Poll predicts total Tory wipeout - but James O'Brien isn't buying it | LBC

According to a recent YouGov poll, Labour are now 30 points ahead of the Tories and enjoying its widest lead since Liz Truss was Prime Minister.
The survey, conducted by The Times, suggests that if a general election were held now, the Tories would only retain 13 seats, while Labour would secure a massive majority of 452 seats.
It means support for the Conservatives is at an all time low since Rishi Sunak assumed office.
However, James O'Brien isn't convinced.
'There is no earthly way the Tories are only to get 13 seats,' he says.
'I'd bet my house on them not getting fewer than 100.'
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[@ascorpio1]

Bring back Sangita Myska you cowards.

[@ascorpio1]

@@Trippenzoid where to and why?

[@outsidespac3]

@@Trippenzoid you think people should be deported for expressing opinions you disagree with? and i bet you're someone who bangs on about free speech when it relates to being able to say hateful things about minorities

[@petyrkowalski9887]

@@Trippenzoidhow about we jail you for rascist hate speech…

[@user-sf7kl9uh7k]

Bring back Kermit & Jeannie

[@martinturtak4901]

Tories deserve 0 seats !!!!

[@chatham43]

@martin Improvement on yesterday's post would you believe!😀😀

[@louisokeefe8307]

Minus seats would be the best but zero well how nice that would be...

[@ss4462]

you just want this guy to drop off

[@JamesBoslem-fh9gr]

They deserve jail time

[@dominokid7996]

Why? Keir and Labour don't even deserve to stand, utter decay experts

[@jim2010ful]

End LBC Censorship Bring back Sangita...Shame LBC.

[@isabellewhite3505]

I forgot to boycott LBC, until Sangita is reinstated. I'll do better.

[@TheSuperPsychoKiller]

Liars Broadcasting Censorship

[@jlr108]

13 seats too many. But James is right. There are far too many idiots out there who still want to vote Tory - just look at how many voted for Susan Hall!

[@ATPMolloy1]

It will NEVER get below 25% - Does not matter how bad they are, and this lot are historically bad. However there is a solid tranche of people who NEED to vote Tory as part of their self image as Middle Class

[@timelwell7002]

Strangely enough, it is the phenomenon of *working class Tory voters* who are the most likely to put a sizeable minority of Tory MPs back in Parliament at the next election. This can be explained by the following: 1) When Thatcher gave working class people the right to buy their Council Houses at a knock-down price, thereafter they ALWAYS voted Tory. 2) The people who read the Mail, Sun and Express, and who believe the narrative which journalists employed by Viscount Rothermere and Rupert Murdoch promote on EVERY SINGLE political debate program and news program on EVERY SINGLE TV channel on EVERY SINGLE DAY of EVERY SINGLE WEEK in EVERY SINGLE MONTH of EVERY SINGLE YEAR - are almost overwhelmingly the working classes. Hence it is mainly blue-collar workers, non-graduates, who voted for Brexit. And given that it is predominantly the working classes who are more easily manipulated, it is they who vote Tory in substantial numbers. Until recently I lived in the constituency of Havant, which has never, ever had an MP of any OTHER party that the Conservatives. The demographic comprises a mixture of builders, factory workers, shop-keepers, etc. Very few people have been educated beyond GCSEs. Most took the opportunity to buy their Council Houses at a knock-down price, then later sold their houses and moved onto the next stage. In Havant constituency, 77% of the population voted Leave in 2016. The Tory MP won by and OVERWHELMING majority. Even now, I'd be AMAZED if he lost his seat. But there again, support for Reform UK is stong in Havant - hence 2 Reform candidates becoming councillors for Havant Borough Council. Racism, xenophobia and bigotry is rife in my old constituency, and the majority of people are unable to differentiate between the anecdotal and evidence-based fact. Whereas in nearby Chichester - a far more middle class and affluent area - support for the Lib Dems is much stronger, and Chichester District Council is now under Lib Dem control. It is notable that the constituency immediately to the West of Havant is Fareham and Waterlooville - the constituency of Suella Braverman. She is predicted to win comfortably, albeit with a somewhat reduced majority. The demographic is similar, except that there are many naval personnel living in Gosport, and people from the UK Armed Forces hardly ever vote Labour, but almost always for the Tories.

[@ATPMolloy1]

@timelwell7002 Sadly, the basis of your point is true the self image of the aspirant middle class will always ensure a 30% Tory vote, even after the historic shambles of the last 14 years, the ethics free piece of dross that is Bozo, the laughable incompetence of Truss, and like the MAGA cult they will always rationalise.

[@199019852007]

@@timelwell7002interesting information and very true

[@MalTimeTV]

If I have learned one thing in life, it is this - Tories vote Tory always. There are NO limits to their embarrassment or shame.

[@willtricks9432]

It's the self harm I still cannot understand.

[@Charmander943]

100% agree man I know some people who will still vote conservatives because of Jeremy Corbyn 😂

[@user-vc7kt6yi3w]

Or complete lack of knowledge

[@Warbaman]

​@@Charmander943my parents are voting tory because theyre the party of low tax 🙄🙄🙄

[@abdell75roussos]

@@Warbaman Once you try and put up tax for people who already pay more than their share for those who do not contribute, they will leave the UK. UK needs a strong war type leader, as you will pay much more for defence, (even more if Trump gets in). Labour will print money and give it away as they always did.

[@ThomasKing19933]

Tories are well and truly finished. The election will be spectacular.

[@tazgecko]

Going to be interesting to see what happens in the years to come, with the upcoming voters not going Tory.

[@mattbooth307]

Like an edging session that has gone on for 14 years.

[@marcust123]

Imagine if labour get in power you think its bad now wow its going to get a lot worse

[@garyb455]

The Tories have been dreadful but if you think Labour have the answers, this is what they did last time Created the bedroom tax Lied about Iraq Sold a hospital to the private sector Didn't build any houses Closed 252 mines Didn't read the Lisbon Treaty Introduced disability assessments Created zero hours contracts Signed over 100 PFI Contracts Created a generation of dependency Introduced University student fees Destroyed the Pension Industry Sold all the UKs Gold at $200 an oz and its now $2,310 Not a great record

[@garyb455]

@@stuartrussell3490 The Tories have been dreadful but if you think Labour have the answers, this is what they did last time Created the bedroom tax Lied about Iraq Sold a hospital to the private sector Didn't build any houses Closed 252 mines Didn't read the Lisbon Treaty Introduced disability assessments Created zero hours contracts Signed over 100 PFI Contracts Created a generation of dependency Introduced University student fees Destroyed the Pension Industry Sold all the UKs Gold at $200 an oz and its now $2,310 Not a great record

[@LeeJPryer]

BRING BACK SANGITA

[@maneshipocrates2264]

Get over your school boy crush. She is in your head.

[@anonomous8719]

Bully obrien doesn’t want her back

[@chrispalmer7893]

@@anonomous8719 I think it's fairly clear that O'Brien doesn't get a say in who is an LBC presenter. He was clearly physically pained to be sharing an employer with Farage for as long as he did.

[@TheVRSofa]

too right. keep on it

[@petersmith9530]

Sangita

[@thotran-yc5ku]

We have to stop the lies of the Daily Mail.

[@midlandgeordie]

Definitely and the Express!!

[@user-zc4yd9ss7h]

Unlikely. They've had over a century of practice.

[@raymondo6665]

I'll be happy when the Grauniad stops lying.

[@traviscutler9912]

There's plenty of lies to go around! The fact that O'Brien still gladly calls Corbyn an antisemite, even though the Independent article proved that it was an orchestrated smear job purposely orchestrated by the Corporate side of the Labour establishment where they preferred a Tory win rather than let Corbyn help working class people, make the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes and worst of all, stop supporting Israel's apartheid regime. Shows that O'Brien's "shock" is purely selective because I'm shocked that he still perpetuates that lie......

[@chatham43]

@thotran Is that why you stopped reading it?

[@youmustmonthebiff]

James, call out the corruption and double standards at LBC before anywhere or anyone else.

[@wendyholland2339]

Well said they are not correct how they play

[@stephfoxwell4620]

Below 20% the Tories retain 90 seats. Below 17% they retain only 35 seats.

[@Gary-le7dz]

Tactical voting that’s even less

[@SpudNickleson-im7is]

This shows how ridiculous FPTP is

[@stephfoxwell4620]

@@SpudNickleson-im7is Keeps the Marxist Greens out though.

[@karllonsdale4878]

@@stephfoxwell4620thought Labour were the Marxists ? Well that’s what everyone including the red tops have been saying

[@yinyatto9911]

@@stephfoxwell4620 if you think greens are marxist your political compass is completely broken

[@gavinsmith9564]

They've not been the Conservatives since 2016, they just kept the party name.

[@knightofnii4659]

What does that even mean? Are you one of those they are not right wing enough lunatics or do you believe that they are somehow not the same kind of opportunist/selfish chancers as they always were?

[@jabbadabbajew6035]

They’ve not been the Conservative Party since 1916 lol.

[@stuartingram423]

Conservatives have now become the BNP. And if Cruella has her way it will be more like the EDL/NF party.

[@CS_____]

this is such a funny line of reasoning to me because they've followed the policies they've always stood by: hurting the poor and making the rich richer

[@ryanandrew102]

@@knightofnii4659 Calm down. It's a fair point, it means they used to believe in conserving certain insittuions and taking a Burkean approach to politics. Point being that now the party is becoming full of neo-libertarian, far-right radicals

[@MicroCatalyst]

Would love to hear James explain how voting for Labour is 2019 was madness without bringing up the baseless claims of antisemitism that were used to depose a democratically elected leader through an undemocratic smear campaign.

[@darragh2994]

He can’t, but he can’t admit as a centrist that corbyn would’ve done a better job than anyone else

[@janewright2800]

Yes me too! Maybe he likes moaning about how terrible things are with the cons in power

[@hobanagerik]

@@darragh2994 James is a centrist? That's news.

[@jake751]

Where is sangita???????

[@johnakass3913]

Sangita a real journalist. Lbc has lost its diamond for foreign power.

[@blueband8114]

She's gone, get over it

[@chrimbus71]

Is she on an extremist watchlist? What has happened to her?

[@traviscutler9912]

They only keep "journalists" that are willing to lie for the Israeli state. The fact that O'Brien still gladly calls Corbyn an antisemite, even though the Independent article proved that it was an orchestrated smear job purposely orchestrated by the Corporate side of the Labour establishment as they preferred a Tory win rather than let Corbyn help working class people, make the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes and worst of all, stop supporting Israel's apartheid regime. Shows that O'Brien's "shock" is purely selective because I'm shocked that he still perpetuates that lie with a straight face......

[@chatham43]

@chrim In hiding from her stalkers!

[@lukesteverything627]

I think that any broadcaster that pontificates about morality and standard must not censor their own presenters. When LBC fell to the conservative depths of depravity by sacking Sangita it plummeted in my respect.

[@nichotto]

Corbyn was not madness. His demonification was such utter nonsense and clever rightwing spin, it beyond incredulity that folks still tot out the same old tired cliche concerning him.

[@nicholasarrow2443]

One can fully support Corbyn's policies, and still see the madness in the idea that the English would ever vote for them.

[@Albanach-je1nk]

👍👍👍

[@Albanach-je1nk]

​@@nicholasarrow2443👍👍👍

[@paulbaker9879]

@@nicholasarrow2443 That's not what James means. He still buys the right wing spin about Corbyn.

[@storm21410]

One has to think about Corbyn's hypothetical response to Ukraine (or 'the Ukraine' as he condescendingly puts it) which is still an ongoing conflict and reassess - there's a reason why people bring up his domestic policies when foreign policy has never been his advantage.

[@knightofnii4659]

This is the poll that finally breaks my reluctant belief that the Tory's might not perform as hopelessly as touted. They are toast. I expect a dozen or so either side of 100 seats.

[@stephfoxwell4620]

For a while now I have predicted 100-150 seats. But the first inkling it could go below 100.

[@Brian-om2hh]

My guess is between 100 to 150 seats.

[@tomsheldon4950]

I'm expecting 200-250 seats, but I hope I'm wrong

[@stephfoxwell4620]

@@tomsheldon4950 No. For that the Tories need to get close to 30% and Labour fall to 40%.

[@petercorbett3794]

Oh almost forgot. WHERE IS SANGITA?

[@mwd331]

Yawn.

[@chatham43]

@peter She's hiding from the likes of you. What does Mrs Corbett think about your obsession?

[@timg5011]

​@@mwd331Is ickle baby tired?

[@mwd331]

@@timg5011 yeah that's it pal.

[@juniper150]

@@mwd331narcolepsy?

[@mattbooth307]

I wouldn't have said a vote for Labour in 2019 was a vote for madness. It was a vote for a national broadband service, repairing the NHS and an aversion of a harmful Brexit. A Corbyn government during the pandemic would've been world's apart from what we had, but the problem would've been when Russia invaded Ukraine. We'd not have been such a key part of the response and probably been more on the appeasement side of things.

[@BocaoZ]

Stop panicking about Russia. The West played a pivotal role for the war to start, and the UK played an important role in PREVENTING PEACE TALKS. There is nothing wrong in acknowledging your country made things worse. I am tired of this “Russia bad” bs

[@DellaWilliams-vo3ez]

I agree mostly, but you ought judge how this current govt has responded to the invasion of Ukraine, no point hypothesising what a Corbyn party might have done.

[@jogriffiths5766]

@@DellaWilliams-vo3ez They've WASTED our money.

[@bipolarminddroppings]

I kept saying through the whole pandemic "If we had known this was coming when we voted in December, Labour would have won in a landslide" But I agree, while a Corbyn government would have been great for the pandemic, it would have been awful at everything else.

[@mdog111]

O'Brien was at the front of the Corbyn-bashing flock of journalistic sheep back in 2019. It's no surprise that he's still bleating much the same nonsense now.

[@ellydavis2066]

James why did LBC sack Sangita?

[@samcarena4702]

Bring back Sangita you cowards

[@DeltaV-sayno2CCP]

They love money over truth and actual journalism.

[@yoda7531]

What happened to her?

[@tmeagland5168]

She upset the all 250,000 Chosen People in the UK so has to be banned

[@GeorgeGeorgeOnly]

@@yoda7531 Well, basically, Yoda, rightly or wrongly, Sangita spoke in favour of Palestinians, but the owner of LBC is apparently pro Israeli. That's what happened. I could put it another way if you like: Sangita said something that was Not Pro-Israeli, and the owner is possibly a bit anti Palestine?🤨 Does this help?😏

[@DeltaV-sayno2CCP]

@@yoda7531 she got sacked for asking israeli spokesman why the idf nazis keep killing children. The other presenters are cowards and take money instead of being real journalists.

[@seriousmango]

Sangita fired for doing her job!

[@Matthew-bu7fg]

The blue tories might get 13 seats but the red tories are going to get hundreds if that polling is right!

[@larynOneka8080]

Voters have had enough.

[@Conner.YorkshireRichmond]

Yes,all of them

[@Jonnyonthespot123]

​@@Conner.YorkshireRichmondIf you are still voting Conservative I question why. They've been producing scandal of the week for several years now, there's literally hundreds of proven examples why you shouldn't vote for them

[@MickGreen-js4pr]

I haven't,five more years.

[@simonpaine2347]

​@MickGreen-js4pr 9 month old bot

[@kanedNunable]

@@MickGreen-js4pr seek medical attention

[@_drewcifer]

800,000 people voted for mad Susan Hall. 800,000.

[@fishbone3333]

I'm a Yank with limited knowledge of British politics, albeit way more than the typical American. Can you enlighten me as to who Susan Hall is and why she is loathsome?

[@modestproposal9114]

A vote for Labour in 2017 and 2019 was a vote for reestablishing democracy and for sensible policies.

[@donaldmuir8137]

Hopefully voters won’t get complacent and actually do turn out in numbers to get rid of the Tories.

[@DiogoSalazar]

I mean, get rid of FPTP and problem solved

[@keithparker1346]

Yet Labour don't support PR

[@redmed10]

Fptp the tyranny of the majority. Proportional rep. Tyranny of the minority.

[@chatham43]

@Diogo Yep..we need the SNP and the greens holding the balance of power. Cant wait!

[@DiogoSalazar]

@@keithparker1346 they are fools

[@lordvadertheleftie9703]

No, FPTP is an incredibly effective election weapon when a party has a majority. Our Parliament has existed for so long because of these systems

[@AbbasEsmail-fd3sp]

Bring back Sangita!

[@chatham43]

@Abbas Get a girlfriend?

[@juniper150]

@@chatham43good evening tel aviv

[@terencebrowne9524]

we need an explanation as to why Sangita was sacked!

[@benwilson6145]

No we don't

[@jeremymerrifield7244]

@@benwilson6145 We know why

[@GazC-qt6lh]

Bore off

[@traviscutler9912]

They only keep "journalists" that are willing to lie for the Israeli state. The fact that O'Brien still gladly calls Corbyn an antisemite, even though the Independent article proved that it was an orchestrated smear job purposely orchestrated by the Corporate side of the Labour establishment as they preferred a Tory win rather than let Corbyn help working class people, make the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes and worst of all, stop supporting Israel's apartheid regime. Shows that O'Brien's "shock" is purely selective because I'm shocked that he still perpetuates that lie with a straight face......

[@mohammedsharif916]

Still going on after Crobyn

[@Conner.YorkshireRichmond]

All politician are Wef,iwill not bevoting any party

[@RolstonHolas]

13 seats is 12 too many

[@stephenmorton2890]

13 too many

[@marksmith1824]

At least if they're reduced to one MP we'll be spared yet another tory leadership election 😂

[@JamesBoslem-fh9gr]

13 too many

[@alanswan5403]

Where is Sangita?

[@malcolmstockbridge2569]

Mexico....its a small town near the border with 2 bars, 1 small supermarket, no Police station, a population of circa 940.

[@user-fl4yz1vb7b]

Don't underestimate the effect of the identity card. My wife doesn't drive so she hasn't got a photo identity, why should she? I've got a driving licence but nothing else. Remember the id requirement was introduced to counteract an imaginary problem, it's a vote suppression measure. Someone has calculated that it would advantage the Conservative vote.

[@chrimbus71]

Do you allow her to travel? Does she have a passport?

[@keithparker1346]

Loads of forms of id and believe it or not she can actually apply for a free one or vote by post

[@MrManBuzz]

Rees-Mogg literally admitted at a conservative conference it was a vote suppression measure. It isn't a guess or reading between the lines, he says it barefaced. It isn't up for question.

[@ianpopple9525]

Voter ID and boundary changes are just forms of Tory gerrymandering

[@frglee]

And in a normal general election it might do so by a few per cent. But this time it will be like trying to stop a tsunami by building a sandcastle on the beach. Hopefully the new government will abolish this photo ID nonsense, and reduce the Westminster elections voting age to 16, as it is in Scotland for the Holyrood elections. That should keep the Tories out for a while.

[@lenkapenka6976]

Bring back Sangita.. until then you have NO credibility - that is the confidence you lack!!!!!!!!!

[@maneshipocrates2264]

Trust the polls at your own peril. Vote.

[@hohohohehehe6910]

The polls are based on people's voting stance.

[@jamessouth3808]

Depends who you ask

[@TG-ts3xn]

Will be voting for REFORM UK 🇬🇧

[@chatham43]

@manes You have a right not to vote. Take note!

[@hohohohehehe6910]

@TG-ts3xn thanks. Labour appreciates it 👍

[@iielysiumx5811]

The only criticism I ever see the khan is “he is Muslim” and “he did ULEZ”. The first isn’t even worth addressing as it is just blatant racism, the second, most don’t even understand what ULEZ is. I remember a guy complaining at a protest that he is going to have to pay so much money and when asked what car he owned he said “a Tesla” people are so angry about nothing

[@Dani20240]

Rishi sunak MUST resign now. Enough is enough

[@jasonkoch3182]

Why? Sure, he’s a mediocre PM but it doesn’t change the fact that the conservatives, at least for now, are toast. People want them gone. And a Suella Braverman premiership will only hurt the party.

[@kyorin6526]

@@jasonkoch3182 More likely to be Badenoch I reckon. Either way, it'll help keep the Tories out of power for a generation.

[@allanrobinson1552]

​@@kyorin6526🤞🙏

[@kanedNunable]

no, call a GE. i dont want another useless tory on 160k a year for life and even more cronies in the HOL

[@JonoPS]

The UK is a two party system. We need PR.

[@derekbrown3165]

Believe me a someone from Scotland the LAST thing the UK needs is PR. It has caused chaos in Scotland with the Greens, who no one voted for running the Government.

[@jeffrejr1]

Lib Dems destroyed themselves in 2010

[@joecurran2811]

It might be a one party system in this election. Not very democratic is it?

[@SimonFrack]

@@joecurran2811Of course it’s democratic. 🙄

[@Jessjoe1956]

Is anybody missing Susan Hall ? No me neither.

[@timg5011]

Yes, but my aim is improving...

[@uniquerebeljaney3639]

The asylum for the criminally insane??

[@IMBlakeley]

Happened to the Canadian equivalent the progressive conservatives dropped from 188 as government to 2 seats.

[@joecurran2811]

Have never really recovered since

[@annepoitrineau5650]

Please bring back Sangita. I agree with you about your prediction of at least 100 tory seats. Some people will never vote anything else. They might abstain, but that will be the extent of it. If the tories have fewer than 100 seats, then Reform will get 30 at least.

[@lshamashzebaida4447]

sangita is now in Gaza and very happy refuses to return

[@simonglancy7070]

not under fptp in that system they will always end up with 0 under pr they would get about 40 ish seats though. But thats an agruement for PR not against even if i hate every thing they stand for. Having peoples votes actually matter is more important.

[@annepoitrineau5650]

@@simonglancy7070 spot on.

[@chesterdonnelly1212]

​@@simonglancy7070 there should be a half and half system. People like having a local MP, but at the same time popular smaller parties like Reform should get representation.

[@Sci1211]

Imagine still, even now, thinking a vote for Corbyn would have been a vote for madness. James embarrasses himself sometimes.

[@IMBlakeley]

Him and the other centrists enabled Bozo the clown by smashing the Corbyn emergency glass.

[@StaggerLee1468]

Well said. O'brien is one of many with blood on his hands for 2019

[@geraldbutler5484]

James, you are part of the problem. A well off private school educated ‘ I’m alright Jack’ waffler.

[@simonglancy7070]

Corbyn was utterly unelectable. Had Labour has a sack of potateos as the leader in 2019 BOJO does not win. The only person BOJO could beat was Corbyn. Put a 1/2 decent candidate in there in Starmer and boy is he flawed Labour cruise to the win.

[@kanedNunable]

and right wingers call james a leftie lol.

[@mykeskingdom]

Would you mind inviting Laura Kuenssberg onto your show and explain to her the job of an impartial journalist?

[@malcolmstockbridge2569]

There are no impartial journalists, they are ALL bound by employers bias.

[@stepheng8779]

JC still living rent free in your head then James? One form of madness is continual denial despite the mounting evidence that you were wrong.

[@samt7351]

What “evidence “

[@timwoodger7896]

👍

[@keithparker1346]

​@@samt7351that his own party were working against him

[@rothwellaudio]

Leading Britain's Censorship. Bring back Sangita.

[@ineedmoreflavour1955]

'censorship' - you people are nuts.

[@jabbadabbajew6035]

@@ineedmoreflavour1955but it’s true and everyone can see it. So this begs the question. Who’s really nuts Mr. Bot?

[@andrewguthrie2]

The people with this ridiculous obsession with a single presenter are demonstrating a very worrying creepiness.

[@prideofdurham4776]

FFS get a life!

[@bipolarminddroppings]

@@jabbadabbajew6035 Sangita could literally start her own podcast and say anything she wants. Learn what Censorship actually means.

[@martinmcgurk5150]

Can you please get SQUATTING SUNAK out of number 10.

[@stringbok]

What I want is for the Tories to be hosted by their FPTP petard get 25% of the vote and only 10% of the seats and for the Daily Vile to whinge about how this is unfair. Yes it is which is why we need PR. This sort of result is possible if people vote tactically.

[@anthonynichols8468]

13 seats ....on a mini bus 🚎 day release only ...

[@willtricks9432]

Short Bus Window Lickers.

[@joshuacampbell1625]

Tbf, if the actually numbers are anywhere NEAR that bad, the Tories are in massive trouble.

[@lordvadertheleftie9703]

They might even be left with just 50-70 seats in November

[@rickerbyct]

You don’t sat

[@philipnorthfield]

Shame about Sangita

[@kanedNunable]

they will say that to stop labour voters bothering to vote.

[@adamtyuiop]

Praying 🙏.for 13 Tory seats

[@juanfranciscovillarroelthu6876]

Still 13 to many, But I like where is going

[@kaywhy245]

What on earth do you think will happen under Labour? How long will Sfarmer survive the far left. How many concessions will there be for the Muslim population? Do you want me to go on.? Starmer has only just conceded that trans men are not women.

[@gm9460]

@@kaywhy245if they get a big majority then the far left and Muslim communities won’t need that many concessions

[@kaywhy245]

@@gm9460 do you not understand that the far left are just waiting in the wings quietly? Be very afraid of what you are voting for when you vote Labour and this is from a very disgruntled Conservative who was a member of the LP for 40 years.

[@alexanstey1742]

​​@@kaywhy245stop buying into the culture wars nonsense and start looking at the real issues such as lack of affordable housing, stagnated wages, underfunded public services and fourteen years of the Tories playing trickle down economics with our finances to their own benefit.

[@davehopkin9502]

My personal view is that the vast majority of the public want an general election. The Tories used to spout "its the will of the people" when it suited them, but not on this issue it seems - so that the longer the Tories fly in the face of what the public want, the more they will look like they are simply clinging on to power for their own benefit and the more public opinion will turn against them

[@johnburrows3385]

13 seats too many .

[@tdb922f]

13 seats. I dont think it will happen, but we can dream cant we?

[@uniquerebeljaney3639]

As long as Moggy is among those who lose their seats, I'll be happy.

[@chatham43]

@tdb You can also dream of a genuine Labour party! Why do you make it so easy?☺☺

[@paulc1553]

Tories are toast. The nasty party.

[@Denis.Collins]

You think something better is coming under Starmer the child starver? The Uniparty whether, blue or red are the real enemy. Britain has to have something better.

[@chatham43]

@paulc And if they aren't nasty...being a tory they certainly should be!

[@kanedNunable]

@@Denis.Collins far more kids are starving under the tories than they ever did under labour

[@philiptaylor7902]

I'm sure the same thing was said in Canada in 1993. That's not to say that the Tories will experience a similar wipeout but this kind of political extinction level event is not without precedent.

[@andrewfox7861]

I would be delighted if the remaining tories had to sit up beside George Galloway

[@braddersfam1754]

Shame on LBC for their actions towards Sangita, shameful

[@Rick-xp5sy]

Tories never listened and destroyed so much, so James needs to wake up and realise it’s over.

[@Jonnyonthespot123]

Wake up and realise what? Did you even listen to the clip let alone the program?

[@raziel4435]

You seem to think that James is a Tory supporter, he’s far from it, but he’s also correct in saying that there is no way that the Tories will end up with fewer than 100 seats, unfortunately.

[@gillscorner794]

Why do i have to scroll down past comments with 7 likes to get to the ones with hundreds that mention Sangita? Where is she by the way?

[@pumpkin2001]

Oh please let this be true

[@mysteriousfox88]

we’re aiming for zero

[@profdrrameshkumarbiswas1337]

We may dream! And the Canadian tories once ended up with 2 seats in parliament!!

[@MrSalmanBadshah]

They didn't deliver any promise. The whole United Kingdom need to see some change. That's why the labour wiped out tories.

[@UochRS]

no i think you were right, constantly dumping on the 2019 opposition like you physically cant resist doing did make "we" as in "you" part of the reason we ended up with liz truss.

[@System-Update]

Fewer than 100 seats would be brilliant, although the best number would be 52. 13 Isn't going to happen.

[@SlowhandGreg]

I looked at electoral calculus it doesn't even take into account Tactical voting they are in deep doo doo

[@fragglet]

You planning on making a deck of cards like they did when they invaded Iraq?

[@keithparker1346]

A huge majority for Labour will be bad

[@SlowhandGreg]

@@keithparker1346 I think lib dems as the official opposition would be great

[@keithparker1346]

@@SlowhandGreg Lib Dems are dreadful

[@coppershark1973]

The Tories aren’t going anywhere, they’re joining Labour. 🤬

[@chatham43]

@copper Don't know why Labour doesn't just defect to the tories..and vice-versa...and just be honest with the electorate!😊

[@JAMESLOONEY-kd1nu]

We c9uld see a con lab. Coalitions 😅

[@bigtone718]

Sangita and Zeteo make a perfect union, are you listening Mehdi Hassan! let's make that happen💯👍👌.

[@MarkInOxford]

You have to question the sanity of those 13 constituencies who would still choose to vote Tory, despite everything they have done to harm our country over the past decade.

[@chatham43]

@Markin Top of the list being lockdown bringing with it high inflation and high interest rates which adversely affects the poor the most!

[@lanabmc3519]

They’ll be the ones with affluent voters who have benefited from the Tory actions. The ones with shares in the companies who gained government contracts for ppe or otherwise, the ones who benefit from loopholes in corporation tax etc

[@RealOGfikey]

Thirteen seats is still 13 seats too many for those fascists.

[@chatham43]

@realo Think Labour will get more than 13 seats! Don't know which polls you're looking at!

[@colinthompson3111]

I respectfully disagree with James. The level of anger at the Conservatives will be the difference between 13 vs 100. I think the Conservatives will get less than 100 seats.

[@BigBubbaloola]

True, but its ignoring the LibDems. They are much more likely to take the moderate Con voters rather than Labour, especially around my home turf of West Sussex. If you look at the map being bandied around to today, West Sussex is almost all Red. That is a laughable idea. WS has been mostly blue since it became a county almost. Its been gradually moving to Yellow for the last few years.

[@margaretmullen2446]

Sunak sunk Britain, sunk the tories,and sunk himself. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 BYE-BYE TORIES YOUR SHIP SUNK

[@user-xl2jq7hu5j]

He didn't sink himself. He's off to his place in the sun soon. He won't be sinking, he'll be surfing in Cal-i-forn-i-a.

[@Ghengiskhansmum]

Ever since 2010 and austerity they've been a sinking ship....it's just taken the English voters too long to watch something other than Bake off, Strictly, Royal babies, EastEnders, Coronation street and Emmerdale.

[@lanabmc3519]

@@Ghengiskhansmum Second this. Cameron, May, Boris, Truss then Sunak all played a part. England voted for this Tory nonsense and stuffed the rest of us with it

[@Hascienda27]

13 seats too many

[@phillaysheo8]

Sangita must be allowed to return

[@chatham43]

@phil You'll have to track her down first!

[@MrAcook61798]

Now I remember why I do not listen to LBC. They can make a minute last for 15. Poor.

[@marcusharman]

13? That many? Shame.

[@michaelmattern8188]

I DID NOT VOTE TO IMPOSE SANCTIONS ON OURSELFS.

[@simonbamford8441]

Surely the Tories will not get THAT many seats?😂

[@waynesmith1971]

Bookmarking this video for the day after the election 😂

[@chriswright3179]

We shouldn't want to wipe the Tories out. We don't know who or what might replace them. We should want Labour to have a sound majority which would allow them to begin to take sensible steps forward to make things better. We should want them to acquire momentum to win future elections because the voters appreciate that things are improving. We shouldn't want a one party state. Not should we want a divided society with an alienated and embittered minority.

[@alibushell6762]

"We voted for Brexit" 52% of people who were eligible to vote in the referendum and showed up to do so voted to leave, can we please stop trotting out that half the country voted to leave when there were thousands of people who were 17 who desperately wanted to vote to remain and many of the leave voters have since died.

[@bongobeans8401]

If it was true it would be 13 too many

[@jonsteele7227]

I think the tories might go below a 100 with tactical voting and not be formal opposition but not 13 seats.

[@franklettering]

Even though it's very rare I disagree with this bloke's opinions, I wish he would get to the point without all the waffling gobshittery .

[@sweetfreedom999]

He does love his word salads, which is terribly boring.

[@jakatta69]

I've been thinking for a while, that the LBC owners are putting pressure on O'brien to be less critical of the Tories.

[@theghostoftom]

Never underestimate the ability of the older generations to ignore everything around them and vote for the nice man who agreed that immigrants were bad. If you want the Tories gone make sure you get up and vote when the time comes. And bring ID.

[@Tom_murray89]

13 SEATS that’s a humongous wipeout and even if they do get a 100 seats I can’t see them getting back into any significant position for years to come

[@Nilguiri]

Bring back Sangita. Unsubscribe from LBC.

[@Shellytrifle.]

No,

[@johna5635]

It's like whenever the Daleks are fully defeated and wiped out in an episode of Dr Who... we all know their evil will return!

[@petercassidy0628]

My worry is the English voter are the people who keep voting Tory into power in the belief these Eton"boys will make there lives better.

[@jcanyiam8309]

Had Susan Hall been elected as the Mayor of London- it would have been worse than the BREXIT referendum. I would have happily migrated to RWANDA!!!

[@trucker4567]

Feel free to go there lefty.

[@Jman-lb6zd]

@@trucker4567what a sad tw@

[@trucker4567]

@@Jman-lb6zd You shouldn't call yourself that my muslim brother. LOFL.

[@chatham43]

@jcany Thought you were booked to go anyway? Some hope!

[@trucker4567]

@@Jman-lb6zd And you are a W⚓️

[@benwilson6145]

Come on James be magnanimous, allow the Tories there victory. Flushing themselves down the toilet.

[@user-fz7oe6xu4c]

james you think your right but your not always beware it will change when the headlines hit labour for all the wrong reasons think back blair brown

[@rav8881]

Never underestimate the ability of British people to vote for more Tory stability. They’re happy to tank their own country and economy cos racism.

[@Swan67-zw9jo]

I have just come back from Malta and they have giant posters celebrating 20 odd years of being in the EU

[@BocaoZ]

Where is SANGUITA?

[@hohohohehehe6910]

She was fired

[@bipolarminddroppings]

@@hohohohehehe6910 no, she wasn't. She didn't have her contract renewed, thats a very different thing.

[@hohohohehehe6910]

@@bipolarminddroppings cry

[@bigdaz7272]

Bring back Sangita

[@maht0x]

Zero seats! Zero seats!

[@caracal9458]

I expect there are a lot out there too embarrassed to admit they vote Tory but come the election they'll be in there voting for them whatever they do.