James O’Brien has been discussing the Trump administration on his show today. LBC notes that he “draws a parallel between JD Vance and Joseph Goebbels.” Here we go…
“Most of the people who’ve been whining about the West for years because they don’t like foreigners have actually ushered in precisely the thing they claimed they didn’t want – the destruction of the West in its traditional form. I think it might have been Goebbels: “Accuse others of what you yourself will do.” So in in the arena most obviously of shutting down freedom of speech the idea that JD Vance can accuse us having problems with free speech while students in the United States are literally being snatched from the streets and locked up for writing editorials in student newspapers is is frankly extraordinary.”
Godwin’s law in full effect there – though Starmer’s Chagos chum Philippe Sands pipped O’Brien to the post. O’Brien has also been seriously struggling with yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling on the Equality Act. Co-conspirators will be full of sympathy…
Burnham confirms he spoke to Trump last night about drilling in the North Sea:
“I indicated in the phone call that we had a week last Monday that I would take a pragmatic approach when it comes to the North Sea, and that is my intention as we go forward from here. There is a resource there. When people are struggling, we can’t ignore that. Hence, me indicating that to the president…”