609 - Does there need to be a Labour leadership contest?
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Tue, 23 Jun 2026 - 2h 25min
1608 - Keir Starmer resigns as Prime Minister
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Mon, 22 Jun 2026 - 2h 25min
1607 - The tanks and guns will park on Andy Burnham's lawn
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Fri, 19 Jun 2026 - 2h 19min
1606 - What do racists get out of being racist?
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Thu, 18 Jun 2026 - 2h 28min
1605 - I can't make my mind up about the Prime Minister
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Wed, 17 Jun 2026 - 2h 28min
1604 - The conspiracy theory connecting "rent boys" to Keir Starmer
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Tue, 16 Jun 2026 - 2h 24min
1603 - Keir Starmer's greatest legacy
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Mon, 15 Jun 2026 - 2h 25min
1602 - I'm haunted by what we've been told about Britain's defences
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Fri, 12 Jun 2026 - 2h 26min
1601 - Why we're not excited about the World Cup
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Thu, 11 Jun 2026 - 2h 26min
1600 - Pogroms on the streets of our country
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Wed, 10 Jun 2026 - 2h 32min
1599 - This is the thing that absolutely changes your life
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Tue, 09 Jun 2026 - 2h 27min
1598 - I cannot believe how pathetic that sounds
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Mon, 08 Jun 2026 - 2h 27min
1597 - Why would the government want to be on twitter?
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Fri, 05 Jun 2026 - 2h 27min
1596 - What do they have to gain from being willfully ignorant?
Thu, 04 Jun 2026 - 1h 38min
1595 - Why bring Stephen Lawrence into this?
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Wed, 03 Jun 2026 - 2h 32min
1594 - We can't let hate win on a day like today
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Tue, 02 Jun 2026 - 2h 27min
1593 - I think I believe Nicola Sturgeon
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Mon, 01 Jun 2026 - 2h 26min
1592 - What has Donald Trump done in the Middle East?
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Fri, 29 May 2026 - 2h 27min
1591 - What actually happens when you leave education?
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Thu, 28 May 2026 - 2h 26min
1590 - Has Tony Blair gone full pig?
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Wed, 27 May 2026 - 2h 25min

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