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Burnham Serenades Ukraine
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On Talk Drive, Kevin O'Sullivan is joined by Maxwell Marlow, director of public affairs at the Adam Smith Institute, to discuss Lord Jim O’Neill's comments on the UK's £1 billion-a-day welfare bill.
Gideon Falter, chief executive of the Campaign Against Antisemitism, shares his views after Gary Lineker shared a social media post which linked Zionism to the Nazis.
Plus, Rafe Heydel-Mankoo, broadcaster, historian and fellow at the New Culture Forum, analyses Andy Burnham's first official visit to Ukraine as Prime Minister and his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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25:09|Peter Cardwell sits in for Kevin O'Sullivan on Talk Drive.He analyses Reform UK's Party Conference with chief political commentator at The Independent John Rentoul, electoral regulation and corruption expert Sam Power, Talk presenter Alex Phillips and Warwickshire County Council's George Finch, the youngest council leader in British history.Just Stop Oil Returns
27:36|On Talk Drive, Peter Cardwell sits in for Kevin O'Sullivan. He's joined by Mike Neville, retired Detective Chief Inspector at New Scotland Yard, to discuss the return of Just Stop Oil as protesters gather outside Parliament.Former Conservative minister Paul Scully responds to Nigel Farage’s claim that Britain has become a ‘complainants’ society.Plus, Labour Party activist Aisha Ali-Khan, gives her views on the top stories of the day.Burnham's First Speech
26:00|On Talk Drive, Peter Cardwell sits in for Kevin O'Sullivan. He's joined by shadow defence minister Mark Francois MP to respond to Andy Burnham's first speech in the House Of Commons as Prime Minister.Journalist and broadcaster Linda Duberley also joins the discussion and shares her views on Government plans to convert prison laundry rooms into additional cells to ease overcrowding.Plus, former Metropolitan Police detective Peter Bleksley analyses the policing of Notting Hill Carnival following more than 500 arrests and the death of a man.Where is the justice?
25:23|As rape gang survivor Fiona Goddard finds her perpetrator is set to be released from prison, Talk's Samara Gill joins Kevin O'Sullivan to discuss this. Leicestershire Police & Crime Commissioner Rupert Matthews discusses the rising violence in Middlesbrough, and Jake Wallis Simons gives his verdict on four men pleading guilty to firebombing four Jewish community ambulances in Golders Green.Flag Ban Fury
36:40|On Talk Drive, Kevin O'Sullivan is joined by columnist at The Times and The Sunday Times, Matthew Syed, to share his view on the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) calling on the Government to provide migrants with greater access to benefits.Co-founder of Raise the Colours, Ryan Bridge, explains why he opposes Birmingham City Council’s proposed High Court injunction to prevent flags from being put up across the city.Plus, political commentator and former independent Mayor of Middlesbrough, Andy Preston, discusses fears of gang violence following the A66 crash.Burnham Lives Well For Less (at Sainsbury's)
37:54|On Talk Drive, Kevin O'Sullivan is joined by former Met Police Detective Peter Bleksley to discuss the police response after a 13-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted on a train.Former Labour MP Simon Danczuk reacts after Home Office minister Anna Turley paid tribute to the A66 joyriders alongside the two police officers who died in the crash.Also, former Government special adviser James Price shares his view on Andy Burnham's visit to Sainsbury's, plus fears energy bills will rise by at least £260 over the next decade because of net zero policies.Harry's Visa Bombshell
32:05|On Talk Drive, Kevin O'Sullivan is joined by foreign policy analyst and former Margaret Thatcher aide, Nile Gardiner, to examine the possible reasons behind Meghan and Harry’s move to the UK.Former head of the UK Border Force, Tony Smith, analyses footage of migrants clashing with French police while attempting to cross the English Channel to Britain.Plus, lawyer and writer, Luke Gittos, shares his views on Prince Harry and six other claimants being ordered to pay an initial £9.5 million to the publisher of the Daily Mail.Meghan and Harry Return
38:03|On Talk Drive, Kevin O'Sullivan is joined by the host of 'Kinsey Schofield Unfiltered,' Kinsey Schofield, to discuss Meghan and Harry's move back to the UK.Harry Cole, editor-at-large of The Sun and presenter of 'Harry Cole Saves the West,' analyses the Home Office booklet which tells asylum seekers not to rape women.Plus, director of Popular Conservatism, Mark Littlewood, reacts to reports that Match of the Day pundits and staff are concerned about the BBC director of sport’s vision for the TV show.