James O'Brien on new Brexit tariffs, Rwanda and how the Tories ruined Britain

We just so happened to run into James O'Brien in Central London where a plaque promoting his book How They Broke Britain was erected.
He and Oli chat about the government's Rwanda plan, new tariffs coming in on products coming from the EU, and the Conservative party's self-inflicted downfall.
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[@matthewtrow5698]

If O'Briens book sells in huge quantities, Rees-Mogg may claim it as a success of Brexit.

[@michaeladkins6]

Maybe, one of the very few.

[@dantownsend4246]

Well no such thing as bad publicity

[@catgladwell5684]

😂 I wouldn't put it past him

[@robmc3338]

​@@michaeladkins6We have identified a Brexit opportunity, we couldn't join the EU before Brexit 👍

[@andypeutherer4218]

😆 🤣

[@tonywood260]

Scotland and Northern Ireland didn't buy the magic brexit beans but we were forced to eat them.

[@dub604]

True... Mind you 37% of the electorate only equates to around 25% of the population... the vast majority of the UK didn't ask for this.

[@enemystand2981]

All I want as a Scot is a genuine voice that is taken seriously

[@californiadreamin8423]

@@enemystand2981. Don’t we all. How many times have the Tories made promise after promise, like the number of new hospitals they are building and included renovation in that number. They have no concept of “MY WORD IS MY BOND”.

[@robertjohn6354]

You had a vote in the referendum . Not a fan of Democracy then ?

[@dub604]

@@robertjohn6354 You can't win a referendum with 72% turnout and 37% support... You need to learn the difference between a referendum and a FPTP election. You were sold a pup and 8 years later you still haven't figured it out? Your Stockholm Syndrome is disturbing Robert, I hope you get it sorted.

[@Keln02]

One of my favourite, all time ironies is, England saying "better together" to Scotland [on the grounds of remaining in the EU] Then immediately pulling Scotland and N. Ireland out of the EU.

[@frze5645]

No irony at all. Better together as a nation state with common objectives and a shared financial structure makes a great deal of sense... this does not apply to the EU which is a group of competing economies (competing with Britain) with a single currency controlled by unelected bureaucrats. Not rocket science but some people do have difficulty understanding the bloody obvious. Scotland and Northern Ireland do not have their own currency, nor could they create one, and it is therefore in their interest to remain in the UK.

[@yddraigoch]

@@frze5645 uk .......my arse

[@imkjvc2302]

@@frze5645speaking for myself and most of the other Scot’s I associate with we’re quite happy to try and take a chance on our own at this point. 14+ years of being taken for a joke Scotland is consistently the best performing country in the UK in areas like nhs waiting lists (still a problem but better in Scotland) wellfare and help for families. Strong investment in renewables up to the point of producing over our usage. As someone who’s lived and worked in both Scotland and England with a chronic illness it seems like Westminster is holding us back as a country and Starmer isn’t looking to be much better

[@mrjudelicious]

​@@frze5645aaah, the argument of unelected bureaucrats and the common goal... there are elections to elect MEPs,and i dont remmeber being offered a choice of who works in the civil service in the UK, so thats your first argument done. And a common goal? Scotland voted to stay in the EU, but were forced out by being memebers of the (Dis)United Kingdom..... tories have no majority in the Scottish Parliament so how can you say the UK has common goals? How can you claim that its better for Scotland to remain in the UK? Your argument makes no sense.....

[@christinefiedor3518]

@@frze5645 exactly. Great response.

[@johnbeer4963]

Good to see James O'Brien on a channel that doesn't sack its journalists for doing their job and replace them with failed tories.

[@magicanimalfish1029]

Is it ever "Good to see James O'Brien"....?

[@johnbeer4963]

@@magicanimalfish1029 Yeah. I like to see reprobates get dissed by someone with a vocabulary and the 'tude to use it

[@RobertPine89]

Accusing Israel of things and attacking them without evidence, isn’t the job of a journalist… no matter how true you think it is. Journalists should remain neutral and work on facts and evidence. She was fired because she behaved like an activist. Deal with it.

[@johnbeer4963]

@@RobertPine89 I don't care, I didn't even watch Sangita much because She was too good at making Me angry about stuff... But I am a man of honour. Stand back to back with good people against the onslaught.

[@zacbroxson1223]

Or her contract was up and her shows ratings didn't warrant renewing her contract

[@SnowdoniaSkies]

Abandonment of integrity. You nailed it with that one sentence.

[@sirgaymeerkat1994]

that is in o'Briens contract with LBC.

[@station-7]

Abandonment assumes they ever had it.

[@SagaciousFrank]

JoB doesn't have any integrity, he's a clown.

[@carraw3501]

@@SagaciousFrank He was doing fine till he got to Starmer and some sort of optimism and hope. He is clearly signed up to the very same post Brexit captive population road map. The rich will continue to get richer. He is only allowed to be because of the new standards Johnson set.

[@david-pb4bi]

The Tories broke Britain.

[@roberttaylor7462]

Twas partly them but broken a long time ago before this current lot.

[@californiadreamin8423]

@@roberttaylor7462. Twaddle.

[@david-pb4bi]

@@roberttaylor7462 No, it was Brexit that irreparably destroyed everything.

[@time4advancement244]

Always blaming others. No accountability

[@ornatus9616]

Tories only got in because Labour were worse.

[@pjl8119]

Compare photos of your local towns between 2010 and 2024. The level of destruction and decay is like there's been a civil war.

[@marksavage1108]

That decay started after 1997, compare child rape squad grooming gangs to the ones that were not there before.

[@marksavage1108]

OH and you are correct, the more immigration from both sides the more destruction, go figure eh, there must be some kind of link there.

[@kingmelanin7468]

Agreed! I did a road trip from Montreal to Boston in the US and couldn't believe that I was in America. Chris Hedges called the rural areas "sacrifice zones". Took me years find out what or who they sacrificed to or for. Look The Global Minotaur" by Yanis Varoufakis to find the answers. I, personally, call it an economic Hiroshima zone.

[@LICKSTERxx]

What happens when the government imports the third world

[@user-mo2bb5pk3u]

BREXIT yeahhh! An island who voted for having taxes on import export? Just briliant! 😂

[@R08Tam]

"Talent puddle", nailed it for me.

[@mogznwaz]

So we’re getting all this ‘talent’ from abroad are we - so why is the UK not like Wakanda by now? Why is GDP per capita falling, why has our welfare bill rocketed with foreigners at the top of the list of the ‘economically inactive’? Why has our quality of life fallen, and why are there machete gangs, foreign organised crime gangs, ‘diversity’ in all the criminals we see in the news, etc etc etc?

[@scerpalman]

JOB is brilliant, holds people accountable for their views and keeps pushing the questions until they run out of BS. He and Hislop are some of the few well-known journalists with integrity

[@gillscorner794]

Although he got it wrong on Gaza

[@JagJohal]

As if you just compared this hack to Hislop

[@paulgibbons2320]

He's an idiot.

[@paulgibbons2320]

Interviewing folkes out of Weatherspoons. What a buffoon.

[@dirtcom7]

​@@gillscorner794 and corbyn and covid and Ukraine

[@nickthegun]

Don’t compare brexit lies to magic beans. The magic beans actually worked

[@burtleboeuf1429]

🙂

[@rustug75]

Those beans were Australian, these beans are from glorious Britian.

[@marksavage1108]

Pretend imaginary beans actually worked, and you have a vote, go read up ``actually`` in a dictionary buttercup.

[@gerardredfern7339]

Tories are pocket linning globalist traitors. And so are Labour.But on steroids!!!

[@wallaceanature2788]

You have to believe in fairytales to believe that is true.

[@Algux]

Well done both of you.

[@xavierhucklenbruch1798]

James is a European Hero and a credit to the United Kingdom.... 🇪🇺

[@bishton]

He voted for the Tories!

[@CB-dl1vg]

He’s definitely a European hero, Heil James O’Brian

[@heyhonpuds]

@@bishton Not exactly. He voted for Alexander Johnson to be London mayor in 2008, which he understandably now regrets.

[@roberttaylor7462]

Maybe JoB should present us with a solution other than going back into the EU because all I hear him do is moan about it. Please remember we didnt get a referendum on the Single European Act, nor The Marstricht Treaty.

[@californiadreamin8423]

@@roberttaylor7462. Please remember they didn’t trash the country, but the Tories have in the last 14 years . Go tell me all about democracy and freedom , you know you want to. Did I forget sovereignty?

[@karlclark8625]

Well done lads! Get the Tories Out!

[@karlwilliams2703]

😂😂😂

[@commonsense9176]

Fully agree but getting labour in is exactly the same cheek of the same ass

[@DGmuludnep]

@@commonsense9176it just isn’t though is it? You’re the victim of successful brainwashing by the papers and the tories and I feel sorry for you

[@michaelrch]

So not conservatives or new labour 2.0 either then...

[@vincentblack7467]

So labour going to make it safe and better, not a chance. Only if hell freeze over, and we that will never happen...

[@JRattheranch]

You two, are brilliant together! Really appreciated listening to this!.

[@ricohgill6523]

Oli clearly looks up to James quite a lot, it's heartwarming to see them together. Oli also has a full length interview with James somewhere on the PolJoe channel if you've not already seen it.

[@tina5203]

Absolutely Well Said James 😊

[@leviathon2]

This country is going to be on its knees for a loooong time

[@frasercook5823]

More than a generation

[@enochschildren5337]

When Labour and tories are in power , both self serving

[@Lynnefromlyn]

@@enochschildren5337are you 12? Yu obviously don’t remember record low numbers on the NHS waiting list, fully staffed hospitals, great innovations in child health… all under Labour. And yes that’s true, I was working in the NHS at the time. Since when the bloody tories have totally destroyed everything. And idiots pretending it’s the same under Labour need to give their heads a wobble.

[@DavoInMelbourne]

approx 50 years I reckon

[@philhahn]

Good, British knees! No foreign muck knees! lol (obv taking the piss brexit was top 5 dumbest sht England has done)

[@baz8052]

We watched this con/ crime in slow motion, but Angela Rayner is investigated

[@thecfbutcher1174]

investigated for having blubber butt

[@neilarmour4497]

Look over there! look! not over here, there's NOTHING going on here, look over there!

[@jonathandnicholson]

Campaigning and voting for Brexit (etc) was not illegal.

[@tuga9999]

@@jonathandnicholson actually portions of the leave campaign was considered illegal, not by me, by UK electoral departments... but who cares about that, right? one PM giving the order to the police stop investigating the leave campaign, perfectly normal right?

[@jonathandnicholson]

@@tuga9999 I care. Which portions of the Leave campaign considered illegal? How was the Leave campaign considered to be illegal? The Prime Minister has prerogative powers. Anyway, the original comment refers to the general principle of campaigning and/or voting for Brexit and/or enacting Brexit rather than making a specific allegation or citing a specific conviction against a person. Nice try, though.

[@wildopera4884]

´´ An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground in order to rule over the ashes´´.

[@sametsamet-sr3nj]

That's what turkish people did completely self-inflicted people should give second thought when they vote on something 😂

[@kazab873]

Anyone we taxpayers are funding to the East, that the EU is fully behind

[@Notreturnungmymoney.]

It's heartless what they did their cruelty from the lock down, many saw close ones die, suicides. Floods, high prices, high rents. Evil

[@davebento1548]

Ollie is a superb interviewer. Best in the business !

[@martinobrien7110]

James speaks the Truth .

[@M_Bamboozled]

davebento1548, that handle fools nobody Ollie's mum.

[@frze5645]

No he isn't - he sucks up to the obnoxious anti-British Europhile O'Brien - not a good place to be.

[@davebento1548]

@@M_Bamboozled Bugger ! Outed !

[@deltakilo75bon61]

I've the hardback publication. James' book is a great read with accurate analysis. Keep them coming sir!

[@frze5645]

??? Accurate analysis ??? - you obviously don't understand the difference between cherry picked opinions and analysis... but it takes a trained eye. For me O'Brien talks a lot of left wing shit... it has obviously gone over your head.

[@deltakilo75bon61]

@@frze5645 You obviously have a negative view of those who don't share your narrative. I have a good insight into the views of those who I share views with and those I don't so very little goes over my head. Your well trained eye perhaps needs a bit more work. Don't give up.

[@matthewrice3432]

​@@frze5645...and did you read the book, frze?

[@lordsummerisle852]

Good for toilet paper

[@cmw3737]

You only have to look at the conferences that Nigel Farage and Liz Truss get invited to as a speaker to see who's behind it all.

[@marksavage1108]

You sound like the fascist Brussels mayor that re-inacted the exact same tactic as Hitlers Brown Shirt fascists, do you own a Brown Shirt?.

[@GreatSageSunWukong]

would that be the conference a left politician tried to cancel? so much for supporting freedom and democracy. I used to be a lefty but they have gone all authoritarian and supporting tyranny, politically homeless now.

[@zoltanpapp3151]

Dear James I love you....your knowledge, accuracy..well done 👍 carry on James

[@frze5645]

The majority of people think he is an arrogant anti-British Europhile... but you like him so one imagines you are a fellow traveller I.e. anti-British.

[@guymulry6168]

Accuracy lol. He voted Boris for mayor. Voted for Blair and was pro Iraq.

[@tapdancer421]

James has such a cheeky smile. Love it. The voice of reason through all this!

[@Chris-oz9qx]

He's a Johnson voter who slaughtered Corbyn every chance he got in 2019 helping Johnson win the GE. He's a POS

[@robertpetre9378]

We’ve been living in 1984 now since 1984 it seems

[@marksavage1108]

Including the 13 years of labour being the pigs

[@anthonypert574]

​@@marksavage1108you mean tory pigs Including your self it seems

[@tommothetop]

I hope he mention how shameless David Cameron managed to wangle his way out of PM after the vote...

[@Dwh-h]

There’s a whole chapter on Cameron and how grossly unqualified he was to ever be PM but was told he was good enough as he went to Eton!

[@tommothetop]

@@Dwh-h I'm pleased, James hit the nail on the head. Now this 'unqualified' induvial is in the house of Lords. This election the T'Scum need to leave and a serious questions needs to be asked about our not so democracy.

[@ThatGuyThanus]

No - Camoron and Gideon get off scot free.. instead he blames Corbyn.. this guys a Tory!

[@Anne-ku3lj]

And is now known as ‘his lordship’ You cannot make this stuff up

[@rossspenser8314]

My country has been broken with people we don't even want here who don't even like us

[@ObakuZenCenter]

It's always amusing when the neo Nazi incels help to out themselves.

[@moonbrat2238]

James is a legend - really objective and truthful which is a rare commodity in today's media

[@LooneyPoliticsTunes]

Look at the damage Rwanda is causing , Britain might be declared an unsafe country as we send people to Rwanda 🇷🇼!

[@ruaraidhmac8171]

On the plus side...Rwanda has cleaner rivers than England

[@marksavage1108]

@@ruaraidhmac8171 eu green directives made the slurry from river dredging ``toxic waste``, It forced local authorities to pay ten times more to dump it. So river dredging was scrapped, so how can an eu directive be the UKs fault?

[@lordsummerisle852]

I don't think we need the Rwanda plan now. The Ireland plan is much easier and much closer to home

[@GreatSageSunWukong]

good, if its true what the Irish are complaining about that the immigrants there are coming from here that proves its a deterrent, there is absolutely zero reason for any of them to be here, they traveled thru multiple safe countries.

[@ilokivi]

I was 12 when the Falklands were invaded, and the task force was sent. The UK never ceased to be sovereign when in the EC, or the EU. Until the people who have done harm to our country are removed, the harm will continue. The lessons of 1989 are there to be learned, or ignored. The choice is before the citizens.

[@jonathandnicholson]

Wrong. To be sovereign means ultimate authority and the United Kingdom ... was necessarily not sovereign whilst a member of the European Economic Community/European Community/European Union. Also, how are you going to 'remove' the people who campaigned and/or voted for Brexit? That is assuming Brexit is the cause of harm.

[@1inchPunchBowl]

@@jonathandnicholson Sorry that is bs. A detailed study was carried out by an independent review & it found that the UK is & has always been a sovereign state.

[@jonathandnicholson]

@@1inchPunchBowl That is simply not possible within the European Economic Community, the European Community and European Union.

[@ilokivi]

@@jonathandnicholson Wrong, the UK had ultimate authority over its armed forces. Else the task force would never have been allowed to be organised, let alone moved. QED. The advocates of Brexit are principally responsible for the state of our country, and their removal from office and influence so that they can do no more harm is a priority.

[@jonathandnicholson]

@@ilokivi What are you trying to demonstrate? Anyway, the correct Latin term is ergo (therefore). If control over our armed forces is the definition of sovereignty then during World War Two we were not a sovereign as Dwight D Eisenhower was supreme allied commander under the authority of the President of the United States. Similar for the Afghanistan conflict, both Iraq wars and the conflict in Kosovo. Consider legal, national and political sovereignty. What was the Vote Leave campaign slogan: 'Vote Leave, Take Control.' Take control of what? Our laws, borders and money through elections.

[@Nomanspie]

Why aren't millions of us rising up and demand justice because we were all lied to? I voted to remain, but I have nothing against those who voted to leave...because they were told it would be better for us by people who they though they could trust. There should be a change in the law, where if a politician tells a blatent lie or is seen to be misleading the public, they can face prison time.

[@icedreamer9629]

Media. The true root cause of what's happening across the west is the natural consequence of "freedom of expression". Words can be weapons, and by taking media control off the table ethically, you leave a crucial weapon available to people who want to use it. Something like 90% of the print media today is utter bullshit, but people don't know that.

[@georginacasey6648]

It’s going to take a long time to fix this shit

[@david-pb4bi]

It will take more than "All the King's Horses.”

[@garyh1572]

It'll never be fixed now.

[@user-ov7hp2cw1h]

For sure !

[@kpax45]

I cannot imagine the EU wanting the UK back! They blew up that bridge!

[@jambott5520]

​@@garyh1572 It is always possible. Doomering about it, thinking change is impossible, that is what the people in power right now want people to do. They still rely on votes to get in. If they manage to get all the people who care enough to fight against what they are doing to give up, they remove their opposition, and are free to do what they want.

[@ravivaishster]

Britain is a small island whose land area cannot support the agriculture needed to feed the entire population. This problem is compounded by the fact that people are leaving agriculture as a profession and the eastern Europeans who provided much agricultural needed labour are excluded by Brexit. This means expensive food imports that won't help the balance of payments.

[@ObakuZenCenter]

^ This.

[@sharonramsey715]

Great to see you James. I will be buying your book by the weekend. Thanks for putting the horror of this Conservative Party into print.

[@gillstevens1381]

It’s frustrating but KS is the man who hopefully will reverse the disaster of Brexit in his own gentle ( but successful) way

[@dub604]

Still no mention of Sangita? LBC are happy to hire Rachel Johnson even though her only qualification is coming from the right family and yet they suspend an excellent journalist like Sangita without explanation.... Please explain James.

[@hardy_har]

I mean, this is kind of like asking Homer Simpson to answer for the crimes of Rupert Murdoch because Fox. Like, yes this is a really important question. No, James O'Brien is not in charge of that part of this company.

[@dub604]

@@hardy_har I'm not asking for James to answer for any crimes... He's not mentioned it once.. Why is he ignoring it?

[@wolfnipplechips]

@@dub604 Because he's not interested in conspiracy theories - some of which are anti-semitic.

[@darrenwade3266]

@@dub604 because he'd be contractually obliged not too and he has to pay bills like the rest of us. You're asking the wrong person.

[@joelboy19]

@@dub604 Probably because of the backlash from management at LBC.

[@chrischarlescook]

Ive listened to LBC since 2010. Not anymore. Sangita was shuffled off and for what? Debating GENOCIDE

[@wolfnipplechips]

Nonsense. People are getting absurdly and bizarrely emotional about non-information.

[@mwd331]

Provide the factual basis that she was "shuffled off" because of that?

[@deltakilo75bon61]

I'm boycotting LBC also. Their statement on Sangita's contract is so full of holes but then again I was not expecting to get the truth from LBC.

[@Cherrytune386]

Give it a rest.

[@Accountforstuff]

She was taken off air suddenly with no explanation. After several high profile interviews with Israeli spokesmen who she asked difficult questions of. Nobody else at LBC is allowed to talk about it. She posts to instagram allusions to gardening leave and directly states "It’s a beautiful reminder whoever we are, whatever station in life, in the end all shall be judged on their honesty, authenticity and actions." The inference of what has happened here is clear, and I certainly hope that when LBC finally grow a pair and confirm it that you "Innocent doubters" all come back and apologise for aiding in the stiflement of journalism and free speech by a foreign power ✌️

[@IndaloMan]

My (now deceased) Mum voted to BREXIT because it was £350M/week for the NHS. End of.

[@danielmartin5632]

Great. That hasn't happened, though. End of.

[@Lynnefromlyn]

I wonder why nobody close to her managed to explain the truth to her?

[@Elcore]

Banks offer free advice to the elderly for spotting obvious scams. We need the same for voting.

[@octavianpopescu4776]

Is that good? Bad? Did it happen? I mean, condolences... but I'm not sure how to interpret your statement. Was she right or wrong in her choice?

[@paulgibbons2320]

They had Billions during Covid.

[@WillJ5112]

James was not asked about the fate of Sangita who seems to be subject to an enforced silence until Global decide what is to happen to her employment at LBC.Just as journalists working for The Times tread carefully, if at all, on any issue directly relating to the running of News Corp so must those employed by Global Media & Entertainment.

[@pallascat1743]

The Israel lobby is unforgiving.

[@Tas17.4]

Oh FFS get over yourself Karen

[@hatherlow]

No comments from O Brien about Sangita, same BS merchant as the rest of her "colleagues"

[@Tas17.4]

@@hatherlow get over yourself Karen

[@theworldaccordingto4555]

They've given Sangyta's job to Vanessa Feltz. (who just happens to be Jewish) So don't expect her to ask Israeli spokesmen difficult questions on her show...

[@paulbird3235]

Yes, Rees Smogg's food bill has gone down. He has stopped shopping at Fortnum and Mason's and gone to Waitrose. Its a shit life aint it!.........

[@Skylark_Jones]

Nah - he's a millionaire! He wouldn't condescend to shop at Waitrose when he could shop at Fortnam & Mason

[@stephenjon3502]

His food bill will probably be all on expenses.

[@pallascat1743]

He made £7 million overnight as a result of Brexit.

[@jonm7272]

No, that particular scumbag made a fortune out of currency speculation off the back of the chaos he helped bring to our country. This fiasco was no accident, these cynical parasites designed it to manipulate the money markets.

[@lovealways729]

@@pallascat1743 how come? Can I ask why are all these people in politics so greedy? Like I just dont get it!!

[@vzgg1973]

Perplexed as to support for James considering there was a genuine opportunity for real change in 2017 & 2019 which he did bugger all to support. Johnny come lately when it’s safe to do so.

[@TheMdog8]

Exactly - he played his part in giving us this Tory government, by demonising the only alternative.

[@wijjf8064]

Didn't know much about it then he was talking about generic stuff. It wasn't his job to educate people. He became knowledgeable on Brexit as information became available. What was you doing

[@TrulyMadlyShallowly]

Wasn't he kicked out of Newsnight in 2018 for being anti Brexit? Not nothing

[@haqifskepi-lw7hw]

Brexit, and Rwanda, is an Indian policy for Indian interests, but it is to the detriment of England, this is not even discussed

[@richardportsmouth774]

When reading James O'Brien, I'm reminded of no-one more than George Orwell. A clarity of thought, sharpness of vision and eloquence of speech. We are indeed fortunate.

[@Lethorio]

So Corbyn is named, yet no criticism for the leader of the opposition since 2020?

[@ThatGuyThanus]

He who cannot be criticised..

[@russ1359]

I left the UK in 2013. I blame what is happening in the UK on the people. You vote, you chose, you tolerate, you accept you allow and you obey. If you want to live in the UK and have a better life then vevolt. I left because I see no future for me there anymore. All the politicians are full of shite. It's too expensive in all aspects. The UK is broken and it's not getting fixed.

[@CB-dl1vg]

When you say “on the people” do you include yourself in that? Who ran away like a coward instead of trying to do something about it 😂 Yeah people are to blame, cowardly people like yourself 😂

[@russ1359]

Initially the Netherlands for 5 years. Then I have been traveling around a lot since then.

[@davekellett6685]

It's orchestrated, this is happening not just in the UK. When you develop a large population of ill informed people, driven by a certain narrative which is to ensure the money keeps flowing upwards to the richest, the rich who control absolutely everything will ensure that that is the intended outcome. Democracy is the only thing we have to freedom and it's being purposely eroded by the minute

[@michaelcrowther9307]

Moved to Aus in ‘09, just moved back. It’s even more broken close up. JOB was happy to pile on Jeremy Corbyn alongside the entire media class, does he include himself in his book?

[@bdawg3990]

I just find this so naive. You make it sound so simple. A power structure exists that makes it as difficult as possible to ‘revolt’. In fact, I think the reason we ended up with Brexit was because people saw it as a chance to have their say. It’s just a shame that opportunity was wasted by a bunch of liars in power only looking out for their own interests.

[@clivesmith9377]

That's fantastic! What a great coincidence that you met. Great video. Thanx!

[@SkipperSiCoates]

Great talk to truth… scary how lost to media this will be

[@anthonyschofield7807]

Where’s Sangita James?

[@annem5899]

Get Sangita back .

[@redman6790]

Whereeesss wallace????

[@garyt.8745]

We want Sangita back! She is a national treasure!

[@magicanimalfish1029]

Who cares? Wherever she is though, let's hope she stays there...

[@RobertPine89]

Accusing Israel of things and attacking them without evidence in interviews , isn’t the job of a journalist… no matter how true you think the claims are. Journalists should remain neutral and work with facts and evidence. She was fired because she behaved like an activist. Deal with it.

[@toyotaprius79]

If only James O'Brien didn't act as a willing participant in the tar brushing if Jeremy Corbyn

[@wijjf8064]

Do you believe he had any impact on jeremys election

[@MrBoboiscool]

@@wijjf8064 I believe he, labour HQ and the centrist media fear mongering over corbyn more than the ‘sensible’ tories did have an impact yes. All you heard was bashing of labour from all media, right wing, more centrist etc…

[@michaelg8193]

One advantage of the Brexit is that not one other EU country is promoting their own exit to the European Union any more. Before this Brexit, there were many populist parties in the EU countries going for an exit too. Thanks for showing us how important the EU is to us all.

[@jimmyt_1988]

Brilliant! Thanks for sharing!

[@jmbaug1229]

Brilliant 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼

[@brianchapman8120]

#wherelsSangitaMyska?

[@Greenpoloboy3]

And how they got away with it too!

[@tomhunter2426]

Great stuff,, cheers to you all,,Tom Hunter

[@Sa1985Mr]

The conspicuously silent chap somehow speaks, Sangita be praised.

[@roseanncampbell3168]

Thank you James, I just wish you could be a PM of this country

[@paulgibbons2320]

OMG. 😂

[@frze5645]

No thanks... O'Brien is a has-been anti-British Europhile - Britain is moving forward as a sovereign nation state and thank God for that. The EU (unelected bureaucrats) have just decided that EU member states will be FORCED to accept illegal immigrants or pay 20,000 euros in fines for every refusal. Britain of course will not be subject to this diktat - thanks to BREXIT.

[@marksavage1108]

commie goose stepping within a week, no thanks, socialism has only stolen over 100 million souls

[@ThatGuyThanus]

Good grief..

[@henriikkak2091]

I find O'Brien's frankness refreshing

[@RSLtreecare]

I just picked up my copy...I am reading the intro, it's very good 👍

[@Rick-mf3gh]

James O'Brien voted for Boris Johnson. There is nothing else I need to know about him.

[@Darkstarr-ud2go]

Did he really? What was his reasoning if you know?

[@Tas17.4]

For mayor , get it right Muppet, he's already apologised

[@jonburnett90]

He's a red Tory. Very much in Tony Blair's camp. Corbyn was a threat to the Labour right so he did everything in his power (him and the rest of the press) to destroy him including voting for BJ.

[@hex135]

@@Darkstarr-ud2go that's slight misinformation he did vote for boris as london mayor which he says he regretted but he said he did vote for corbyn in 2019 election

[@glennbateman4483]

Yeah as Mayor of London

[@paulbelcher7059]

WHERE IS SANGITA?

[@patrickporter1864]

She was taken out because of the questions she might ask during the general election.

[@michaelrowsell1160]

who?

[@alphabetaxenonzzzcat]

Shhhh. James doesn't like thinking about that - or he'll lose his job at LBC.

[@honzawill]

Thanks!

[@TheSometimeAfter]

LBC doesn't deserve this man. Recently Unsubscribed from LBC but will try my best to catch up with this mans insights.

[@Freemouse159]

Stay unsubscribed after the Sangita firing, the whole LBC setup is just shameful.

[@domhuckle]

Lovely to hear these two champions of truth dissecting the problems of today

[@donaldolan]

O'Boring can add himself to the list! Cause his contempt for Corbyn has helped put the UK where it is now!

[@MrBoboiscool]

Centrists blaming themselves for running to the tories rather than go left? Never… nothing it their fault

[@fariss8327]

James should write a new book about how LBC broke journalism!

[@stevebliss7042]

I like this longish form street format

[@MilkyAfroBoy]

At 4:20, its quite rich James calls for needing to report the truth, but his fellow LBC presenter Sangrita Mysk just got fired for holding an Iraeli official to account and yet hes not said a peep! Cowards ane Hypocrites the lot of em!

[@marksavage1108]

They claim to be the intelligent ones and not a single lefty can recognise hypocrisy.

[@robertwilkes2105]

What does James O'Brien think about the silencing by LBC of Sangita Myska.

[@neildonaghy123]

have Vanessa Feltz! 😂

[@Barneybhoy]

He doesn’t give a toss. It’s all about him . He’s a grifter that floats with the wind. He bullshits people that he’s had therapy so he’s no longer the media cu?t he always was 🤷‍♂️

[@Barneybhoy]

And no I didn’t vote Tory nor leave!

[@JagJohal]

​@@BarneybhoyFinally someone who speaks sense. I'm astonished at the number of people in here that think this hack is the second coming of Christ.

[@Barneybhoy]

@@JagJohal he’s the biggest charlatan of the 21st century mate. Full of shit. He’ll say anything that suits his agenda not anyone else’s 🙄

[@philipcurnow7990]

Talent puddle. Genius.

[@davidcook380]

All about selling a book bloody hell, l despise the tory,s but why do we need to promote a book to line James pocket

[@seanfagan8490]

Won’t be making contributions on anything LBC any more they sa ck you if you give the IDFS a heard time

[@andyking5431]

No different sacking Nigel farage ,

[@brianchapman8120]

"Corbyn is in there due to the paucity of opposition". Really? And the alternative vision now is? Sorry this is just an advertisement for "Why This is Everyone Else's Fault But Mine" by centrist dad J O'B having failed to support change when it was offered

[@MegaLozenge]

Absolutely. "I never supported that possibility of change when it occured, but I am perfectly happy to kick it to the curb now." People like JOB are nearly as problematic as the rightwing, as they are their constant enablers.

[@Ron.S.]

I like Corbyn’s ideas and also principles but not opposing Brexit because he didn’t want to share a stage or platform with any anti Brexit Tory is childish and we’re paying a high price for it because it’s irreversible. 5 million Labour voters voted Brexit!! And Corbyn has got nothing to do with it?

[@brianchapman8120]

@Ron.S. except, he did oppose Brexit. His opposition was more balanced and nuanced than the extremists, but 7/10 in favour of remain is still opposition to Brexit. Maybe if the extremists had got on board with him rather than pushing for a 2nd ref we might have salvaged something like a customs union and close alignment rather than the sh!t show we have now.

[@Ron.S.]

@@brianchapman8120 It was his role to show all the benefits of being part of the EU. All he could do was giving it a score of 7/10? Being part of the EU compared to Not at all is 10/10. I do understand why he doesn’t like the EU just like Mick Lynch doesn’t. At least Mick Lynch said it out loud. Nothing is perfect and at times he acted in a childish manner/activist and not a leader.

[@brianchapman8120]

@Ron.S. actually, it was Alan Johnsons role. And if you didn't give remain 10/10, what score would you give it?

[@fikumikudeone9792]

Thank you sir

[@RobbiSiKK]

More interviews with James please. This was brilliant

[@frze5645]

How is such bias 'brilliant?' They are both anti-British Europhiles... has beens in the face of Britain's new sovereign future. Thank god for Brexit.

[@Barneybhoy]

I’ve undergone therapy so I’m no longer a cant? Aye ok

[@Freemouse159]

Should have asked JOB why Sangita got sacked..

[@beegnutz]

This is the future the English electorate asked for over and over.

[@clemdarkstar]

James O’Brien. The legend

[@anonomous8719]

Bully obrien the gaslighter

[@fayesouthall6604]

@@anonomous8719 shut up

[@user-xc8ir7ng9z]

Used to be

[@carysparkes]

​@@anonomous8719aww just because hes proven you completely and utterly wrong?

[@xavierhucklenbruch1798]

​@@anonomous8719 bet you don't have the skill to tell that to his face 😂

[@michaelbaynham5107]

This is what balance in broadcasting really looks like. BBC please take note.

[@10aDowningStreet]

Balance, JamBo crying about democracy for half a decade? 😂

[@lordsummerisle852]

Balance? O'Brien conspired to get Katie Hopkins sacked. He hates balance

[@alanspeakman8554]

Brilliant, thanks.

[@maggieedwards3951]

🤣😅James O'Brian gold the sarcasm .

[@TheLucanicLord]

There should be a plaque on LBCs studio. It should say "Sangita Myska was fired from here for being a proper journalist"

[@RobertPine89]

Accusing Israel of things and attacking them without evidence, isn’t the job of a journalist… no matter how true you think it is. Journalists should remain neutral and work on facts and evidence. She was fired because she behaved like an activist. Deal with it. This isn’t GBNews, Sangita should have realized that.

[@RobertPine89]

Proper journalists don’t accuse Israel of crimes… LBC isn’t a court of law. She should behave like a journalist and not an activist and maybe she’d keep her job This isn’t GBnews

[@eirenwhelan3312]

@@RobertPine89well said.

[@brod5079]

What does he say about Sangita?

[@DD-tr8do]

James keep calling it out- as WB Yeats said in his poem "The Second Coming" verse 1 "The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity." Hold on to your conviction - it's the only way to change things. Many others in public life lack your kind of honesty.

[@TheLastAngryMan01]

“And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?” Sounds like Brexit.

[@Veganstan]

#BringBackSangita

[@fburton8]

“GBeebies”! 🤣

[@christophersmith8990]

Who have over twice the subscribers as PoliticsJOE

[@fayesouthall6604]

@@christophersmith8990 😂😂😂

[@joelboy19]

A rebranding to Gbeebies, would appeal to a larger demographic, their target audience.

[@mwd331]

@@christophersmith8990 I don't really know what that's a measure of really.

[@chrishossack]

What's your point? Andrew Neil himself said GB News has lost 90 mil over 3 years. Can't imagine PoliticsJoe has anywhere near that budget.

[@michaellawrence7570]

Brilliantly put James beautiful and spot on masterpiece video

[@Motownisyourtown]

Are you serious? He's talking about Keir Starmers Labour as though they're the answer when everything they've said so far, be it on Palestine, workers rights, Rwanda, migrants, the NHS has been exactly what the Tories said. O'Brien is politically naive, he voted for Boris previously and he's going to vote for this awful Labour Party and fool himself into thinking they're any different. Don't be politically naive too.

[@TeroPajunen]

I'm a great phan of JO'B, having enjoyed his broadcasts and sharp / broad insights along the years. Me, living in Phinland (ie in the EU) I need to understand what is going on after the mighty BREXIT in the nifty UK.

[@Easone21]

Well said.

[@frankriley845]

Well said James

[@user-xc8ir7ng9z]

Unfortunately James is doffing his cap and tugging his forelock to his paymasters. I had faith and belief in the guy. But his silence on his fantastic journalist colleague Sangita Myska is deafening.

[@ramboshamone9888]

Should he say something and also get fired? Leaving a mostly right wing list of hosts like Nick Ferrari and Iain Dale?

[@lordsummerisle852]

He's a hack. I saw through him immediately. Vile man

[@johngammon963]

The political system broke Britain, its not just the Tories, its.the entirety of the uni-party system since WW2.

[@mick3765]

Great interview many thanks. James for me is THE voice of reason.

[@marcusfry2580]

Bit harsh include Corbyn along with those other liars and corrupt incompetents. For all his faults, he is an honest individual who was democratically elected to lead the Labour Party and inspired millions of people. O'Brien always had it in for him.

[@liarbrice4772]

I bet O'Brien hasn't got a chapter on his own contribution to the 2016 referendum which includes working for the anti-EU tabloids, sharing a studio with Hopkins, Farage, Ferrari, et al, and hosting an eponymously titled, and thankfully short-lived hybrid Kyle/Kilroy effort for ITV in which he 'just asked questions' (aka pushed tabloid talking points) about race, immigration & benefits "culture". If Remain had won in 2016, rather than losing 3 times in 3 years (thanks to the likes of O'Brien) he'd still be attacking the working class rather than hoping they're disillusioned enough to stop his latest book flopping.

[@limpethead]

We are now the fourth biggest exporter in the world. I'm surprised he never mentioned this. We voted out, and thats the end of it.

[@Thebustermann]

But as the comments show on here, they just can't let it go. If more of them had got off their arses to vote we would still be in. That's gotta sting. The remainers thought it would sail through, while the Brexiteers were queueing at the polls. Cue the x percent of the country didn't vote for this comments, which willfully ignore the fact that they could have voted full stop. But they didn't. And now they have to live with their failure.

[@-xirx-]

Hey, James O'Bryan already has a job! Why not throw some work towards Sangita Myska?

[@Swagger29]

Does he mention his telephone conversation with Frank Lampard in his book...probably not...

[@number8533]

I’ve just listened to that! 😂😂

[@nathanreynolds4378]

while I appreciate James I am currently boycotting LBC. Send my regards to Sangita xx