Antagonistic caller who hates Mick Lynch rings James O'Brien | LBC

[@joe94c]

This guy has never had a single thought of his own. Just read the daily mail and decided thats his opinion for any matter

[@karinbultje2835]

And he seems to think people in London are not on minimum wage as well as people in the North.

[@Worried-1952]

He also forgets that those on low wages in the south east and London are also faced with vastly inflated living costs too.

[@Martinbeef]

@@karinbultje2835 He probably thinks all us Londoners drink champagne all day and work now and then. It couldn’t be further from the truth. He probably has more disposable income that most Londoners.

[@bereal6590]

He is a hater, there are many of them and not confined to one 'class'.... they're toxic and hating is their pass time, I'd bet he also hates a whole host of 'types'. He has no compassion. That's why they're easy to radicalised because hate comes so easy, they don't introspect. He is a bigot!! You name it and he will happily hate it

[@uqs57bju]

@@Martinbeef Oh you are hitting it right on the head. The issue is that people in big cities may earn more than people elsewhere but everything they spend money on is also more expensive than elsewhere. You need to measure disposable income to get the correct picture.

[@hasaanzaman6241]

Matt is one of the many working class who work against their own interests. The right wing media has taught him well. Do as we say not as we do. It’s horrendous how much influence the media have especially over uneducated citizens

[@bereal6590]

Indeed, my own fam are an example...voted to leave the eu and tory despite me explaining the negative effects and how it would make things so bad for their own kids.... their answer it doesn't affect us. This guy is a classic punch downer. No sympathy for him

[@michaelc3051]

He's an Uncle Tom, despised by the very people whose agenda he is pushing.

[@mikedown1250]

so true

[@JB-Thatisme]

​@Be Real Just give them a little reminder how much they are paying for energy and food. Certainly has affected them.

[@Paul-fq9pj]

This type of person is what is wrong in the north of England shocking really but sadly not uncommon shame for him really ..

[@catherinehanner284]

Nothing sadder or more puzzling than a working class tory.

[@paulstewart6293]

My parents were. They thought that Thatcher was a goddess. I still don't understand! Never will. Sad.

[@SirAntoniousBlock]

Or a working class union member voting for brexit, like Lynch.

[@chatham43]

...or a painfully middle class Labour lackey....but that's OK...we live in a democracy and long may it continue I'm sure you would agree....😊

[@MrRailjunkie]

@@chatham43 Democracy is a joke in the U.K

[@chatham43]

....well that's true...the penny dropped...😊

[@skipper6967]

Matt hates Lynch but would quite happily have a pint with Johnson. Don't be as gullable as Matt.

[@richardatkinson1902]

Or as gullible as a Tory voter, which Matt probably is, too, Robert, or even worse, he might be a Fartage supporter.

[@Levenstone132]

I wonder if bj would get a round in?

[@gdwnet]

Johnson wouldn't be seen dead with someone like Matt. That's the big irony here, the people who love Johnson are the very same people Johnson detests.

[@baronrodrigo5049]

Could equally have a pint and curry with stammer

[@robertbaylis9714]

Matt you ate a total MUG

[@senken12]

That caller is exactly the kind of person that the Tories love. Unwilling to think critically and just blindly follow the nearest avenue of hate

[@chatham43]

....then thank goodness for people like you for pointing that out....cheers...😊

[@ch3rrikiss]

When you can't reason your point without parroting populism = no critical thinking skills and not worth the conversation. A lesson learned everyday 😐

[@gernolan6932]

Nailed it

[@AQ2015Etti]

Yes I think there called Brexiteer's

[@Howveryrude]

If you can't see the correct answer to James's question, I'm afraid you are far from being a critical thinker, my friend

[@BrotherNeuro]

Matt's one of those people who uses the term "champagne socialist" as an insult without realising that he's a "pint of bitter tory"

[@pete_lind]

Do people forget that Boris the Bozo started PM job by complaining that he should get double salary , when £160k per year was too low .

[@ClannCholmain]

😂 He’s a Tory islander

[@ponyboyuk01]

He'd say NO I'M NOT...I drink LAGER mate...

[@johnrussell3961]

They are gaslignited into attacking the messenger and ignore the message.

[@Lewis_Standing]

​@@pete_lind in some ways he's not wrong it's the top job in the country and incredibly hard work but it's paid a lot less than some public sector positions and top private sector ones too.

[@johnrussell3961]

The workers have waited 13 years for jam tomorrow , and the recent inflation was the final straw. All they are asking for is the return of the buying power they had in 2010. It was taken away to fuel tax cuts for the rich. Tax cuts which never created growth and never will. The Tories make ordinary people poorer to make the rich richer.

[@middleman9183]

What about the tax cuts for the poor by raising the threshold?

[@johnrussell3961]

@@middleman9183 .That has not done much for their buying power. The Tories want people to focus on the current budget, and not the net effect of 13 years of Tory budgets.

[@macgonzo]

​@@middleman9183 Tax thresholds rise as wages rise, in real terms there is zero actual tax cuts from the rises in tax thresholds.

[@Andrew-rc3vh]

People are poorer because the power is now more expensive due to there being less of it. This is due to the terrorist act of the US blowing up the oil supply pipeline. All political parties though support this criminal administration, including Starmer (Stalin).

[@julielevinge266]

@@middleman9183 Any help that might have given vanished when fuel prises went up by 200% last winter! Food is currently rising at nearly 25%!!! Growth is lowest in Europe, yet millionaires & billionaires are on the rise! Does that sound fair???

[@elloco1996]

This Matt character sounds like one of the zillions of Brits not handicapped by any knowledge or ethics, voting Tory against their own best interests.

[@The_Phoenix_Saga]

Because Labour voters know SO much better... and I say this as someone who doesn't vote Tory.

[@kanedNunable]

@@The_Phoenix_Saga they know better. thats enough. until we have voting reform what can we do?

[@anastauro9743]

The thickness is mind-boggling

[@snipelite94]

The type that likes to shout "POLITICS OF ENVY!" But, of course, they're actually PROJECTING their own jealousy How dare a non-toff earn so much?

[@skullduggerysmiles8393]

​@@The_Phoenix_Saga each party has its own ideology. Comparing the labour ideology to that of the conservatives I'd argue that how a person votes speaks volumes about their character and morality.

[@paulwalker797]

These working class forelock tuggers, who have sat quietly while Tories have decimated healthcare, public transport and schools etc are now outraged , as TalkTV instructed them to be, about working people finally standing up and saying they have had enough.

[@bereal6590]

I recently raged (shouldn't have done it) at someone for letting all this stuff slide with a "well what can I do about it". They whine and whine, they cause the issues voting brexit and tory, whine some more then punch down. Horrible thoughtless pple

[@End-Result]

I don't like James O'Brien, but at least he isn't betraying his class. The muppet talking to him is.

[@ironsights9448]

Let’s make the obvious point that if workers had been paid in line with inflation for the last 13 years nobody would be on strike

[@QuarrybankSecretary]

@@End-Result That's not far off saying "I don't like logic" as James is so logical it's hard to argue against him 🤷‍♂️ Or is that why you don't like him?

[@baronrodrigo5049]

Forelock tugger lol regurgitated JOB cliches. Your scarf is to tight. Give your head a wobble z . You will be happier

[@damianleah6744]

Just because someone maybe on £100k plus doesn’t mean they can’t have empathy or want others to earn a decent pay packet. I find it incredulous that it’s working class people are the ones criticising those that seek better pay and conditions.

[@johnrussell3961]

They are seeking the restoration of what they had in 2010.

[@julielevinge266]

Think Lynch is on 84000 far less than an MP???

[@philwill0123]

Because they have the mindset that to fight for people's pay, you have to be on minimum wage. And if you are low earning, they then complain you don't know about wages because you are not an employer or earning high wages. Look at Marcus Rashford, they couldn't understand the idea of someone who was poor, now being a millionaire but wanting kids in poverty to have a hot meal. Blew their minds. Same people who voted Brexit to "help our own", until "our own" wanted help.

[@northwestcoast]

Misery loves company ey

[@RichieBedfellows]

Those that own the means of production create conflict amongst those that don't-Karl Marx

[@cupguin]

The other day I said something about unions and my mum said my great grandfather would have been proud of me. Listening to this idiot I'm suddenly proud of my great grandfather for raising our family to respect the role of unions. Of course they aren't perfect but we're all better off when unions support their members. Not all of my family have been in unions but we still understand more people in jobs that don't provide a living wage doesn't help anyone except the most wealthy.

[@julielevinge266]

Without Unions we’d all be working a 16 hour 6 day week & children would still have to work instead of going to school. All these things when change was first purposed were said to be impossibly expensive?? Same arguments were used against setting up the NHS, yet our health service on average costs less than half that of countries run by the private sector.

[@bereal6590]

I can't stand people like this caller, their fathers and grandfather's and grans and grandma's fought for them to have unions, the vote, workers rights human rights protest rights and went to war for them. This guy is a coward, he has no integrity and reminds me of some people I know. Harsh but I wouldn't spit on him if he was on fire, he has no honour

[@wills4794]

My dad always ran his own business and he always told me to join a union in any role I could. As someone who understands how the economy works he knows how important they are.

[@highdownmartin]

If you ever meet anyone who’s had a paid sick day, a paid holiday, a decent work contract with fair terms for promotion, transfer or redundancy, worked in a workplace with fair provision of workers safety and issued PPE, or anyone who’s had maternity leave or enjoyed an eight hour day with paid overtime, then you can let them know these are not generously provided by a magnanimous boss but hard won by union activities over the last 150 years.

[@spamme9021]

@@julielevinge266 I reckon it would be 18 hours a day and 7 days a week👍

[@ianbrodie8658]

How does someone who claims to earn less than 20k a year complain about striking workers?

[@blechtic]

Because they're not a union member because they think membership fees are waste of money. Maybe he thinks his employer would pay him more if he was worth it. He might well be right about not being worth it. Hard of thinking people can be very costly.

[@ianbrodie8658]

@@blechtic Alas, the government is even costlier. He should join a union and stop believing right wing rhetoric. Turkey, christmas etc. I wish him well.

[@nickshale6926]

‘Working class Tories’ the literal turkeys that look forward to Christmas because the Daily Mail told them to. 🤦‍♂️

[@Silver-st2zq]

Sums it all up very well.

[@monkeyfunk8371]

"Working class Tories" If i remember my English lessons correctly, that phrase is an oxymoron

[@nickshale6926]

@@monkeyfunk8371 well, they’re certainly ‘morons’

[@ferrumignis]

Says the "man" watching the Labour Broadcasting Corporation.

[@monkeyfunk8371]

@@ferrumignis fool

[@lesparton2069]

I agree - this man is a Daily Mail reader - it is obvious!!!

[@gridman3851]

Might need someone to do the reading for him 😮

[@paulcopsey6573]

Daily Mail "Lookers"..... no reading past the pictures & headline

[@kanedNunable]

@@gridman3851 reads the headlines

[@Arltratlo]

he is like the Daily Fail.... a fail!

[@rl3799]

possibly Excess?

[@kevinmallinson4170]

Poor old mat , happy to keep his own class firmly in there place

[@benchode1]

Poor little Matt he came second in a IQ test to a flip-flop 😂😂😂😊

[@davidharris4062]

Second to an Amoeba you mean

[@deanlowdon8381]

Always makes me laugh when people complain that workers have chosen to strike on days that aren’t convenient! 😂

[@BENTWOONEZERO]

I know those people dying due to lack of care, inconsiderate lot.

[@RizZy28]

Dude sounds like he drinks pints of gravy.

[@stephencopping9953]

Yep ! I also believe he likes too chase his wife round the house with a lump of gammon violently slapping her buttocks with the aforementioned piece of meat till she yells and screams " poor dear " and Matt sits back and nonchalantly swigs his pint of gravy lumps and all !

[@chatham43]

....ahhh....bisto...joking apart what are you talking about...?

[@stephanguitar9778]

Wetherspoons cheapest

[@Dellboy56]

Why, oh why, do these numpties bother calling James?

[@smush5653]

Right wing media such as the the Daily mail and The Sun absolutley love people like this caller.

[@snsn7251]

Target audience.

[@ferrumignis]

Leftist media like LBC absolutely love people like you.

[@AK-eu8lj]

And people like him get brainwashed and thier facts by them ( The Sun, Metro and daily mail), tragedy for this country.

[@Binsonhope]

Ive been on an NHS waiting list for a stoma reversal for a year now and my mums currently a patient in a complex care demetia ward and I fully support the Nurses and Doctors taking strike action.

[@NeverQuiteAlex]

"I didn't know we were talking about Boris Johnson." says the man who started the conversation saying he doesn't trust people on above average wages...Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the working class Tory...

[@IshtarNike]

"But Bojo is so funny though. He'd be great to have a drink with. What's not to like?" /s

[@mazzgoldie9149]

You're not one of those people that thinks working class people shouldn't vote tory are you? Next you'll be saying Labour are the party for the working classes😂

[@finger3181]

In comparison, they clearly are

[@MrRailjunkie]

@@mazzgoldie9149 Nobody should vote Tory but at least the upper class have an understandable reason for voting Tory. For the Working class It's like Christmas & Turkeys. Oh & by the way The Working class have it better under Labour.

[@peterburry2531]

@@mazzgoldie9149 They're both neoliberal theses days, and the only option for the working class is to vote for the party that is slightly less neoliberal... Democracy in this country was never perfect, and is now practically obsolete.

[@ThomasKing19933]

Just think, people like Matt are allowed the vote.

[@BaalsMistress]

That's not the problem. The problem is that people like Murdoch are allowed to own media companies.

[@space.youtube]

@@BaalsMistress Both are a problem.

[@anastauro9743]

Scary, that’s why democracy doesn’t always work

[@BaalsMistress]

@@space.youtube True, but undoing media empire's control of information flows is technically easier than educating the average Tory voter.

[@dh1380]

@Anastauro better than the alternatives though

[@stephencopping9953]

Ten bob tories, sad really , they hate the very people who stand up for them !

[@trebm3]

It’s always sad when someone has really strong opinions but can’t explain why

[@johncobourne361]

​@Sendit III and sometimes it does. As in, this guy.

[@stephanguitar9778]

99% of working class tories and brexiteers

[@jwgolf5442]

It would help if the callers opinions were his own and not just something he read in the sun or daily mail.

[@West-End]

Matt is toxic, he’s trying to stay calm but he is fuming really! Matt runs out of things to say so his last answer is that he doesn’t go to London because of people like James O’B. haha 😂

[@777jimothy]

I like the assertion that London is just full of smart people asking him questions to justify every ignorant statement he makes

[@LiamOFarrell]

Yes, he was livid and was barely keeping it together. In normal circumstances he’d ‘win’ by losing it. Here however, he was asked to justify his thoughts for himself and was found wanting.

[@777jimothy]

@Painting & Drawing yep in other circumstances he's been indulged and allowed to have this inflated ego due to people being scared to challenge his opinions but here all we have are words and the weight of your arguments

[@robertbaylis9714]

Yes MATT IS A PROPER MUG

[@SirAntoniousBlock]

He was clearly inarticulate and driven by resentment, if he wanted to criticise Lynch he should've pointed out that he's an unapologetic brexiter who encouraged his members to vote against their best interests and strayed way beyond the bounds of his knowledge blaming Ukraine for Russia's invasion.

[@terrychapman5335]

I'm a "Northerner " and a football fan too .I stand in solidarity with all workers .

[@waqasahmed939]

Northerner, on an above average salary, but don't really care for sport here. I support the workers. It's scandalous that I can earn more than my dad who works double the hours I do. I might well earn a decent chunk of cash, but per hour, my dad doesn't make that much. I only really grew up somewhat comfortably because he kept putting in 70-80 hours as a taxi driver every week. Nobody should HAVE to do that, so their kids don't "feel" poor. In reality, we grew up poor when you consider his wage per hour.

[@monkeyfunk8371]

The argument that some peoples hobby's, football, horse racing, are more important than people being under paid and their living standards dropping for years, is the epitome of selfishness. "I dont care if you cant afford your rent or food for your kids, you are interrupting me enjoying an hour and a half of sport...!"

[@bereal6590]

I support ALL the strikes despite having 6 very important appts cancelled and one a surgery. You're right it's the epitome of selfishness. They assume everyone else is as selfish as they are. This guy could be my father.

[@kellygoodine9944]

I wish this would have been the discussion honestly...

[@chatham43]

....that's some perverted narrative going on there...

[@stefanc4520]

This guy voted to Brexit 100% 😂

[@glynarchie5765]

Totally agree, and a monarchist , and Boris Johnson fan, oh and a daily mail reader

[@AK-eu8lj]

True

[@JBrown_Trivium]

What gave it away ? The moronic tone ? The fact he parrots every DM and Sun article he's ever read ? Hahaha

[@paulsennitt2079]

He is definitely a remainer

[@kanedNunable]

and tory

[@mikem6466]

I'd love to know what that guy does for a living. No doubt he enjoys some of the perks that the unions won. Weekends? Holidays? A safe work place?

[@chatham43]

...and 60K a year for sitting down and pressing a button...😊

[@MrRailjunkie]

@@chatham43 If you mean James actually he's on 150k plus a year.

[@richardgough1393]

Mugs ringing up James never cease to amuse 😂

[@laterstar1966]

The Dunning kruger effect is strong in this one

[@samuelfoston4556]

The kids these days have a term called “smooth brain”, which I think is relevant to this conversation.

[@informedchoice2249]

When you're so thick that you're working class and arguing aginst union action then the Tories have you utterly duped.

[@Vic35102]

It always makes me smile how quick James is to call out these people bs Which they probably get from gb news

[@ferrumignis]

Always makes me smile when leftists actually believe they are dealing in reality.

[@chrisscott2009]

"Bs which they probably get from GB News" Not true. Nobody watches GB News.

[@chatham43]

...you watch GB News...didn't think so...yawn....😊

[@MrRailjunkie]

@@ferrumignis Leftists do deal in reality. The left warned you about Brexit, Warned you about Johnson & are still warning you about climate change but carry on denying reality if it makes you happy.

[@MrRailjunkie]

@@chatham43 I bet you watch GB News.

[@Strider91]

O, what a fool the caller is. Id love to just watch him go about his day. Just to see how he functions

[@smith5796]

Haha lol.

[@kerraptregolls4929]

I doubt he does.

[@richardatkinson1902]

Same here, Strider, he should have his right to vote taken from him, if he likes being bootstrapped, 😂.

[@Strider91]

@@richardatkinson1902 well, I would never support taking away anyone's right to vote. . . But if we just airdropped him, onto a far flung island somewhere. . . With no way back. I could live with that

[@cafesociety8525]

Through spite and bitterness he'd rather drag everyone down to the bottom. Ive given up on any hope of positive change in this country. With Matts viewpoint being more representative than i like to admit, frankly I'm not sure we deserve it.

[@davefave4351]

Self awareness is not strong in this one.

[@chrissilver7719]

Defending the right to withdraw your labour does Matt not hold with British values ?

[@Ryan-xz4te]

These people come on his show thinking they're smart. Which makes me worry.

[@Stan_55UK]

Dunning-Kruger effect?

[@franrowe8696]

Indeed, you took the words out of my mouth!

[@lynnhickinbotham3784]

Respect to James thank you 🙏 people like you gives me hope

[@chatham43]

....he gives no hope...that's his job description....😊

[@dimitrius-r5sgamingchannel388]

​@@chatham43You would know that because........why, exactly?

[@mickeythompson9537]

People like this caller may not be able to walk and chew gum at the same time, but they can read a Daily Heil headline, and are allowed to vote.

[@Risingtide930]

Only in Britain will you find people like this in such numbers, the existence of papers like the Mail and the Sun and their enduring popularity in spite of the editorial line they take is proof of this.

[@dawnmills5567]

Daily Fail

[@robertfmorton]

You can actually hear this callers brain grinding away.

[@chatham43]

....sure that's not yours...?

[@st.george007]

puts me in mind of growing cement between the ears, Mike Graham

[@Ruth-wq7lr]

Matt smacks of someone who has never had a cogent or original thought in his life and his deeply uneducated take is falling apart under the first glimmer of scrutiny. It’s depressing to say the least.

[@neilmachon9828]

I just feel so sorry for the guy

[@MrAndy76101]

I read every UK front page on a news app. Amazing how many times you can link talking points back to Mail / Express

[@martinryan6793]

What a thick man Matt is.

[@chatham43]

....and tragically working class...totally agree....😊

[@springchicken893]

He has been brainwashed.

[@MrRailjunkie]

@@chatham43 Ahh So you think working class people are thick I see.

[@chatham43]

...you missed the irony hence the smiley...keep up...😊

[@khaliqalam]

Absolute respect to James.

[@middleman9183]

for?

[@kat2023.]

@middle man For being a better person than any Tory ever has been or will be. You might not like what he says, but that's because it's the truth. Tories don't do the truth.

[@middleman9183]

@@kat2023. Then why was he sacked from BBC Newsnight

[@kat2023.]

@middle man because its the BBC. That's hardly covered itself in glory has it...

[@Ryan-xz4te]

​@@middleman9183 you used the BBC sacking as reference point when literally they have been caught with their hands in the Tory jar🤣🤣🤣

[@chrispiesse1004]

Had to laugh when James asked Matt for his thoughts. Really...? From that echo chamber in his head!!!!!

[@smon4164]

"I don't go to London because of people like you", funny that, I don't go to Manchester because of people like him.

[@krob2327]

I wasn’t aware lynch was rude about northerners as the caller implied. Maybe I misheard him

[@chatham43]

...and it's outside North London too....😊

[@waqasahmed939]

Manchester is a mini London :) I technically live on the edge of the city. It's quite nice here

[@smon4164]

@@waqasahmed939 Yeah to be fair, I was being sarcastic, I have been to Manchester a few times, and I've really enjoyed it when I have gone. It's a really fun city to go for a weekend, just like London is too.

[@zoranblackie5921]

From the north west I can categorically say Matt does not speak for me

[@paultaylor7082]

Striking needs to be effective. Otherwise there's no point to doing it.

[@crudburgerwithfries3614]

Exactly this. There needs to be an Optimus Prime of unions where they all come together. Fragmented action is self defeating and ultimately impotent, akin to dividing and conquering ourselves. Everyone stick together or dont flippin bother

[@daloki349]

There's Matt talking about spitefulness and concluding his interview with "I don't go to London cozza people like you."

[@chatham43]

....can't think what he means...😂

[@totty1962]

What a 🔔 end.

[@jamescoe764]

Is this for real?

[@alanthomson1227]

Schools should make it part of their curriculum to include education re politics pre and post 1832 reform act , then think again about supporting Tories against organised workers .

[@MarkBritten-i5p]

And peterloo and 1864 reform act

[@alanthomson1227]

@@MarkBritten-i5p as I said also post 1832 . I was in tears watching Peterloo movie . Tories attempting to recreate rotten boroughs with their corrupt ID system

[@petermartin4142]

Some of your callers are amazing. It’s like trying to herd cats. 😂😂

[@blatherskite3009]

I was listening to what I presume is a fairly obscure little mini-album from 1985 called "Freq" - a solo offering by Robert Calvert, ex-front-man and lyricist for Hawkwind. He recorded it in 1984 during the miners' strike, and in between the tracks are little vox-pop recordings that he made during the strike, talking to people on the picket-lines and at strike meetings. Hearing those "archive" recordings from nearly 40 years ago really rubbed in how nothing has changed... In the recordings, you hear people slagging off union leader Arthur Scargill for going around in a big car (Calvert asks them whether they think he should ride a bike to union meetings instead), and people accusing the union leaders of being in the thrall of the Russians. The current batch of Tories tried to plant exactly the same poisonous idea about striking NHS workers: a few months ago in December 2022, since-disgraced Tory tax-dodger and ministerial code breacher Nadhim Zahawi said striking NHS nurses were (quote) "exactly what Putin wants to see.” Listening to Matt in Manchester, it's all the same anti-union lines being trotted out yet again; working-class people's minds poisoned against their own best interests by Tory anti-union propaganda, portraying union leaders as well-paid and therefore insincere and not "down with the common people" (projection, or what?) and trying to claim that strike action makes those dastardly Commies rub their hands in glee. All the same tricks as 40 years ago under Thatcher, basically. But I guess the Tories don't need to get any new tricks when their tried and tested old tricks still work so wonderfully well on the feeble-minded :(

[@koshvorlon8132]

What a grade a certifiable maroon

[@DatDirtyDog]

You avoid the capital of the country you live in because some people you don't like live in it. How small can you get.

[@sarahjaneross2918]

Love James laughter at the end, Matts head was exploding 😂

[@MartinParnham]

I never get this “they shouldn’t strike on this or that day” argument. The question nobody ever asks is “which days would you like them to strike?”

[@tomwaller6893]

The SNP have now gained 3000 new members since the UK Establishment crown office took over our Scottish Police for Primetime TV viewing. When Sunak was asked in Aberdeen what the Membership figures of the Conservative party were, he refused to answer. You can be sure it is nowhere far from the SNP's current Membership of over 75,000 members! March with us across Scotland on May the 6th and witness the birth of the New Republic of Scotland, better together inside the EU with the Irish Republic protecting us from British/English nationalists out to impose direct rule on Scotland.

[@chrism6315]

The crazy thing is, all the caller has to say is 'i was being a bit hyperbolic saying 'most', obviously health is more important than football' and then the conversation can continue. However, theyre onviously too narcisitic to even admit that level of fault (something no one would even blame them for) and then it goes nowhere, pathetic.

[@bereal6590]

Narcissistic 100%, this is my fam...like this guy

[@joscott6476]

Dear or dear - he needs to give his head a huge wobble

[@friendgray1]

Ah some of that famous Northern friendliness there

[@bumblingborisbuffoon6259]

Matt proves it’s grim up north.

[@chatham43]

...and privileged West London arrogance....

[@Silver-st2zq]

Sums up over 13 years of the toff Tories, the rich will be having a extra lol at that caller.

[@chatham43]

...and you are responsible for your background....?

[@Silver-st2zq]

@@chatham43 Worked all my life and doing ok but have never or will ever vote for the nasty party also know as the Tories, all they do is cut services, sell everything off and look after the super rich and big business.

[@MikeStock88]

Sometimes admitting you were wrong isn't the worst thing in the world

[@SirAntoniousBlock]

And Lynch should admit he was wrong for supporting brexit and Russia.

[@SteelasophicalSteelBand]

Classic James .. on point as always!! 💎

[@middleman9183]

avoiding the point more like

[@kat2023.]

@@middleman9183 what point would that be exactly?

[@middleman9183]

@@kat2023. why the rail industry is not run efficiently

[@abegarfield7031]

​@@middleman9183 You're really begging for attention today, aren't you? Is this how tedious your life is, that trolling is the best part of your day?

[@middleman9183]

@@abegarfield7031 I always enjoy a balanced debate but not a one sided Jobby sycophant pile-on 😂

[@monkeymox2544]

As a socialist, I'm always accused of "hating rich people" - I don't, what I hate are massive unjustified disparities in wealth and power. I find it very odd when people on the right then turn around and point to the personal wealth of certain individuals on the left, and act as if that is somehow an argument against their position. Same as when people are accused of being 'champaigne socialists.'

[@zoranblackie5921]

Amen, I wouldn't describe myself as socialist but wholeheartedly agree - the rhetoric that demonises any one looking to reduce the yawning inequalities as virtue signalling or woke drives me mad... I'm lucky enough to earn a bit above average wage but if I highlight this injustice my view is suddenly invalidated because I can afford to eat tomorrow...

[@Knappa22]

Incredible how people like this caller have been completely brainwashed and conditioned to blindly hate the wrong people.

[@chatham43]

....who should we blindly hate then....?

[@Knappa22]

@@chatham43 No-one, ideally. If we are going to hate anyone for the state of our country it should be on the basis of demonstrable proof. The people who have governed it for the last 13 years being top of the list.

[@davidharris4062]

He’s quite happy to watch multi millionaires kicking a bag of air around a field

[@stephanguitar9778]

And pay £50++ to watch said footballers prance around

[@BENTWOONEZERO]

So footballers are over paid, all of them , in all leagues in the UK.

[@stephanguitar9778]

@@BENTWOONEZERO kicking some leather around a wet field should not be a paid pastime

[@BENTWOONEZERO]

@@stephanguitar9778 It is a paid pass time because people pay to see it. Would you say the same for Rugby, cricket, Baseball ,basketball,Opera, Snooker, theater, Music........

[@stevecampbell6294]

Poor Matt thinks he is knowledgeable but doesn't realise he isn't.

[@jonnobloggs8642]

Matt was well and truly lynched by JOB in this very one sided exchange .

[@imSatnav]

"You can't watch the operation on the telly." 🤣

[@Silver-st2zq]

A Red Wall Tory voter from the sounds of it, should one lol or fill a sick bucket?

[@johnrussell3961]

They demand equality. All workers should be as poor as they are. It’s a shame that will make the rich , richer, but you can’t have everything.

[@SirAntoniousBlock]

That's why he didn't attack Lynch for being a brexiter.

[@stanthemafia]

Jimmy O’B has done it again

[@TheSynrgy1987]

"ggrrrr im angry!!!" "why are you angry" "this reason" "that's not really a reason is it? that's just some nonsense you've made up isn't it"... "well yes but im still angry about it!"... "can you tell me why you're angry?" "errr well no...."

[@christopherbentley7289]

James, may I say that you are a linguistic hero by saying 'shedyool' (British English) as opposed to 'skedyool' (American English)! The whole conversation was worth while for the comedic moment at the end, too!

[@jonie1968]

Matt is one of those people who think the ambulance is a taxi service

[@Miguel...160]

The problem with democracy

[@bannjaxx]

I wonder if Matt thinks that went well?

[@kilokahn_x3850]

00:01 millionaire man of the people 😂😂😂😂 where does Matt get his info from?!

[@bigpants6121]

Doolally Mail and Expresso Bonkers!

[@minimoog4236]

The Daily Hoorah For The Blackshirts.

[@lcg8220]

This bloke doesn't understand what strike action is about, being disruptive is the point.

[@alansaxon]

Poor Matt.

[@richardhayday3526]

You've gotta laugh...

[@clangboomsteam]

Can you imagine this muppet's reaction if Londoners talked about people from the north in the same way he talks about Londoners? He'd be hyperventilating for weeks! What is it with regional people getting a free pass to disparage those in big cities?

[@robinstacey713]

They do actually but then most people from London never leave London. Referring to people as regional people sums that up really. Your as ignorant as he is

[@bereal6590]

Northerner here, we do not claim this man ✌

[@CharlieL292]

‘Don’t like London because of people like you.’ Bet he’s a laugh down the pub

[@richardkail7976]

"He's not been in the news for a couple of weeks, so he's weighed things up and decided he'll get back in the news". Actually, he (the whole Train Operating Company side of the union) was in the process of negotiating a deal with the Rail Delivery Group so called off all strike action up until the government yet again added in unacceptable terms to the negotiations, which meant the Union had no choice but to call more strike action.

[@garethjenkins6273]

It's almost if the Tories don't want to bring a settlement to the dispute. If you didn't know better you would think they wer trying to demonise the rail workers in the eyes of the undecided voters and Tory working class. They will then claim that the Labour Party are complicit in the industrial action and are a bunch of radical left wingers.

[@Shades-of-76]

Richard you are of course completely correct but you’re giving this fella far too much effort. It’s clear he deals in soundbites which crumple under even the minutest scrutiny. He’s just as likely to say ‘It’s Health & Safety gone mad’ (when it isn’t) ‘It’s public correctness gone mad’ (in response to someone being quite rightly pulled up for being offensive) Or best of all … ‘We’re taking back control’ He’s an idiot.

[@Shades-of-76]

^ The caller that is, not JO’B 😂

[@Heldermaior]

Matt really isn't the sharpest crayon in the box...

[@alfredotebasco]

Well the species benefited from his contribution lol

[@stephencopping9953]

Didn't it !!

[@rowancrew2934]

Scary, plebs like this can decide the future of mankind.

[@equaliser2265]

This caller is what the UK population is like now, I'm in utter disbelief at how people have become so self centred and so unintelligent.

[@chatham43]

...we're all self centred to some degree...do you think James pays more tax than he has to...?

[@dinah3525]

@@chatham43 don’t think anyone “pays more tax than he has to.” Do you know anyone who does? So what are you saying?

[@juanpablojones]

Thicko gammon. Amusing, but sad

[@Marklesfield]

Still waiting on James O'brien to talk about the Abbott situation. Methinks provided a person wears red they're exempt from criticism from James O'brien.

[@MrRailjunkie]

He has already been there done that & got the t-shirt. Do keep up.

[@chatham43]

....and what did he say...?

[@lucienwilliams4359]

Fudge me how does this person tie their shoelaces

[@namesurname2958]

Velcro.

[@maxbean8781]

That made me laugh out loud

[@jamesfx2]

Some people want everyone to have it as tough as they did so resist those trying to improve things for people coming after them. They want to get something and pull up the ladder. They have been trained to think that someone getting a chance means that they will have less.

[@nigelburkitt6365]

Heaven help us,,,,, this guy is allowed to vote.

[@paultursner-upcott3651]

I've said it before, these eejits walk amongst us..jeeze what a peenarse 😅

[@gramsci279hegemony8]

The scary thing is Paul, his vote cancels out mine or yours.

[@amazoniaamazonia7225]

Some people you just can’t educate.

[@realhorrorshow8547]

Matt supports the right to strike, but only when it's least effective and certainly not when it makes it harder for him to get to the footie?