Boris Johnson resigns as MP: James O'Brien's definitive takedown | LBC

James O'Brien exposes the 'permanent stains' Boris Johnson has left upon British democracy after the former Prime Minister stood down as a Conservative MP.
An investigation into the Partygate scandal found he misled parliament and recommended a lengthy suspension from the House of Commons.
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[@ThomasKing19933]

Boris handed honours to people that ruined the country and then ran away. Just think about that.

[@jimmymac4778]

Thomas King , a despicable human being 😩😩😩

[@eloiinvestigates]

James Cameron and Tony Blair did the exact same thing. Blair owns about a dozen country estates, and his son set up a PLC/LLC for the elite to invest their assets. Cameron skipped off to the French Riviera as soon as his PM ended. It's a club, based on silence and payouts.

[@ThomasKing19933]

​@@eloiinvestigatesJames Cameron is the Canadian filmmaker...

[@Chiefmucka]

@@ThomasKing19933 a very odd mistake to make.

[@ThomasKing19933]

​@@ChiefmuckaIt's bizarre 😂

[@youtoucan2312]

He needs to be criminally charged and attend court for his behaviour And serve a prison sentence if that is the verdict He should also be stripped of his Parliamentary pension and benefits.

[@chatham43]

....and you're one of his fans....!😊

[@searan5130]

And Kier Starmer should be with him in his prison cell for breaking the same rule ....beer in hand enjoying a curry....

[@toriesdontgettazered7464]

Your posts been hijacked by fan boys

[@markwalker4142]

@@searan5130 really ???? It was investigated and he didn’t break the rules or are the police in the north east corrupt and did as Starmer told them to ??? Now that’s another level of conspiracy.

[@Neil-qg9cw]

​@@searan5130At work as determined to be legal by 2 police investigations, unlike Johnson who turned a place of work into a party house and was found guilty by the police and his colleagues. How do the two compare? They don't. Regardless, Boris should go to jail for negligent manslaughter for his part in 1000s of needless carehome deaths, and blantant corrupt misallocation of public funds during Covid. He should have 2 life sentences, and Hancock and Sunak should have at least 1 each! When did Starmer waste billions of taxpayer money on unusable PPE and tracking apps? And when did he needlessly cause 1000s of people to die in a completely avoidable way? He didn't you disingenuous little gremlin.

[@poneill65]

the 20 days suspension from the house is probably way more days than he has spent in parliament since he was ousted as PM.

[@keithhobbs1]

Would his constituents even have noticed?

[@waynejones1054]

Well dissected James. Regarding Johnson's letter; never, in the field of human literacy, was so much boll0cks written by so few to so many.

[@sarabevan3468]

😆 Hoisted by his own... (Couldn't think how to spell 🤭).

[@California265]

Excellent reply

[@SensibleMoniker]

One narcissistic, privileged school boy slagging off another one.

[@dougierobertson6358]

Unless of course. you believe that O'Briens repetitive, pathetic SPOKEN utterences and rants are away ahead of anything that any sane person has to say...sheeple!

[@acrodave9287]

Boris Johnsons mind; where honesty and decency go to die.

[@gavinmc5285]

kinda like a gerontological ideas hub?

[@twofoursevenbeauty]

I'm appalled that this is the example he is setting for his children.

[@snowyowel7961]

Are you a lemming.

[@terraincognita3749]

Reminds me of that remark about Trump: everything Trump touches, dies.

[@snowyowel7961]

@@terraincognita3749 Everything trump touches turns to gold he's a billionaire.

[@davidbaker6157]

8:10-8:29 “Brave Sir Boris ran away” to preserve the myth rather than to face the reality

[@davidbaker6157]

You could also add 25:45-26:15 to my previous statement (or even just the entire 30 minute analysis/takedown)

[@chatham43]

...and what's your reality David...?

[@dibdab101]

a fridge! a fridge!......my constituency for a fridge!

[@clivet3252]

So if someone in an abusive relationship filed for divorce, would you call them a coward?

[@arthurjamesaltmann729]

I'm assuming that's a Monty Python bit.....PERFECT!!!

[@geegnosis8888]

I completely agree with you about Trump,, Brexit, Johnson and the demise of BBC integrity. Since 2016, I have been in despair - and add climate disasters and Ukraine and I'm not surprised Glenda J. decided to go to somewhere better! Thank you for being a voice for truth and justice.

[@originalorextrahyperbole]

👏 Beautifully said. I've never heard such a passionate yet eloquently delivered verbal evisceration such as this.

[@dougierobertson6358]

PATHETIC..

[@chatham43]

....you took the words right out of my mouth...😊

[@robertcreighton4635]

Boris resigns he said 'he's looking forward to spending more time cheating on his family.'

[@jrp101]

Hes looking forward to making more money to pay to all the women hes knocked up and to keep them quiet and from going to the press.

[@tonyharpur8383]

👍😁😅

[@chatham43]

...nice one Robbo...😊...

[@robertcreighton4635]

@@chatham43 👍

[@rickybrocklehurst5800]

Spot on

[@madaknevarski6478]

criminal charges need to be made

[@gavinmc5285]

Mary Quant and Mary Jane say nano

[@chatham43]

...not a great fan of James...but that's taking things a little too far...😊

[@gavinmc5285]

@@chatham43 Conserving against prosecution

[@corn1530]

The problem is not that he lies. But that they believe him

[@haroldvonschwartzenstien3581]

Worse, they don't care.

[@leine-marie153]

Very well put. I agree totally. That's the biggest challenge we face, people praising and fighting for him despite alllll he has said and done 😓

[@firefox1234ize]

@@haroldvonschwartzenstien3581 Even worse.....people want to be told lies.

[@jonathanfoster1270]

They all lie, at least Boris gets things done

[@matthewdavies6961]

@@jonathanfoster1270 such as?

[@emmabrooker166]

What’s been done to this country is obscene 😞

[@TrevorSturman]

I have been waiting for this moment since Boris announced his resignation. Thank you James, just a shame Boris was too cowardly to resign while you were on the air

[@simonevans8979]

Sadly, he'll be back, probably as a candidate for a safe tory seat, if they can actually find one. BoJo? Loser... Don't think you can come back. You're no Winston Churchill.

[@sueyourself5413]

You really think that he should've based the hour of his resignation on a neoliberal hack's radio time slot?

[@paraicmchugh5468]

Lamenting the fact it didn't happen at that time is not the same as asking Boris Johnson to time it for such purposes.

[@killorfill6953]

@@sueyourself5413 Totally agree. if Boris had waited longer, he wouldn't have been able to have the Telegraph and the Mail write nice things about him last weekend. Boris Johnson is best leader we've ever had. That's why he's the Prime Minister now.

[@MyBlargh]

@@sueyourself5413 This neoliberal hack is speaking facts, as opposed to every other right wing media outlet that spoon feeds thoughts into peoples brains

[@squeakal3393]

James is on FIRE on this one. Thoroughly informative and entertaining.

[@fredsharp2456]

Tony Benn in mid 2008 said of Johnson a clever man who he would not put in charge of a bike shed.

[@paulkerr3582]

Thank you for articulating the rage I feel. As an english man proudly living in Europe there is no place in the EU for the UK with there present political class or journalists.

[@Eurobrasil550]

Likewise, spot on!

[@revol148]

@paulkerr3582 .....an englishman who doesn't know the difference between the spelling of "their" and "there" - perhaps the UK is better off without you ?

[@louisec9935]

​@@revol148 As a fellow grammar pedant, I agree. Lets get our priorities straight. Correct grammar is surely the most important issue here!

[@hayuseen6683]

​@@revol148 You didn't capitalize Englishman and used too many elipses. Thousand years in the dungeon, heretic! THOUSAND YEEEEEEEEEÊÊËËÊÊĒĒĒĒÉÊÈĒĒĒĒĒĒËĒËĒËËËĒĒĒËĒËĒ

[@johnlewis9158]

@@revol148 Well most of O'Brien and Owen Jones pseudo left wing guardian reading acolytes despise Britain and have nothing,but contempt for the working class of this country, So yes perhaps in a post brexit Britain they are surplus to requirement's

[@kayew5492]

One example of Boris telling the truth comes to mind. There's an old interview with a young Boris where he describes his technique of overwhelming the news cycle with ''tinsel'' i.e. scandals, gaffes, publicity stunts etc as cover for the ''depth charges'' which in this mixed metaphor represent the truly nefarious deeds masked by the aforementioned ''tinsel''.

[@nick1065]

Ahh, that old political trick….

[@missbee3618]

Ah so he has once been honest, on that one solitary occasion... His entire career has been fabricated from fabrications , it's the very definition of Joris Bohnson the clown's career Circus 🤡

[@justsayen2024]

That was chaff it was used in World War II to overwhelm a radar system. So yeah..

[@MrCsifan55]

This reporting was so honest I had to listen to it twice. Thank you for voicing my anger.

[@chatham43]

...saves you voicing your own....

[@rufus1346]

@@chatham43 So gives us your original insight into Boris then. The floor is yours..... I wait your pearls of wisdom with batted breath!

[@searan5130]

You actually listened to this twice? You need serious help....

[@MyBlargh]

@@searan5130 Are you okay? You seem a bit upset that the cult is disintegrating 😂😅

[@clivet3252]

He's telling you what you want to hear. It's far from honest reporting. Honest reporting would tell you things you don't want to hear.

[@shannonmeshbane]

James, you are a powerhouse for decency and sanity! I’m an American, and I so appreciate you as an ally of democracy. It’s always pure delight when you include our hideous plight in your rants and observations. Love you

[@federicoprice2687]

Greetings from the UK !! 💯 🫂

[@pRODIGAL_sKEPTIC]

I'm from the US but this stuff is riveting. The whole world is getting close to fed up w far right politics & the internet generations are about to start seriously voting

[@clivet3252]

far right politics - grow up!

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

I hope you're right - unfortunately most of them seem to be glued to their phones and not caring about politics one bit.

[@theegigisupreme]

​@@terrydaktyllus1320 hot take, geezer 😂

[@dirkgonthier101]

I'm from Flanders and tell you that your analyse is completely wrong. The Vlaams Belang is about to have its best score ever and in the previous elections 1 of 3 voters, younger than 34 years, votes for the Vlaams Belang. If your people is experiencing grave problems and the far right is the only party that suggets your people ways out of them, then the people will vote in favour of the far-right.

[@richardfarrington85]

@@theegigisupreme Adam Curtis is on the case

[@JimmyRJump]

This thirty minute analysis should be broadcast in a loop on every existing media outlet, twenty-four hours a day for a whole week, so that everyone, from the smallest toddler to the oldest citizen, has heard it.

[@chatham43]

....and we would all die of an overdose of prime Jimbo smugness...you haven't thought this through have you?

[@razorwireclouds5708]

​@@chatham43 Whose fault is it that you feel so dumb?

[@MyBlargh]

@@chatham43 You sound mad about this? Are you okay? 😂😂😂

[@cws2355]

@@chatham43 yep, and he has every right to be smug. He’s been proved right. Brexit and Boris, you couldn’t make it up.

[@ivankadump2539]

Absolutely 👍

[@Greenpoloboy3]

And today people will read the Daily Mail, and still say he is a great honest man

[@chatham43]

...10 minutes it took to mention the DM here...what's going on...shame on you...😊

[@matthewdavies6961]

@@chatham43 Still believing the lie that Brexit is the best thing that ever happened to Britain? Hope the delusion subsides and is overcome soon.

[@searan5130]

Why do you assume all working class people read the Daily Mail?

[@snowyowel7961]

You are listening to the bias remainer obrien, The reason you choose this station is because you are biased towards Boris anyhow.

[@keithhardy8513]

That's the tragedy of having such a right wing "free" press in the UK !

[@SPN_DLR]

Hearing James read all these preposterous actions and allegations makes it even more unbelievable that so many people believed Boris’ spiel in the first place 😂

[@missbee3618]

There's a tragic, piteous chunk of the population who believe that if something's printed in the Daily Mail or Express, then it's incontestable fact, quite stunningly.... It means a lot of voters in the UK accept some monstrous distortions and plain bigotry as the reality around them. I imagine that generation to be dwindling, tho..?

[@LoneSheWolf09]

Still has the audacity to gas light/manipulate while running away like a coward 🙄🤦🏾‍♀️🤣

[@brummie.bill-379.]

One thing that can be said about Johnson is that the tory party truly deserves him.

[@markwalker4142]

Problem is the rest of us didn’t !!!

[@chatham43]

...how so...for not being the Labour party....?

[@ArtyFactual_Intelligence]

@@chatham43 Are you paid by Dan Wootton or just an ordinary tory sycophant? This needs answering on these forums.

[@chatham43]

....who's Dan Wooton....?

[@Angela-en6oh]

At last we seem to have started on ending this nightmare that the vast majority of people have been enduring for 13 long years.

[@chatham43]

.....yep...heads must roll for the disastrous lockdown and it's tragic consequences for many vulnerable people Angela....

[@DrumToTheBassWoop]

​@@chatham43 literally too, get the block out.

[@chatham43]

...too true Drum..

[@arlrb76]

Yeah, now turn for the other crook party for 10 years

[@chatham43]

...and round and round we go....

[@mrmanch204]

Thank you James... Accurate, thorough and brilliant.

[@sharonyoxall7553]

Magnificent! Righteous anger at its best!👏👏👏👏👏

[@shaunhouse8469]

Surely if political nerds exist the BBC's political editor or whatever jobs Laura Kuenssberg has had should be one of those nerds

[@SirKeefyKeef]

I’m so glad you posted this great monologue, it warrants awards dude. 👍🤓👏

[@keithhardy8513]

"Corrupt coward" is a very accurate description of Johnson 👍

[@ralphdavis9670]

O'Brien is one of the very few in the media that I can stand to listen to anymore. Keep it up.

[@Wolves1963]

You are one of the very few that take in what Old'Bigot rants on about. Tories, Brexit, Tories, Brexit...........😂

[@user-tk9xp1gx7h]

Your absolutely right the Nobel priz winning multi millionaire neo con globalist is amazing and yet he doesn't want you to no that he just like Borris support's Ukrainian NAZI's 🤔

[@seeafish]

@@Wolves1963 his show is one of the most listened to in the country but sure “very few”. Inexplicably, there are dozens and dozens of people just like you who hate him but seem to show up to every single video of his, taking a very active part in the comments. Every day, without fail, dozens and dozens of you. Even if all us “fanboys” left, there’d be enough of you so-called haters to keep his ratings up. Do you ever have a coherent thought before you open your mouth or start typing angrily into KZbin? Doesn’t seem so…

[@mattcameron9349]

I find him smug, arrogant and insufferable.

[@ralphdavis9670]

@@mattcameron9349 ...and yet fresh air for a Yank.

[@MrsH296]

What really amazes me how some people still think he is wonderful, very frightening especially as “ similar “ is happening with Trump

[@blue_jay31]

Yes it is shocking!

[@delcamelot]

​@@blue_jay31 Isn't

[@angelogouveia2487]

I agree, shoking . Boris is a Scambag, simple as that.

[@KenPassey-hd2mc]

@@delcamelot blame the Daily Heil ,the Express, the Telegraph, GB so called news,Talk TV. All right wing media outlets that have no other view than supporting the rich elite

[@bornach]

They don't think he is wonderful. However they do think blind loyalty is more important than integrity, and that maintaining consistency with their past mistake of misplacing their trust in a charlatan is preferable to admitting they were conned and that they stupidly went along with damaging their own country, their own economic prospects, and their own children's future.

[@ad9898]

Just epic, if only this was played on mainstream media.

[@anthonyjones7848]

I'm an American and we have very few members in our media that can perform this type of dissection of the lies that our politicians tell us. Well done James.

[@django3422]

Try people like Cody Johnston and Robert Evans.

[@johnlawson6327]

Fox News would be aghast!

[@khalmoghraby2246]

Rachel maddow is brilliant imho

[@arthurhunte9273]

This is why when Trump visited the UK , under no circumstances the President would have been allowed to be interviewed by James.

[@joshisnot11]

John Stewart is one of a few who can scrutinize and dissolve the veneer of legitimacy many US politicians cover themselves in.

[@Kiltking]

I’m a Scotsman, GET ME OUT OF HERE 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⚖️

[@chatham43]

....you know where the border is...😊

[@GeorgeGeorgeOnly]

It's incredible isn't it that a whole country should succumb to a narcissist like Bojo? And yet that is exactly what has happened.

[@Dan-ue1ed]

The whole country..? What sort of person would claim to know an entire nation..?

[@paraicmchugh5468]

@@Dan-ue1ed The country is not the same as the people in it. It's why they used that word instead of electorate or populace, I'd imagine.

[@GeorgeGeorgeOnly]

@@Dan-ue1ed The narcissistic leader of a major political party in government, for one. Com'on, what are you asking me here? Sure, by no means did the whole country vote for Bojo, yet we're all affected by his term as PM.

[@maryfenton958]

Not the whole country 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@fawltyoldboybasil.2178]

@@Dan-ue1ed Ohh, I don't know.........................how about Donald 'Mango Mussolini' Trump?!

[@geordiedog1749]

As a mental health professional I am sceptical of cod diagnosis of personality disorders made by laypersons but I now do genuinely believe that Johnson is a narcissistic personality disorder.

[@geordiedog1749]

@@SimonPlowman socio path is a mainly an American term - in terms of actual diagnosis - and is equivalent to a psychopath or a antisocial personality disorder which he could be but NPD fits better, I think. Nasty bit of work suits nicely, too.

[@SimonPlowman]

@@geordiedog1749 Thank-you for your reply. I have deleted my response as my ingnorents should be called out apologies

[@ChrisDevlinMusic]

​@@SimonPlowman now thats genuine learning, much respect to you

[@emmabrooker166]

Certainly something featuring astonishing self-centredness and lack of conscience toward others

[@geordiedog1749]

@@emmabrooker166 Which is (as long as it’s behaviour demonstrated over a long period of time which it is in his case) pretty much what a NPD is.

[@eamonnafterimage]

Boris and friends are like teenagers who turn up to the house of a 'friend' when the parents are away, have a party, trash the house and run off leaving someone else to clean up the mess.

[@namesurname2958]

Apparently he used to do that, to restaraunts 😂

[@steverichmond7142]

Hit them where it hurts... Sanction Johnson, Farage, Rees-Mogg, Gove, Braverman, Dorries, Alister Jack, ..... to the total cost to this country of Brexit.

[@stephenreeds3632]

And still the BBC give that dreadful Farage airtime. Why? He's a total irrelevance. Ignore him!

[@vonryansexpress]

You like the idea of someone unaccountable, unelected and with no Democratic legitimacy presiding over the lives of 425 million people do you ? . . . You want to be a part of that ? . . . So it's true then, Remoaners are low IQ and poorly educated . . .shocking stuff

[@J-PoN]

100%

[@SirTerabyte]

You forgot Priti Patel.

[@DJWESG1]

Punative sanctions, a decade of a hostile environment, austerity and made to live in a prison barge ship if they don't like the conditions at Broadmoor

[@markmatthes1362]

American here - outstanding, articulate, truthful, soulful! I hope we can get Mr O'Brien to come to America when we FINALLY get rid of Trump, to summarize our pain &!trauma as he has done here. Respect! 👏👏

[@StephenWestrip]

You can willingly have him as long as you promise not to give him back.

[@gentleken7864]

@@StephenWestrip We're not talking about James Corden here.

[@StephenWestrip]

@@gentleken7864 Did I say or imply I was?

[@kevinwalton4538]

Five Star takedown!

[@user-xd6gr1yb6d]

James is a treasure. I'm American, and I still listen to him. He's where I check in with our friends across the pond. All of this sounds horribly familiar.

[@davidbuchanan6943]

I have listened to you for over 12 years. Respect brother james .David

[@waddle200x]

Boris Johnson did tell the truth once. In a redacted article in support of remaining in the EU.

[@chatham43]

...that ship has thankfully sailed....

[@bbell1549]

@@chatham43???? Please explain!

[@7dtdfil730]

​@@chatham43 the truth?? You're actually thankful that the truth has sailed away???? Typical breggshitteer thought process right there... 🤦🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

[@chatham43]

....an EU return...sorry if I confused you....

[@johncobourne361]

​@@chatham43. BS predictions about the future confuse everyone. We'll rejoin eventually

[@vinylrulesok8470]

Kunesberg is a joke. Sums up the BBC for me.

[@wolfen210959]

You can understand why the BBC is pro Tory, the BBC board is infested with ex-Tory ministers, lords and MPs. Kuensberg is a conservative voter and supporter, for as long as her BBC contract lasts. Andrew Marr was ordered to "take it easy" on Tory ministers and MPs', but he had to attack all Labour MPs' and policies, all in the name of anti-bias, you honestly couldn't make it up.

[@Harvester236]

It's owned by Tories and will soon be privatised.

[@vinylrulesok8470]

@@Harvester236 feels like it already has

[@jakehyams8659]

​@@Harvester236absolute nonsense

[@malcolmclarke3033]

The damage done to this country by Johnson and his cronies is staggering.

[@stellaadams7289]

Not nearly as bad as Blair with his illegal war. He got knighted .

[@Ska83gbr]

@@stellaadams7289 So has Rees-Mogg, by Johnson…

[@user-wt8jp4qx6l]

@@Ska83gbr Yes, but Rees-Mogg and even Boris aren't considered by some as mass murderers and war criminals, (over Iraq and the dodgy dossier) like Blair and his side-kick Campbell.

[@Cam-mo7gq]

@@stellaadams7289 Not true by any measureable metric, nor by just simple observation, but hey, keep drinking the tory client media cool-aid 🙄

[@petefl1818]

@@stellaadams7289 Look over there doesn't work here as Johnson has done long term damage to the UK were as though Tory Blair did long term damage to the middle east and terrible though it is, it was way beyond the short-term memory of the UK electorate so it doesn't register. Were as they will live with Johnson's damage every day for many years.

[@martingjsmith]

What an absolutely extraordinary and brilliant takedown of BJ and all he and his people have done to this country.

[@angelawatson7740]

Done what to the country exactly

[@emmabrooker166]

Look around you

[@andrewdavy9921]

@@emmabrooker166 explain what you mean

[@jarletheaton2860]

This was sensational listening this morning. James’ best ever monologue.

[@rabbitss11]

All this and yet Johnson's probably now on another holiday - no consequences for these people, none at all.

[@Lesiga1]

Thank you James. This should be required listening on all tv and radio networks. You help to restore my faith in this absurd world.

[@leeives9109]

The O'Brien Crucifixion of Johnson. Priceless. I have depression, but this let a finger of light in due to it's accuracy. Compelling Radio.

[@searan5130]

I am a Catholic please do not take my Lord's name in vain.

[@gregorious123]

​@@searan5130 infantile trolling. Best you can do?

[@leeives9109]

@@searan5130 Crucifixion was a common punishment in Roman times, I am referring to a process, not a deity, I am also a Catholic. Read_the_text....

[@aalexjohna]

@@searan5130 Ave Satani.

[@stephenfegan6827]

James you are Brilliant spot on

[@GWills-ys6rd]

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE SANITY OF THE NATION THAT WE NEVER FORGET BORIS JOHNSON'S SEEMINGLY CATASTROPHIC GOVERNING.

[@martinobrien7110]

GOVERNING ?

[@nick1065]

Caps lock issue?

[@ThomasKing19933]

Why are you shouting?🤔

[@GWills-ys6rd]

NOT A CAPS LOCK ISSUE, A BORIS JOHNSON ISSUE!

[@allip4226]

Not just Boris Johnson’s governing, the governance of the entire Tory party has been catastrophic. Their usual trick is to rebrand under a new leader, pretend that they’re now different and get back to business as usual - lying, robbing the country blind and enriching the rich at our expense. They must never be allowed anywhere near power again if we want this country to succeed.

[@andrewhoult4630]

Well said 👏👏👏👏 James O'Brien 👏

[@ajp8260]

Why was he even given advance sight of the report. Committee should have published it on the internet for everyone to read at the same time.

[@Rael_486]

"Swiftly taking to his feet, He beat a very brave retreat. Bravest of the brave, Sir Boris!"

[@alabama1413]

James truly on fire today! Well said sir! 👏👏👏👏👏👍

[@chatham43]

...yep...someone to do your thinking for you.....😊

[@Jonnyonthespot123]

​@@chatham43 Go on then big brain, what did James tell us that was wrong?

[@TheDom277]

@@chatham43 The irony of your comments is truly spectacular… Considering how your lot is lead to believe all sorts that are completely untrue… Like JRM, Farage, JHB, Daily Express etc. People that listen to/watch LBC know the facts before coming here… I mean your lot does as well tbh. This is why you can’t challenge what’s said…

[@robertcottam8824]

​@@chatham43 Stop it, Forty-Three. You're being fatuous again. 😡

[@chatham43]

@Dom...what do you mean by my lot...another trigger response based on thoughtless presumptions sadly....

[@michaelmccarthy9411]

Whatever happened to the notion of patriotism? Johnson liked to compare himself with Churchill. He's not fit to lick his boots

[@keithhigh7773]

Very true. When Churchill messed up the Dardanelles campaign in WW1, he enlisted in the Army and went to fight in the trenches for several weeks. Meanwhile 8+ children are seeking dna tests in the hope they prove that Johnson is not their father after all!

[@TheArgieH]

Another Johnson, the one born in Lichfield more than a few years ago, famously said something about Patriotism being the last refuge of a scoundrel. Goodness, he certainly foresaw the current Johnson's modus operandi by more than a few hundred years. Consider too, our current Johnson was born in the US of A, so in theory BoJo could lawfully run for President. Hold that ghastly thought. He certainly bears comparison with Biden's immediate predecessor! A can of Bright Orange skin dye, and who could tell them apart? Same whiny lie too. To quote K Williams "Infamy ! Infamy ! They've all got it in for me!

[@weezer5442]

James, for years you have been a beacon for honesty, reasonable integrity and TRUTH!

[@user-tk9xp1gx7h]

Your absolutely right the Nobel priz winning multi millionaire neo con globalist James is a beacon for the Washington deep state in his support for Ukrainian NAZI's.

[@yorkiegilly4355]

Boris was the P.M. - OBrien is a bullying hard left "Journalist " who elsewhere wouldn"t get a job sweeping the floor . Slags Farage but what has he got to say about Alistair Campbell regular rants all over the media and he was never any kind of Politician .We all see how O"Brien makes his money and if he was really bereft about Britain"s woes he would move abroad ?.

[@johnrussell3961]

He left as he came. Spouting utter bilge.

[@gavinmc5285]

Mary Jane Bilge

[@Stevenspielburger]

I challenge you to explain which parts are "bilge" and why? If you're a Johnson supporter there's pages and pages of bilge from him so you should be qualified to spot it.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

So in his entire time all he did was a railway in London, which started before him and ended after him and 1 hospital that may be completed in the future also in London and that is all he did in his whole tenure, as Prime Minister and Mayor

[@nick1065]

Aren’t you forgetting Brexit, vaccines and leading the world into uniting against Russian aggression in Ukraine? And keeping Corbyn out of No.10 of course.

[@nadiabairamis3854]

You forgot the Boris bikes.. his crowning achievement.

[@glen9303]

And didn't even break a sweat 🥳

[@clivet3252]

Not everything comes to fruition when you're in power. He was only in for 3 years and had to deal with Covid. He did really well to get so much done.

[@ArtyFactual_Intelligence]

@@nick1065 Brexit was not worth fighting for, The vaccines were done by scientists and the Ukraine response was common to ALL parties in the UK. And Corbyn could not possibly have presided over such a shambles as the Tories since 2019. Boris was a DISASTER for the UK.

[@LL-vk9zc]

Probably the best of J O'B in this piece. Absolutely superb analysis - thank you James.

[@mgsmith1957]

Don't forget that It cost us taxpayers £250,000 in legal fees to support Johnson in this . !!!

[@Nick-kb6jd]

and they will get zero justice for this fee

[@chatham43]

...peanuts compared to the billions wasted on lockdown which you no doubt supported....yes?

[@t-and-p]

People who genuinely need legal aid don't get it, but multimillionaire BoJo gets his legal bills paid by the taxpayer - for a lawyer of his choice, too. Says it all, doesn't it? The double-standards, along with disdain for ordinary people, are abhorrent.

[@ploppysonofploppy6066]

Wouldn't it be ace if he had to pay it back!

[@clivet3252]

Well he wanted to keep taxes low.

[@benedictcowell6547]

Mind? Boris'Mind? He has not a shred of integrity

[@dougierobertson6358]

JUST like STARMER CORBYN BROWN AND BLAIR!

[@roadrunnerj]

I knew we were doomed in 2019 just didn't think it would be this bad

[@shazza9273]

Well Done James. Excellent reporting 👏👏

[@Doc_Filth]

First time in a long time that I’ve remembered to listen to JOB live, and so glad I did. This was *epic*.

[@johannesnicolaas]

I waited for hours to hear you on this news!! Respect from a too sunny Holland.

[@stephenchadwick5852]

His sister on LBC last night said he got Brexit done 🤷 and Ukraine and he's still got lead in his pencil how any girl would let him get on top ,the mind boggles

[@chatham43]

...it's a mystery what goes on in women's heads that's for sure....

[@joesoy9185]

He probably gets the woman on top so that she does all the work. LOL

[@MrManBuzz]

​@@chatham43 Power and status. Simple as that.

[@wolfen210959]

@@MrManBuzz Wealth, that's what motivates them more than anything else. They equate power to wealth, which isn't always true, but usually.

[@searan5130]

So your a catch are you

[@gumusluk05]

O'Brien is in a League of his own... Brilliant monologue

[@middleman9183]

but also pointless

[@gumusluk05]

@@middleman9183 why ?

[@middleman9183]

@@gumusluk05 just a one sided diatribe, IMHO

[@gumusluk05]

@@middleman9183 but everything he said about Bojo was correct ! What do you not agree with? C'mon some evidence plz !

[@dasmaurerle4347]

The fact, that people such as Nigel Farrage and Rees-Mogg are enabled to take part in civil conversation is really all you need to know when trying to place England somewhere on a map. Coockoo-place. The deep fall this once respectable country has taken is both, worrying and pityful. Greetings from Germany

[@terryloftus3207]

Well said Das,I have said grifter Bozo and Farage and indeed Trump are ALL unfit to clean toilets even,even though THEIR full of S*IT.

[@clivet3252]

Mind your own business. Worry about your own country.

[@bipolarminddroppings]

​​@@clivet3252 its often a much better vantage point to be outside of the thing you are observing. That said, we may have fallen, but its not like a German gets to lecture us. We are far from the depths your country fell to within LIVING MEMORY.

[@mikeymoo1291]

I think you might have touched a nerve with a few people. Couldn't agree with you more. Greetings from England.

[@meljen8592]

You may not like it,but it’s called democracy,free speech,an opinion,valid or not.

[@ozmosize]

"A Gucci loafferd toe" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@chatham43]

...what does that even mean..Daniel...and there's nothing wrong with being a middle-class Labour supporter...😊

[@rufus1346]

@@chatham43 Ah, here you are spreading your exterminate all over the comment section.

[@MyBlargh]

@@chatham43 Still commenting on everyone’s posts? Sad sad sad 😂😂😂

[@chatham43]

@SA....and yours too...aren't you honoured....😊

[@iainmunro438]

@@MyBlargh commenting but not a lot to except for a load of whataboutery 😂😂😂

[@Moloko_b]

The way you systematically break this down, James 👌🏻 but there will always be people who say that’s just Boris being Boris 🙄 We all knew he was a joke when he appeared countless times on Have I Got News For You. The warning signs should have been there tbh

[@lesparton2069]

Well said James. When all is said and done, it comes down to honesty, integrity, ethics and morality - none of which apply or remotely relate to Boris and these repugnant Tories!!!!!!!

[@mtrhodesy]

We’ll be saying the same about Labour in ten years, and the circle will continue. I’ve no love for the tories, but if you think it will change much when Labour get in, it won’t. Labour will have the same problem the tories have, there’s not enough going in to fund this country’s needs. They might increase taxes to the wealthy, but will gloss over the consequences. Honesty, integrity, ethics, and morality are pushed out of political parties be they left or right. Maybe it’ll be different this time, we can only hope.

[@lesparton2069]

@@mtrhodesy Agreed - we can only hope that at some point someone sees the real need for change.

[@juniperMc666]

Boris's whole term in office in office was akin to a Sunday league player playing in a premier league game.......in his bare feet

[@pucknorris3473]

Ive just been discovering you im in the states . Keep it up you are great!

[@PEdulis]

What's the big fuss about? All that chaged is that he no longer gets paid for pretending to be an MP. He never worked as an MP, never cared about his constiuency and got highly paid for that anyway. Same with Dorries.

[@comanchio1976]

@PEdulis It's the manner in which and the real reason (as opposed to his stated reason) for which he did it, that make it worth making a fuss about. That said, what he's done is totally in keeping with his character, so maybe it shouldn't register any more than any other day in the life of this narcisistic clown...

[@ChrisRedfield--]

To my knowledge, he can claim benefits for life, and on top of that a pension paid by the People of Great Britain.

[@vendettarising]

true yes....sadly true

[@jimkhana007]

The fuss is the Honours he has handed out to his stooges and cronies. The lies he has told to the Queen, parliament and to the public and will get away with it. And the mess he has left this country in all whilst trying to massage and boost his own ego and wallet…

[@jeremymerrifield7244]

The big fuss is that a Prime Minister lied to you several times and broke his own laws . THAT is a BIG fuss you fool

[@philipstokes3987]

Since I heard BOJO had gone ,I have not stopped singing and dancing ,I,am completely out of breath and so so Happy .Roll on the Election

[@bobrobertson9547]

Oh boy.. James is on fire here. How did I miss this show.? This is the highest quality journalism and presenting skills you’ll ever witness. 👏👍

[@user-tk9xp1gx7h]

Your absolutely right James the Nobel priz winning jerno who supports Ukrainian NAZI's just like Borris

[@bobrobertson9547]

@@mikeyacson9542 Oh dear, we’ve got a live one. Go on, educate us all on the benefits of Brexit?

[@bobrobertson9547]

@@mikeyacson9542………..Silence…… as expected from Brexiteers.

[@benedictcowell6547]

When my outrage is at extremis by Trump or Boris or Rees Mogg the outrage of O'Brien is therapy

[@searan5130]

Oh dear you must lead a very sad existence when you think your therapist is JOB.....

[@rickywright1264]

​@@searan5130 bore off.

[@benedictcowell6547]

No I am just pleased that the society is not as mentally dead as our Press. There is outrage abroad as there should be in a country of wall to wall political mediocrity@@searan5130

[@paulclive3626]

Did they get voted in by democracy?

[@chatham43]

...democracy and referendums are not popular here....

[@robertcook4705]

Breathtaking. James O'Brien's magnificent tour de force.

[@susannaselmin4496]

You were exceptional today!!! Thank you...I will be saving this to listen to again and again .

[@karenhodder8871]

Brilliant dissection of every part of this pernicious letter

[@latheofheaven1017]

When I was listening to that letter being read out on Friday evening on the BBC (sorry, James!) I kept being tripped up by the lies. I realise now that James has been through it, that I was so distracted by the lies I heard, I missed half of them!

[@twofoursevenbeauty]

I didn't really need James to go through the lies in the letter. I already knew that 99% of what he wrote would not stand up to scutiny.

[@patrickglass9323]

Completely brilliant! Thank you, James. Wonderfully incisive analysis of Boris' self-serving lie-packed resignation letter. Yes, this should be seen by everyone - particularly new voters and all who've voted Conservative over the last decade.

[@a1yallop]

Absolutely brilliant and accurate as usual James.

[@carldrysdale-groves6681]

James that was beautiful to listen too, thank you once again.

[@angelawhite356]

The parallels with America and the Trumpisation of British politics is truly frightening and deeply concerning

[@chad0x]

Hopefully that horrific era is at an end and wont happen ever again..

[@watermarginramsgate180]

I agree with you He definitely has Americanised British politics unfortunately then again he was born in America.

[@michaelstapelberg7751]

boris trump

[@tobyhallidie1498]

@@michaelstapelberg7751 Donald Johnson ?

[@watermarginramsgate180]

@@michaelstapelberg7751 agree with you

[@LewLew49]

Nobody lays the hard truth on them better than this guy, so funny but so true, all of it, sadly.

[@NathanielPrinceCoulter]

Farage isn’t qualified to speak on anything really. Why do they keep inviting him to speak? You know the answer.

[@chatham43]

....yep...cancel anyone whose views you don't share.....we need more of your brand of democracy...😊

[@searan5130]

He knows a lot more about the E U than you do..

[@ArtyFactual_Intelligence]

@@chatham43 Farage has no justification to consume so much air time. PERIOD.

[@bellabana]

@@chatham43 It’s so ‘telling’ that the rightwing can only resort to using lazy and simplistic terms like cancel and woke when confronted with evidence and facts. Instead it’s all about deflection rather than admitting to yourself that you’ve been conned and lied to by a crook, liar, con artist and incompetent narcissist like Boris Johnson….get a clue!

[@ThoughtandMemory]

Better to hear the BS than pretend it’s gone away. Farage is out for himself just like Boris.

[@roboldx9171]

James OBrien is on fire today. Preach bro Preach.

[@dougierobertson6358]

RANT RANT RANT!

[@corcaighrebel]

Britons should be extremely for having someone like James O'Brien on the air. Staggering performance.

[@jamessteel9016]

Excellent analysis from James as ever, all the lies and nonsense called out perfectly.

[@stueyapstuey4235]

Virtuoso performance - even 30 minutes just isn't enough...

[@searan5130]

Well it was enough for me....maybe you should write "JOB The Opera" with Philip Schofield playing JOB.....

[@searan5130]

Believe me after 2 minutes it was....

[@peterheath7960]

Brave, brave Sir Boris. Sing with me....

[@georgejob2156]

Somebody do a parody of Pythons Holy Grail.with Tories looking for decency..

[@jak6326]

🤣🤣🤣

[@susanlynch1966]

Brilliant and incisive view of Johnson's resignation, James. Well said.

[@erichodge567]

We need James O'Brien over here in USA so bad right now...

[@user-bg9ws7ys4k]

You have Beau of the fifth column....and he is brilliant!

[@searan5130]

Christ don't bother....

[@missbee3618]

Yes, yes you do. But I'm sorry, you can't have him! We need all the sanity and honesty we can hang on to, especially after losing so many brilliant minds thru the blowing up of our own face with Brexit , thanks to a narrow majority who believed the ridiculous lies

[@rich_b1982]

Best we can do is let you keep hold of James Corden...

[@gavinbuck8130]

@@rich_b1982 That was cold. 😄 But they do have John Oliver to compensate.

[@shruttikhaz5486]

We respect u James. You are a proper true person who speaks as per reality & truth of what they exposed of themselves in reality publically. Keep it up man

[@GEEUNIT100]

Boris looks in the mirror everyday and states "I'm a great supine protoplasmic invertebrate jelly"