James O'Brien left in stitches over Laurence Fox's 'party chaos' | LBC

LBC has been told by an insider who was involved with The Reclaim Party about the “woeful” work ethic of Laurence Fox, the clashes at the heart of the party and how he managed to upset fellow activists.
Henry Riley discusses this with James O'Brien.
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[@Drinckx2]

To be fair, Lawrence Fox will never be 'busy acting' again.

[@davidf2881]

'fair'?

[@m.j.nicholls]

That was the joke

[@Drinckx2]

@@m.j.nicholls Yes, I got it, thanks. We are all aware that despite his protestations that others have scuppered his acting career, he is the sole agent of his misfortune.

[@finianlacy8827]

He acts every day .

[@jamessteel9016]

Could he ever act? Certainly can’t sing 😂

[@aisey100]

Laurence Fox. Because barrells won't scrape themselves.

[@PassiveAgressive319]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@maxfracture2185]

😂😂

[@user-xk2ig4tc3f]

Is he still wondering why Billie kept the kids away from him?

[@ocher8931]

😂😂

[@l000tube]

:D

[@AllyGreenSheHer]

Reclaim's website claims "believes hard work should be rewarded" How does that fit with Fox's work ethic

[@petersvillage7447]

Well I've not met him myself, but I bet he's really, really hard work.

[@robertallardice8119]

@@petersvillage7447😂😂

[@Ma55ey]

but would probably scrap the minimum wage...

[@user-em3vl6li5w]

When did Fox last work?

[@robertfmorton]

​@jamescole8771 Because JOB and LBC tends to discuss political issues.

[@smon4164]

"You cant get rid of the party leader because theres a board of directors instead of a party membership"... says it all really.

[@angelaregan475]

ALL political parties are Limited Companies. Don't show your ignorance.

[@johnholkham2420]

A Party that holds its Conference in a phone box.

[@user-im8us6sg5d]

Ahhh, phone boxes..phone directories..Yellow pages..doors Atlas himself couldn't open...the smell of wee...pure nostalgia.😂😂

[@scarletharlot69]

but that would require members..... which they have zero

[@michaelgoode9555]

In a shoe box...

[@Bromley68]

Laurence Fox is definitely a huge, steaming "deposit"

[@stuartbritton4811]

Do you think that was a respectful comment ?

[@Bromley68]

@@stuartbritton4811 Are you his Mum?

[@Geffo555]

@@stuartbritton4811 How much respect did he have for Ava Evans?

[@chrisstewart750]

A lost deposit

[@teb__]

Henry Riley is such a beast. Some of the best and funniest scoops on LBC.

[@crossy364]

It's amazing he kept a straight face throughout that

[@DazzaS83]

i like James O'B but sometimes wishes he would stay quiet and let the person in the studio with him finish a sentence and allow the conversation to progress.

[@mwd331]

I agree, love the guy, but he's very, very up himself and is bad at interrupting and getting worse.

[@johnmcfarlane748]

@@mwd331 yes totally agree , someone needs to dig him up about this, its annoying in the extreme.

[@StratsRUs]

High on his own supply.

[@shaunbanner6774]

Narcissistic people never know when to shut up! It's all about themselves thats why he can't recognise when to be quite

[@ayzhol9620]

SAAAAAAAAAAME! I love him but I actually really wanted to listen to the other guy. (also cool sonic 3 avatar)

[@TheWaveGoodbye-Music]

Lawrence Fox? He's the fella that got beat in an election by a youtuber wearing childrens sunglasees isn't he?

[@The_Bean_Head_Men]

We should go fruit picking, I'm sure low hanging fruit have your name on them.

[@nicksteele9436]

Yup. Very silly time, that.

[@davidf2881]

go back to sleep mate

[@mmww_]

Who was the youtuber?

[@FontaineDerby]

​@@mmww_Niko Omilana

[@56postoffice]

Laurance Fox is the reason I don't watch *"Lewis"* repeats anymore.

[@greamespens1460]

Endeavour is a lot better although I have not seen the recent seasons

[@redherring7485]

He’s the reason I wouldn’t watch “Lewis” in the first place. Couldn’t stand the guy, even back then!

[@chatham43]

@56postoffice ..which you never watched anyway.😊

[@keithpanton]

Any character he plays will be better than the real Fox.

[@alfredttarski4521]

@@redherring7485 Though he was pretty convincing in one of the episodes of "Foyle's War" ...

[@DavidCodyPeppers.]

I enjoy Mr. Riley’s reporting. 🕊️

[@vonryansexpress]

I'd keep quiet about that mate if I were you . .

[@DavidCodyPeppers.]

@@vonryansexpress As usual your humor is a tonic. 🕊️

[@jonathanperry4189]

The Lawrence singing part😮 My ears! My ears ! Maie it stop. Only a particular type of cocooned public school boy would be able to think they could flit between careers as he has, that they were so very talented.

[@patchso]

I know! What was that? My brain is itching now.

[@KW-ro5ow]

Should be a ringtone and played to everyone you don't like 😂

[@Dogboy73]

Fantastic. Laurence Fox has gone from acting, to music, to ‘politics’ and now onto comedy.

[@alanwatterson2850]

Succeed anywhere?

[@peterm7548]

And he doesn't realise that the jokes on him!!!

[@1inchPunchBowl]

@@peterm7548 That would require some self awareness.

[@bramsanjanssan4908]

Haha! Well done!

[@bazzacuda_]

His best performance was in Foyle's War. As it turns out, that was because he wasn't acting.

[@menkomonty]

When I think of Lawrence Fox, my mind immediately rushes to an episode of Miss Marple where he gets decked in the face by the late great Mel Smith.

[@PORRRIDGE_GUN]

Apparently, Mel wasn't acting in that scene

[@vonryansexpress]

Talk about sad . . Honestly mate get a life why don't ya

[@realhorrorshow8547]

You can register a political party with as few as two members. The Reform Party Ltd has three! To disagree with James, there's not an endless succession of these people, just the same handful going round and round in circles.

[@acrodave9287]

Looks like Billie Piper jumped ship just in time; Laurence Fox makes her previous husband look like a Grown up. (Only joking, Chris Evans seems like a decent guy. Unlike Laurence Fox.)

[@chatham43]

One look at BP I would have jumped ship straight away!😊

[@chriswilkinson7636]

Chris Evans is at least same, unlike Laurence Fox who is a raving loon😂😂😂

[@ThatGuyThanus]

She can’t half pick them..

[@ThatGuyThanus]

@@chatham43is that a euphemism?

[@chrisstewart750]

Chris Evans is a deeply flawed person, but he's in no way a bigot.. met him once all jet lagged and upset at Gatwick once with Billie and they STILL gave me the time of day FOX?? Probably not

[@Vic35102]

You can tell james is absolutely enjoying Himself

[@natty4316]

Yeah he’s so happy there’s not going to be a threat to the UK government

[@rprobp186]

He only ever seems to be joyful when at the expense of someone he doesn’t like, I pity him

[@garyfryer5334]

Yeh! He is thinking about all the children!!

[@chatham43]

@vic But we can do without the creepy smile.😊

[@Geffo555]

Ooh, the James haters are leaving a few comments. Funny how righties dismiss others as snowflakes but get all sensitive when their heroes are made fun of.

[@danmayberry1185]

"This is mental." - Lord Sutch

[@DivinePrototype]

you really need to warn people before playing his 'music' - my coffee went everywhere

[@fergusmoloney5259]

The only thing the Reform party need to reform seems to be is their name and their membership list

[@teggyegg]

This has an Alan Partridge's Mid Morning Matters feel to it.

[@PassiveAgressive319]

Then watch Alan Partridge???!!

[@AlphaNevada123]

Someone needs to make a comedy on the Reclaim Party.

[@LiveDonkeyDeadLion]

I really hope the Wikipedia admins cite this video on Fox’s page

[@ruairihair]

James has been so conditioned by arguing with the public all day, he is now incapable of letting anyone speak for more than two sentences without interjecting. Let the man speak!

[@1inchPunchBowl]

The dynamics of a talk radio show or podcast requires a certain amount of back & forth. It's done in a conversational style to entertain the listener due to the lack of visual queues & content. Maybe being aware of that is the reason he has a very popular national radio show & you do not?

[@Gordon.Pinkerton]

​@1inchPunchBowl there's a balance to be struck though, and they could keep a back and forth going between two of them while letting him finish the odd sentence. Nobody is saying let him talk for ten minutes uninterrupted. The "he has a successful show and you don't comment" is really lame. If that's the logic then none of us mere mortals should ever offer any critique of any professionally produced media, be it radio, television, film or music.

[@StratsRUs]

You must be new

[@phoenixreborn6065]

​@@1inchPunchBowlYes back AND fourth, not one person trying to speak and the other inturrupting practically every sentence, their is nothing to be gain from that other than probably annoying the listener/viewer.

[@Bob-fk7dv]

One thing he didn’t wanna speak about today was the acid attack, but then again he is a woke coward after all

[@HotCoffeeNeeded]

Great clip to start the morning. Cheers from Canada

[@eatenbyghouls1849]

You know theyre a serious threat to the british establishment when their only controversies are a christmas tree, a macbook, a misspell xmas card and a car being borrowed

[@zivkovicable]

In what way are they a threat? So unpopular they lise their deposit every time. The right wing nutters in the Tory Party are the real threat as they actually have a chance of enacting policy. Those petty controversies led to a split in the party and thei only (disgraced) MP storming off in a huff. No one is denying the pettiness...Thats what makes it funny...

[@phil2544]

Except that LF is deeply unpleasant. Hence court case and TV sacking.

[@acmdv]

Don't forget the MacBook.

[@user-fi8bt3pb3j]

it will have the world quivering in their boots

[@thefirm4606]

Only? 😂😂😂

[@dangraham3361]

"Jealous of Andrew Bridgen... That's a medical condition" 😂😂😂😂

[@johnpirie4804]

Jeremy Hosking should keep his toxic politics out of the public debate and just play with his steam trains!

[@TBFI_Botswana]

It's a conversation - I quite enjoy them.

[@vongoethe111]

James, try not interrupting please, for a change. I'd like to hear a whole thought.

[@sheilamallett2741]

Do you want a conversation, or a monologue? These two pros bat the chat expertly, without talking over each other. Now, that's an art.

[@SamLowryDZ-015]

Just heard Leonard Cohen's estate is suing 'the bloke from Lewis, who isn't Lewis' for plagiarism

[@mwd331]

I do wish James would shut up and listen sometimes..

[@beepresent8636]

To be fair, it is his job to talk. Talk show host is his title. Any way don't worry about Lawrence......he's related to the King! Im sure he's got a few bob

[@mwd331]

@beepresent8636 Yes, I do know this.. I think the guy is one of the best people in the media! His tenancy to constantly interrupt has worsened over time, as his ego inflates ever more. This was a particularly bad one.

[@HitchcockTheSnail]

I agree. This always happens when people become more popular and their personality becomes more animated and performative because they think that's what made them more popular but it's a fine line and they inevitably always go over the line and become a caricature and, therefore, inauthentic and annoying. James has been sliding that way since his book came out. I am still a listener, though. @@mwd331

[@pipins3616]

@@beepresent8636his job is to talk and listen

[@beepresent8636]

@@pipins3616 well if his talk is regarding the subject and in connection with what the guest has just said then surely he is "listening "? Maybe he's paid by the word? I'm being sarcy before you inform about his contract with lbc

[@liverush24]

Playing a corpse on The Bill, does NOT constitute an acting career.

[@goodyeoman4534]

If that was actually the limit of his acting career, yes. I'd wager he's done more than you, and probably has a lot more money.

[@melvert33]

He'll have considerably less now after his lost libel case and being sacked from GB News.

[@goodyeoman4534]

@@melvert33 You sound almost gleeful. Remember it can happen to you too.

[@blinard1]

I wonder what will happen 1st....the reclaim party win a seat.....or James lets this guy finish a sentence

[@Daisy-yq1gi]

I think you guys are making far too much of a fuss about this micro party. Reform and Co.ate more dangerous.....

[@plummetplum]

Dangerous how?

[@patchso]

OK. We’ll stop now.

[@Urban-Spaceman]

“Laurence Fox has a beautiful singing voice”. RNID.

[@markhayward7400]

I love the 'infernal Generation Game' analogy and the suggestion that there is a conveyor belt of retread Brexit politicians passing before your eyes like teddy bears and teasmaids.

[@routeman680]

Well, we have a retread Remainer politician as our foreign secretary, elevated to the House of Lords no less.

[@belindamay8063]

@markhayward. This is great. Don’t forget the fondue-sets - and the 12inch portable tellies.

[@TheKipperedOne]

The singing at the end was genius - a talent to rival Lennon and McCartney.

[@chatham43]

@thekipper Obviously not. Probably seemed funny on paper but cringeworthy in practice!

[@patchso]

Well, it was definitely ‘something’.

[@Prophet_Google]

☘ *Anyone getting impatient that still NO evidence of a Brexit benefit... 7+ years so far!* 😮

[@angelaregan475]

You can blame your lefty friends in the Civil Service for that.

[@NestorMakhno1789]

the banter in this segment is great

[@graceical2822]

That music! I needed that laugh today!

[@PassiveAgressive319]

James! Let the guy speak!

[@jammysmears4077]

Orlando Bloom is much better at reporting than he is at acting!

[@kudosbudo]

I just love it when James nearly loses his composure and is nearly cry laughing.

[@supernoodles91]

This was hilarious!😂😂

[@LadyDiamondIsHereNow]

This ‘party’ sounds like a huge tax write off

[@angelawilliams2226]

Brilliant!

[@davidfarrow875]

TO ALL RAILTOUR TRAVELLERS out there - if you book a tour that involves Locomotive Services, Steam Dreams, Saphos Tours, Blue Pullman or Statesman Rail, you are putting money in Jeremy Hosking's coffers and helping finance the likes of Laurence Fox. DO NOT DO IT.

[@LeafHuntress]

Thank you. Ocado donates to the tories.

[@davidfarrow875]

@@LeafHuntress Thanks. I've never used them and I certainly won't now.

[@jonpritz8358]

Superb journalism & thank you..

[@missxsoph1]

18th place in Glasgow,proud of you Glesga

[@lordelpus2297]

Much as I like a lot of O'Brien's oeuvre, self consciously pretending to suppress little girly giggles at the never ending dumbness of Lozza Fox wasn't his finest hour...

[@user-em3vl6li5w]

Surely this is just a format to show the idiocy of Fox and the Remain Party. It’s a comedy skit, not to be taken seriously. It’s fun to be reminded of the absolute joke that is Fox. We need a bit of light relief.

[@ryand141]

Reclaim.

[@rb1062]

Yes, the Remain party is a joke.

[@anthonyrybicki1000]

Easy to mix up?

[@robertjones1066]

Such a great reporter. Love Henry Riley!

[@davidlambert5171]

We used to laugh at Boris Johnson.

[@darthlazurus4382]

The joke stopped being funny.

[@StratsRUs]

Those of a certain privilege

[@belindamay8063]

@davidlambert. Thank you. You know there’ll come a time when we can’t afford to laugh. The Mayoral candidate is targeting extremely vulnerable voters on social media. Typically the lost and the lonely ( a huge group now ) the well-meaning but clueless. The latter are being gathered in by a doomy man in a dog-collar. A bit dangerous that.

[@deltakilo75bon61]

James and Henry had me in stitches while driving. I nearly crashed.

[@virtious8]

He will be back on GB News

[@gumusluk05]

Henry should get his own show 🙏

[@johnwelch5132]

For those of a certain age, Fox’s singing makes Ivor Cutler sound like Freddie Mercury 🥴

[@alfsmith4936]

​@@Koala.555He makes I laugh too. 😂

[@robbiethepict2783]

Let the man speak!

[@user-ou3cq1gk9m]

Imagine Prime Minister Lawrence Fox…..calling the Police because his Chauffeur got fed up with him..!?

[@stevesretroloft]

Never before had I thought 'It's 12:03' could make me laugh every time I think about it.

[@seebarry4068]

For all Bridgens faults, he’s the only one talking about the excessive heart death statistics worldwide. And that’s a fact, fight me.

[@user-uc3gl1ce3t]

Pampered actor with a shocking work ethic when they have to try to work a real job? Colour me surprised

[@rogermiller4929]

I'm laughing because No'Brain is losing listeners by the droves!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@susannahhunt100]

Actually he is not.

[@rogermiller4929]

@@susannahhunt100 Oh yes he is.

[@susannahhunt100]

@@rogermiller4929 If you say so it must be true.

[@rogermiller4929]

@@susannahhunt100 So I have said, so it is written. Etc etc etc.

[@DavidCodyPeppers.]

3:21 I call this the Edwina Monsoon work schedule. 🕊️

[@cupguin]

As a random unasked for segue I just discovered the unaired American pilot of "Ab Fab" was released into the wild. If you haven't seen it yet it's truly bizarre.

[@hawsrulebegin7768]

James. Let your colleagues and guests talk without constant interruptions. Don’t be a typical ego driven talk host. Listen or at least let us listen!

[@youcantno3963]

I think it was a five thousand deposit though which makes it all the more funny 😂

[@user-sd3ik9rt6d]

Best comedy channel on the tubes

[@davidjuson5608]

It's been obvious since Mr Fox publicly stuck his face in the political trough that he is a bit of a 'nanna.

[@patchso]

“A bit of a ‘nanna”. Your restraint is admirable sir.

[@blissfelix]

had me rolling with laughter at " being jealous of Bridgen , is a medical condition"

[@eds-egg]

Which is kind of ironic as Andrew Bridgen is attempting to raise concern of serious conditions associated with a certain medical intervention.

[@dbs103]

His lateness to work, his eagerness to take breaks, his shift to extreme beliefs, that all sounds like he may have some type of issue.

[@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095]

Poor soul. At least, as he said, it's not his money. But Reform, Reclaim, how many more of these R-souls are there? {:o:O:}

[@veganbarnsley15]

“Unless he’s busy acting” 🤣

[@SandymoorFerrariClub]

At 6:37, you mention that a story came from 'two members of the party', but previously had said that the party had no members. Who did the story come from?

[@me213516]

American here. I don't know all the names and references, but this was still hilarious! This Laurence Fox character sounds like a nutjob.

[@danmayberry1185]

Picture the charisma of MTG with the integrity of Ted Cruz and the trustworthiness with women of Matt Gaetz.

[@nannynobnobs8312]

And he loves this once great country

[@Sherluck93]

Henry Riley is great! 😅 Keep him!

[@TheMontyfire]

He’s so obsessed with wokeness but in reality he is the most woke person out there but in a sense of being easily offended rather than socially awake

[@mohm7047]

11:21 how he kept a straight face and 11:28 "it's 12.03" and he's probably about to burst out laughing 🤣😂

[@The1trueDave]

I did like the deadpan delivery at 2:51 🤣 There is actually a small chain of clothes shops in Derbyshire called Brigden's ('g' first) so perhaps somebody had Bridgen pegged as a likely heir to a provincial gentleman's outfitting empire?

[@timaustin2000]

"I'll have that". Well, if the business itself bought it for a purpose,... That's theft.

[@glynarchie5765]

Saw his acting career going down the toilet , after question time, saw an opportunity to become the male equivalent of Katy Hopkins, not hard to fathom.

[@paramotorhead]

Fanatic Mr Fox!

[@jamesfletcher1111]

We need a Henry Riley weekly podcast now!

[@patchso]

I know, He’s great.

[@WaddedBliss]

Henry Riley's great. James O'Brien continually interrupting and looking into the camera is like David Brent in The Office.

[@mooneepondsmassive7016]

Ha ha nice analogy

[@Cardinal_Hordriss]

Lawrence Fox having no member would explain a lot.

[@busta6971]

Lawrence Fox. The gift that keeps on giving. He's lost the plot.

[@Jinxy44]

Sooo f**king funny, James. 😂🤣 especially the very last bars 😭❤

[@vivienclogger]

I wish James would shut up long enough for the story to be told. Constant interruptions are infuriating.

[@Loner-Wolf]

Feeling threatened by Andrew Bridgen is a medical condition 😂😂😂😂

[@bakedbean37]

The last 15 seconds are golden. Only they're not. If you get my drift?

[@user-vz5qr3ic5v]

So funny. And it is nice to see James O'Brien happy for a change :D

[@nannynobnobs8312]

Yes,little things please little minds.

[@marcwilliams8047]

"Upset many members of the reclaim party" Well that's dubious - how many are there??

[@vickygarnett7623]

“It’s 12.03” 😂😂😂😂😂

[@theshadow5800]

I think, as an alternative, that folks should consider voting for the Alice in Wonderland Tea Party. It makes about as much sense as any of the other choices.

[@raymondo6665]

I wonder.....did James get a Christmas card from Carl Beech ?

[@eds-egg]

No but he cherishes the tear stained handkerchief given to him by Carole Cadwallader, when she lost her case against Aaron Banks.

[@user-yb9ww6lv7j]

I agree that Laurence doesn't help himself but there was no way he should of lost that court case.

[@Jake-jr2zh]

Lost and rightly so.

[@user-yb9ww6lv7j]

@@Jake-jr2zh Why rightly so?

[@andrewrobinson2565]

Laurence Fox thinks his party is a Spitfire, but it's a Skipfire. 😮

[@pikachuichooseyou4273]

Vote Niko Defense League😄 NDL forever ✊👊

[@lfcbpro]

These people should be investigated for tax fraud. They aren't a political party so are probably writing off taxes when they are not entitled to.

[@Human_Herbivore]

Monster Reclaiming Loony party?

[@gruppe8]

Any rumor that Lawrence Fox so closely resembled a cardboard cut out of himself after a former girlfriend dated the cardboard cut out for a month without noticing any difference, are strictly .............................