James O'Brien reacts to Suella Braverman's crusade against 'woke policing' | LBC

[@simzism]

My 12yo daughter was attacked by a grown woman. My daughter defended herself and the grown woman had the audacity to contact the police. The whole thing was caught on CCTV (busy city centre) yet the police attended our house to threaten my daughter with assault charges. When my daughter reeled off the list of witnesses and the fact it was caught on camera and that SHE would in fact like to press charges against the woman, the police moonwalked. Rather than apologise, empathise or anything else, they admitted they'd seen the footage and said had that footage not existed, she would be getting arrested there and then. We were one a few families of colour, living in a predominantly white area. Go figure

[@chatham43]

......and this genuinely happened..because sadly it's not unknown for some here to fabricate a scenario in order to reinforce a political stance which I find distasteful...this often undermines genuine experiences which I'm sure yours is...

[@simzism]

@@chatham43 It happened. Like it or not. She's 23 now. Redirect your frustration, dude.

[@welshgit]

​​@@simzismDisgusting. What happened afterwards? Did you persue charges against the woman?

[@HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings]

Mind Begs the Question: Anti Semitism - Sternly dealt with Racism,Islamophobia - If not Equally Sternly dealt with Equality or Elitist?

[@elitepyrohd]

@@chatham43whites literally invented that… lol emmitt till…

[@Kat-yb2ee]

Remember when black people used to tell you what the police were like.Apperently it was a chip on our shoulders.

[@lordvadertheleftie9703]

Remember when black and Asian people said that we were stopped in our vehicles constantly for no reason by the police. And they still blamed us

[@boblazar1976]

How can we forget, when we still say the same thing now and before,!?! The standard hasn't changed, it's just that the white mainstream show guilt, proving them human atleast. Today the penny has finally fallen.......to some.

[@Armrongeddon]

nah I don't think your sentence makes any sense.

[@cdean2789]

👍

[@drummingtildeath]

​@paulfarra4582 why don't you think it makes sense?

[@wrestle2uk]

Why is Braverman Home Secretary? What a monster.

[@albertbrammer9263]

She is liked by the far-right, especially those who in the short term see Asians as more sympathetic than African origin people who they see as far inferior to them.

[@thehellyousay]

Ah, so Braverman is the English welterweight cruelty champion, Patel is the heavyweight title holder, have I got that bit right?

[@chatham43]

...and I wonder why...very worrying comment...!

[@cjmillsnun]

@@thehellyousay No. Braverman is worse than Patel. Both are bad, but Braverman is objectively worse.

[@66PHILB]

There was literally no-one else.

[@ThomasKing19933]

The biggest problem with Braverman is that she doesn't understand the things that she's meant to be in charge of.

[@TruthTortoise81]

Like Grant Shapps you mean? (Or pretty much any of them...)

[@IMBlakeley]

She's far from unique in that, I'd lay that charge at the door of pretty much all of the government.

[@keirmitchell5560]

Like the woke police

[@TheySavedSoldeedsBrain]

The biggest problem with Braverman is that she doesn't care about the things she's meant to be in charge of.

[@ThomasKing19933]

​@@TheySavedSoldeedsBrainThat's a very valid point.

[@joezanella8949]

Braverman is evil personified.

[@chatham43]

...slightly over-egging the pudding again...less is sometimes more old boy...it's about time you grasped this...😊

[@richirichjam]

Cruella goes on about British values, without knowing what they are.

[@chatham43]

....then enlighten us....and no googling...😂😂

[@ITALJUTE]

@@chatham43: I will happily do that without Googling. There is no such thing as British values. None. There is no set stock of values that every or even most British people hold that is distinct from any stock of values that any other country has. None. There. No need for Google or any other search engine.

[@GH-pt3eg]

Richi probably thinks British values are just accepting everything regardless and being ashamed of our history

[@BrodaPaul]

Shes trying to please and appeal to voters who would push her and her parents on a plane to rwanda if they had a chance.

[@dee8501]

I don't think the Woke Lefty's like her. On the other hand, if Suella does what's right for OUR country, what's not to like?

[@CJ-dg6uc]

Am sure she came legally

[@ITALJUTE]

@@CJ-dg6uc Nobody comes illegally unless they have previously had their claim for asylum rejected.

[@CJ-dg6uc]

@ITALJUTE you can't just turn up to a country with no passport it's illegal

[@LiShuBen]

​@CJ-dg6uc you can turn up without a passport to a country if you're trying to get in for asylum. It wouldn't make sense if that was illegal

[@UltiNegative]

"She says she fears the "pandering to politically correct causes" was distracting officers from fighting crime." Yes Suella, how dare these Police Officers be distracted by trying to prevent crime from happening in the first place by bonding with a crowd, instead of causing more crimes to occur by being hostile to a crowd. If American cops acted like our cops, less people would be dead, but at least they are "fighting" crime.

[@petelawless811]

Why are you talking about America ?

[@MsDimps24]

@@petelawless811why do they have to explain that to you?

[@petelawless811]

@@MsDimps24who was talking to you? Mind your business

[@wofutokerati]

@@petelawless811 The “fighting” of crime that they speak of, was to quite rightly suggest that the most sensible way of policing is to actively build cohesion within communities and to try where possible to eradicate the social inequalities that fuel most crimes, rather than retroactively killing as many people as possible and throwing all of the others in jail forever. They mentioned American Police in “juxtaposition”.

[@rinzaghi2057]

​@@petelawless811Shoe fits, doesnt it?

[@McKamikazeHighlander]

Simple: she thinks people should fear the police. Even the victims. Which tells me that she would prefer a police state to our current one and to be honest, in terms of her past comments, the shoes fit

[@chatham43]

...totally agree...we need to bring back the police force..!!

[@GH-pt3eg]

when people don't fear the police, they act however they want. This is what we're seeing now in our day to day lives. pretty obvious one

[@sidsuspicious]

@@GH-pt3eg You & your girlfriend/sock puppet @chatham43 are sad wee 😾😿

[@_Somsnosa_]

​@@GH-pt3egWe shouldn't be fearing the police because of illegal and violent acts they are committing Deterrents have to work, you can't just make conditions worse and worse

[@GH-pt3eg]

@@_Somsnosa_ agreed. As soon as they are a soft touch though, the boundaries get pushed. Look at the rampant shoplifting in California after they relaxed laws. Got to be realistic

[@rayg4360]

At the age of 7, my daughter learned that police commit perjury

[@chatham43]

....details please...you can make them up if you want...😊

[@simzism]

@@chatham43 you're really struggling to believe that this is very much a reality for many. Ignorance really must be bliss.

[@mikegloady]

They really do. It's very common, anything to defend their mates. I wish I knew how to fix. It

[@BenjaminGlatt]

​@@chatham43 they do so much of it they gave it an adorable little nickname: "testilying".

[@MarkBritten-i5p]

​@@chatham43years ago a young Asian man was assaulted and verbally abused by a pc. It was just at the start of smart phones. The young man recorded the whole thing. Went to trial the copper repeated the conversation and facts exactly correctly. BUT the one detail he changed was that he was the aggressor and not the Asian man. Trial collapsed after the recording was played BUT nothing happened to the copper. Plus Birmingham six, Guilford four how many more

[@stevethornhill3304]

As a retired met police officer trying to understand others attitudes and wishes showing respect and yes having a laugh with members of the public of all types is part of effective policing by consent. Obviously Braverman wouldn't have any idea whatsoever about being effective at anything.

[@bocaj.455]

Go on, tell us about some of the disgusting things James is referring to which you experienced.

[@ppo2424]

How do you know he saw any?@@psyqueerdelic

[@cujimmi]

Would you join the police force in 2023?

[@petelawless811]

Yes because London has always had a great relationship with the met😂😂😂

[@ppo2424]

It's not endemic, you have 34k police officers in the Met, I'm quite sure the vast majority are fine.Sorry,you'll hve to clrify your question.@@psyqueerdelic

[@---Tre---]

Hey Suella!! Just ask Ron DeSatan how his so-called "war against woke" is working out for his poll numbers.

[@alexsidney4796]

Yep, the woke stuff may not last to the next US presidential election.

[@ajm5007]

@@alexsidney4796 It's already lasted dozens of presidential elections. We're not going anywhere. The arc of history is long, but it bends towards justice.

[@sarangistudent8614]

@@ajm5007what, you’re saying ‘woke’ has been around for 60 years?!?!? Not just anti-‘woke’ but completely unable to tell the truth as well.

[@chatham43]

.....working out well for Trump though despite the witch hunt...thanks for allowing me the opportunity to highlight that fact....😊

[@alphaomega1328]

@@sarangistudent8614 Ermm not sure of your point but 'woke' has been around since the 1930's so 80 / 90 years now? The phrase started in African American Vernacular English then and meant what it does now - be aware that racism exists... it has since mainly in the last 5 years or so become a right wing propaganda point of everything the right wing doesn;t agree with.

[@MarkCroucherRC4fun]

Recently got back from Holland and on a day at the coast saw a Dutch "Rasta" police officer sitting down with locals eating an ice-cream with the locals. Oh to just see a policeman or woman in the UK

[@originalherdsman3524]

There used to be plain clothed police in Islington that would take a joint off someone and walk away smoking it and not arresting anyone.

[@chatham43]

...nice try Mark...😊

[@obscurazone]

Im a Brit based in the Netherlands for over a decade, and when I first moved to Amsterdam, it really struck me just how low a police presence there is here, and the ones you do see (mostly tootling around in pairs on bikes) remind me very much of the friendly "bobbies on the beat" I grew up with in small towns. You often see them having chats with locals or a laugh n joke with young kids, its great. But then its very much part of Dutch identity that no one is above anyone else in society, and a very foundational core value is to "be normal" and fit in. There is never a sense of "us and them" with the police. The only exception I've ever witnessed (and it was horrendous) was during the covid lockdowns, when riots broke out. Most of the time, everyone gets along great.

[@michalovesanime]

Theres issues with Dutch police too when it comes to discrimination, and unlike the UK no external body ever checks them, they check themselves.. Dutch police officers of color have come out as whistleblowers about similar police culture .. Dont assume, there are soo many images of UK police being nice and approachable. Doesnt mean anything. You dont know anything about Dutch policing. Visting a place ,if you arent local, tells you little. Americans say the same positive things about your cops

[@snuffcore9686]

How do you know he was rastafarian?

[@BlueMatter_]

The lady who phoned in saying that coppers shouldn’t be friendly at pride because she wasn’t friendly with her kids was the one that had me rolling ngl 😂

[@Naptosis]

Her poor kids were probably elated when 'Santa' left them coal for Christmas; they finally had something to play with! 😊

[@tenniskinsella7768]

No there job isn't to be friendly and not uphold the law. I'm sick pf left wing woke people like James

[@SpacenSpooks]

Define "woke". Go! @@tenniskinsella7768

[@kaydenpat]

@@tenniskinsella7768their not there

[@Nikolai508]

@@tenniskinsella7768 You didn't watch the video did you... You just wrote your nonsense comment.

[@markwinter54]

Dancing at the Notting Hill Carnival or a Pride event, is what's called Community Policing, or was when I was serving ....

[@Cannon_Fodder_Russians]

What's wrong with any of that?

[@IMBlakeley]

I have a friend who is a current officer, they have said that being on the community team is their best posting in the police because they feel they're making a difference in society.

[@gwangjuboy1]

Stick the word 'community' in front of a noun and you can excuse anything these days. Did you chant at football matches too?

[@philwill0123]

@@gwangjuboy1 what are you wittering on about?

[@bocaj.455]

Were you dancing because you were ordered to or because you wanted ?

[@pippoplfc]

I can't stand any Tories.

[@petelawless811]

Why did labour give you a free house to 😂😂

[@ganganmaroon9545]

​@@petelawless811do you have a problem with low cost housing?

[@MrRailjunkie]

Me too

[@petelawless811]

@@ganganmaroon9545 for the type of people they give them to now yes I do

[@Van-1954]

Labour and Tori’s there all corrupt

[@danmayberry1185]

I invite Cruella to take a lone evening stroll through small town Alabama, where police aren't known for wokeism.

[@trevorhenriques7733]

An EXCELLENT suggestion sir !

[@sabaidaniel555]

Perfectly expressed. Thank you.

[@garethjenkins6273]

How can one person be so wrong on every single issue they talk about? Braverman spouts ridiculous nonsense - playing up to the ultra right wing gallery.

[@chatham43]

.....stay away from twitter...and start thinking for yourself...I sincerely mean that pal...

[@johngrundy9849]

A bit like your left wing blinkered views. It must be lovely to being to a party that's so perfect.

[@kenmines9954]

Finding scapegoats to deflect our attention from the mess made every day by this Government. Fascists and dictators do it all the time. So that's what she's up to.

[@martinradcliffe4798]

@@johngrundy9849 And that's your defence of Braverman?

[@garethjenkins6273]

@johngrundy9849 What party is perfect? I don't have left wing blinkered views. I just know that Braverman is a

[@jimmyrecard5056]

Trumps definitely had an influence on the behaviour and rhetoric that politicians can abide to

[@davidhooper1767]

No Braverman is a sociopath and needs no help.

[@youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan8419]

Trump showed them how to drop the act and get away with it.

[@merkvandermeulen3978]

@@davidhooper1767 Surprise her, dressed in scrubs, with a visit. Keep needles and a straight jacket at the ready. And don't let her bite you. She a venomous snake, talking awfully white at that, if I may say so.

[@firefox1234ize]

Trump revealed to them how nihilistic their base are and they now know they don't have to pretend to be decent.

[@HumansAreShitFactories]

@@davidhooper1767Ignorant people throw technical terms around like they understand what they actually mean.

[@billyouka448]

This has to be one of your best yet James, I couldn't agree more

[@sasserine]

The phrase 'scraping the bottom of the barrel' has ceased to sufficiently describe how low Cabinet standards have fallen. There are creatures gnawing at the filth at the bottom of the barrel, who have smaller creatures suckling the excretions of those creatures, and those creatures have parasites, that look at the UK government in disgust, and console themselves that however low they have sunk, they at least have higher standards than the Sunak regime.

[@chatham43]

...not a fan of the cabinet old boy...😊

[@bensmith5288]

Snowflake

[@krytenfivetwothreep2485]

@@bensmith5288 NPC

[@taras6806]

@@chatham43 What is YOUR problem, responding to comments in a flippant dismissive way erroneously thinking yourself clever with an emoji ending? If you've nothing to contribute then don't.

[@zawarshah508]

Island of sanity in a sea of bigotry and insanity. James it's a pleasure to listen to your program 👍

[@TonyWhite22351]

You don’t appear to know the difference between the words off and of !

[@zawarshah508]

@TonyWhite22351 I've been living in Belgium for 25 years. speaking French started to make mistakes when writing English thanks for pointing it out. Appreciate it will try not to forget. Getting on in years sadly 😥.

[@FourLightsOfficial]

James profits from the controversial headlines as much as anyone. Quick to insult and doesn't apologise. A fool.

[@chatham43]

....and it pays incredibly well...whilst the poor are living off foodbanks...!

[@GH-pt3eg]

...and he wrote a book on how he now knows how to admit he was wrong. wow!@@FourLightsOfficial

[@bishwatntl]

I suspect we are moving towards a situation in which politicians hope that voters will vote according to the last thing they heard before voting - regardless of whether it is true.

[@andychapman8889]

Moving to, we got there years ago.

[@bereal6590]

I literally feel like crying listening to this. The depravity you state reminds us all of the lives that have been damaged by all these awful things and its so hurtful. Then to have braverman, a woman who seems competing with mein fuhrer et al on how to be the biggest b*****d in the room, saying the police are woke. I can't comprehend it. In the past I thought to myself how would I think feel, act in an event like the build up to ww2 or in Spain during Franco. Now I know. Thank you James and lbc

[@petelawless811]

😂😂😂 cry baby

[@mmathrills7190]

Crazy how far we have fallen, and how quick. Cant even imagine how awful things will be in 10 years or so

[@danw5760]

What an absurd comment

[@davidhooper1767]

​@@mmathrills7190We? You mean the Tory Government surely.?

[@gordonstrong5232]

​@@petelawless811 👈 A standard right-wing response to empathy 🙄

[@Ngamer834]

Don't call them the nasty party for nothing

[@chingadapistolero]

They have tried to reclaim the n word remember the nat c conference a few month ago 😅

[@TheVRSofa]

1984 anyone?

[@RichardFraser-y9t]

The government are running the 3 minutes of hate

[@kanedNunable]

swap religion for racism and its scarily close now.

[@bocaj.455]

@@kanedNunable Especially when all these criminal officers are white Christians.

[@owenokane9643]

Braverman I believe, would prefer an East German Stazi type police force in the UK.

[@judyparsons1333]

I think lots of people would prefer that to what we have here right now they can't even solve crimes maybe they spend all day looking at twitter

[@JodieAprilMae]

no one seems to agree with that one do they????

[@HarvesterYT]

​@judyparsons1333 They can't solve crimes due to institutional issues allowed to fester by Government incompetence and mismanagement, as well as massive spending cuts. 'Woke policing' is another scapegoat to distract from the real causes of this issue.

[@judyparsons1333]

@@JodieAprilMae just ask the people out there

[@JodieAprilMae]

@@judyparsons1333 the 25% of neo con faragistes!!! ????

[@JamieJamie2o2]

James is most of the time so right. I know we're humans and we are not perfect, but he just understands every perspective so well.

[@West-End]

James is a bright man ! 😊❤

[@petelawless811]

James is a muppet

[@West-End]

@@petelawless811 What ever you think of him, James sells his books like hot buns…

[@dvvecchio7193]

Shame he never does a show on things that actually matter

[@petelawless811]

@@West-Endto muppets

[@IshtarNike]

I'm old enough to remember when Nick Griffin of the BNP was getting headlines in the 2000s. Despite some fame he was just a provocateur. Normal decent people didn't give him the time of day and he faded from the spotlight. I'm shocked that this current crop of Tory MPs sounds exactly like him or worse!

[@middleman9183]

they don't

[@petermeichan3160]

they are called pigs for a reason

[@stephenphillips6888]

You're literally wrong.

[@novenaprayer7487]

I only subscribed to LBC for James O'Brien.

[@honeybunch6473]

You lost soul

[@novenaprayer7487]

@@honeybunch6473 You're a rather rude person aren't you... Anyway, the other presenters pale in comparison.

[@chrisstones1249]

Superb reaction,James

[@exsubmariner]

Mein fuhrer O'Brien dinken Von zipper ein slaaker mit gongler

[@chrisstones1249]

@@exsubmariner sauektraut.🤭🖕

[@exsubmariner]

@@chrisstones1249 Knoblcock mein Englander

[@chrisstones1249]

@@exsubmariner are you for real , sauekraut , you're hilarious for a numpty .🤡🤭

[@JanAnders-kh8cs]

Braverman she believes that she will score points with that small constituency of the very nasty party that is her source of support.

[@danmayberry1185]

Ah .. perhaps after Sunak disappears following his election loss, rank and file Tories who miss the former Uxbridge MP will coalesce around a gammony voice in the opposition.

[@wofutokerati]

Both of these comments? Nail and head. She’s deluded herself into believing the lies told by Uncle Rupert at the conference after party, form the political and moral persuasions of the majority of people in this country.

[@johnlewis9158]

the overwhelming majority of country agree with Braverman on this issue This doesn't of course include the twitter pseudo left wingers who congregate in the James O'Brien and Owen Jones comment sections

[@nilianstroy]

Cruella Braverman *

[@nick1065]

Well done….never heard that one before.

[@timstoddard3707]

@@nick1065 It gets funnier every time it's said.

[@taefravis]

Well done...never heard you cry before!@@nick1065

[@nilianstroy]

@@nick1065 ok Nick Griffin...

[@michaelkimber6203]

... she's playing at being someone who has a clue. 🙄

[@Exercise_as_Medicine]

Braverman needs to resign immediately.. 😢

[@thimbur3543]

Braverman needs to read Sir Robert Peel's 9 Policing Principles.

[@cjmillsnun]

The Met need reminding of them too.

[@taras6806]

You're assuming she can read.....

[@SheeplessNW6]

"Woke" just means "aware of and opposed to systemic discrimination". So you can sort of see why Braverman is against "woke policing": from the conservative point of view, the police force is meant to be one of the main instruments by which the state imposes that discrimination, to keep people "in their place". Wilhoit's Law says that "Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect". If the police genuinely became anti-discriminatory and committed to equitable policing (highly unlikely in the UK), that would be an existential threat to conservatism.

[@gedrooney9305]

I am now dumber having read your comment.

[@django3422]

​@@gedrooney9305Doesn't seem possible.

[@gedrooney9305]

@@django3422 And the white knight has entered the chat..

[@django3422]

@@gedrooney9305 Make that make sense.

[@steveo4991]

Especially where it doesn’t exist* You forgot that part.

[@MCDONALD6969]

I have problem with police dancing at festivals

[@johnproton259]

Don't vote for tories.

[@magicanimalfish1029]

Agreed, but are you implying that we should vote for Labour?? Surely not..??

[@markwelch3564]

​@@magicanimalfish1029Labour are disappointing, but if the alternative where you live is a Tory, what can you do? Slightly jealous of places where the Greens are starting to challenge the old two!

[@vincentblack7467]

Lawless Britain, we need the old police values back without prejudice. Stop being political and be neutral.

[@Coelacanth1]

Stop being political and neutral ?

[@markwelch3564]

You mean "all are equal in the eye of the law"? Yes, someone does need to remind the Met about that principle!

[@TheySavedSoldeedsBrain]

Braverman is a professional edgelord.

[@davidjuson5608]

Well said James. As for Braveman: she's a Judas goat.

[@markedwardsuk]

We have framed political options as a left-right divide, but this division is actually between democracy and authoritarianism. There are many people who believe they are on the right but are actually authoritarian in their attitudes and do not clearly understand democracy. Here are some examples: Some people believe that democracy means that the majority always gets its way. This is not true. In a democracy, the minority also has rights, and the majority cannot simply ignore them. For example, the UK government has been reluctant to hold a second Brexit vote, even though the majority of the population now regrets voting to leave the European Union. Other people believe that democracy means that the government should do whatever the people want. This is also not true. In a democracy, the government has a responsibility to protect the rights of all citizens, even those who disagree with the majority. For example, the UK government has been criticized for its crackdown on protests, which some people see as an attempt to silence dissent. Here are some other real-life examples of authoritarian tendencies in the UK: The government's decision to prorogue Parliament in 2019, which was seen by many as an attempt to prevent Parliament from scrutinizing the government's Brexit plans. The government's plans to give itself the power to interfere with the judiciary. The government's attempts to silence critics through the use of libel laws and other legal measures. These are just a few examples of how the UK government is moving towards an authoritarian model of government. It is important to be aware of these trends and to stand up for democracy.

[@jacqueline755]

I am not from UK. I do not understand why any Brit is allowing a Home Secretary who says these things. She should be removed!!

[@AJC508]

Such people make me feel ashamed, possibly even slightly sick. That they should be allowed to embody ‘the law’ and take the moral high ground is unacceptable.

[@christinamcconnell5416]

Spot on, police dancing at a carnival, how woke. They're the cops doing proper local work ❤

[@tenniskinsella7768]

I don't agree with James about anything

[@cachecow]

Because it's about the hate!!

[@leroyedmondson6739]

She don't like untouchables

[@henryjohnfacey8213]

She should be sacked for wasting billions of tax payers money. Even made to pay it back for gross incompetence. What about the 14. 5 billions not being investigated over the PPE scandal.

[@mikethomas9551]

This Country is at the mercy of nihilists but it gives me hope that there are some people with a public profile willing to call them out at every turn. I salute you sir !

[@Noidonteatbabiesstopasking]

Hey the tv show’s not that bad

[@openminded4751]

I am American and I often see your videos, agree with them, and wish there was an American show host that would be as blunt with their assessments. It also amazes me that people who disagree with you continue to watch and call in to comment as there isn’t a single MAGA voter watching CNN, MSNBC, or any other news program that disagrees with their point of view.

[@stanmiggins]

Couldn't agree more James, thanks for speaking out about this my friend.

[@Nogod14]

She’s completely right and now your woke threats won’t shut ppl up anymore you don’t like it

[@roc7880]

the only case I could have an issue with a cop dancing at a carnival or parade would be if there is a crime happening and the cop ignores it.

[@jacobcohen9205]

Bad and illegal behaviour by a small number of officers has nothing to do with the 'Woke' agenda of the force as a whole. It's pathetic.

[@honeybunch6473]

Woke LBC will clutch at anything

[@clownofthetimes6727]

Not being woke is being normal.

[@lorenzobianchini4415]

Well said James...you hit the nail in the head.

[@tenniskinsella7768]

Nothing James says is right

[@lorenzobianchini4415]

@@tenniskinsella7768 Everything James says is right.Wake up!!

[@paulmunster212]

@@lorenzobianchini4415 He has clearly woken up from the woke dream.

[@russtaylor2122]

But she is still in post.... That's the direction our ire should be towards.

[@mikegloady]

Spot on as usual, James

[@ExploreGamesAndMore]

A Wayne Cousins who is never brought to justice is Suella's ideal police officer.

[@xbriskx]

That's reaching a bit far. Usually a lot of crime at the NH carnival, nothing to do with racism just if you are dancing it's seen as not taking your job too seriously when your eye should be on pick pockets instead. Why everything have to be about race these days.

[@WildscaperPhotography]

If Cruella (not a typo btw) got her way the streets would be policed by Jack booted brown shirts...

[@middleman9183]

Godwin's Law - when rational debate fails

[@leehogg4624]

For me, police who are paid to police an event should do just that. If some wish to volunteer to take part that's nice too.

[@ThePereubu1710]

Policing by consent requires consent.

[@Loki_Yogi]

I'd like to apologize to the British people on behalf of the American people for manufacturing and exporting the 'Woke' Culture War.

[@paulwebster4499]

excellent as usual James

[@martinradcliffe4798]

As with many on the right, "woke" is just anything she disagrees with.

[@StratsRUs]

Braverman is tacitly approved of, by voters who don't need to openly say the quiet bits. Until the 'quiet' bits are allowed once again to be loud.

[@MrPiccolop]

U should watch a video of a rich businessman talking about covid and economic crises as being required to discipline the entire population so they know who their Masters are. I just looked at him and thought. Not long mate. Not long. 😊

[@thehellyousay]

If that sorry day returns for an encore, she's gonna be in for a big and very unpleasant surprise.

[@django3422]

​@@MrPiccolopWhich video would that be?

[@MrPiccolop]

@@django3422 it's all over the Internet now. He's just saying the quiet part out loud. The kind of thing probably Bill Gates and others talk about behind closed doors. Only this guy did it on national media. Just search Australian property billionaire talks class war.

[@paullegend6798]

3:10 - loads of people object to police offices being over familiar with the public. They are supposed to be policing the event, not joining in the festivities. Their job isn't to virtue signal that they are down with the people and our mates, it's to earn our respect with their ability to execute their duties. The reality of modern policing is that it is utterly failing, with whole areas of criminality being things the police don't even bother with anymore. If they had nailed even the basics of the job, maybe spending time on PR exercises might be a little bit more forgivable.

[@LiveDonkeyDeadLion]

Those same people who have a problem with police officers dancing at Notting Hill, also praised the police dancing with kids at the Ariana Grande concert after the attack at her concert

[@petelawless811]

Really who told you that

[@LiveDonkeyDeadLion]

@@petelawless811 who told me what? The dancing police officers at the Ariana Grande concert after the attack in Manchester (it was on TV, shown online, even in the papers), or that the people who complain about the police doing community policing are the same ones who said it was the police showing their human side by dancing with kids who had been traumatised? You’re not being very clear, unless you are unhappy with police dancing with traumatised kids but completely ok with them taking part in pride parades. If so, I apologise for my tone and keep chasing that rainbow Pete, keep being your fabulous self!

[@petelawless811]

@@LiveDonkeyDeadLion you need mental help who told you everyone you stated was ok with it or are you another mind reader ?

[@johnlewis9158]

To paraphrase Mark Steyn. In Britain, Everything is policed except crime

[@LiveDonkeyDeadLion]

@@petelawless811 I’m sorry, I only speak English, could you try using a different translator as that doesn’t make sense

[@davinalescott2971]

Braverman is dangerous

[@chatham43]

......you do too....men beware....😊

[@feffermickel]

She’s still spewing hateful rhetoric. Still facing no accountability. It’s hard not to be depressed.

[@lidbass]

Strictly speaking, I would say that police officers dancing at any carnival is wrong. They should be doing their job and protecting the public and looking out for thieves and such. That said, police officers are also human, and a bit of public relations, particularly in an area like Notting Hill, does no damage at all.

[@jamiejp4007]

It would only be wrong if they were neglecting the public and not dealing with any issues as a result

[@lidbass]

@@jamiejp4007That's what I meant. But you said it much better: thank you!

[@stop-the-greed]

Spot on James .👍

[@stevemillington3849]

I call it ‘Racial Ignorance’ my Gran was racially ignorant but wasn’t outright racism

[@andychapman8889]

It's just plain and simple ignorance.

[@stevemillington3849]

@palerider955 how so? Because being ignorant about race makes you more intelligent?? Please, enlighten me 🤯

[@chrisjohnstone7404]

Mr O’Brien. You are completely missing the point. But you always do.

[@latheofheaven1017]

Suella Braverman used to be 'my' MP. She's always played the game to serve herself. She is an irredeemably horrible person. I would like to think that the people who voted for her are now ashamed of themselves. I moved.

[@MrPiccolop]

Why doesn't anyone never tell me this stuff earlier? 😅

[@saranrohde51]

No Now Indian People arey very proud too be britisch😃

[@whovotedforthat]

Here we go another Anti Tory rant

[@yinandyang8]

There is a reality that some people in this country want Britain to be how it was in the 1930s. Its like their thinking equality and respect for all makes me feel less than. Like their saying i can only feel ok if the gov is beating down on minority groups. Suella is counting on the popularity of this to launch her next leadership campaign!

[@hanabi1970]

The primary school level of argument here is embarrassing

[@ferguson077]

this guy is so out of touch with the silent majority

[@jakoflynn2560]

She’s bang on about rainbow cars and Twitter police get back to nicking crooks and car thieves

[@ursman3ify]

She also claims to be a practicing Buddhist.

[@Coelacanth1]

And not just a practising buddhist but one of the hierarchy in what is a controversial group

[@chatham43]

....what do you claim...?

[@stevenicol1]

you're dog whistling.

[@jujudude4196]

Exactly

[@miketemple876]

i do love it when the gbeebies fans come out to play in the comments, they're so hopeless 😂

[@gtg843]

Well said

[@AdrianR0713]

I’m with Baverman on this one. The world is in crisis and we need the police taking their jobs seriously. Nothing wrong with fraternising but we also know how chaotic is the Notting Hill Carnival. I’m surprised police find the time to dance! That’s the problem.

[@roguesgallery4228]

Because they’re trying to cultivate a police state, James. You can’t have police personnel getting on with the public.😂

[@mickreaddin4979]

She said that Douglas Murray fella shouldn't be critisied after Prevent criticised him for some of the things he's said. She's full on!

[@johnbowles5399]

Douglas Murray is a voice of sanity in a country that has well and truly been taken over by the insane.

[@richardtomlinson242]

Where and when did Prevent do that? Is there an article about it or something?

[@django3422]

​@@johnbowles5399He's a hand-wringing manipulator. He convinces small-minded people that they're under threat and the only solution is to buy his books. Case in point, yourself.

[@johnbowles5399]

@django3422 Small-minded people? You mean the people actually deeply concerned with the death throes of western civilization? Those people? Have you ever actually read one of his books?

[@AitkenSteele]

The idea that any police force exists to 'make people feel safer' is laughable on the very face of it, unless of course you're referring to rich people. Police protect private capital and the holders of that capital, nothing else.

[@mrdynamitehee]

The answer is UNCLE TOM Suella Braverman is an original definition Uncle Tom.

[@serraangel7465]

Actually, Uncle Tom is a messiah like character. Who had compassion and kindness for all he encountered. He believed in Jesus and therefore violence was not his answer, so he submitted to the will of the world at the time. She is clarence thomas.

[@Saje3D]

It’s somewhat pacifying to know we don’t have ALL the crazies and crackpots. Just the really, really loud ones.

[@sdg172]

We will look back at this era, not fondly, but with a sad chuckle at how bad things can be

[@MrPiccolop]

When yes means no and no means yes. They will answer, just not yet. They have already sacrificed their children which is a conversation I'm going to have with them at some point in the future. Truly vile pieces of excrement.

[@chatham43]

...and how they can get even worse...!

[@groznier]

That's... very optimistic.

[@brineferry7032]

Amazing ❤

[@garygee1468]

They should be arresting people running at each other with machetes instead of dancing about covered in rainbows thats the problem the amount of knife crime at that event is off the scale

[@Coelacanth1]

The increase in knife crime has a lot to do with the rise of fear on the streets.

[@markwelch3564]

Carnival had less trouble than most football matches do

[@petelawless811]

@@markwelch3564 😂😂😂never heard of anyone having acid thrown in their face at football before but ok from the man who’s clearly never been

[@markwelch3564]

@petelawless811 no, but I do know people who got stabbed up really badly. Thankfully not fatally, but their scars are pretty dramatic

[@harrygilonis555]

Here are the most recent Office of National Statistics figures: Levels of knife-enabled crime fell to 46,334 offences in the year ending December 2021 because of government restrictions on social contact. It has increased by 6% in the year ending December 2022 (to 49,265 offences) compared with the year ending December 2021, while remaining below pre-coronavirus pandemic levels. More knife crime than anyone would like, but it has gone down in recent years more than up.

[@SmileyMikee]

I think there's another angle about why people complain about police dancing at pride or carnival. A lot of people see Police as defending British people and they fundamentally don't see black and LGBTQ+ people as British. Police defending, protecting and reaching out to minorities means that a lot of people have to either view those minorities as 'British' and equal to them or they have to argue that the Police are letting an outside force change their country. There's a reason people like Braverman constructed the word 'Woke' to be a placeholder for 'enemy trying to change the country'.

[@mickeydecurious]

Are GOP conservatives hate lgbtq and the POC Community here in America too, I think it's within the mindset of the conservative 🤔💭. IDK I would have to study the conservatives over here in America a little longer😂

[@An-Alien-On-Earth]

James doesn't like woman very much does he