LBC presenter James O’Brien talks to Tortoise’s editor-in-chief James Harding about the people who he thinks broke Britain, why there aren’t any rules anymore and his approach to journalism.

James Harding also takes issue with some of the people he includes in his new book, ‘How They Broke Britain’, and asks how his experience presenting Newsnight affected how he thinks about balance and impartiality.

You can hear what James O’Brien thinks should lead the news in a recent episode of The News Meeting here.

What do you think should lead the news? Email your stories to newsmeeting@tortoisemedia.com.

The producer was Rebecca Moore and the executive producer was Lewis Vickers.

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Bonus episode: James O’Brien on the people who broke Britain and how we fix it