James O'Brien's furious row with Brexiteer over 'EU corruption' | LBC

Brexiteer blasts the 'lies and corruption' told by the 'unelected dictatorship of the EU' but after a 17-minute call with James O’Brien, he fails to offer a single example…
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[@AidPast]

I guess we’re not alone in the US in having an epidemic of folks who are ridiculously easy to fool into thinking literally anything.

[@onomatopoeia162003]

This is what happens when you say "I love the poorly uneducated"

[@MiigsMusic]

Yeah here in Germany they believe the Weimar Republics constitution from 1919 is still in effect and the German state is an "illegal corporation" lead by "the elites in the corrupt EU" everything else is "Fake News" or "Lügenpresse" . In the end I think a lot of it is started/fired up by russian propaganda, Trump us Putin's biggest hope after all .

[@utethornburg7715]

Ain’t that the truth. Trump fans for one

[@hughmacfarlane9662]

Mmm ? No . I think the U.S. are the un-disputed world champions , but we are trying hard to get the title .

[@ryanedwards7487]

@@hughmacfarlane9662 honestly, I think us in the US, you guys in the UK, and Australia, all all in a dead heat. And I blame Murdoch and all the new Hearsts like him. May they all enjoy their fiery eternal rewards.

[@Laytown]

Guy can barely string together a sentence. These folks are everywhere in the UK.

[@vijayafernando1]

o'brien is not much better. He is going on about the economy. The word has no relevance

[@Laytown]

@@vijayafernando1 literally everything O'Brian said makes sense. What are you on about?

[@columquinn2615]

UK education system is a shocker

[@Laytown]

I obviously meant the other guy haha...not JoB..

[@patrickyorke3028]

And the worst thing is that he's qualified to put an X on a ballot paper.

[@fatblond79]

As a an american, I find it heartening that we have not cornered the market on ignorant radio callers

[@kelleren4840]

Or voters, or politicians...

[@timk800]

oh my no, ignorant radio callers are global. every country got them

[@superfly2449]

Misery loves company, eh? But, does company love misery?

[@noelfleming3567]

Now I think I understand d term stiff upper lip I'm sure Rees mogg would love him

[@brendandunleavy1399]

Yeah, we've got them as well, it's amazing how long someone can talk without saying anything.

[@richybatty234]

And this ladies and gentlemen is why we are in the mess we are in ... 🙄

[@supersuede91]

These 'tards are the reason the Tories have been able to gut the UK the last 13 years and counting.

[@amcc5887]

💯 %👍

[@wthomas5697]

Over here they're known as trumptards.

[@williamlumb1710]

Absolutely.

[@dmkrugermusic]

Exactly this.

[@antonydevadass4856]

This guy is the epitome of what one Italian commentator once said, and I quote, "this guy is more confused than a chameleon in a box of smarties".

[@quixotiq]

Ooh love that

[@alexmarie960]

that is brilliant

[@JessicaMiller-pc4dj]

I'm stealing this and I'm not even sorry 🤭.

[@antonydevadass4856]

@@JessicaMiller-pc4dj why should you be? I stole it, but did give credit to the originator.

[@peterfalk5739]

😂😂😂

[@keithmoore8702]

As Donald Trump once said " I love the uneducated"

[@michaelinhouston9086]

I guarantee this mope has a maga hat lol

[@thepatriot4076]

As the house of Windsor once said “we love the uneducated peasants of Britannia”

[@wmd1520]

"poorly" educated

[@TraitorFelon.14.3]

@@wmd1520 And the “poorly” is important because Traitorman is always thinking about money and how to grift people. If they are poor, he has succeeded.

[@hollib3900]

And we know he loves no one but himself.

[@halfwaydillitante3041]

The way this man can carry a conversation with someone he strongly disagrees with is incredible. Need more people capable of that!

[@enlightendbel]

He reminds me of the oldschool Atheist debaters like the people from the ACA and AronRa. Managing to keep a level head and dissecting absolutely insane arguments brought forward by the person they are talking to, hours on end.

[@davewhitely2225]

What is this man smoking 😂

[@davewhitely2225]

He sounds like Rodney from only foals and horses

[@Turtlesism]

He simply takes the option of just letting people who can't stop making fools of themselves talk.

[@adamtzsch]

@@davewhitely2225Only young horses and horses? Never seen it.

[@jamalwoods9649]

"Did we ring you?" "Did we take you by surprise?" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@elfedhiggins3423]

Not only do they walk amongst us but they're allowed to vote

[@davidfoster2006]

Sanctimonious no all remain loser.

[@pauls3204]

And they are allowed to phone in to live radio and tv shows in order to remove all doubt that they really really are thick

[@davidcorbett4882]

@@pauls3204 Apparently LBC called him 🤣🫣

[@khacemlouisditsully9114]

Yes!

[@willblack2306]

And stealing valuable oxygen!

[@54tisfaction]

"The EU stole our Car industry!" "Do you have any evidence that it was actually the EU who did this?" "Well yes, it's not there anymore!" Monty Python wrote this skit.

[@jyvben1520]

and his example "ford granada", doh, Ford is an American car producer. Honda Toyota foreign owned, who sold the mini to Germans, probably due to a bankruptcy ...

[@simonmoore8776]

I laughed at this bit. Has he not heard of the Nissan factory in Sunderland. They were producing record numbers of cars and exporting them to the EU until recently. Brexit has ruined the 'Just In Time' supply chain and now the levels of production are a fraction of what they were. It's only a matter of time now until Nissan pull out of the UK. All thanks to complete muppets like Andy. Thanks a lot Andy, you're a legend.

[@chatham43]

.it was the stroppy greedy unions who destroyed our car industry....nothing to do with the EU....I'm with James on this...

[@nigelhopkinson6614]

Saved it more like

[@noelwaters6564]

Definitely Pythonesque.

[@abr354]

This caller is an absolutely perfect example of why this country is a total mess. At least they got what they wanted, if they even know what they wanted? Now we all have to live with it. Well done James, I don't know how you manage to get through a conversation with people like this.

[@rfurdaylee]

Well as a Brexit voter I wanted Brexit. Unfortunately we never got it.

[@jimbob4217]

​@@rfurdaylee Jesus wept..are we a member of the EU or not?

[@rfurdaylee]

@jimbob4217 No we are not. We voted to leave in 2016. We won the vote ( to leave) but, unfortunately, due to Boris Johnson, we got a bad deal, so it's become Brexit in name only.

[@angelachanelhuang1651]

ask for help

[@fidel681]

I don't know about small gap, this guy has a large empty space where his brain should be😢

[@liamcallus1969]

It's like talking to a 5yr old😓

[@salamisfamagusta2918]

Please don’t embarrass the five year old

[@alanmetcalfe831]

I’m better off after Brexit because I moved to the EU

[@mar2540]

It's hard for someone to understand your thoughts when they struggle to understand their own.

[@Dynasty1818]

Moto for everyone voting Labour

[@Blorp_]

@@Dynasty1818 🤡🤡

[@l3eatalphal3eatalpha]

@@Dynasty1818 When your irony meter is set to 10, where else have you got to go? 11.

[@alistairmonaghan6515]

Nice...I'm using that

[@tommaynard8509]

​@@Dynasty1818 Oh dear, you really need to read more.

[@errorswillmultiply1697]

In a few years people like this man will be saying, 'Why did the EU _let_ us leave if they knew all this would happen?' with a completely straight face.

[@OrontesRM]

don't give ideas for daily mail's headlines ...

[@tnightwolf]

Facts!😆

[@wills4794]

Very scary but depressingly true .

[@sigiriya5149]

@@OrontesRM In a few years I expect the headline in the Daily Heil "UK was forced out of the EU"

[@jblake1]

I doubt it hahaha

[@ThomsGN74]

I have heard that British people are polite. But I would never think how far your politeness can go. My greatest respect to James.

[@wfifa199]

Yes, because all people in Britain are the same

[@josemengelez6947]

@@wfifa199 you are.

[@dekai7992]

​@@wfifa199Are you trying to point out that there might be British people who aren't polite? That's probably true, but it doesn't contribute anything to the OC, does it?

[@danganbeg7225]

James O'Brien is an Irish name.

[@Pondjumper1]

This guy undoubtedly went down the pub that night and bragged that he put James in his place. Ignorance really is bliss.

[@awedsgtsvfcgtre7269]

Russian internet propaganda farms made brexit possible. Half of brexit votes was based on information propagated by internet "truth seekers" . Just search "Russian web brigades" and you will know

[@auraman1000]

Ignorance is bliss, you're having a bit of a job with your English mate.

[@andersolsen1478]

Mark Twain said it best: “Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.”

[@sallysmith920]

@@TheBirdLovingMan Yes, of course you do.

[@hayuseen6683]

I also agree, that this that and the other is very true, he’s not a lover of Boris, and my favorite part of leaving was leaving.

[@ryanseager123456789]

@@TheBirdLovingMan what did you agree with him about? He didn't actually say anything

[@ryanseager123456789]

@@TheBirdLovingMan Yeah, most of what he was trying to say, like what?

[@trentrock3210]

The truth requires facts, evidence, which the caller couldn't deliver.

[@chrisreed3929]

Unfortunately, I do not think it was Andy's turn to borrow the family brain cell 😂

[@comrade171]

wot!🤣

[@Dale_The_Space_Wizard]

Perhaps you could borrow your family brain cell to think up an original witty comment, instead of just copying other peoples jokes.

[@yuna1971]

@@Dale_The_Space_Wizard troll

[@chrisreed3929]

@@comrade171 I may have to watch it again, nearly wet myself laughing. Andy is comedy gold, but he does not know it. Hope he is a better coach driver 😂😂

[@franklettering]

Chris R. The best giggle today.

[@ThirAilith]

I highly respect how calm he stayed during this conversation.

[@angelachanelhuang1651]

geek squad

[@alexsie3012]

Holy heck! As a coach driver that guy must have had a lot of experience driving people around the bend. Imagine being stuck with that on a long trip. It’s very much like the UK’s contribution to the European Parliament: largely vacuous and abusive. As a European citizen I’m enormously relieved we no longer have to put up with it.

[@leod-sigefast]

Of course, he is like a lot of my arrogant fellow Englishmen. The: "We won two World Wars and saved all of Europe!! They owe us!!" type mentality. That attitude drove Brexit in a lot of English. Arrogant exceptionalism. I am afraid we will have to go through a lot more hardship until it is whipped out of us.

[@GuntherSDoumson2178]

​@@leod-sigefast the US bailed Britain out of these wars.

[@slammsonite1]

"What has the EU done for us... ?" Brexit has turned into a Monty Python sketch.

[@shanewilson2484]

What have the Roman's ever done for us?

[@dribblywildman7744]

​@@shanewilson2484 apart from the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?

[@rfurdaylee]

No, Bojo turned Brexit into a Monty Python Sketch. Bet you won't vote Tory again lol!!!!

[@billysastard8779]

@@dribblywildman7744 Blessed be the cheesemakers.

[@paulmessenger9836]

Maybe for you my advice is game up

[@bleedingpepper]

I wouldn't trust Andy to run the hot tap to be honest...

[@juvix40]

😂😂😂

[@blueodum]

As an aside, it freaked me out when I discovered that you have separate taps for hot and cold water.

[@Dale_The_Space_Wizard]

Clearly you must be so dumb yourself to need somebody else to run the hot tap. Which makes Andy better than yourself, considering that he does not need to ask somebody else to run the hot tap.

[@markwelch3564]

Andy is responsible for a big heavy coach on public roads. Anyone else terrified?

[@jackc3205]

Brexit was the largest most successful rage farming operation ever to occur. They riled people up about the bogeyman EU, using pithy easily digestible slogans. And when people are angry, they don't stop and look for facts. And Andy is the poster boy of that.

[@Kokzyl]

This looks so depressive. People who cannot accept they made a mistake.

[@Seticzech]

Albert Einstein nailed it pretty accurately: "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."

[@CorvusCorax.]

LOL

[@IT-ut6zu]

“The greatest argument against democracy is a 5 minute conversation with the average voter” -Winston Churchill

[@andrewdobson813]

At a count, the one thing people of all parties who have canvassed the electorate would agree on.

[@torsteinholen14]

And why is that? Could fix that :)

[@ivorferreira2256]

Totally agree-but what is alternative?

[@aka8876]

@@ivorferreira2256 “Democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried” - Winston Churchill

[@andrewajjones122]

😂😂😂😮

[@petermoxham2625]

The spirit of Farage is strong in this one.

[@jyvben1520]

and the iq of truss

[@MarquesJo71]

Nigel Farage would have Liz Truss for breakfast in all respect

[@petermoxham2625]

@@MarquesJo71 Very easy when you make sure you will never ever have to implement any of your mad proclamations. The pair of them have made our wonderful country a laughing stock.

[@jaxcoss5790]

@@MarquesJo71 You're hilarious!!!

[@MrLtia1234]

@@MarquesJo71 Well, we'll never know because he couldn't because he couldn't get elected as an MP. What was it? Eight times?

[@joeschmoe3665]

It's like a conversation at the local pub

[@annepoitrineau5650]

He got all his info from the Daily Mail. And he trusted the Daily Mail to be well-informed.

[@problemsolverthinktank859]

And the Sun and GB news and talk TV and Fox News and Facebook friends 😂

[@annepoitrineau5650]

Spot on...but I hate to have to mention these by name! @@problemsolverthinktank859

[@theseusblackwell5252]

Remember, this caller is allowed to drive.

[@helenparry56]

And vote, which is precisely why we are were we are now

[@stuartjudd1531]

...and drive a coach at that!!!

[@sheilaroddick5853]

I'm walking everywhere from now on.

[@alexanderstefanov6474]

He's allowed to breed and vote, which is more worrying

[@George-hs2zm]

Yes and a bus as well, must have been the driver on Boris's big red brexit bus.

[@neilgrundy]

This is what happens when you operate, intellectually, on nothing but emotions. His feelings are so strong that he can't even countenance that they could be wrong. Then, when he tries to communicate them, he finds that there is nothing there.

[@bodybalanceU2]

isnt that how the brits who voted to leave the EU based their vote solely on emotions including fear of foreigners - nothing to do with rationale or facts - regardless of country all conservative parties base their policies on irrational emotions that will always win at the voting box even the people that continuously vote against their own interests because delusional fear always outweigh rationale

[@ScandalUK]

Usually if you say something like “it’s all the lies and stuff”, everyone is going to nod and agree. They all have opposing views but there’s no denying the fact that lying is no longer scandalous for any politician.

[@MIEJ4]

And these are the people that we need to persuade to change their minds. Sadly.

[@matthewfindlay9010]

Believing our house shortage, school places and NHS struggles would be helped by free movement is hardly intellectual. I would say the majority of people are just a mouth piece of the very people who profit from a supply of labour that outstrips demand. Where we are now cannot be completely contributed to us leaving the EU. Which by the way is also in a recession and also includes the US.

[@AndyTomlins]

@@matthewfindlay9010 We don't have enough builders, teachers and nurses. Cutting off the supply of workers is hardly going to help that. Also in modern supply side economics the supply of labour is always the limiting factor. Increasing costs due to labour shortages is hardly going to help the people at the bottom that are hit hardest by the cost of living crisis. Thats why we introduced a minimum wage so labour supply cannot drive down wages of the lowest paid. Labour shortages driving inflation will whack them though. The US isnt in recession its economy grew 4.4%. Neither is the EU. Ours shrank .8%.

[@oaesan]

James, you deserve an Oscar for tolerating that bloke for up to five minutes. I thought my head was going to explode. He knows jack about what he's talking about. That's just about how much many politicians knows as well....jack! Unbelievable. How did we get here? Honestly, in ten years, we won't believe how we got here.

[@JB-qf5ep]

It always amuses me when people use the term 'do-gooders' as an insult.

[@hugoschkiglitz]

Man, I’d hate to live inside that caller’s mind. Can’t communicate a single coherent thought, can’t remain on point or consistent. Yet he’s convinced

[@twowardrobeswardrobes1536]

It’d be very spacious though.

[@TraitorFelon.14.3]

Being single, living in Mom’s basement does that to people.

[@ljc1520]

Everybody in the German army’s heard of Hugo Stiglitz!

[@wayneford2481]

sounds like a real TORY

[@paulbird3235]

Sound's like Donald Trump's brother.

[@ThePereubu1710]

"We never sold cars in the single market" - in 2019 51% of UK-manufactured cars were exported to the EU "Germany failed to support Ukraine" - Germany's humanitarian aid to Ukraine has been nearly 10 times that of the UK, including accepting over 1 million refugees

[@mabdinur85]

Those Ukrainian refugees being coders, mathematicians, nuclear scientists, doctors, etc... I hope they get back to their country once there is peace but it's the type of brain drain that cements an economic lead for decades if they stay and integrate into the economy. That UK is not even equipped or prepared because in a moment of a labour shortage they call asylum and refugee seekers invaders has got to be top shelf economic self sabotage. This guy distrusts leaders for their incompetence then proceeds to vote for the very same people he just called incompetent without the slightest hint of irony.

[@mustrumridcully3853]

When you argue with an idiot, they will win, they have had more practice. What scares me is he is a coach driver, he transports people and cant even seem to focus on a single thing.

[@subcitizen2012]

And if UK didn't support Ukraine, UK would be "weak like Germany." 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@darrylrotrock7816]

You beat me to it! Just one more observation" How would this caller react to a million refugees arriving on UK soil? Yeah, didn't think so. So much for "supporting Ukraine".

[@silversurfer8278]

If you really want to upset a Brexiteer, using facts and accurate statistics is a great way to do it!

[@MsHarpsychord]

I can't believe these people are allowed to vote

[@KiithNaabal]

I am honestly impressed by the patience of the host. He gave him ample opportunity to express himself. He simply asked him questions. Answers are apparently realy complicated if you only have accusations.

[@John_259]

Well done to James O'Brien for keeping his cool when confronted with this call.

[@AB-zl4nh]

I notice James sometimes confuses the terms, free trade, custom union & single market. They're not the same, each one is a term to describe deeper stages of economic integration ending with fiscal union. The UK has a free trade agreement with the EU but the reason it can not engage in friction less economic exchange it once had is because we left the 3rd stage of economic integration, the single market.

[@Dale_The_Space_Wizard]

Well don to Andy for keeping his cool when confronted by the vile propagandist O'Brien spewing forth such lies and hatred.

[@hellojake7684]

@@AB-zl4nh he literally told the caller that the UK has a free trade agreement with the EU, ie the withdrawal agreement, at which point the caller contradicted his original claim by mourning the fact that this free trade agreement is strictly worse for the UK than the free trade terms the UK had when in the EU. So I’m pretty sure you’re mistaken about Brien being mistaken, even if occasionally he might misspeak in a 3 hour daily radio show.

[@bampitony6108]

Your having a laugh.,😎

[@pauldadson3812]

John 259 O'Brien kept his cool to keep his job

[@JohnKennedy-lt7nc]

Imagine voting for an embargo on your own Country. That is Brexit.

[@PaulPendor]

"I didn't expect to be on here" "Did we ring you, sorry mate" 🤣

[@KB_13247]

the problem with this caller is he doesn't know how to connect 2 things together logically. in his mind he's just blamed problems on something but he cannot logically connect the problem with the cause through any kind of evidence. he "thinks" it's self evident because he just believes it.

[@RichardBeds]

What’s really scary is that this person is not alone. Is there any hope for us?

[@colinireson9339]

No, 'fraid not.

[@Ffish69]

What's even scarier, is that this person has a vote!

[@stephenisom6089]

@@Ffish69 you mean you agree with putin.

[@HistoritorJimaldus]

There’s hope if we get rid of First Past the Post and make the UK a democracy

[@ianoliver3130]

@@Ffish69 think there are 17000 of these people.

[@brianharris7243]

Empty vessels sound loudest...this is terrifying in the callers ignorance.

[@Dale_The_Space_Wizard]

Well said comrade. Let us send him for forced re-education, as everybody who does not agree with the NPC cult ideology should be.

[@johnmcdonnell81]

Never a truer words spoken. The worst part is there's plenty more just like him.

[@stephenisom6089]

by the look of the replies big mouth job has got a lot of strangers being rude to his guest ,

[@minermortal1997]

@@Dale_The_Space_Wizardmate by all means have conservative viewpoints and opinions but base those opinions off actual facts and figures. Some of the wealthiest donors to the Conservative party are right leaning think tanks their whole job is to prove that it’s all working as it should…

[@sharkasattack7794]

@@minermortal1997 You are wasting your time with that guy. He blames ‘the Jews’ for everything.

[@tranquilthoughts7233]

That was painful to listen to. Great respect for James O'Brian for braving through this and still managing to be this polite. It truly is as the saying goes: "It's easier to fool people than it is to convince people that they have been fooled."

[@simonjohn9525]

This is terrifying! Not only does this bloke have a vote he also drives a coach for fare paying passengers.😱

[@KiwisDownUnder]

He might have kids...thud.

[@bumblingborisbuffoon6259]

Please tell us which coach company so it can be avoided.

[@JosephJamesScott]

I'm sure that guy got off the phone and said to himself "Nailed it"

[@giapponerosso]

😂

[@lindacurrie8817]

Nailed his feet to the floor difficult to jog on.

[@abegarfield7031]

I'm sure I recognise his voice. I think he keeps ringing in.

[@stephenreeds3632]

And he'll be the hero down at The Dog and Duck.

[@ivomusician]

🤣

[@CosmicKnight369]

James deserves an award for his patience. I couldn't even listen to the whole clip.

[@individual7922]

Only a few sentences! It is so embarrassing for me! Did you understand?? For me! 😂How can someone be that clueless!!

[@Spartacus-pq5yp]

How James keeps his cool while listening to idiots, morons and imbeciles is a mystery to me. I want to train myself to do that.

[@PropagandasaurusRex]

He's getting paid to do that. If you get paid for it, you can learn anything. If you want to, that is.

[@catherinefraser8177]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@craighouston1150]

The sad thing is there are hundreds of thousands just like him out there and they can vote.

[@AnimaMundiMusic]

And they vote for people like Nigel Farage. Nigel bloated man shaped sack of ham Farage. And they're aren't just a few of them. There are millions of them. Millions.

[@radboo4384]

Yeah just ship them into marginals

[@redboyjan]

Millions

[@ASBOmarc]

Millions, which does not give me hope.

[@cs4723]

Bit like the girl who voted remain to save the NHS

[@BiloLCFC]

And this is why a question as complicated as membership of the European Union should have been left to experts.

[@Moneymark1979]

Much Love from Germany 😘

[@christophermoore1887]

Gosh, my heart sinks when I hear people like this. No wonder this country is in the terrible state it is. Ignorance is certainly not bliss!

[@tomwilkins9847]

James isn't right

[@naijaman6639]

As I said elsewhere today, we underestimate the population of clowns in the UK. I feel genuinely sorry for these people.

[@Andyreally]

@@tomwilkins9847 just wondering, which bit of James’s dialogue demonstrates he wasn’t right?

[@tomwilkins9847]

@Andrew Reilly I've had to put up with government lies and corruption for so many years...do you actually think government's are actually helping people out...your very mistaken if you think like that....this is manufactured government over people voting out of brexit the one's in charge at the moment is the world economic forum...they are telling every government around the world to follow their BS ...if you think us being out of eu caused all this then carry on...but we actually aren't out of the eu BS..

[@mdc3227]

@@tomwilkins9847 It saddens me that my tax subsidizes people like you.

[@spacecakesgoofball]

Wow, this was painful to listen to...and to think there are millions of people just like him walking amongst us

[@gudrunbruemllst4172]

And among wonderful eu countries too.

[@Glasstable2011]

@@gudrunbruemllst4172 which is probably why they don’t put matters of inter-generational importance to popular votes and then let a load of liars and charlatans mislead the public for two years leading up to it

[@handarokadath1515]

It wasn't painful for me it was hilarious , Monty Python, The Office , The Two Ronnie's , One foot in the grave, ...eat your heart out . I'm sure this caller is doing it for a laugh.

[@johnmason5626]

@@handarokadath1515 no, he is serious.

[@Tay12345]

@@johnmason5626 unfortunately

[@omabdulgani]

I sell health and products internationally from the UK, and since leaving the EU, it's now more costly, and slower, to send a parcel to France than it is to Australia. Utter madness!

[@onkouth]

A guy argues for 15 minutes solidly and didn't have one single fact or even non ridiculous opinion. However, as we all know, it doesn't matter what you say, its how loud you say it 😂

[@jonwestera6657]

Imagine putting a decision like Brexit on the hands of this caller. Lord have mercy. This country is thick

[@armedessential]

😂😂😂😅

[@mrgzola25]

Totally agree. It's insane.

[@newcastlewatson9370]

Your instantly jumping to insults is the cause of people like this. So congratulations.

[@simulationl279]

i think he's one of those that think 500 million people eat babies in the basement of a pizza shop with no basement.

[@newcastlewatson9370]

@@simulationl279 again I think he’s one of those callers who doesn’t follow politics. But listened to a well rehearsed story that is back up with some highly funded propaganda and has been fooled by it. And that he doesn’t fully understand what was asked and the outcomes of it. I feel the cheap name calling and degrading of this individual is the cause of the remain side losing the vote.

[@w-james9277]

The worst part is I have to share my country with people like Andy.

[@joelawrence1486]

Leave then? 🤪

[@chatham43]

...no you don't....get on a dinghy to France which I believe is in the EU.....😊

[@paulannable3734]

And there’s more of them than there’s of you

[@w-james9277]

@@paulannable3734 Well according to the latest polls the majority have now come to their senses

[@tomgale6535]

@@w-james9277 ^^i wouldn't hold your breath mate🤦^^

[@annepoitrineau5650]

Also, the poor guy does not understand how long it takes to build a factory...if Ford transits are now built in Turkey, that was implemented years ago. Before Brexit.

[@QueenRaven911]

I applaud the patience of Brian, he actually ask valid questions and tried to understand the mindset of the leavers. As a Canadian, a third country citizen, it makes no difference for me to enter UK (where I live before Brexit) or Germany (where I live now after Brexit) I guess I don’t feel the heat as much, but I did move to Germany because of Brexit. As a former short-term Londoner, all my friends are remainers. I can almost guarantee you that most people who voted to leave don’t even know what EU is all about. My German partner will tell you that, without EU, the hassle of exchanging currencies, and the restrictions on movement of goods. Considered Germany had one of the strongest currencies in Europe before the EU, the Germans would still tell you that it is better being in the EU than being the outside of it. Imagine all the small European countries having to negotiate separately with all the trade deals, and deal with the fluctuation of the currencies. And if not for the EU, I reckon Russia would invade as many small European countries as they can, seeing the way they strong arm their military. I don’t know, that’s just my guess, but judging by all the superpowers in the world, at least the EU is on a level playing field with the alliance.

[@NinoBaggins]

As frustrating as this is to listen to, I think it’s important to understand that people like this are VERY common in the UK.

[@lynnecartercatone2129]

Too many people in the Uk are politically indolent for there to be any hope of change in the near future, Andy is a prime example of someone who believes he has worked it all out, but in reality he's just been reading, and parroting Tory propaganda for years! Undisturbed indoctrination of the easily swayed!

[@rayslez8455]

Absolutely correct.

[@Albanach-je1nk]

I think from the outside this is mainly England.

[@shellovski]

Millions 😔

[@TheVicar]

Big Dave in most pubs agree with this caller

[@johnjames2397]

We will get 4 more years of tories if this guy is anything to go by. What a dilbert

[@CryWillus]

*5 more years

[@cupguin]

Even his passionate opinion seems to be the Tories are have destroyed manufacturing. I mean I can't follow where making it harder to export will improve manufacturing but I can't follow any of his brexit logic.

[@weirdlytrue]

@@cupguin they managed to do that while still in the EU.

[@beardedbloke2521]

Dilbert is too nice a word

[@Paris.mcdonough]

I hope not

[@pedroadro3043]

bizarre, the unmitigated ignorance is staggering.

[@starseedfilms]

The more I listen to James, the more I realize that the exact same thing that happened in the states happened in the UK after Covid. It's amazing what fear can do to a society.

[@user-hm3mh6bv2b]

I don't think COVID is to blame. Lack of education though perhaps

[@Cory_Springer]

It's been present for much longer than the Covid pandemic.

[@leod-sigefast]

Unfortunately, it started even earlier in the UK: with Brexit. The anti-EU rhetoric had been building since the 2000s (Farage and his UKIP populist party) but reached a crescendo around 2015 with the announcement of there being a referendum to finally decide our status in the EU....long story short the rightwing populists, which covers most of the British press, and the populist politicians like Farage and Johnson confected a campaign to convince enough disenfranchised to vote against their own best interests and vote to leave the biggest and most successful trading bloc in the world - all to enrich the rightwing elites in the UK, of course. James O'Brien has been trying to hold people to account from day 1....but the populist idiocy, like Trump in the USA, knows no bounds! As you can see in these interviews: "I am right and I don't care about your 'facts'!! My mind is made up."

[@brinjoness3386]

Before putin was searching for Hillarys emails he was messing around in Westminster

[@Tatey333]

It is genuinely terrifying to think that people like him are actually allowed to vote! Individuals like this are the reason we are in this mess!

[@EIREriddick13]

The UK is Weak that's the problem. Its embarrassing.

[@ahmedjacuzzi5494]

Like here in the US, the conservatives influence voters by appealing to their feelings, and feelings don't require facts.

[@deepthought2]

Presumably you would only want people voting that have same opinion as you?

[@wvmnst]

this is just a poor bus driver still believing the story (lies) he has been fed and they continue to do so today!

[@adrianmoore3118]

@Tatey. The reason why we are in this mess is because of our joke of a government so let's have it right.

[@lawrencebolt3540]

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt"

[@jyvben1520]

no doubt on this guy and give that guy a plastic medal, just tell him it is gold, he will believe it.

[@philbrown8181]

Oh my, oh my....... is it any surprise we're in a mess.

[@ljp4618]

This call needs to be added to the British museum 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@pip1723]

The caller couldn't answer a single question and refused to listen to any answers.

[@Nintenmarz]

You’re describing how James O’Brien acts all the time.

[@hayleyxyz]

@@Nintenmarz "I know you are but what am I"

[@TheFounderUtopia]

@@Nintenmarz You literally chose to say this on a video where he does the exact opposite of what you're accusing him of doing. How are you this dense?

[@benmorris118]

@@Nintenmarz wipe the dribble off your chin mate

[@johnrussell3961]

He should be the next Tory leader.

[@errorswillmultiply1697]

He actually just said, 'Why didn't they give us what we had before?'

[@TyonKree]

The level of ego. Plain and simply expecting that Britain by virtue of being Britain deserves more.

[@Ginkoman2]

@@TyonKree the funny thing is britain already had the best deal of all countries. always having their little extra regulations. the uk right now wouldnt even be allowed back in due to not being democratic enough. afaik the problem is the house of lords.

[@Kevin-lf4xx]

That piece was classic.

[@redboyjan]

That made up time when Britain was amazing

[@redboyjan]

@@Ginkoman2 the problem is people voting tory, not voting and protest votes like the liberals and SNP. Its all deserved

[@Anonymous-it6hu]

If this guy drove against a wall, he'd back up and drive into it again. What an absolute tool.

[@jeremybunn8473]

It's unbelievable that our politicians are scared of upsetting people like Andy. I can't believe that our entire country seems to be pandering to clueless & gullible people like this guy. My patience with suffering these people & their nonsense is exhausted, we need to rejoin the tried & tested EU, which we know works, ASAP.

[@michaelfawole9974]

In the words of Edmund Blackadder: "the eyes are open, the mouth moves but mr brain has long since departed"

[@johnrussell3961]

1980’s satire has now become reality.

[@michaelinhouston9086]

In the US we have a saying about guys like Andy - the porch light's on but nobody's home lol

[@paranormalpendle5920]

I think he's borrowed the family brain cell for the day.

[@liamfriel8749]

Brilliant! 🤡 9:24

[@samichgrrl]

Love any black adder reference ♥️

[@jimorr5647]

A wise man once said “It is better to keep one's mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”🤣

[@artistinbeziers7916]

I like that quote; can I nick it?

[@tomconnolly7420]

Spot on Jim

[@Diatonic1958]

Mark Twain, I believe.

[@dominicestebanrice7460]

Not to be picky, but it was a wise woman actually....the great British writer George Eliot (Mary Evans) who, I;m sure would despair at the state of our country today.

[@Diatonic1958]

@@dominicestebanrice7460 Thanks.

[@carlmar713]

I am in shock with the patience and polite attitude of James…that poor man was not just ignorant but a violent selfish intolerable.

[@NavySeal2k]

"How" and "Why" is the best weapon against idiots.

[@sean-hu2fo]

The sad part is, Andy didn't recognize sarcasm, even as James slapped him in the face with it

[@danny1977]

You mean James couldn't win the argument pal

[@kikidevine694]

Andy isn't clever enough to recognise a hand slapping him in the face

[@aabidamn]

@@danny1977 Hi, Andy.

[@aabidamn]

Andy didn't even recognize the negative effects of Brexit, even as they slap and spit him in the face with it.

[@derVilli]

@@danny1977 you are lost!

[@thomas.alexander.]

I believe this man is a perfect example of the Dunning-Kruger effect. Ignorant people don't know how ignorant they are, and when you question an ignorant person, they have no evidence to support their opinion. But they keep telling you they know what they know!?!?

[@CaminoAir]

​@@mrc391 Your comment appears to suggest any criticism of this caller's comments must come from someone who voted remain and would just react against the caller's 'Leave' position.

[@clivestraw1913]

The EU are as corrupt as NATO un wef

[@armondtanz]

Yes your right james is. Even right at the end he was cherry picking where he wanted to live incase of emergency , Australia & Greece.

[@tyronevaldez-kruger5313]

​@@mrc391 Probably not to destabilise the UK economy as happened.

[@tyronevaldez-kruger5313]

@@mrc391 I didn’t ask you about the Euro but I see you chose a poor whataboutism attempt

[@arnovdk8940]

I felt my brain cells dying as I listened to that man.

[@scottowen3022]

Caller is an absolute weapon

[@paul-ie6wi]

Yeaa rattled James 😮

[@michelecarbone2896]

This caller is the proof that one can get through life without being able to think.

[@originalbadboy32]

And that basic IQ tests should be required for people to vote.

[@applejuice5272]

...and he drives a 20+ tonne coach without being able to think of consequences

[@PhilippaBeale]

Please may I never have the mischance to get into a coach that this poor idiot is licensed to drive.

[@thomasweir2834]

They often do rather well in life. Seems that being simultaneously incredibly confident, and also ignorant of almost everything; it's the secret to a long and happy existence. Blissful.

[@blackqueen164]

@@thomasweir2834 Your sarcasam is so amusing.

[@TheJaytee194]

it's easy believing in conspiracies when you don't know how anything works

[@ScepticalBrit]

Andy is someone who will go on voting against his own best interest because he's beyond help!

[@TheNorville2]

Unfortunately this is little England....

[@verasmith4767]

The same in the states. James has more patience then me.

[@matthewatkinson1092]

He isn’t beyond help, it’s just that he is told what THEY want

[@redboyjan]

Country gets what it deserves

[@56postoffice]

I heard this with jaw dropped and a bit sadness knowing this guy is now beyond help. Perfect gammon for the Tory base. This is THEIR level.

[@eddieingalls534]

The Tories campaigned for remain. You are, as quite a few on here, confusing their agenda with and under the referendum with their (and theirs alone) respect for democracy and saying (in the GE) they would respect the vote.

[@RichDoes..]

@@eddieingalls534 I'd respect democracy if the politicians didn't lie.

[@Fanto_Sir]

@Eddie Ingalls is that the advisory vote that didn't hold any precedent to be acted upon that was fervently being driven through the commons so we did exit by 'the will of the people'? That vote?

[@faelirra]

@@eddieingalls534 I would respect the leave vote if judges who looked over accusations of cheating didn't come out and basically say "IF the EU referendum was legally binding we would have nulled it due to leave votes cheating. But since it was unofficial we can't touch it."

[@0Adnin]

That was painful to watch. My hear goes to James O'Brien.

[@TheSa7777]

This guy is making it look like controlled opposition

[@batjohncomics9549]

Top tip. If you spend a majority of your time in the pub, surrounded by friends telling you that every word in the Mail is true do not ring into a talk show where you will get fact checked.

[@YeahNoTellTheTruth]

Echo chambers are like oxygen if Propaganda was fire.

[@sijcalv]

The Mail was anti brexit you muppets.

[@hmq9052]

@@sijcalv Eh? No it wasn't!

[@bubba842]

I have started using James' tactic of asking for examples of people's uneducated claims. Funny thing is, I get the same awkward silences from the people who spout this nonsense. They claim so much but can't support their arguments with any credible evidence.

[@lynnezabek]

How he even manage to work the phone is beyond me.

[@paulbird3235]

I think his mother should take that phone off of him, bet the police are sick of him ringing them.

[@robinparker8662]

What about the coach he drives with all those people lives in his hands

[@ronthered138]

@@robinparker8662 Hmmm... hard to believe that driving a coach is a skilled job.

[@chatham43]

....mm...taking time to put together a grammatically correct sentence is obviously beyond you too. Unbelievable.

[@adamturowski3765]

Well, according to his own words LBC call in show has called him. You can't make it up.

[@manakoi9288]

This would be hilarious if I were no living in the UK

[@Mahanaxar84]

So hard to watch. I feel the pain.

[@gogledhol]

wait until he finds out the U.K.’s head of state is an unelected monarch 😂😂😂

[@southpaw8924]

A German one at that 🤣🤣🤣

[@Dutchy80]

And that the current PM and his predecessor werent elected by the people.

[@brando3023]

Also, the entire upper house of parliament and their future dependents/ offspring.

[@Korschtal]

And the upper house is made of unelected appointees...

[@FlushGorgon]

Sunak isn't elected either.

[@badarttangent7786]

I think I got dumber listening to that caller attempting to connect the dots. If they had another braincell it would be lonely.

[@melanieporitzsch5775]

Absolutely shocking

[@Dale_The_Space_Wizard]

If you had another braincell, then perhaps you could think of an original comment, instead of copying and repeating that same old tired joke.

[@reiw5802]

It gave me a migraine...

[@redboyjan]

If he had one more he'd be as clever as a donkey

[@BiloLCFC]

It's like listening to a lasagne explaining its own recipe.

[@benbastianiartmusic1421]

Blames the war and pandemic for fall in GDP but credits Brexit for being well off 😅. You couldn't write it.

[@AlexJanicki]

As an American I absolutely love how politely furious these interactions are

[@gregoriancatmonk6904]

It's like talking to a Trump Supporter with a British accent.

[@theobserver9131]

Boris IS England's Donald.

[@rfurdaylee]

@@theobserver9131 I wish he was. I would DEFINITELY vote for him.

[@theobserver9131]

@@rfurdaylee brave of you to admit that. Admitting you have a problem is the first step to solving it.

[@theobserver9131]

@@rfurdaylee I'm not sure there is a cure, but you can mitigate the damage by not voting.

[@rfurdaylee]

@theobserver9131 Yes I have a problem and he goes by the name of Sleepy Joe. As for Boris Johnson. I call him the LYING King ( did you see what I did there? You can call me a genius if you want to I don't mind)

[@apx2444]

I listened to this live on Friday. It genuinely made me feel depressed for the rest of the day. The UK has been completely gaslit by Farage and Johnson and Co.

[@J0MBi]

It's brutal.

[@troops1980]

I'm depressed that people like like you breath

[@jimmyzoom1143]

At least we managed to get those safe and effective vaccines quicker being out the EU... Ignore the excess deaths.

[@skarathanos]

and the millionaire press

[@tumblefatboy]

@@jimmyzoom1143 You do know thats a lie right ? We were still under EU rules when we approved the Vaccine and they lied about the approval being fast to the gullible brexiteers to make it seem like a win. It's another gaslite moment that some people believe because they keep saying it over and over again. But it's not true ! I take it your being Ironic !

[@akinokusami3623]

This guy is probably the brightest bulb in the pub!

[@philipberggren1823]

People do not understand economics but still claim to be well informed.

[@wfifa199]

Do you have any qualifications in economics?

[@benjiviews4300]

This makes me so sad for my country

[@joelawrence1486]

Box of kleenex at the ready? 🤧

[@gedrooney9305]

Liar.

[@skyofforest]

Better trade deals , freedom of movement, freedom of work in all of Europe.

[@Trueblue-jx2tk]

@@joelawrence1486 better trade deals how exactly..explain ??... Freedom of movement when our country is already over populated and NHS is under severe strain...really ???

[@joelawrence1486]

@@Trueblue-jx2tk I think you were replying to amor forest. I'm in agreement with you and glad to hear there are some wise people among this herd of JOB fanatics

[@calmerthanyou6180]

I live in Spain and there are many retired folks from the UK here. They have to return home every 90 days due this blunder. Most people I've met from the UK oppose these policies.

[@youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan8419]

Well… I don’t know about you but I’m a little more ashamed of my country than I was an hour ago

[@CaminoAir]

The fact that you feel ashamed (and many other people also are) is something to be encouraged by. You haven't become numb to this. You haven't stopped caring. You haven't abandoned values, or facts, or understanding.

[@arghjayem]

I have been ashamed of this country since 2016 and the vote.

[@Dale_The_Space_Wizard]

Exactly...It is very shameful that this country allows such a vile propagandist like O'Brien his own radio show. It makes us all ashamed of our country.

[@andreaslamers9535]

not me but I am not English, and the EU never told him, he is right in a way, no one from the EU called him personally to tell him about the budget, and there is a public server where the budget could be downloaded and read for everyone who wants to see it, same with why the GB can not have the same contract like before, because its the benefit of being in the club, the English want to be out, so they now have to prove that their products are on the EU standard, fun fact (and shows how to learn resistant English Tories are) the made in Germany was insisted from England on all German products because the politician was sure the English would only buy English products, bad luck was that the German produced cheaper with higher quality so the made in Germany was at the end not a handicap to buy products it was a benefit

[@robwalker3417]

I have been ashamed of this country since Thatcher helped Reagan and his right wing lackey academic Freidman implement the neo liberal project. Morals and ethics have no place in the neo liberal ideology. Nice comment btw.

[@MrSmith130]

The amount of people who ring in to make a 'factual' statement and then, when pressed for evidence, change the subject and become resentful.