James O'Brien asks why the PM's Savile slur was the last straw for his aides | LBC

[@Maerahn]

This is EXACTLY what riled me up when I heard the local news on this! They started out the report saying that five of his staff had resigned - and then IN THE NEXT BREATH said it was "part of Boris Johnson's re-shuffling of the Cabinet..." NO IT WASN'T! He didn't 're-shuffle' ANYONE - they 're-shuffled' THEMSELVES, right out of the door! They LEFT him, because they could no longer tolerate the lies and the arrogance. I used to say BoJo was like Trump but with brains... I've now revised my opinion about the 'brains' part of that assessment.

[@Chariots1981]

Only difference with Trump is that BoJo has a posh accent.

[@leemaddison1286]

@@Chariots1981 And his hairs real....

[@richardloach610]

Yes they could tolerate his lies and deceit, of course they could, they are as bad as him. They just saw the writing on the wall and need to jump to a life raft before they get pushed

[@joedonnelly6721]

Johnson is cunning but not very bright I think.

[@Chariots1981]

@@leemaddison1286 LOL

[@smellslikethinice1107]

They all knew what was going on. They all turned a blind eye. They are all complicit. But now "they" are all acting indignant, all appalled, all disgusted. When pensioners died, when 36 billion disappeared, when nurses wore trash bags, when friends with a desk and phone got multi million pound contracts... that was okay,lol

[@davekelley4076]

OMG you sad brainwashed pathetic little sheep. It's pitiful to read that.

[@NessNayii]

@smells like thin ice well stated indeed.

[@bigcityjunglecatenvisageth1422]

Smells like: I thought nurses "were" just trash bags!!! So if they are wearing them too, then it suits them right down to the Tee. A trash bag on a trash bag.

[@smellslikethinice1107]

@@bigcityjunglecatenvisageth1422 you have to be.a troll... surely no-one in their right mind thinks like that. If you do visit the nearest GP, and tell him/ her...watch his/her response.

[@MegaAndrich]

Maggie Thatcher pushed 5 times to have the close personal friend of the Tories Jimmy Saville put forward for that knighthood. The Tories then as now we’re failing on national healthcare and let their bezzie mate Saville have his own way in exchange for Stoke Mandeville. The Tories knew and turned a blind eye.

[@rosiehawtrey]

Stoke Handeville?

[@Robert-uo6qi]

They Knew

[@jimkhana007]

Probably had certain members involved, 🤷‍♂️

[@henrydemonfreid1985]

Saville was a tory. There's many photos of him campaigning and wearing conservative shirts.

[@johnholmes5674]

Savile was a best mate of Prince Charles

[@alastairskillen3312]

Which goverment PM appeared with Saville on TV , invited him to Chequers more than once ,and put him forward for a Knighthood 4 times , yes you got it the conservtive Thatcher.

[@mkodyglobalsouthsoldier]

Madam ţhatcheř I always say thatcherrrrrrr emphasis on her name in mine circle.

[@mrharry448]

Like it or not in the public eye was by far the most known charity fundraiser in the country for a decade. Maybe she heard a rumour about him, maybe she never did but at the time he was universally known as the torch bearer for fund raising. To put it in perspective imagine if something really dark came out now about Captain wassisface who went up and down his garden a couple of years ago.

[@elss8717]

@@mrharry448 Thatcher wanted to knight Savile in 1983 but was warned against it because of concerns about his reputation. She insisted though SHE KNEW and in 1990 she managed to put him forward for a knighthood. I wonder what ‘dirt’ Savile had on all of them. He could do what he wanted and when he wanted it.

[@mrharry448]

@@elss8717 She may have been alerted to a rumour but there was a time when such rumours were downplayed by everyone for a lack of imagination as to what was behind them. Every big Tory donor gets a gong unfortunately. Same goes for Labour donors. Daft system. To suggest that there was an actual cover-up is just pure partisan speculation. Thatcher had her own (warped) morality but I sincerely doubt that embracing kiddie fiddlers coincided with it. Cyril Smith went unchallenged until he died and I assume that there were rumours about him that every socialist as well as Liberal politician would have heard about since they actually worked with him on a daily basis

[@elss8717]

@@mrharry448 Smith was also knighted. You can’t make it up.

[@hmq9052]

Trumpian. Pure and simple. That lie from Johnson shores up that falsehood forever amongst his Brexit base.

[@johnwright9372]

Spot on. The massive frauds in PPE contracts and unsupervised loans to companies look like being irrecoverable money.

[@EskiLdn]

The "lie" had been floating for ages, way before boris made comment.

[@voiskumbeaver3285]

@@EskiLdn That's the point. He's repeating old far right memes in response to being caught breaking his own laws.

[@imemine6494]

.. Expand, regarding his Brexit base???

[@leehargreaves7473]

It's not Trumpian. It's Orwellian. Trump just thought 1984 was a guidebook, rather than a warning.

[@alanmarr3323]

Saville had tremendous support from the Tories. Birds of a feather flock together!

[@imemine6494]

.. Starmer was the Head guy with CPS regarding the decision not to charge him???

[@alanmarr3323]

@@imemine6494 Mistakes can be made but the tories crawled around Saville 24/7. Not surprising when you read about Paedos in English Public Schools !

[@harveysmith100]

@@alanmarr3323 Ahh, we don't talk about Ted Heath.

[@harveysmith100]

Christmas with Thatcher at Chequers anyone?

[@imemine6494]

@@alanmarr3323.. wow, that's some mistake..

[@Rapscallion2009]

Little tidbit for you. MP's speaking in parliament are "absolutely privileged" (that's that technical term) and can essentially say whatever they like without fear of a defamation action etc - although there are other potential consequences of course. On this basis I'd like BJ to say that again. Outside parliament.

[@patnavchatnav9634]

He did.. except he added 'as far as I know..'

[@jimkhana007]

They can’t call people “liars” though, 🤷‍♂️

[@Boomge666]

How'd you comment on this video 12 hours ago when it says it came out 3 hours ago?

[@romeisfallingagain]

starmer protected saville. why? because labour are a party of juice. and child abuse is part of their combined religions.

[@Liorte1973]

@@romeisfallingagain no he didn’t. I know you right wing liars want to keep believing that particular lie, but ITS NOT TRUE.

[@afri-dancer9967]

It's a golden opportunity to leave the sinking ship.If these folks have worked for Boris a long time, it's impossible to believe that they are untainted.

[@Joaquin546]

I know this seems more like that. Saw something similar here in the US during orange president term.

[@Willywin]

Ever thought they might have been the ones responsible for this, ever consider that - and their departure as Blair's PR team would say might mean - Things can only get better???

[@MrFinbarz]

If you have any sort of integrity you just couldn't work for Boris. I have left jobs because I couldn't work for people who I found to be too unpleasant, because being able to look at myself in the mirror and not hate myself any more than I already do, is sometimes more important than money. I note with interest that the language was careful in saying that she believed what Boris did was wrong and not just that it was wrong. Career wise it was her opportunity to leave. To work for somebody that amoral for that period of time you have to believe similar things no?

[@afri-dancer9967]

@@MrFinbarz well said.

[@PhillipHilton]

If I was a more cynical individual I would say its so that she can then pretend she is leaving for 'moral' reasons and not because the writing is 'now on the wall' and as a rat she doesn't want to go down with Johnson's ship.

[@polarbear2335]

I don't think you need to be cynical to think that. She has hung around for all his other lies and policies that would negatively affect poorer people but *this* was the one that pushed her over the edge. Sure.

[@cyclometre]

Yes, you are that cynical.

[@royboy565]

Left before she was pushed. There isn't a bus big enough for Johnson to throw all his "friends" under.

[@ronlegend2526]

Well said lad

[@davekelley4076]

She has been ousted by Khan so he can put in place one of his own and continue on his quest to islamify the capital. Enoch Powell was 100% correct.

[@paulscousedownie]

Eddie Mair was spot on when told Johnson he was “nasty piece of work”.

[@markflajsner9944]

totally amoral, in fact!!

[@paulscousedownie]

@@markflajsner9944 yes but he’s still the Prime Minister. Like Trump totally amoral but he won’t go until he’s pushed out! Depends if the conservative back benchers have the bottle to get rid of him?

[@madwisdom4929]

@@paulscousedownie *The hate that sustains him look past little things like Taxpayer funded Trump's Golf Games that exceeded $140 million* It's like looking past UK's next queen is a mistress and adulterer that abandoned her first born in Aussieland or thinking it's normal to sleep with 60 Teddy Bears and sleep with teen girls like Prince Andrew plus continue to pay for his security and refusing a Prince veteran because you hate his wife*

[@Brian-om2hh]

@@paulscousedownie Amoral? I never heard of that before.... surely you mean immoral?

[@michaelhannant1084]

@@Brian-om2hh Amoral adjective lacking a moral sense; unconcerned with the rightness or wrongness of something. Dictionary is a wonderful thing

[@oisnowy5368]

In my view, the most easiest explanation is that when the ship is sinking you need to find a way out. Some of Johnson's assistants just did. And don't feel sorry for them, they helped Johnson to get where he is now. They share a part of the guilt.

[@Sunshineandhydrangeas]

As an American, I wish I knew how these people decided where their line in the sand is. Kellyane Conway apparently either hasn’t found hers or doesn’t have one because there’s no line she won’t cross for prestige, money, and power. It’s been a horrifying 6 years or so, watching Trumpism come to be and actually thrive over here. It’s mind boggling, the things people will go along with or actively support. I have never really understood the ability to deny reality so completely and enthusiastically as they do. My only hope has been that there will be some kind of domino effect, whereby someone close to him finally admits the truth to the public and others fall in behind them and do the same. I hope that Trumpism goes the way of McCarthyism, and people look back on it wondering what the devil those people were thinking and how they got away with it for so long. It’s a dwindling hope, but Pence gave us our first glimmer of possibilities recently, so I am not giving up completely quite yet.

[@sasserine]

There was some footage of Republicans giving their approval for Pence's statement that Trump was wrong to claim the VP could overrule the Electoral College. So that was encouraging. How widespread that is among the whole voter base, has yet to be seen. But it's a start.

[@mephistophelescountcaglios1489]

Laura Ingraham was pushing that McCarthy was right . And she said it within the last 18 months

[@stanleystriker7065]

@@sasserine There's a large block of Republicans that don't think there was election fraud during the 2020 election.

[@comanchio1976]

I think we might be grasping at straws though, if our ray of hope is, a former VP condemning a violent mob who were chanting to hang him, an entire year later...

[@Chariots1981]

@@comanchio1976 Yep, it's hard to feel optimistic when it comes to the opportunistic Pence (just looking out for himself and his own hopes to run for President).

[@martinpook5707]

With his back to the wall he throws out the nastiest slur he can thing of, hoping it will stick. But in this case Saville's crimes were so abhorent that it rebounds and only a few sycophants will remain with him. Obviously she wasn't one.

[@orraman5427]

She was with Bozo when he was mayor of London and was willing to stick by him when he made the "bodies piling high" comment. Now that his coat's hanging from a shoogly peg she has walked and by doing so she can still try and claim some moral high ground in the hope that by distancing herself from him now she will be able to avoid the proverbial when it ultimately hits the fan. For Tories there's no interest more important than self interest.

[@Maureen1]

@@orraman5427 And hope to get a lovely new job if Sunak gets to be PM.

[@orraman5427]

@@darcyroyce The woman's an astute politician, end of story. Moral values are very rarely developed overnight.

[@therealrobertbirchall]

@@darcyroyce 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@imemine6494]

.. and what a so called slur???

[@stevebrown5430]

Let’s not forget that Savile was a Tory party donor, was knighted by the Tories and was invited to lunch at number 10 by Margaret Thatcher. It would appear the Tories had a closer link to Savile than the one Starmer is accused of.

[@stephenwedderburn9307]

Exactly 😂😂😂😂 lies and hypocrisy are lost on these right-wing yahoo Henry's.

[@elcapitan667]

Yep..! But like the Trumpers of this world, the Conservatives right-wingers of this country have a habit of projecting ,deflecting and gaslighting the fk out of the rest of us!

[@dolphin069]

Why would Starmer protect the tories is the deeper question?

[@imemine6494]

.. your OK with Sir Kier, not pressing charges against Sir Jimmy savile???

[@imemine6494]

@@stephenwedderburn9307.. You OK with Sir Kier regarding Sir Jimmy savile???

[@CrownRider]

She gave a non-political reason for her resignation. This allows her to come back to the Tories, without any policy issues standing in the way.

[@mickmaphari6606]

She was Head of Policy. How could her resignation be seen as other than political?

[@duffybelle3502]

Unfortunately in the UK its difficult to go against your party leader without backlash to the point of having to leave. Parties seem to believe that you cannot have different political views within a party.

[@evolvingintelligence]

I suspect you are correct, Jan, in that if (as O'Brien states her husband is close to Rishi Sunak), this was a strategic move to prepare the way for her to be 're-recruited' when Sunak makes his almost inevitable move to oust Boris -- (which most likely could happen soon, if Johnson's supposed 'multi-gaffe' tactic continues to blows up in his own face) as the Chancellor is arguably the least repugnant, most articulate and best positioned, of the other pitiful 'contenders' to inherit the poisoned chalice!

[@jameslochridge4265]

The biggest problem the Tories have is finding a replacement who isn't exactly like Johnson. In trying to defend the indefensible they have shown themselves to be as dishonourable as he is.

[@malcolmturner214]

Totally agree , how they can defend him makes all decent humans cringe in disgust 🤮🤮 our politicians have dragged us into the sewer we’re now a laughing stock around the world with this clown

[@davidjohn64]

Our Asian Tory members , have all the attributes required .??

[@dragonfly6908]

Alison Levitt in her report said that she had reservations in 2009 about the decision not to proceed with Criminal charges against Jimmy Savile.

[@Hession0Drasha]

Not unless they can find one that doesn't come from a privately educated family for the last 5 straight generations.

[@LightingJedi]

Also Labour need to speak louder about what they can offer they are too quiet give the people a real option to vote Labour they should be all over this and bring Boris to his knees

[@philsco5227]

I think that it opens a can of worms for the tories. They were very close to Saville and maybe this will call for fresh investigations into their dealings with him.

[@davidjohn64]

Investigations from ?. Police Met investigations , are known to be slow. BJ wIll come out of this whiter than white ..

[@dolphin069]

Starmer closed that can of worms for the tories. And threw away the tin opener.

[@MrFinbarz]

@@dolphin069 in what way exactly?

[@randyschwaggins]

You can hope. But no chance.

[@jamesjarrett52]

Also why do we continually have to look at Jimmy Saville's face smirking and leering at us from beyond the grave? Everywhere I go he's there. I just wish publishers would stop and reflect on whether we need to keep seeing him just because a story might tenuously relate to him. We all know what he looked like, and if I never set eyes on him again it would be too soon. Please stop, it's disgusting.

[@andrewpearson3516]

The same reason why Boris, trump, hilter, every evil person in the world will be on front page to drawn attention to it to click read or watch

[@ThisGuy76]

@Boba Fett, yes, drumpf. Capital "E".

[@geoffreyharvey579]

@Boba Fett Hahahaha you've been fooled by Fox cucka Carlson.... what an absolute ignoramus you are, please just give up your internet, it's a way above your intelligence, to be fooled by tucker hahahahahahahaha

[@kathydean3313]

@@andrewpearson3516 You.missed Blair

[@nicholasdickens2801]

This isn’t tenuous, this is deliberate and integral to this matter. BJ brought this up.

[@CliffUK49]

So all his other lies were okay, THIS was the last straw 😤.

[@stucrossland3719]

No,this one was true,hence the furious backlash.

[@PaulKeywood]

@@stucrossland3719 Yes, makes sense! 🤯

[@Garmez120]

@@stucrossland3719 😂and that’s why he put it out there, cos he know there’s plenty of cretins who believe anything without fact checking.

[@TroyaE117]

@Macavity Ah, but Starmer was the boss and the buck stops at the top, so I am constantly reminded by the Boris-Bashers.

[@slayerrocks2]

They didn't write this one.

[@punkywozza4330]

Boris Johnson is a national embarrassment.

[@henrydemonfreid1985]

always has been

[@atomiccritter6492]

international

[@rapiddl]

The English love him.

[@davidjohn64]

Where is our Queen , in our time of need . Silence is Golden ...

[@henrydemonfreid1985]

@@davidjohn64 She's busy working damage control for Andrew

[@baobo67]

Can the Queen sack her own PM or has it got to be the whole government? She sacked the Australian Government in 1975 and we went to an electition. The rights and wrongs of that are still argued about but we moved on. Maybe someone should have a quiet word to HRH. Love your show James and cheers from Australia.

[@Rapscallion2009]

Yes, but she won't. She can also - in theory - dissolve parliament and force a GE but - again - she won't. The fixed term parliament act of 2011 originally was to remove or reduce this royal prerogative - but those provisions were essentially removed from the act before it became law.

[@shellieeyre8758]

problem is that if you get rid of Johnson you just get another tory, and this time it might be one who is actually competent.

[@johnpirie4804]

This was done by the Governor General in the Queen's name, caused an uproar and constitutional crises, and led to the rise in Republicanism in Australia

[@abegarfield7638]

@@shellieeyre8758 That's a scary thought. I'm picturing Alan B'stard.

[@grahambuckerfield4640]

@@jacksprat9209 Not only that, a young American Man, FBI father, found out via his work at a station hub for CIA comms, saw messages about the destabilizing the Whitlam government as well as other democratic allied nations. He was caught but the myth endures, like the US propagated one that Churchill sold out Eastern Europe to Stalin, whereas it was an ill FDR overruling him.

[@millhilljimjimmy6731]

The truth hurts

[@robertcatterall438]

Note that Rees Mogg chipped in with a 'ha'. Toads the lot of 'em.

[@johnwright9372]

Everyone should be reminded of that worm's nasty, public schoolboy jeer.

[@monotech20.14]

Believe me James, its still worse in the USA. At least people in the UK have healthcare.

[@bigcityjunglecatenvisageth1422]

Monotech: Haha!!! You should've seen the healthcare (or lack of it) that I got in the UK. The "only" way I am still alive is just down to "luck" and maybe a miracle alone - not any help/support from "them". Basically I was just left to rot, 100%. And so for me it has not been a medical treatment thing, but more a going-it-alone "survival" thing. And most medical staff are not in the job to cure or even help anyone.They are in it just for the "money" and selfish reasons.

[@ChienNoob]

It was a dog whistle to the crazed right with a Q mentality.

[@LuzdoSol00]

You were so right. Did you see what happened to Keir Stamer today? Indicative of Boris Johnson statements.

[@brenhorstead2589]

Watch Rees Mogg in the debate when he said it.... open mouthed and pointing, declaring an 'aha gotcha moment'. Utterly despicable.

[@doloresfisher596]

Yes your right saw him myself he's another despicable piece of work.

[@nickdoughty518]

Kwarteng defended the Savile remarks after this went out.

[@gust5992]

Indeed,….the lies belong to the same “species” of human beings who are incapable of basic decency.

[@oldgreybeard2507]

BoJoke is what he is. He is a liar and without honour or decency. That is taken as read. The real problem remains with those who defend him both his front bench and back bench but also those voters who say 'I am sick of hearing about.........(fill in the space).

[@citizenVader]

Thanks James.. today you can see the fruits of your work, and I for one really enjoy watching you take on these deplorable people.

[@gaiagreen2690]

I genuinely believe that Boris believes that his monkey antics make him genuinely adorable. A legend in his own mind only, residing in a parallel universe.

[@LiveFromLondon2]

The fact he won a landslide would suggest that people do like him. Or was that landslide because Labour reneged on the Brexit referendum?

[@gaiagreen2690]

@@LiveFromLondon2 Of course people liked him! Since, those who have realized that they have been conned by Farrage's & co. fake Brexit promisses have turned their back on Boris and his boozey carussel of lies. Those who have stayed loyal to him, well, we have seen who they are a few days ago, as they harassed Starmer because of long debunked far right conspiracies.

[@rhodrijohn7411]

@@LiveFromLondon2 the landslide was purely down to the media, too many peasants read the mail/express/sun/torygraph to actually think for themselves

[@MrJetexjim]

This was not usual kind of chaff deployment. On the day of the Saville reference Boris lost his temper because Stramer made him angry. Strarmer needs to build on that. He needs to continue to make Boris loose his rag and this will finally break down the jolly Boris image. That's what's needed.

[@nick281972]

Boris tried to throw a dead cat on the table in the form of Jimmy saville but it turned out to be a very much alive 700lb Siberian Tiger🤣🤣

[@jamescann4309]

She's married to one of Sunak's best friends. Surprised someone as astute as you took her words at face value.

[@AstronutCymru]

Isn't her husband also (historically at least) a close Johnson ally ?

[@jimmurray2965]

Her words could not be any more explicit!.... so I cannot fathom how you can infer such a comment...

[@carmenking4810]

@@AstronutCymru That is correct. Her husband Dougie Smith is a strong supporter of Boris. That's how they met. Please don't spread lies and misinformation. There is enough of it already.

[@DavidHeffron78]

He literally mentions Smith in this clip.

[@LiveFromLondon2]

most people certainly most on here, are too lazy to think for themselves. If 2 + 2 + 4, then no matter what anyone else says, stick with what you know to be true. 8 out of 10 cats can be wrong. Yes, can, not can't.

[@blidge8282]

Just look at Priti Patel's reaction when he said it. He was almost certainly warned that it would be a bad idea to say it and he ignored that advice

[@theurbancrystalhealer6952]

And yet he is still in power🙄

[@kennethrollo7891]

Throwing lies into the pit will eventually turn up again to haunt people,mud sticks regardless of how true or untrue they are. He's a bottom feeder journalist who has lied all he's live,even to himself.

[@smith5796]

Lol.

[@AnneAndersonFoxiepaws]

Absolutely!

[@oralogarro9932]

Haven't heard that word in years bottom feeder 😅😅😅😅♥️🙏

[@smith5796]

Life.

[@graemerothery6189]

How is he wrong? Ad homonym attack or a decent rebuttal? Those that have no case to answer tend to go for the former.

[@helveticaification]

The day bodger apologises for anything is the day I will shave my head. Even when he lost his notes and had to talk about Peppa Pig to a basically friendly audience of businessmen and plutocrats he TOLD them "forgive me", rather than actually apologising. That's a narcissist for you.

[@nimmichagger165]

Mirza, by dint of being a Tory and die hard Johnson fan, is just as every bit as morally corrupt, disdainful of the poor, and opportunistic as he is. But she’s politically astute enough to see a sinking ship and has grabbed the first life raft that has presented itself and abandoned ship. This is a political and self preservation decision, not a moral one.

[@davidatkinson5858]

Mizra and her husband(who made his money organizing swinging parties for the privileged liberal elites) is a champagne socialist communist Marxist...a simple Google search reveals that.

[@TRD-667]

@@davidatkinson5858 They were members of the Revolutionary Communist Party, who were widely considered by the rest of the Marxist left to be, at worse a false flag operation run by MI5, at best a cult. There was nothing genuinely Marxist about them. They seemed to specialise in taking the most extreme positions possible (eg 'no gun controls', after the Dunblane massacre), as if to best discredit the left. Nobody who tracked and remembers their lunacy was surprised when they eventually reincarnated overtly on the right. To use the present tense to describe their supposed Marxism, as you did, is highly inaccurate.

[@davidatkinson5858]

@@TRD-667 so o the basis of your opinion? Nice try

[@davidatkinson5858]

@@TRD-667 reread my comment...a champagne socialist communist Marxist...I never claimed that she is a true Marxist... She is the typical privileged middle class rich kid who flirts with ways to gain access to power in any way she can. But yeah nice try😂

[@TRD-667]

@@davidatkinson5858 Jesus, my whole point is she is not a any kind of Marxist, (or socialist or communist), champagne, true or otherwise. It's like calling someone a Christian (champagne or otherwise) long after they beacame an atheist. My critisism was that you have ignored the obvious shift in her politics. I notice you ignore my comment on her husband never having been any kind of Marxist.

[@loopwithers]

Because out of the chocolate biscuit variety box of Boris's lies, THIS lie allowed their escape without them seeming to imply that their other fellow Tories lied too.

[@romeisfallingagain]

lie? its true. labour are the party of peedough protection.

[@whynot217]

Not the Political Party he was a member of or voted for until his death though is it… However, to say either party - or individual- is responsible other than the vile man that committed the crimes, is abhorrent

[@romeisfallingagain]

@@whynot217 erm, what? the labour party members have protected these people for the last 40 - 50 years, buddy. their current members supported and promoted the peedough info exchange (PIE). stop coping, buddy

[@alanmctavish4802]

Facism of the future. And you know this to be true becouse why? Did you work for labour at the highest level. And why are you hiding your name? Go back to bed and get of those sleeping tablets

[@romeisfallingagain]

@@alanmctavish4802 i personally know people who were silenced. my mother worked in the services, as did many of her friends. its fact. there is plenty of publicly available information on the topic. i bet you took an oath to the monarch as well, didnt you? filthy little worm

[@JohnDoe-kq8dx]

I will never, for the rest of my days, take any criticism from conservatives seriously. Boris is proof they do not actually care.

[@LiveFromLondon2]

it has taken you that long to realise? Next on the agenda - realise that Labour are no better.

[@grahamturner1290]

Interesting to see Sunak distance himself from BJ's remark.

[@MrAer85]

Setting himself up for leadership.

[@Maureen1]

Only afterwards! When BJ said it in Parliament, Sunak was nodding and smiling along.

[@grahamturner1290]

@@Maureen1 true. And Mogg, of course.

[@grahamturner1290]

@@MrAer85 absolutely.

[@marimurphy3856]

April fools...💰👎👍

[@grahamkemp1610]

What people don't know is Saville was very friendly with Thatcher and Edwina Currie. It was Thatcher that put Saville forward for a knighthood, Currie was ok with him having an office in broardmoor and access to patients in Mosside and Park lane hospital. Why he had so much freedom inside these top security hospitals and other hospitals needs to be investigated.

[@imemine6494]

.. and Sir Kier let him escape justice

[@dolphin069]

@@imemine6494 when the collateral would have almost destroyed the tories for generations. You have to scratch your head and have a think who Starmer is, or he isn’t?

[@MrFinbarz]

@@imemine6494 how exactly?

[@scooby1992]

@@imemine6494 Witnesses / victims didnt want to give evidence , hence the case collapsed . That is how justice works .

[@royboy565]

@@imemine6494 He wasn't involved in the case. Read up about it.

[@buntyjoy1800]

The Tories loved Saville, Thatcher was all over him.

[@elvissimpson9060]

He wasn't interested though. She wasn't young, vulnerable or innocent.

[@rosiehawtrey]

So didn't need that image. Not so much brain bleach as brain hydrofluoric acid..

[@sonicwingnut]

The thing is many of Johnson's supporters have been parroting this lie ever since Starmer took leadership of the Labour Party, and I think the Tories are more than happy for their supporters to spread such smears - so the idea these resignations are morally motivated is laughable at best. I suspect they knew the Johnson ship was sinking and they'd been waiting for a reason to jump, but needed something that was relatively unrelated to Partygate because this was an issue that affected the Party as a whole and they were potentially implicated in. This issue was perfect because it was exclusively relative to Johnson's character.

[@imemine6494]

.. what smears.. Sir Kier apologised for his mistake???

[@blindknitter]

Savile was a hugely prominent Thatcher supporter. Maybe the woman left in disgust and shame because this particular lie just filled her with such shame. The last thing Tories should be doing is raising Savile's ghost.

[@justsoup2460]

Boris was trying to show that leaders are not fully responsible. What a guy🤪 Remove him from the house. I would put Boris and family in a scatter flat on benefits, that a holiday apparently. Anyone who’s still behind him can follow…. Let see who defends him then

[@rosiehawtrey]

I'd put the lot of them in a minefield full of bouncing Bettys and Butterfly Bombs (for the kids).

[@davekelley4076]

Yes he was doing that, that's why he raised the savile thing. You got that right.

[@djelalniyazi4090]

well he threw the slur outthere to Deflect from his lawbraking parties and attention from him .

[@buecima]

It is true that the recent resignations are a way to save theirs pension? as, if they were found guilty, they could have lost their job and pension?

[@presstodelete1165]

Is it time to call Borris "little boots"

[@BrightonandHoveActually]

"Behaving like a Roman Emperor". The money for the redecorating seems to have been the result of fiddling.

[@helveticaification]

of course

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

Jumping before being pushed looks so much better when they apply for their next job.

[@alfredotebasco]

Tories are vampires.

[@johnou.k.3780]

@Dean F. when will China be held accountable for all this

[@kanedNunable]

@@johnou.k.3780 boris is just as responsible. NZ and japan less than 1k deaths, uk 160k....

[@Dylanesque]

@@johnou.k.3780 When will the Conservatives? 🤨 Remember, aware of what was unfolding on the European mainland, Johnson sat back and did absolutely nothing until he was absolutely forced to do something. By then it was too late. Much too late.

[@alfredotebasco]

@@johnou.k.3780 Are you a familiar?

[@ploppysonofploppy6066]

Nah. They knew they were about to be thrown under the bus. Got their retaliation in first.

[@davidmarkwort9711]

I can only agree that Starmer had the watch as the Saville tragedy unfolded, but he was not able to lift a finger as nobody had accused Saville of any wrongdoing. The Police didn’t get involved until after Starmer‘s watch was over. Johnson is slurring Starmer to shut him up, he has gone too far and this leads down the same path as the Insurrection off 06.01 in the USA.

[@BobMonty99]

Remember O’Brien was at BBC Newsnight in 2016 for a whole year covering up his friend Jimmy and making money out of it

[@lestrem11]

Starmer apologised for his mistakes over Saville. Have you been on the moon.

[@davidmarkwort9711]

@@lestrem11 What did I write? He was not able to lift a finger! Apologisng and being on the moon has nothing to do with my comment.

[@simtime7591]

This is the thing that worries me the most about Johnson, how low will he go to keep in power and what will he do next.. This is why the Russian thing is making me more nervous than it usually does because i really wouldn't put it passed him to drag us into some conflict with Russia, as a distraction, which of course they can then turn around and say "Now is not the right time for a leadership challenge". Im watching for that phrase anytime now..

[@sasserine]

Which, of course, is absolute bunk, since Churchill replaced Chamberlain, at a similar critical moment. And anyone claiming to have studied Churchill, as Bojo does, would know that.

[@DD-fc1rv]

I think you have nailed it👍

[@Umbrey_Dunctum]

Funnily enough I was thinking of how NATO would now regard UK as an ally, when considering the Tories close links with Putin and Russian money.

[@Chariots1981]

Yes, you're right. It's a frightening wag-the-dog situation.

[@cuebj]

Johnson will be inspired by how Thatcher saved herself with Falklands War. Her ratings were not great until then. Even Blair did well in West Africa and Balkans which made him overconfident on Iraq with no strategy for what to do after that war

[@fornowimhere6651]

Boris can’t keep dodging bullets anymore.

[@rosiehawtrey]

Someone seriously needs to give him a Heather Taffett haircut. He's going to get away with this like they do *every single time*

[@Dylanesque]

@d Walking down my street. 🤫

[@Brian-om2hh]

No, he catches them in his teeth now.....

[@fornowimhere6651]

@@Brian-om2hh ha seems that way don’t it. Can’t stand him. Now I just heard about what happens to starmer over the saville comments. It’s disgusting

[@johnholkham2420]

Very dangerous direction for Tory party to take. Saville was a friend of Margret Thatcher who invited him to repeated Christmas dinners and campaigned hard for him to be make a Sir despite others reservations. Edwina Curry appointed Sir Jimmy to head a committee on Broadmore . Sir Jimmy was a keen Tory. Although I have little knowledge of the Crimes Saville committed I know the decisions wether to prosecute him at the time were based on witnesses and Police nervousness to take on a very popular public figure. I know neither Thatcher or Curry would have known about his dark side at the time.

[@justsoup2460]

The question now - who does he listen too, he’s gone insane………

[@davidjohn64]

He can qualify , for medical and financial assistance , under the revised Mental health Act ..

[@mcz6239]

She did nothing about letting the bodies pile up

[@jamesjarrett52]

Shame on ITV for calling the PM "Boris" in their latest video. Pitiful.

[@MrFinbarz]

Agreed it should have been considerably more abusive.

[@oralogarro9932]

I was born and raise in the British west indies,and one of the thing u are taught from a young age,is that a liar is worst than thief or murderer,they scrum of the earth.

[@notbloodylikely4817]

He was going to blame her for advising him on the Saville comment (trueish), inferring it was her fault (aka Allegra Stratton), she got wind of it and jumped first. The other four, next in line for false blame, did the same. You can't tell me they had a sudden moment of morality after 2 years of disgrace after disgrace.

[@celticminstrel8252]

I wonder just how far the British public will tolerate being laughed at.

[@museborn7703]

its the last straw cause he attempted to segway from giving a response to a reasonable challenge and action, by pointing elsewhere and bringing up something spurious and entirely irrelevant to the matters at hand, as means of not answering or acknowledging the question. he mocked the distress in the room

[@marimurphy3856]

System rotten to the core. 😡

[@tomcochrane56]

Well said James, spot on news casting.

[@zuluwarrior1648]

Where I can't see anything great here matey.

[@ABCDoris]

Jacinda Arden said that when she used to work in London, Johnson was referred to as “the gaffe man”. What an disgrace.

[@M_Bamboozled]

Hmm, and yet he's still there. This country is rotten to the core.

[@atomiccritter6492]

Tories - not everyone

[@JakobusVdL]

rotten AT the core, of its politics, rather than rotten right through

[@chiip90]

None of them will repeat it outside of parliament. They know that opens them up to a quick and easy law suit.

[@DeadlySpecies]

I think his aides realized he would throw them under the bus in the police inquiry and jumped ship

[@jyvben1520]

they can still get fined

[@DeadlySpecies]

@@jyvben1520 yeah but I think they are only thinking of their political opportunities rather than what's right or wrong

[@jyvben1520]

@@DeadlySpecies sure, it looks better on their resume, leaving not getting fired.

[@zk1801]

It was the Conservative party of the 1980s who gave jimmy saville the opportunity and access to abuse children when edwina currie gave him the authority to do what he wanted in broadmoor. Margaret thatcher also lobbied heavily for jimmy saville to get a knighthood. Jimmy saville influence wouldn’t have been as big as it was without the support of the Tories. Criticising starmer for failing to stop saville is one thing but there is no criticism for the tories for helping saville along in committing his abuse. There is no balance in this debate

[@DL-my5ot]

the UK has an opportunity to handle this political debauchery firmly and decisively. i wonder if it will.

[@Kidderman2210]

Unfortunately, the ordinary British voter is currently powerless to get rid of him. The only people who can are Tory MPs. There are local elections in May, but they are hoping we will all have forgotten about this by then.

[@MrFinbarz]

Er sadly no. Not enough people who should vote understand why or what for.

[@annread859]

How many of those MPs sending in letters and resigning were at the parties the Met are investigating now.

[@neilburns8869]

Does anyone else think that Boris Johnson is actually, in some kind of twisted way, quite frankly PROUD of the way he behaves by listening to that wee excert of him there. I think that he's actually a lot more switched on than many people think and it's actually his morals and values which are a lot more warped than most people realised. However I do believe that he's still a loser, a bully and a coward and without a shadow of a doubt completely and utterly unfit for his job. Completely irresponsible with a skin so thick he would make a rhinoceros jealous.

[@Chariots1981]

Well-said. I hope that this lack of morals and decency does not become the norm thanks to him.

[@capncaveman7144]

If it is a lie then why didn’t the speaker instruct him to withdraw and apologise immediately?

[@davidripley2916]

Obvious. He's completely useless.

[@Brian-om2hh]

The Jimmy Saville slur had absolutely nothing to do with the situation surrounding Boris Johnson and his Government right now, but it does illustrate the depths Boris will go to in an effort to try to score points. He clearly thinks that the old favoured tactic of waiting a while, until this all blows over, will work as usual. But unfortunately is isn't this time..... Just how many times can you keep apologising and saying you're sorry?

[@MrFinbarz]

Well he doesn't really say he is sorry, at least not in any way that reasonable people view as genuine.

[@ianchurchman5630]

I love the use of the phrase "Borris Jonson's dead cat policy"

[@ahmedsenussi8232]

Jimmy Saville was given a Knighthood under a Conservative government is that Kier Stammers fault aswell

[@AnneAndersonFoxiepaws]

He has damaged any trust we had in politicians (not much in the first place) I hope he is gone soon...what a heap of lies on top of lies...he has no morals and is and always was an irresponsible, toxic liar!

[@johnmccann5104]

You don't like him then 😂😂😂.......Totally agree with your comment 👍👍

[@daveogfans413]

Will bots still come to somehow defend Boris?

[@atomiccritter6492]

of course they will

[@raggedcritical]

They sure are.

[@annewalden3795]

Prime Ministers are normally careful to observe Parliamentary rules and to be courteous to the Leader of the Opposition .Boris slandered Keir Starmer using Parliamentary privilege ,he was discourteous and he lied .It was a complete and utter shock for his aides and they decided enough was enough.

[@royboy565]

There isn't a pit deep enough that Johnson won't sink into.

[@MrSillenomis]

Stalin Starmer is worse than Bojo, and Bojo is a disgrace too

[@MsMumei]

great show - one of your best. Like many was caught up in the 'but the tories gave him the keys to broadmoor' argument, but you've managed to look past all that to see what's going on x thanks mate:) x

[@John-xd7jg]

James this pm is a disgrace 😤

[@ecamormex]

It's not a despicable lie, it's an exit ramp for these people. It's all an attempt to stop the damage to their own reputations and nothing more.

[@iainstirling1475]

So not okay to call an MP a liar in the Commons. But is okay to lie about an MP in the Commons.

[@FPSPRINCESS]

I think it has become a grotesque media circus, and it's getting more nasty, vile and twisted. Remember the Grand Theft Auto game with Weasel News? Now Weasel News is real life. GTA 6:Westminster

[@rosiehawtrey]

Priuses and MP5s - yeah, that'll be fun.

[@elcapitan667]

They realised Boris can go even lower..and potentially throw them all under the bus take them down with him! Doubt they are doing it from the goodness of their hearts..the Tories don't have a heart between them!

[@nopants4259]

If we had an impartial press and fair elections . the Torys would never have a look'in

[@yossiallen3316]

Her department is in a cloud of suspicion.

[@Verity98765]

I actually think O'Brien is missing the point a bit here. The reason these people are turning on Johnson now is not because he's gone a lie too far it's because he's looking weak. As long as he is winning then it's all excusable but when it's not working then he just looks desperate. That he wouldn't apologise for the lie he told that was further damaging his credibility was the problem not that he told the lie imo.

[@dragonfly6908]

I think the fact that Boris refused to apologise makes him appear strong. Also Sir Keir apologised for the Jimmy Savile debacle.

[@Verity98765]

@@dragonfly6908 A strong man doesn't need to lie and cheat to try to win. Its the toolkit of a weak leader and Johnson is being found out in a very public way. It won't end well for him just as it's not going to for Trump. As for Starmer he apologised on behalf of the institution he was the head of and commissioned an investigation into what went wrong. He was not accepting personal responsibility because it's been well established he didn't have a personal involvement in the case. Expecting him to have oversight of every case the CPS looks at as DPP would be totally unreasonable but of course it works for people who have no idea how big the CPS is, how it works or how complicated that would be.

[@davekelley4076]

I think it's the opposition who look desperate. i can't believe anybody is taking them seriously. they're behaving like a clown show.

[@dragonfly6908]

@@Verity98765 Yes America got rid of Trump and replaced him with a pudding, how is the sky inflation going?. Also complicit in Trump's downfall were the American media especially CNN. Anyone can type on KZbin the following: "CNN staffer caught on tape admitting network tried to get Trump out of office".

[@Verity98765]

@@davekelley4076 Why for questioning the ethics and fitness for office of a PM who broke the laws that he imposed on everyone else? It's not even just "party gate" the guy leaves a trail of contemptuous behaviour behind him. I'm sure you will try to excuse it but really... come on. I'm so sick of people accepting representatives who have no integrity because politics is treated like some sort of team sport.

[@auntijen3781]

"How many lies do you have to believe until you become become part of the lie?" Marty Schatz in "History will not absolve us"

[@djmdb]

If you watch the clip back you also have Rees Mogg giving it a big "HA!!" when Boris fires out his Saville comments, the country is being run by a bunch of real life cartoon's.

[@davidjohn64]

Never have truer words , been said .

[@hailstone2554]

Love it 'to support a liar you have to lie👍👍👍'

[@agbooladaniel7773]

The words we all learn to make up the English language that is spoken in many countries around the world are just being spurned and mangled in support of the undefendable. I am not sure you can make so many different meanings of a sentence in any other other language as you can of the English language.

[@tweyartweyar2063]

Worst Prime minister. Disgusting man. He has no shame. People were dying left right and center. He just kept calm and partied. Horrible bloke.

[@MrMusicalgenius121]

How comes James can only point out what a slur is when it’s against kier starmer? He revelled in the slurs and lies aimed at corbyn. His biases are so obvious

[@ianrobinson9547]

Stammer was in charge fact