About this episode

James O'Brien discusses King Charles's state visit to the US and the implications of his meeting with Donald Trump, alongside a look at declining life expectancy in the UK.

King Charles embarked today on his US state visit to the White House, despite gunshots being fired at a dinner attended by Donald Trump on Saturday night. Assassination attempts aside, what’s the best and worst case scenarios for his time spent with the US President? And, over the past decade, healthy life expectancy in the UK has dropped by around two years to just under 61. Why the UK? Why the last 10 years? And, why is London doing better than the rest of the country? This episode was recorded on the 27th of April. Catch James O'Brien weekdays from 10am on LBC.

People in this episode

Host: James O'Brien

Topics covered

• US state visit
• politics
• healthcare
• life expectancy
• international relations

Keywords

• King Charles
• Donald Trump
• US state visit
• life expectancy
• UK healthcare

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Places: UK, London

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