James' fury with the government for 'withholding evidence' from Inquiry | LBC

What do you think is on Johnson's phone? I've been asking you all week I think I think I might know. I think he will be full of newspaper editors begging him not to blockade the country because the owners of it have a lot of exposure in the commercial field. investment I think it's going to be full of newspaper editors turning screws and trying to influence him. I think he's going to be full of who the hell knows what else there are likely to be donors trying to get some action. I don't know and neither do you, of course, and if the

government

has its way, it never will because what happened yesterday is truly incredible.

What happened yesterday is that the woman appointed to chair the Covid investigation received notice that she will be taken to court. by the

government

, albeit with a different prime minister who appointed her to chair the covert investigation to resist their demands for access to the facts, access to

evidence

, that is the crucial word here, who decides whether it is

evidence

or not, not the damn defendant, the judge does it. Rishi Sunak, who could be described as the defendant in this case along with Boris Johnson and the rest of them, will go to court to try to prevent evidence from being handed over to the judge leading the Covid

inquiry

. minute and think about that, I'll reign in my inner Jonathan pie in about 30 seconds, but this really has me especially the lads, it's Philip fucking Schofield, but everywhere I'm being interviewed by a man at the BBC who used to wear to the Reverend Jenny Lebedev whose dad is sanctioned in Ukraine while Boris Johnson dances around claiming to still be the savior.

The mind boggles, it really boggles, just think for a minute about what that means, imagine and some people listening to this show, I'm well aware, won't need to. imagine this imagine you've lost someone and you're still not sure if you needed it you're still not sure if a previous lockdown or a prime minister bothering to attend COBRA meetings or proper handling of the events and the crisis or having to anyone other than Matt deceiving Hancock at the Department of Health, you still wonder if if things had been handled slightly differently your father would still be alive, imagine that and then they call the investigation, do you think I don't trust this? very much James, I don't trust them as much as I can, but they have appointed a solid judge.

Baroness Hallett has a very good reputation, as does Sue Gray. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt on this one. I think they seem to be genuine in their need and desire to see the truth, yeah okay, the toys have done that accordingly. Jess Phillips on question time last night pointed out that other countries had already finished their investigations, but hey, we. We're British, we do things differently. God, actually, it's going to be incredible and then Rishi Sunak instructs lawyers to go to court to stop him getting evidence that he wants, how do I mean, how many different ways can you phrase those words, how can you rearrange that prayer?

Rishi Sunak instructs lawyers to go to court to stop Covid handling

inquiry

boss getting his hands on evidence he wants why, oh it's all completely irrelevant, show it to us and then prove it, give us an example before. What is irrelevant appears. Johnson like a lump that cannot be thrown away and says: I have handed over all my things and I urge the government to do the same. Six hours later, we learn that he is not a six-pointer even by Boris Johnson's standards, that the gap between lying and exposing is getting smaller and smaller. little one I told you yesterday he says what is best for him in that nanosecond not even in the context of 24 hours but 24 seconds what is best for me I will tell the newspapers they will print it They will deal with it anyway It is a fact that I have handed over everything and I urge the cabinet office to do the same, fast forward six hours.

No, isn't it? You're still hanging on to one of your phones, the phones that cover the most relevant period of this investigation. of this investigation here is a judge here is the judge here is the evidence here is the Conservative government stopping the dog from seeing the rabbit and Philip Schofield still on my TV on a streaming news channel I have started doing something lately, I don't I know whether you've noticed it or not and one day it's going to backfire terribly. I've started to narrow down the focus at the end of the hour on who I want to talk to first.

Today I was toying with the idea of ​​limiting the conversation early. doors to the people who voted for Tori in 2019 to the people who voted for Boris Johnson how the hell are you handling this? I'm not talking about idiots' corner. Idiot corners. I can't believe you're attacking Boris Johnson again. No, no, I can, it's a miracle. Isn't he a man who has led the country into bombing? Well, not even on the verge of disaster. Well, why the hell would you be talking about that? An investigation into how thousands of people died, whether or not it was necessary to be ruined by the people who called the investigation to be the idiot's corner for you, I mean normal people who have not boiled their brains so completely nor They have become so high on Brexit jingoism that they have a hard time remembering what day you voted for this this man How do you process the total collapse of reputation or credibility?

I don't know, but that wouldn't be right and then I thought, let's limit it to grieving families. Let's only talk to the people who really hope this research can shed some light. what happened and why I think because I'm a bit angry sometimes I thought let's limit it to grieving Conservatives, let's limit it to just people who lost someone in the crisis but voted for Boris Johnson without knowing at the time that this is what would happen to be in charge during the biggest peacetime threat that this country will hopefully ever face and then I thought, oh, forget it, everyone can have a chance today, everyone's job because this is just shocking and there are tomorrows in the I wonder why I'm not the only one. by any stretch of the imagination, but there are mornings when I wonder why it continues to elude large sections of the British media just how serious the situation we find ourselves in is and then I remember that it isn't, because almost every newspaper says it. editors and their little scapegoats in the media are on Boris Johnson's side, not just on Boris Johnson's side, they are on Boris Johnson's side, they are his cheerleaders, they spent how many years tickling his belly and laughing at his jokes ridiculous and following their lies and pretending that everything is just a game always taking technology lessons from Jennifer Arcurio he is a boy, isn't he such a boy?

Yes, yes, technology lessons. Mary London, public money, forget it, tens of millions of pounds on a bridge that was never built. never laid a single brick lies about their lovers lies about their marriages lies about their ambitions their jobs their performance is poor everything is just a little bit of the old Boris spiky hair spiky hair mug to the camera it's just a little bit they' We're all involved in this, so how the hell can you turn around now and tell the truth to the people you trust to get the information you need to enter this country and participate in political discourse in this country with even a modicum of knowledge? and understanding that they are still lying to you, they sold you this clown and burned the receipt, so do not turn to the telegraph, the Sun or the Daily Mail for truth, accuracy or a proper reflection of the seriousness of this situation.

Because they are involved, they do not sit idly by or remain on the sidelines. Anyone who has had the ability to interview Boris Johnson on any occasion let alone multiple occasions is completely complicit in this absolute corruption. How could anyone have gotten in? away with so much well-being actually quite accessible to the media during such a long response that he was only interviewed by Tommy ticklers what the hell would he be talking about on this show today if he had spent the last 10 years tickling Boris Johnson's tummy? I have no idea about electric scooters, it is absolutely unbelievable that the people who thought the investigation would finally shed some light on what really happened and now the same government that instigated the investigation is telling them that we are going to court. keep the evidence out of the judge's reach think about that in the context of a criminal case here's the defendant okay we want to take a look at your diaries no no no no no no you can't take a look at my dad but you're the defendant, yeah, but you can't take a look at me, I mean, what's wrong with my privacy if you want me to hand you over to my father if you're a if you're a if you're a rape victim in this country, they take his phone and put it on provision of the prosecution and defense so that the prosecution can review you for evidence that you were subpoenaed asking for an end to the subpoena, which still happened in the courts of this country in a In a criminal case, the accuser does not have privacy, but in this case Rishi Sunak believes the defense should be able to decide what evidence the court can see.

Just think about that for 30 seconds you are the accused and you are so arrogant, so entitled, so used to getting your way, you honestly believe you should decide what evidence the court can see. You, the defendant, can decide what evidence the court can see. Call a couple of friendly newspaper editors and they'll write nonsense about how this compromises your privacy. Sarah Vine in the Daily Mail writing nonsense about how, oh, one of my emails was once read on Sky News and it was all tattifilary, it was so embarrassing, so I totally think Boris Johnson's messages should stay secret, OK? next time someone is on trial for a disgusting crime tell me if they should decide what evidence is presented in court or if the Court should change it, it's not normal, this, it's not normal, these are not serious people and they have control strangled over the flow of information from politics to The population is now so complete that Philip Schofield is still on my TV right now, he's still there 10 17.

Laura Kunesburg will probably appear on the Telly on Sunday mornings, oh that It's quite a charge, what happened? Who asks more questions? Who cares about the truth?