Betting scandal, doctors' dispute, and plans for trans people | LBC's callers of the week

It's week five of the election campaign, and with just one week left, LBC's phone activity has been rife. These are some of the best callers and interactions from the week that included debate on the cross-party betting scandal, Labour's stance on the rights of trans people, and Iain Dale debating with a Christian activist on conversion therapy.
0:05 - Caller Mike: 'They put Rishi Sunak up against the village idiot.'
2:13 - Caller Rob tells Nick Ferrari that Kemi Badenoch has an 'absolute dislike for those of us who are gay.'
2:43 - 'Nick you are not gay, you have not been refused time at the table of the Equalities minister', says caller Rob.
5:40 - Discussing the rise of physician associates, caller Eilidh tells James O'Brien: 'I genuinely think that they are slowly trying to replace doctors'.
6:51 - Iain Dale disputes a Christian activist's claim that people can be 'ex-gay' .
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[@fintamaria2429]

When poverty creeps up on the back of a family, it is very difficult to get it off without help. I found myself in the story😢

[@ABC_01_02]

Kemi is certainly anti LGBT+ and there isn't any denying this. But he (David) doesn't make his statement because she is black, it is done because of her views and her position in government. And it would be correct to criticise her because of that. However, what I find distasteful by her (Kemi) is that when a black woman does get abuse, she herself doesn't believe it to be racism despite the comment being specifically saying "hate all black women " to which Kemi response is "“we need to get to a place where we stop chasing people around and looking everywhere for the racism”.

[@grahamariss2111]

Thank you for this, I could not put it better myself.

[@grateberk6435]

I dont think she is qualified for her position.

[@bigdaveo397]

Why is she anti LGBT+?

[@jsworpin]

@@bigdaveo397who knows? Religion? Upbringing?

[@bigdaveo397]

@jsworpin maybe. I was asking more for an example of why she is homophobic?

[@MartyJackson]

Can we all just agree religious folk are banned from attempting to use science to justify their prejudice, when science clearly contradicts their supernatural beliefs.

[@neilcoles1780]

Well science contradicts some of them, by disproof. Others just remain without any evidence base or compelling reason to follow....so shows them to be inherently irrational or cultural to follow. If the were to be a "creator" of the vast universe we exist in, for sure it would be something beyond our ability to comprehend..not one we can personify and get some folksie rules from

[@alastarbailley8739]

I'm not a religious person at all, but numerous experiences i've had in my life tell me that science knows very little about the universe and our existence. Dreaming about events and situations before they happened was common for me as a child and throughout my life. Science has absolutely no answer as to why that was the case.

[@StephanDallaPria]

Slow down there with the banning, Chairman Mao. Regards, an atheist.

[@FriendlyNeighbourhoodSkumbag]

@@alastarbailley8739 It does have an answer. What is more likely? That you are able to peer into the future... or that you are misremembering your past?

[@aliservan7188]

Yaaaasssssssss

[@coppershark1973]

Ferrari is quite strange.

[@Matthew-bu7fg]

Mercedes is even stranger

[@pippoplfc]

That's because he's a Tory.

[@medalion1390]

Did you see Ford vs Ferrari?

[@dawncrisp8531]

I think the lady talking about impoverishment says it all. We all want our children to do well no matter what background you come from. Well said in everything 👍

[@garywhite5010]

TORIES OUT!!!

[@jeffsimon9594]

Yes, the polls are all widely forecasting that, no need to shout it

[@marystringfellow8185]

Conservative

[@lion73266]

EXACTLY VOTE REFORM....

[@DJFREDHEAD2010]

GET THESE TORIES OUT!!!!!

[@marystringfellow8185]

Conservative

[@swordseye2]

James O'brien is a great person and more people should be more like him. I don't know why anyone would want to be anything other than humane, understanding, and compassionate.

[@jeffsimon9594]

"humane, understanding, and compassionate"... that's a strange way to spell bitter, supercilious and condescending

[@swordseye2]

@@jeffsimon9594 You're just spelling it wrong

[@joescott54]

🤔, 😅😂😆🤣...

[@swordseye2]

@@jeffsimon9594 Also want to say that you may also have a point but it's a matter of perspective. We have differing opinions from different perspectives and I'm just stating what I see from mine

[@chatham43]

@sword Thankyou for taking time off your humane...understanding and compassionate life...to tell us how humane understanding and compassionate you are!

[@robh8814]

How Dale is still on LBC is beyond me. I havent listened too him since Aug 2020 & only listened from April 2020.

[@chatham43]

@rob So why are you here? Unbelievable!

[@robh8814]

@@chatham43It was a video of multiple calls. I muted Dale & skipped through. Vile little bully of a "MAN"..

[@naheed03]

Because there are other calls in this video 😂​@@chatham43

[@user-sd3ik9rt6d]

Best wishes for James and his family.

[@mauromatos3124]

Dale will eventually understand that they will come for him as well. Hopefully it won't be too late.

[@chad0x]

Resonate with that caller, Sarah. Same background here. Parents didn't acheive and didn't expect any better for their kids. I worked it out myself, I'm one of the lucky ones.

[@McGirtUK]

Same. I came to realise a couple of years ago that my mum didn't value education because of her experience of being (mis)labelled 'educationally subnormal'. My cricket teacher at school was my dad's English teacher way back when, and he expressed regret at how he used excess corporal punishment on him. It was a lot to take in when trying to get my leg spin right. I understood why he didn't want me to go to that school.

[@user-jz7hm2gy8x]

why are private schools in the UK that charge horrifically high fees called public schools? The word public would suggest open to everyone. What are schools that do not charge fees called?

[@ShowMeCrows]

I had to look it up but it is a state school. Government funded schools are state schools. Historically, the term "public" meant open to students from anywhere, not just a local area. They are fee-paying schools and are often called "independent schools" as well. Does my head in too.

[@user-jz7hm2gy8x]

@@ShowMeCrows thanks for the reply. We have public schools and private schools in Australia ironically both get government funding. The private schools charge on top up to $40-50000 per annum for day students, more for boarding and international students.

[@essealants3730]

Theyy also get 25k a head from the goverment whilst state schools is about 7k a head work that one out

[@MsHarpsychord]

I'm a transgender woman living in rural Ireland. The cass report has come out and heavily endorsed by the Tories government by a very biased Doctor. This has effected Irish Healthcare significantly. Trans healthcare in the UK is dreadful but in Ireland its 10 times worse. We have waitlists over 10 years and are asked incredibly inappropriate questions and now our NGS wants to reform our healthcare system using an equally outdated and regressive idea of trans people and trans healthcare.

[@wendygodrich8145]

I'm sorry it's so tough for you. 😢

[@andrewcarson5850]

I am sympathetic to your condition, but may I ask how you would like it to be addressed by the health services? This is an honest question. One of my best friends is a trans woman, and it took her 30 years to realise this.

[@solentforest]

@@andrewcarson5850 as with others in the LGBT community, education from an early age would no doubt help people better understand themselves. But many people somehow paint this as a bad thing..

[@Anygodwilldo]

You have exactly the same rights as everyone else in the your country

[@solentforest]

@@Anygodwilldo except healthcare. And education. And the views of the establishment. Otherwise yes.

[@johnny2501]

If Tim is a Christian, why isn't his response to most of what Iain said "Christians believe homosexuality is a sin, it isn't about conforming to people around them, this belief is rooted deep in the text and rules of the religion." Why does he flounder, and seemingly do anything but say this very obvious fact?

[@jayb9779]

he's 💅

[@stepearceu2]

If you haven't noticed all the contradictions contained within the great book of guidance (i.e. not fact), then you haven't been paying very close attention.

[@bodricpriest8816]

For the same reason he doesn't object to women holding authority over men or keeps silent on the idea of buying his slaves from the heathen that surround him, as social moral reasoning increases most religious people drop the bits of their scripture that are foul and inhumane and quietly accept secular humanism in practice.

[@user-gt2hr8yk4x]

GP system does not work. The system was questionable some 40 years ago. But now, it's not fit for purpose and I think the torys have enjoyed making that happen.

[@medalion1390]

6:26 A Christian citing "the science". That's a bit rich 😂

[@gwyn111]

You do know Isacc Newton was a pretty pious Christian right? As many early scientists (in Europe were). It makes sense as they were usually more educated and literate than the general population and where trying to understand more about what they believed was God's creation.

[@borandiUK]

You can't speak for them ​@@gwyn111

[@medalion1390]

@@gwyn111 Isaac Newton also lived 300 years ago when our scientific understanding of the natural world was very different.

[@bodricpriest8816]

@@gwyn111 Yup, given the social and legal consequences of the time, coupled with the intentionally instituted indoctrinary education system and the patronage funding system controlled by the Church it's hardly surprising the religion dominated academia for millennia, none of that's anything to do with the process of science.

[@johnalbent]

Francis Collins and George Lamaitre

[@marionmclean3749]

Ian Dale jumping to conclusions! 🙄

[@stream_gene]

That first caller articulated what I've been having an inkling about ever since the election was announced. Almost as if Sunak has called the parties bluff for those who had no faith in him, either by his inexperience or the colour of his skin.

[@cm-zo3ye]

Dale is such a condescending ghoul.

[@M.Linoge]

Calling Lis a village idiot feels like an insult, to the village.

[@judd442009]

Sunak was always petulant. It just took time for people to realize it.

[@MrOliver1444]

The bold guy moderator is presuming he knows what is true and what is not. Arrogant Tory! I am straight, btw.

[@EvilBearWargames]

rishi even failed to beat truss as uk's worse PM

[@marystringfellow8185]

Conservative

[@TheWaveGoodbye-Music]

Why cut the lady off mid sentence when she was going to say both labour and the tories are privatising the nhs?

[@twisteddancer7773]

You mean the uni parties

[@MsCharlieBrown78]

probably because it is false, and Labour have no plans to privatise the NHS. This is a Tory thing.

[@chatham43]

@Thewave You want to leave it as it is??!

[@anthonysmith8800]

​@chatham43 not as it is, because it's poorly managed, certainly don't want it privatised

[@mikebardin4721]

That's what James o woke does. If you don't agree with him he'll just delete your call. Very intolerant is James, not...

[@marvelsProtege]

15:04 this is just sad af 😢

[@sareedoahmed1751]

Ridiculous that Keir is running on the fact people should pay vat also for private schools. All invoices have got vat added! Personally I don't care about both jokers. Vote independently

[@marionmclean3749]

I get where Sarah is coming from!

[@hazelb7218]

Where is James' whole show from today Please??

[@wendygodrich8145]

He was off- 'Family issue' SF stood in.

[@colinbaker3916]

@@wendygodrich8145Nick Ferrari stood in after 10:30, then Shelagh took over.

[@hilarykirkby4771]

I'm sick to death of listening to all this nonsense. For me, people are just people. Some are nicer than others and that's all that matters. Unfortunately there are too many folk who are judgemental of others for no other reason than the pleasure they derive from being horrible

[@user-cf8pg4fy2t]

What a beautiful girl,mum. She is the future.😢

[@hanniosman1839]

She's had a similar experience to me aside from racism. I'm half Sudanese and as a child I think my dad was maybe 1 of 10 black people on the island of jersey. I went to a quasi public school where half was paid by the states of jersey. It was only boys from 7-16 but attached to the girls school. My father is a doctor whom achieved a scholarship to both Alexandria university as a civil engineer and later to Beijing to study medicine. My mother was from a wealthy European family and they met in Beijing where she was studying chinese. I'm 3rd cousin to Camilla parker bowles. I had scholarships due to my entrance exam results to both primary and secondary. I later broke the cats test in year 5 where I scored more correct answers in the time limit than was thought possible. I was advised by the headmaster to seek a school that could nurture my intelligence but I couldn't move away from my family due to mental disorders I suffer as a result of lariam - an anti malarial. I was attending extra curricular classes at the secondary school at the age of 9. I and my family were the only people of African origin at the time. Stature wise I'm now around 6:4 but I was always the tallest in my year.

[@chatham43]

Haven't you got anything better to do?

[@hanniosman1839]

@@chatham43 yep, which I do thank you very much. I make acoustic guitars now but formerly was a development and valuation surveyor and planning officer. Have you got anything better to do?

[@alibali193]

Wannabe aristocrat 😂😂😂😂

[@naheed03]

​@@hanniosman1839doubt the biggot has 😂

[@GlynnHughes-xi4po]

Just what would have been called a normal bloke and listened to these arguments and reasonings for more years than I want to remember. If you are something or anything, then don’t be nothing, but for Christs sake if you want to be something or anything else, please please shut up, get on with your life , grow a pair (sorry) and stop blaming anyone else for what you are or want to be. Love to everyone, everything and be nice to everyone, everything and every person alive whoever they pretend to be, want to be or are!! Nuff said😂❤️💕👍

[@solentforest]

that'd be true if everything was equal. It isn't.

[@radiofreecanada]

7:00 Don't platform this

[@Coelacanth1]

Imagine a world free from religion, what could people be?

[@mikedonnarumma5337]

individuals

[@setanta7422]

Will miss the election-related calls massively

[@user-sn3no9gd5h]

LABOUR OUT!!!!

[@Ashlie-te9cn]

This discussion is incredibly engaging! It's like a gathering of minds, each offering a unique perspective.✨

[@user-sn3no9gd5h]

SOUTHGATE OUT!!!!

[@user-sn3no9gd5h]

GREEN PARTY OUT!!!

[@suzimonkey345]

🥰 Sarah 🥰

[@arfhamilton]

Tim Dieppe doth protest too much, methinks

[@muhammaduddin9268]

Vote Liberal Democrat’s for brighter future.

[@colinbaker3916]

Christian Concern? Yeah right.

[@bryansmith1920]

how many generations down the line that Partially trained Medics, become the Village witch, Should Brit Councils be looking to build ducking ponds, in every Privately funded Nu Village,

[@adamlouis3725]

tim dieppe is so far in the closet

[@nigelcard2028]

Religion is a personal think the ones who believe and the ones that don’t and the not sure . But this is personal to you the only place for religion Is in you hart .

[@user-sn3no9gd5h]

ARTETA OUT!!!

[@keymeter1917]

Farage is a tap-dancer. A son g n dance jester.

[@marystringfellow8185]

Conservative

[@chrisman5882]

Vote labour. We need open border for cheap workers Who in the right mind want to pay high wages for British people Bring more immigrants in my opinion will make this country like china, produce more product and cheaper.

[@alibali193]

Wannabe aristocrat 😂😂😂

[@user-jy8bt9uz7f]

Freud said that people were sexually polymorphic. Sexuality is fluid. If you put men together either in religious or military organisations and deny them acess to women they will be sexually active with each other but revert happily to heterosexuality when that becomes possible.

[@joelhall5124]

Freud said a lot of things that don't happen to be accurate.

[@jasonswan7646]

Freud also fancied his mum pal.

[@yington]

“I’ve quoted Freud, I must be clever”

[@user-jy8bt9uz7f]

Not clever just well read

[@twisteddancer7773]

Tennant should be getting a visit from social services soon

[@JaimeP1208]

Because?

[@twisteddancer7773]

@@JaimeP1208 Hopefully people will find out soon

[@jawamedia1529]

I doubt it

[@SmokeroftheFuture]

I'm voting Conservative.

[@JaimeP1208]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@marystringfellow8185]

Conservative

[@nigelcard2028]

VOTE. REFORM PARTY 🎈 🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈VOTE Nigel Farage .

[@user-sn3no9gd5h]

TORIES OUT!!!!