James O'Brien meets Jon Sopel | LBC

[@AppNetEnt]

Love these two. Adore them. Amazing interview that allayed some of my fears of the Right’s immature rhetoric winning through but I fear not enough. Farrage has so much to answer for and should be held accountable for his dog whistling rhetoric that is tantamount to actual excitement. There will be an awakening for the Right if the silent and patient Left pushes back with enough conviction and courage we all know they have.

[@hansweissmann_xviii6754]

An absolutely soothing experience for the intellect, in this age of social media.......

[@espressoman-gv5ui]

What a fabulous discussion, I grew up in Finchley Central, lots of my friends went to Christ's college school and a friend of mine's mum was head of English there, we lived just along the road from it. What a small world it is, if only it were less troubled. Top work James!

[@alanknight3778]

I'm the same age as Jon Sopel and my dad was a political journalist. This interview brought back many memories for me.

[@jamesemmerson4112]

I'm of partial jewish origin from darlington with an uncle who's the spitting image of John. Would love to know who the mystery grandfather was lol

[@chrischamberlain7120]

Fascinating- thanks

[@jacquelinechubb4577]

Great interview.

[@niall3666]

Really enjoyed that! Such an interesting episode - a noble steed to carry me through sunny Dublin City. A lovely walk, simple pleasures!

[@vilebrequin6923]

Lovely😊

[@maxine2798]

With the mention of the “other side” of the Falklands. The great “Shipbuilding “ song did that for me

[@jujutrini8412]

Certain factions in our society are certainly making it their life’s work to try to make us as divided as America though!

[@deborahcoveney8846]

Yes both Labour and Tory

[@michaeldowson6988]

Canada encourages immigrants to hold onto their old culture, religion, & nuclear family, and we live in reasonable peace.

[@gillianfraser6425]

I so enjoyed this. Never stop listening and learning.

[@Fearnstein]

Brilliant interview

[@petrichor649]

Superb

[@parshakamarsh]

It might not be as divided as the US at the moment but it's getting there, and the way this government is behaving it's only going to get worse

[@Dan-mm1yl]

Are news channels are starting to seperate just like fox and cnn we will soon be as divided as America

[@greghill7759]

Only when a large minority of our population become as gullible, our political system gets as corrupt, and our prospective leaders are as incompetent.

[@RobertThomson-y4m]

Sue Gray is hardly a pleb, is she?

[@johnchrysostomou9417]

When are you going to interview Corbyn James ?

[@andal7404]

It sounds like the Oxford and St George's club was not pro-zionist with the emphasis on loyalty to country and its focus on the power of wealth over poverty.

[@ThomasKing19933]

Is this the same Jon Sopel who defended Huw Edwards?

[@TrevorBarre]

Yes. Melanie Klein posited a 'depressive' state of mind where two opposing positions can co-exist. This contributes to the child realising that their parent is a whole person, rather than a paranoid-schizoid split personality ( a VERY simple summary here). Yes indeed, Jon can hold contradictory positions, as I'm sure both you and I can. No blame.

[@ThomasKing19933]

​@@TrevorBarre Yeah, nah. Jon is a disgrace.

[@johnmackenzie8559]

He did until the revelations of childporn came out and he was very harsh in his criticism, especially the sentence.

[@Durka-Durka01]

Yes, just like Owen Jones.

[@rob-c.]

Yeah, I can’t imagine holding one opinion when you have one set of information and then changing that opinion when new information is revealed to you 😱

[@dibblerd986]

I think you will find we are just as divided as America, it's just our culture in the UK for it not to be so obvious..... There is a lot of worry and anger out there from the squeezed poor and over the last 3 years the middle class are feeling it also.

[@kieronparr3403]

People aren't attempting to rig elections nor assassination attempts

[@EricRiver-m1j]

Listening to these two smug liberals makes me realize why we voted to leave the EU.

[@alwhyte6533]

Does it now.

[@AlsoNews24]

❤

[@johnrussell3961]

Elections measure division . We are more divided because we vote in many different ways.

[@MrDavey2010]

Excellent interview but to my mind the fact that Sopel defended Huw Edwards has sullied his character.

[@bdizzle9586]

Do you believe he knew about his deviance?

[@jamesemmerson4112]

come on, I might likely do the same about say a colleague/friend until proven guilty. Once the full picture came out he condemmed him immediately

[@Fab666.]

Half the world still defends Michael Jackson, their lack of reasoning doesn’t soil their character

[@paulbird3235]

I must say I disagreed with Jon when he predicted that Donald Trump would win in 2020, not seen this in full yet so I dont know if he will call this for Trump. I hope Harris will squeeze through with a slim margin.

[@leonpalka-lindsay3221]

Why would you hope for a slim margin

[@paulbird3235]

@@leonpalka-lindsay3221 Well it won't be a massive landslide will it (according to the poles). But Trump will still say he won!.

[@Elleffante]

Plenty of division in the UK. 😂

[@clario2178]

It’s the Hugh Edwards fan club .

[@alan_davis]

Speak for yourself mate.

[@dareensooraya9615]

We have protesters, anti protesters and the gov/ police . We are not as divided as the Americans yet

[@Durka-Durka01]

Two 🔔🔚's 🙄

[@SoakDisko]

American here, love your auditory skill james. But the reason for me commenting is that the mic on your guest looked like a seatbelt for a moment. I thought he was quadriplegic for a moment. Wish i could call in to your LBC show great work 💯👍🏽

[@RobertThomson-y4m]

He needs to get out a bit more yo understand how the UK is divided......come to Rotherham, for example.

[@TrevorBarre]

One town among many. Try Winchester. A false equivalence, I know.

[@keithpanton7486]

OR Clacton, unless he wants to meet a Reform MP.

[@brianlove6175]

Jon sopal is just the worst journalists ever

[@alwhyte6533]

Journalists? Does he have a split personality?

[@stephenlaw6072]

could this be more boring goodbye

[@artistreality]

Britain is 100% divided in many areas. Unfortunately you have a section on the left who's so out of touch with reality and the damage uncontrolled immigration has had in many working class areas, which sections on the right will exploit it for political gains. There's three reasons why the right is rising all over Europe and will gain traction in Britain, immigration, net zero and wokeness. Until someone on the left has the nuts to set net migration at a strict 10,000 per year, understand that net zero needs to go and drill/frack for gas and build mini nuclear reactors en masse from profits, to get energy cheap (cheap energy means a booming or growing economy) and then deals with out of control wokeness the right will sweep up votes. I quote the fellowing ''The UK has experienced deindustrialization to a greater degree than most other advanced economies, and the decline in manufacturing." until we address that and start with cheap energy, things are going to get more divided. I read if you take out London wealth, per capita GDP of the rest of the UK is lower than Mississippi, absolute disgrace.

[@johnrussell3961]

The far right is rising, because as in the 1930’s , charlatans are offering easy solutions.

[@johnrussell3961]

@@grief1 We need immigration. We have since WW2. Some many not like it, but its needed,

[@karmaascendant3936]

People are going to run to the right that’s run this country into the ground for the last 14 years? We had nuclear power planned, the Conservatives banned it, we had many nationalised industries from rail to water and the conservatives sold those, we used to have major social housing stock but the Conservatives sold those. Having such hard,arbitrary and low limits on migration will further curtail growth especially when certain industries will need far more people than that but I don’t disagree that there should be limits on migration. Green energy sources are cheaper for the UK than fossil fuels because we have more wind availability than anything else. We’ve sold the North Sea oil fields to multinational corporations and there isn’t enough there to shift oil prices. We should be focusing on insulating homes and upgrading boilers and heat pumps to increase efficiency on the user end along with increasing energy output through our cheapest sources(green) and the reliable (nuclear). We should also disconnect the energy prices from oil and gas and let people who are using green energy rightfully reap the benefits of their cheaper and more local energy sources.

[@johnrussell3961]

@@grief1 . Once the boomers are gone, we need less tax to fund the welfare system, and a smaller economy will suffice . An economy based purely on our native work force. But until then , we need immigrants to make things work .

[@henresearch]

​@@grief1Immigrants are "born" young so you USE them from day one. Any government that attempts to limit net migration to 100,000 would wreck the UK. Deal with it.

[@paulbird3235]

I now have a different view of Jon Sopel!.

[@mattyr40]

If you have anything about your JOB, do one of these with Owen Jones.

[@alan_davis]

No thanks.

[@mattyr40]

@alan_davis I don't agree with a lot of Owen Jones opinions but at least he is realising how rotten yhe system is instead of blaming the tories gor everything

[@RobertThomson-y4m]

He was ideal for the BBC. Talks a lot but says nothing concrete or useful.

[@BadgerBoy59]

So what in this interview was meant to be "concrete" or "useful"?

[@trevaudio]

Is that why your hero Farage is terrified of him…..and Maitlis, and of course JO’B

[@Alphamind123]

​@trevaudio who's farage scared of 😂😂 James O'brien has achieved nothing useful in his life time 😂😂

[@alwhyte6533]

​@Alphamind123 Farage is scared of anyone who asks him a proper question. He crumbles, because he doesn't have a ue.

[@Alphamind123]

@alwhyte6533 if you can't point out someone's actual achievements why even make a comment as no person is perfect

[@brianonthewater]

To be fair, you guys are jailing people for mean tweets.

[@johnmackenzie8559]

No. People are being jailed for calling for people to be burned in their beds where theyare staying because they're immigrants. Those tweets are illegal, not mean.

[@aleph8888]

No, many convicted were for expressing opinions without incitement to violence. Embarrassing for the UK.

[@JMD-er5jq]

it will beif the Right gets it's way

[@mattsharpey361]

Insufferable, tone deaf centrism. 🤦‍♂️

[@alwhyte6533]

Don't watch it then.

[@mattsharpey361]

@@alwhyte6533 too late 🤦‍♂️

[@lanasartlife]

America didn’t recently have race riots organized by yt supremacists but ok.

[@johnsmith9903]

"YT supremacists".for clarity please use the full name first then initial after the first full use of the term. just for clarity. And you cannot know if a group organized stuff in the US.

[@verityviolet]

Um yes it has had race riots and race birders in the last few years. What rock are you living under.

[@Fab666.]

Well they did in 2021

[@alan_davis]

Charlottesville.

[@silversteel6312]

Marlon Brando has a podcast now?👀

[@spirit5228]

Yea, racism in america is bad, but racism in the uk (england, australia, ireland, etc) is far worse.

[@alan_davis]

Never been to the USA?

[@vicarpaul7005]

I was disappointed by his book. Whilst promted aswhat he found on teturn to the UK, over half of it was on US. Anf if you keep up todate on politics, theres prob only 10 percent actual stuff youve not hears of read elsewhere. One can only assume being out of coutry he didnt kmow, or just packaged stuff. The odd thing is that hes more open abiut his own political views on the podcast than kn the book.

[@polyestermammoth740]

Arrogance level: 10

[@amandahudson2038]

Ont be so sure tst

[@quickclipsbyjmj]

...and yet, as Trump's moving trucks left the White House, Jon was still singing Trump's praises. Then, Biden comes in and Jon continues to praise Trump. Soon after, he quits his role with the BBC because the BBC refused to allow any discussions about Brexit.