James O'Brien 'tired' of Nigel Farage's 'racist dog-whistling' | LBC

As Nigel Farage accuses Rishi Sunak of 'not caring about Britain's culture', following the Prime Minister's decision to leave D-Day commemorations early, James O'Brien discusses the Reform UK leader's 'sly' comments.
'As a somewhat tired student of Nigel Farage's tactics, you could predict the racist "dog whistle" would be deployed,' James stresses.
Farage told the BBC on Sunday the PM's action showed he was 'disconnected by class and privilege' from ordinary people.
However, Sunak has apologised profusely for his D-Day blunder and stressed he will 'carry on fighting' to win the election.
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[@derekthedullard]

I'm just tired of the fact that Farage and Reform are getting so much media air time when Lib Dems and Greens both did FAR better than them at the council elections a couple of months ago.

[@Durka-Durka01]

😂

[@migglesism]

polling a lot worse than reform right now tho

[@achandler6583]

Vote Reform if you want change!

[@johnrussell3961]

The greens did better in the Europeans than the far right nationalists.

[@johnrussell3961]

@@achandler6583 . Only 15% want the change they are offering.

[@user-yr6gv2fg7o]

What is true is that rishi sunak cares more about impressing and moving in circles that help his wife’s family than he does about this country.

[@kanedNunable]

same with all right wingers, including fromage

[@dianecameron137]

so what if he helps his family whats wrong with that he was there he paid respects so what if he left after he had been there two days its just another thing for the others to pick up on we had more people there to represent than others

[@mikeclifford7740]

@@dianecameron137 brics

[@andersaskjrgensen5468]

yes, to be fair, rishi sunak did not understand the culture nor the mood of the country on that occasion. Whatever the cause is of that, we don't know

[@chillivodka01]

@@dianecameron137 Theres a lot wrong with that. The fact the he helped his father in-laws business get 1.5bn license with BP, his wife having shares in his "childcare" scheme, his wife collecting furlough, his wife not paying taxes because of the non-dom status, the New Dehli/India trade deal. He is a hedge fund manager who was part of the global financial crash. So he is only out for himself, simple as that. He isn't interested in the UK or it's population, he is only interested in his family and India connections. The only thing British about him is his name on his birth certificate. He has now also disrepcted not only our veterans, but all the veterans that fought in the war, all for the sake of (apparently) "having an interview that isn't out until wednesday". That tells you all you need to know about that charlatan.

[@monkeyboy8424]

Does Ritchie Sunak have any "working class" friends yet?

[@larryjenkinson4789]

I wonder if Farage does ?

[@annemoncrieff3875]

R there any working class left?. We will all be in the work/poor houses soon.

[@JAWS-qj1rj]

No government elite have any working class friends.

[@vinay7397]

Yes Lee Anderson, but I think they fell out.

[@misslanapaulford]

No don't be silly. It might be 2024. But the already rich STILL look down upon the poor and middle class.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

I think anyone would be honoured to be invited to such a momentous and important occasion and for him to just leave is unbelievably disrespectful.

[@dianecameron137]

he was there for two days there were other representatives there no big deal has the veterans complained I have not heard them complain

[@mocko9912]

​@dianecameron137 just have a look on lbc last week and they interviewed veterans and they weren't best please

[@Alex-cw3rz]

@@dianecameron137 it is a big deal, he cared more about an ITV interview than the fallen at D-day I have heard veteran's complain, both my Grandad's took part in D-day one in the Navy minesweeper and the other a navigator in a bomber and I feel like he snubbed them and the suriving Veterans that due to their old age will mostly likely never see another anniversary.

[@chrisd5964]

@@dianecameron137Numerous complaints from 80+ veterans at the commemoration. If it makes you feel any better I’m sure Farage is the type to do the same as Rishi, they both serve themselves above all.

[@simoncox9689]

@@dianecameron137 yes the veterans have complained..also you very out of touch if you think it was not a big deal

[@mryorkshire3623]

It's impossible for someone with millions of pounds sloshing around in their bank account to have any idea what so ever about the struggles the average person is going through.

[@thegrandmuftiofwakanda]

Well, let's put it this way : If it's not possible then that middle aged gammon Sir Rodney "Beer" Starmer shouldn't even be an MP

[@routeman680]

Shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry aka Lady Nugee cerrtainly despises people who work for a living.

[@redf7209]

In his words that would be socialism. He believes in every man for himself and if you are poor why should he care, its your fault?

[@ArtyFactual_Intelligence]

@@thegrandmuftiofwakanda Racism surrounds you.

[@chatham43]

And you certainly do!😂😂😂

[@paulhodgers]

If sunak is too rich to understand, then so is farage also, no normal pleb has ever had a coots bank account 😂

[@AbbaFan-ib4sf]

You can actually have money and be in touch with ordinary people.

[@MajorCharlesCarringtonV.C]

He followed his stockbroker father into the city of London and was privately educated

[@SteeeveO]

@@AbbaFan-ib4sf you can't say that to lefties - they like to neatly package people with a set identity.

[@LowPlainsDrifter60]

The plebs are often taken in by a privately educated millionaire telling them he's on their side, vote for me.

[@mustrumridcully3853]

@@AbbaFan-ib4sf Not with an ego that size.

[@davidsullivan7743]

A video popped up on my Facebook feed over the weekend. It was of British paras having their passports stamped by French officials after taking part in a reenactment of the D-Day parachute drop. The reaction from Fartrage fans and other Brexit supporters was astounding. They were absolutely frothing at the mouth with outrage at the French and utterly blind to the fact that this was a direct consequence of the Brexit they had demanded. They are so obsessed with their own opinions that they are totally blind to the fact that borders with another country are shared with that country and they can do whatever they want with it

[@Royboy50]

When it was in their own interests 80 years ago the french didn’t stamp anyone’s passport ,,btw James the queen and all our royal family have a coutts bank account so your analogy of farage having one falls a bit flat ,unless you think they also have no British culture at heart ,you are so bigoted

[@davidsullivan7743]

@Royboy50 Oh, grow up. what a pathetic, facile thing to say

[@marktrotter8971]

The French "took back control" of their borders...

[@Royboy50]

@@davidsullivan7743 do the frogs stamp the passports of those departing the french coast in small boats ,

[@harley1200davidson]

What a shame that we cannot do the same. Come across the channel without your passport, no problem Sir, follow me to the coach to your hotel, Sir. No charge Sir.

[@ThomasKing19933]

I'm tired of Nigel. I'm also tired of politics. It feels like the country can't recover from the absolute mess the Tories have made.

[@BobsmithMarley-uq3ir]

Just vote reform

[@ThomasKing19933]

​@@BobsmithMarley-uq3ir How about NO?

[@cujimmi]

If you're tired of politics why do you comment on politics every day ?

[@ThomasKing19933]

​@@cujimmiI want change. I'm entitled to comment on what I see fit.

[@vinylrulesok8470]

​@BobsmithMarley-uq3ir is that the punchline?

[@user-vu1xn9by6e]

James O'Brien, the man fading evermore into irrelevance.

[@philipjenkins3675]

Unlike user-vu1xn9by6e who never had any to begin with! :-}

[@user-vu1xn9by6e]

@@philipjenkins3675 my point still stands, thank you

[@TheMactabanoye]

​@@philipjenkins3675he's right though regardless

[@britainbetterthanyou]

His side are about to win a landslide thanks to Reform. Get used to it.

[@richardbritten492]

Farage talking about class and bank accounts and somehow distancing himself from his class and bank accounts is peak grift

[@mcfcguvnors]

You Hate your football club owner too ? cos that would only be right ...Right ?!

[@thedealermusic]

⁠@@mcfcguvnorsyeah your argument would be valid if ‘your football owner’ made his purpose pretending to be on the side of ‘the people’. Farage’s whole grift is the British equivalent of MAGA

[@richardbritten492]

@@mcfcguvnors I don't follow football, so not sure what your point is.

[@JAWS-qj1rj]

​@@thedealermusicDo you feel this way about SIR Kier Starmer too?

[@bdizzle9586]

@@JAWS-qj1rjMaybe google why he’s Sir Kier Starmer, then go outside and touch some grass.

[@torchist]

Sunak didn't want any photos showing that he is actually shorter than Macron

[@stephfoxwell4620]

And thinner than Brigit Macron.

[@greamespens1460]

How does he compare to Tom Cruise

[@Manu-Official]

@@greamespens1460 One has been seen in a South Park episode packing Mr Hankey, the other one's desperately making an impression of Mr Hankey.

[@greamespens1460]

@@Manu-Official I enjoyed the one with Mel Gibson

[@william_marshal]

He could have worn high heels or borrowed Elton John's platform shoes.

[@karenchristinewise7833]

My cousins during Brexit where asked why they had a vote? They explained because they were Irish born with parents born before 1949, that they could vote under British legislation. They have lived in England for many decades. They have English born children and grandchildren. Both British and European Union citizens didn't like the answers. Eventually, they just explained that the whole of the island of Ireland was in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Their parents were born as British subjects, same as mine.

[@phil637]

The US green card was more of an issue than skin colour or money

[@mcfcguvnors]

"America is my home " right ? thats what YOU pledge when you fill out a green card application . The fact he kick started the financial crash there then blames Labour for it just make me violent - his wife i find ultra annoying too shes doing military business with Russia via her company Infosys

[@jacky5768]

why would skin colour be an issue?

[@7ookee]

In the typical hierarchy of issues so called British people have with him yes, the green card is the one they can really go at hard. The skin colour is still a problem, but pointing that out gets the woke brigade all riled up so they tend to only whisper that in closed circles the deniability is much stronger if you only think it and not say it out loud in polite company. So dog whistles of deniability it is.

[@jujutrini8412]

@@jacky5768 For some commenters on video clips by TalkTv, GBNews and The Sun it matters a lot!

[@johnbrereton5229]

​@@jujutrini8412 It's only people like James O'Brian who thinks skin colour is an issue, but then most of his opinions are pretty ridiculous anyway.

[@martinahardaker8739]

Well did Sunak himself make it almost xenophobic by emphasising that he stayed for the British ceremony. And I thought he was justifying his actions based on those patriotic lines. Far as I'm concerned Sunak is as British as the next person. It's his party and there selfish thoughtless disregard for the working class. Their blatant greed and constant deceit that I object to.

[@randomuruk7230]

Nothing about him is british

[@aaronchellam4651]

​@@randomuruk7230Except for being raised and growing up surrounded by British people

[@dotmatrix01]

When all arguments are lost….the race card gets pulled out

[@3replybiz]

This is pointing out racism not the race card.

[@dandun30]

why would a man worth half a billion want a job paying 150k

[@Hesham_MK]

He wants the power!

[@stephfoxwell4620]

Influence with Americans.

[@Rancid-wd3ty]

Thats easy, so he can get big corrupt deals for Infosys owned by his father in law, etc.

[@shuelahmed9392]

Because he wants to make more millions

[@prrrromotiongiven1075]

Job is worth far more than that when you factor in all the corruption you can engage in along the way

[@user-dv7pt4kl7u]

Mike Carlton a great presenter who took no truck from politicians. I remember one time where the politician objected to the line of questioning. Mike's response was where I come from politicians are fair game.

[@SpenceJS87]

Farage doesn't care about anything but his own ego. He is a grifter.

[@Durka-Durka01]

😂

[@michaels09]

Unfortunately that’s the case for all politicians.

[@stephfoxwell4620]

If you want to help Nigel in his vanity project remember to tick the box marked Grift Aid.

[@BobsmithMarley-uq3ir]

Vote reform

[@nigelknight6688]

Do you know him personally then ....no you don't like him so you make up stories just like O'Brien😂😂😂

[@dulcettonezzz8229]

Isn’t a dog whistle a sound only a dog can hear? Seems like there’s a lot of dogs upset about this

[@panchopuskas1]

Nigel Farage : "Putin is the world leader I most admire. "....... all you need to know, really.......

[@zmalevo2126]

Yes i remember that too. Pretty revealing

[@ryanc3687]

Putin = Legend All Western leaders = Embarrassment

[@chatham43]

@pancho So something in common with Corbyn?

[@DroneWalks]

He didn’t say that and your point is out of context. His point was Putin had played others better.

[@nicholasgodleman7520]

Show us the video or transcript then？

[@nickryder9669]

Didn’t Farage also go on about Susnake being unelected? Yet last week he took over as leader of reform deposing its leader without one single vote ! Wasn’t his main argument for leaving the EU was that officials were unelected ?

[@dazjackson1972]

Loads of new members have signed up since Nigel took over - also, any senior Reform UK figures could have easily left if they disagreed with Farage taking the helm.

[@LowPlainsDrifter60]

There is no democracy in Reform UK Ltd, Farage holds 53% of the shares (Tice has 33%) so he makes all the decisions. There are no members either, only subscribers who have no say.

[@nickryder9669]

@@dazjackson1972 but no one voted for him did they ! He’s an unelected leader just like he tried to make you believe eu leaders were ! Last week he and his man servant parked in a disabled parking spot ! He is sick !

[@user-fb5ef3jh3r]

Fascism sells

[@dazjackson1972]

@@user-fb5ef3jh3r only in La La Land.

[@lizzyh7417]

Yes, Sunak's initial reaction was 'I spoke to British veterans' - i.e. the foreign ones don't count...

[@annepoitrineau5650]

Not acknowledging how many soldiers came from Africa and the Indian Subcontinent is shameful.

[@randomuruk7230]

@@annepoitrineau5650 Why? Should we acknowledge the ones that fought with the Nazi's and Axis too?

[@Sabrermk42]

@@randomuruk7230 Your bias is obvious. What an utterly embarrassing comment.

[@randomuruk7230]

@@Sabrermk42 Oh wow you're so clever, want a juicebox?

[@jccusell]

Lets just deal out the worst accusation you can hurl at someone, give no chance to comment or reply now or in the future and call it all dog whistles and secret code.

[@AndrewWilsonStooshie]

Sunak's actions put paid to the whole "Love Europe, Hate the EU" thing that brexiters keep saying!

[@B-jz6fk]

I'm a Brexiteer and this is news to me.

[@stephenhill545]

They love Serbia and Russia.

[@GafftheHorse]

That was always a red herring. They've bee busy trying to leave any international agreement with 'europe' in the title ven if it has nothing to do with the EU like the EHCR.

[@thegrandmuftiofwakanda]

Love Europe, Hate the EU

[@thegrandmuftiofwakanda]

@@stephenhill545 I've never been to Serbia, nor known any serbs, but Russia is a wonderful country with wonderful people.

[@stephenbarrett8000]

LBC - the voice of reason. i saw James O'Brein at a train station in London, infact I was a few feet away, I was tempted say hello, but I decided against pointing out who he was, as I realise he is probably well aware of who he is.

[@thegrandmuftiofwakanda]

That could have been any garden gnome, or Ricky Gervais.

[@matthewsarson6934]

I am tried of seeing him in general. He is on the BBC so often that you would think he is already prime minister.

[@snowyowel7961]

The BBC is a sister station to LBC, and both labour .Has is most of the undemocratic MSM.

[@avacyn2000]

Cry more. Farage is the only person addressing the demographic problem that is consuming the Benelux as we speak.

[@anthonysokolsky6210]

I love him for upsetting all the right people!

[@routeman680]

The BBC pays him a lot of attention, hoping to smear him.

[@chatham43]

@matthew One day you'll leave your bedroom and talk sense.

[@Olly1909]

O Brien politics is one dimensional. Get off the air lad.

[@waynesimon2425]

This was just a little payback by Sunak for the starvation of 2 million of his native people, done by Winston Churchill 😂😂

[@debbiegale9076]

Farage was a public school boy who is every bit as establishment as Sunak though maybe not as wealthy. He doesn't care about our culture or doesn't get British working class peoples needs , given he wanted to (and still wants to) privatise our NHS

[@DroneWalks]

Doesn’t he want to privatise the nhs for those who can afford to pay through an insurance system. That seems sensible to me. That’s his position

[@rufus6646]

How is Farage establishment when the establishment hates him, even to the point of de-banking him? Farage is actually a real human who enjoys British culture and that's why people like him.

[@zebcamp7781]

Most parts of the NHS are already run by private enterprise. Most GP practises are run as private companies, at hospitals, cleaning, catering, car parks, admin, even the majority of buildings are leased from private companies. Not much left to privatise.

[@voice.of.reason]

No, no and no. You are wrong and lying debbie

[@debbiegale9076]

@rufus6646 He is as establishment as they come. Public school educated, worked in the city then was a politician as an MEP. The only reason he got on QT so often was that he was an acceptable face of the far right. If was so disliked they wouldn't have kept platforming him.

[@TopCatsBack]

Reform 👍🇬🇧

[@robert.257]

Every political party are exactly the same. They will promise to deal with issues that are important, but once in power go back on their word. Unfortunately we will never get what we want.

[@andykenny950]

It's tiring that O'Brien gleans racism from what Farage was saying,very very tiring. Unfurrow your brows Jimbo ,we ain't buying it.

[@benwilson6145]

If you dont like it go somewhere else

[@andykenny950]

@@benwilson6145 and miss out on O'Briens healthy and balanced debate.

[@sajadazaman9384]

Well what else is it. Racism is not just an under current but his overt policy. If you think Farage with his millions cares about the white working class then you are truly deluded!

[@clairee4939]

@@andykenny950 👍🏻 😂

[@DARRENKAIRNS-fv7yl]

Touchy ​@@benwilson6145

[@avakholwadia1420]

My father an Indian was drafted into the British army during World War Two. He was 15 at the time. He came to England in 1952, the hostility he faced and subsequently I as a child face is as bad then as it is now.

[@GaryTaylor-gp2qc]

it was bad then it's true , now it's just victim hood with little reality get over yourself

[@deepindercheema4917]

Drafted? Are you sure as there was no draft in british India and certainly none for children under the age of 18. Have a word with him. My father came here in 1950 and was eligible for National Service, luckily he was exempt.

[@barryspencer7911]

@@GaryTaylor-gp2qc Really seems to me it is WASP men who seem to be the biggest snowflakes at the moment.

[@annepoitrineau5650]

This is one of the reasons why Sunak's "escape" is so sad: he has ties to the Indian subcontinent as well as Africa. There were fighters form these areas. He could have made a beautiful speech acknowledging their role, and the legacy it gave him. What a lost opportunity to show humanity and that he truly belongs here.

[@chatham43]

@avak Or you could be making it up again.😊

[@shanedpain7734]

There’s only one colour with the elites… green.

[@floatingpeaks4584]

The green party?

[@johnnorris1983]

Feudal unaccountability won’t run away with the public perse AGAIN..😂

[@davidevans2863]

Rishi absolutely doesnt give a toss about the UK, he never has. Its always been clearly about the money and influence from being an MP followed by PM much like many MPs in government. The big difference is how blatantly, openly he and his Tory government has disregarded the public and set his family and mates up with golden handshakes.

[@g.pmoore4293]

I'd like someone to ask Mr Farage if he thinks it possible for a Kremlin asset to be a real Brit .

[@thegrandmuftiofwakanda]

" YEH BUT COZ YUH RUSSIAN "

[@mythologue]

I'd like someone to ask Farage a question that he can actually answer.

[@mootedtols4865]

Most of us have had a paywall blocking our way, everywhere we turn, all our lives. Sunak has never had that problem. I'm tired of old ideas -- modern humans can be better than this.

[@jimbowers8278]

Your comment applies just as equally to Farage and Tice.

[@mootedtols4865]

@@jimbowers8278 thanks, Jim. -- oh. I see, Do you imagine I construct thoughts in 1s and 0s? Farage can talk all he likes, I'm not interested in anything he has to say. I was commenting on the conversation.

[@jimbowers8278]

@@mootedtols4865 Fair enough

[@WaterhenBloa14]

​@@jimbowers8278and starmer

[@Cantbearsed447]

They "can" be but they never will. We have no power to change it because people like us dont have the money.

[@Politics-ss4lj]

Yes, he's a high-caste Indian with a green card, why shouldn't we be allowed to mention that?

[@iangascoigne8231]

Freedom for Tooting!

[@MajorCharlesCarringtonV.C]

TPF ✊

[@antonycharnock2993]

Alright comrade Reg✊

[@VOTE4CHANGE]

✊

[@jeremymerrifield7244]

@@antonycharnock2993 Wolfie

[@terryantony8531]

Yay tooting , worked there last year for nearly 10 years until Wilko closed down!? Lol

[@DemetriTurin]

What a load of balderdash. Tories are lost and your much loved Labour party will only make things worse.

[@ArtyFactual_Intelligence]

desperate right wing TOSH

[@jimmyriddlemethis6536]

If you settled in India and had kids would they really understand the emotion of the conflict with Pakistan or the fight for independence. Not in the same way that an ethnically Indian family would, that's just human nature.

[@stephfoxwell4620]

Could you become Indian PM or President?

[@anthonythompson1680]

Just a reminder many Indians died in the conflict , and Caribbeans and Africans. Not necessarily on D day. This was a world conflict so your reasoning doesn't stand up to scrutiny.

[@jimmyriddlemethis6536]

@@anthonythompson1680 In that case how do you explain what he did ?

[@randomuruk7230]

@@anthonythompson1680 Many Africans fought alongside the Nazi's, lets not forget that either.

[@anthonythompson1680]

@@randomuruk7230 Which Africans fought alongside the Nazis? Besides my main point is Farage trying to make out that Remembrance Day is a white English commemoration is false. Also this nonsense of right wingers pretending to protect the cenotaph is also false. The cenotaph is also for fallen soldiers of colour. They are spreading a totally false narrative.

[@jimweights8908]

Imagine he is categorised “non diverse” - then he would be formally discriminated against by most Uk companies and institutions. Why so much silence on this blatant racism?

[@megasizer5119]

There has always been a racial component to being British, not sure why anybody would pretend otherwise. Some people push civic nationalism and pretend you can be just like the natives by getting a passport, which of course is nonsense. Redefining British to mean citizenship is nothing more than a totalitarian opinion. Non English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish people are 0% British in any real sense of the word. If you pretend Britishness is a passport then anybody who obtains one 5 minutes ago is apparently just as British which makes zero sense. Being British was never the same as something like being American etc. You cant be British unless you come from English, Scottish, Welsh and/ or Irish background. Civic identities are bogus, even in the case of the USA where the definition of being American changes state by state.

[@PureBlood-TV-Official]

Why don't you just move to North Korea James?

[@Manu-Official]

Why does Farage keep retiring from retirement? I can think of 34 counts why he changed his mind again recently.

[@vincentblack7467]

And do us all a favour..

[@user-im8us6sg5d]

If Reform get in he won't have too.🙄

[@Adam-mo6gf]

Haha James is the most disingenuous weasel going.

[@kanedNunable]

you spelled farage wrong

[@stephanguitar9778]

You haven't listened properly to Farage or any Tories then.

[@artsed08]

@@kanedNunable So did you; it has a capital F.

[@Stuartmaplesden]

only speaks to people who agree with him hates everybody else

[@clairee4939]

He does doesn’t he. This is why there are such different world-views opening up and we’re getting so divided. It happens on the right too, people’s own ideas just seem so obvious to themselves and backed up by those around them. He definitely needs to hear and think about the other side to this and the experience of contradiction and double-standards linked multiculturalism and now this critical race theory. It’s the ideas that are bad, not the people because I genuinely see both sides on this and feel it’s a growing pain for us as a nation. And as crass as Farage can be, it’s him getting us to talk to each other more, not people in their left wing echo-chambers shutting down discussions in case we cannot handle it.

[@birdinthebush]

Macron called the meeting, didn't he? Enough for Rish to get back on the sovereignty helicopter

[@SAS-vx1jk]

It's actually not racism to call out ILLEGAL migration. Believe it ir not us 'far right ' like migration but what we do not like is illegal migration when we have no Idea who is coming into the country. Surely that's common sense. I lived abroad for years and believe it or not, i had to prove who i was to get residence (and still paid tax in the UK). Please have some balance rather than insulting us. Husband ex military who served for his country. Have you?

[@s6edge706]

Surprisingly most "immigrants" agree. Don't know why it's so politically hard to control immigration

[@ArtyFactual_Intelligence]

It's not only the far right that are concerned about illegal migration.

[@OanKnight]

Being brown aside, what does an Indian man, with an Indian wife (who pays as little tax into our system as possible), with Indian business interest who refers to California as home have as an interest in the UK aside from a pharmacy on the corner that belongs to his parents?

[@fritzhenning1]

So what interests do the descendents of theSax-Coburgs of Scleswig-Holstein unterderwasser have in the UK, and why do they seemingly own half of it.

[@solentforest]

I'm no fan of him but he's an Englishman.

[@OanKnight]

@@solentforest of that I don't disagree, I'm just saying that I don't see much evidence of him showing much interest in the UK

[@Candolad]

​@@solentforestInteresting. I assume that anyone born in England is English, however, I have both black and Middle Eastern friends who refuse to acknowledge that either for themselves (if born here) or their children who are born here. They might say their children are British, but not English. The same doesn't appear to happen for those born in Scotland or Wales for some reason. I always cite the English footballers in the England football team.

[@solentforest]

@@OanKnight agreed, I'm just not a fan of something that might be misconstrued as saying he is not English because of his heritage.

[@wmurray689]

Starkey was right.. Sunak proved it.

[@Callofdootie]

90% wealth tax on Sunak and family (and anyone else who has over £10 million in the bank) if you permanently leave the country. You have extracted wealth from the country, time to pay the piper back.

[@drcommonsense1]

90%? You can't be serious.

[@randomuruk7230]

@@drcommonsense1 99%

[@drcommonsense1]

@@randomuruk7230 Lol. No wonder the rich send their money abroad when you have people like this wanting to steal their wealth lol

[@adeisidaemon]

Who cares what James O'Brien thinks?

[@mustrumridcully3853]

More people than care about you.

[@fritzhenning1]

So name someone you listen to.

[@B-jz6fk]

@@mustrumridcully3853 💩

[@mustrumridcully3853]

@@B-jz6fk Well done - either respond with an argument or accept failure.

[@jeffsimon9594]

@@fritzhenning1 Candace Owens

[@dcomittag]

Ask anybody in India if he’s really British 😂

[@stephenphilbin3919]

Rishi Sunak isn't British. He isn't of *any* nation. He's an _Anywhere._

[@DivineLove247]

IS Racism a part of British Values? What are British Values? British Values are to speak the Truth, Stand up for the OPPRESSED, Help the Down Trodden in Society, Live and Let Live. Agree to Disagree with Others views Punish promoters of Hate,...Be it IslamaPhobia, or AntiSemitism,...be they White, Brown, or Black Hateful Bigots. It is these values which made Britain GREAT.

[@sp4rksmontana486]

No, Racism is definitely a British value

[@kanedNunable]

britain only got great by robbing the rest of the world really.

[@PaulStargasm]

It's a European value. Definitely experienced more racism in mainland Europe than the UK but across the whole European continent racism still flourishes.

[@Traceva]

ABSOLUTELY

[@fritzhenning1]

Someone should have told Bunter about telling the truth. Maybe instead of spending so much time at pole dancing lessons (paid for by the rate-payers of London), he could have spent time at truth lessons.

[@kurtklingklang5918]

Sunak is not British, he is ethnically Indian. He follows an Indian religion, his parents would undoubtedly have brought him up as a mirror of their own Indian cultural origins. The fact he went to the place the Titanic was built at the very start of his campaign shows a deep lack of understanding of British culture; for all his expensive education.

[@maryhaddock9145]

Simon Webb of KZbin History Debunked channel explained quite well how people of foreign ancestry or of international heritage cannot possibly have the same feelings of patriotism to a country than those who are native.

[@THEF4LLOFM4N]

O'Brien was an anti-Brexit campaigner and was part of the People's Vote campaign for a second Brexit referendum. He gave a speech at a People's Vote March "Put It to the People" on 23 March 2019 and at the People's Vote rally on 9 April 2019.... so he must be furious that Nigel is back in such a high profile way.

[@rainbowgirl4038]

He isnt the only one!

[@mark.e.p]

Can't stand the bloke.

[@voice.of.reason]

Yes, it's really funny

[@ronocko]

Hes not British, his loyalties lie wherever he can make the most money.

[@jeremymerrifield7244]

Do you mean Farage or Sunak

[@ronocko]

@@jeremymerrifield7244 yes

[@Mike-tb5gj]

Correct - Sunak is exactly as you describe! (Actually, the other 649 MPs are exactly that as well!)

[@chrysalis4126]

@@jeremymerrifield7244 Both

[@stevenwilliamson6236]

That's very British.

[@MFisher7346]

I imagine when he saw Joe Biden he thought, "Huh! I've got more money than him!"

[@andrewlong6438]

It’s always they won’t learn English or respect our culture rather than us learning their language and understanding their religious festivals - remember the outrage over Eid adverts in M&S ?!

[@bjt5654]

When in Rome....

[@Debagio]

Farridge continues to be the darling of the BBC, they can't get enough of him. Utterly bewildering.

[@michaelellis7326]

The opposite is the fact !!

[@Danny-is5if]

Cope.

[@routeman680]

The BBC say a lot about him so as to smear him and reduce the Reform vote.

[@johnvasiliou9095]

Nobody cares what you're tired of.

[@TheForeigner68]

My neighbour, a very kind and sweet old english lady, once told me and my wife that we "are a lot like us". I'm not of colour. Indeed, I'm a portuguese citizen, with very northern european ancestry and the looks to prove it and have a fairly decent knowledge of the english language, to the point of being mistaken for a british citizen. I lived in the UK for many years, in a "very green and very white" village in the Cotswolds. People like my neighbour have no clue of how insulting they can be even when they're "being nice".

[@philipcrossley1279]

I'm white and british born. My parents and grandparents were all white and british born. Their parents and grandparents were too. Im prepared to bet their parents were too. I think I'm as british as any other british person. I don't understand british culture either. But i do know that bigotry and intolerance aren't fundamental to it.

[@nihilistlivesmatter]

By asserting you are white & claiming several generations of ancestry you are implicitly suggesting these things are intrinsic to being British

[@philipcrossley1279]

@@nihilistlivesmatter Nope. I am saying that no matter how "British" you THINK you are, there is no one-size-fits-all "British culture". Maybe fragile sensibility is part of British culture, I really wouldn't know.

[@nihilistlivesmatter]

@@philipcrossley1279 I don't understand what you are getting at...are you suggesting because culture is multi faceted there is no such thing a British culture? Are Sombreoros & Flamenco culturally British?

[@philipcrossley1279]

@@nihilistlivesmatter I'm saying I couldn't define British culture, primarily because a lot of what people might say is British culture has more than likely been adopted from elsewhere around the world,. I honestly couldn't say for sure what is fundamentally and exclusively British culture so I don't mind if you can help me out here. But tea drinking, cucumber sandwiches, going to the pub and Sunday roasts don't strike me as something that is only done in Britain. Maybe Morris dancing? Being rude to foreigners? Snobbery? Being superior? Cream teas? Eating Fish and chips from paper? Wearing inappropriate headwear to a horse race? Getting shirty about trans issues? I'm not trying to be obtuse, I simply find someone saying not understanding British culture is unusual to be absurd.

[@clairee4939]

@@nihilistlivesmatter indeed. There was a time when half the world considered themselves British. We just need to get back to that ethos, well not the British Empire obviously lol, but the sense of British identity and belonging. We’re a bit of a faceless free-for all at the moment. It’s not great for anyone.

[@NigelThompson-hb5jg]

There is only one person who constantly goes on about racism - the loudest dog whistler of all of them is the presenter himself.

[@GazTU1]

Reform. For when the only thing that matters in life is mindless racism

[@jaxcoss5790]

True dat! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@stevenpyne1994]

Farage is just another chancer.

[@tomsiddle7583]

Nah it’s because people are sick of huge mass migration, legal and illegal.

[@spacebound1522]

@@tomsiddle7583 Except that legal migration has been proven time and time again to HELP the economy, and ergo the country. It really is just a basic dislike of foreigners at this point.

[@JustUsFlyers]

@@spacebound1522 no it hasnt lol. What planet are you people on? Lower legal migration helps the economy, but not massive uncontrolled migration. It's like saying drinking this or eating that, has been proven to help your health. Yes maybe, but if you drink loads, or eat loads, your health gets worse!

[@DodgyFPV]

Prove it. Actual tangible truth please no feelings just facts

[@DJdavefromlondon]

I grew up with my dad and Grandfather telling stories about WW ll , they were both in the Forces. Its human nature if you are younger today and your immediate family didnt have those stories to tell then you would place less value on these events. Do i care about the Roman invasion ? For Sunak to miss the international event is indicitive of this.

[@JahangirAlom-yo7sg]

Nigel farage Is German he don’t mention that he needs a dna testing to see if his British 😂😂😂😂

[@jimseltzer2002]

Yes, and my auntie was an alien.

[@alexanderangelo7284]

The Anglo Saxons were German.

[@daveyber3564]

Britain is not a country 1st and the dna of "British" nationals would contain Anglo-Saxon, celts,Romans,Scandinavians well dating back over 1000 yrs but "british" can have dna from all over the world now days so your point is bs and also shows your ignorance! ....... what in your Brain equates to British dna .... elaborate as to what you mean by British dna please .

[@routeman680]

@@daveyber3564 Britain is a country. THe DNA analysis from 23andMe gives a broad geographical identiification, then breaks it down by countries where your DNA is well represented. This may give a clue where your various ancestors came from.

[@MS-ii1sv]

French maybe with a name like Farage but German?

[@topcat1358]

O'Brien's "tired"?....Ah diddums - A lot of people are tired of him!

[@MrRailjunkie]

1.4 million listeners a week including myself say otherwise.

[@topcat1358]

@@MrRailjunkie - 1.4 million say otherwise?....Have you asked them ALL? What have they got against dog whistles anyway?

[@drcommonsense1]

​@topcat1358 why would you need to ask all 1.4 million? Surely, if they tune in each episode, they clearly aren't tired of listening to him. As for dog whistling, we don't need more division in society. Have you ever heard the "phrase people in glass houses..."... This kind of silliness turns national politics into school playground stuff.

[@MrRailjunkie]

@@topcat1358 No I haven't but why would they listen to him if they agreed with you? As for dog whistles they are designed for populists to pander to the worst elements of society.

[@ktay7382]

James, it's all about interpretation, and of course you would come out with your perception

[@davidcarr2216]

Journalist to Rishi: "Come on Rishi, tell us mate. You thought you'd get away with it didn't you ?"

[@Alex-cw3rz]

Great vor

[@Notalwaysrightbutmostly]

It’s all Nigel has , his only policy is to blame immigrants for everything.

[@fabiennemitchell2371]

No, Nigel Farage is employing the study of supply and demand with regards to this nations infrastructure, tax burden and more. Further, he is looking at the social science of matters of integration, multiculturalism and all that that entails, both positively and negatively.

[@kenjepson1908]

@@fabiennemitchell2371 There are a lot of multi syllable words in there which Farage would not understand, his supporters even less so. Words like social and science, and especially integration and multiculturalism are just weapons for Reform and the like.

[@fabiennemitchell2371]

@@kenjepson1908 Those words you belittle are taught in Universities under politics.

[@BESTGINGEREU]

​@@kenjepson1908I'm a Farage supporter and a soon to be Reform voter. Your condescending comments about people who align themselves with Nigel and the Reform party do nothing but make you sound desperate to be right. Looking forward to seeing how your party of choice does post election :)

[@MarianneCasey-mt6pw]

Vote Reform 👍

[@SheilaTitchener]

Who would have thought obrien would be defending sunak? 😂😂😂

[@redsword1659]

My father used to get the Sydney Morning Herald and read Carlton and then decide if he could be bothered reading the rest.

[@judithlingard2448]

My experience now with any Australian newspaper. I read a few in my library but mostly seek The Guardian -on line for a bit of unbiased news.

[@fredtim3]

I cant stand that obrian the nonsense he comes out with is not for me no chance the worse speaker i have ever heard.

[@jaxcoss5790]

I was born in London to West Indian parents a year afer Farage was born in Farnborough. I served Queen & country in the Army. Farage wouldn't like me. Ah well..... I think I might survive. 😂😂😂

[@Yoda-xt8tn]

How can you say he's not British enough, he's the epitome of a Tory, Maggie Thatcher would have probably adopted him to carry on her idealism. Perhaps with a bit of love from aunty Maggie he'd have been a more charming, caring and friendlier PM. 😊😊😊😊😊

[@spinozalogos3109]

James, you're cornering yourself by asking what the difference is between Tice and Sunak with only color being the implied answer. The difference to me is Sunak is not on board with Nigel's agenda and Tice obviously is. I don't think Nigel would care what color the PM was if they are in his way. It's base emotions that all others are built on. His anger dressed up in jealousy of Rishi's accomplishments and the lack of his own is the foundation of Nigel's motivations here. Always remember that racism is a projection of fear and anger. It isn't a base emotion. You can read a person better if you traverse the acts back to these base emotions.

[@Coverdrive50]

How do O’Brien’s listeners not see just how much gaslighting and strawmanning he indulges in 😂😂 intelligent guy but unapologetically stirs up hatred all the time, makes me laugh

[@middleman9183]

👍

[@Nick.Martin.]

I’m pleased to say I don’t get Farage’s culture. Thankfully.

[@SkeletonDrums1]

Culture? Like on a petri dish? He is much like a mould!

[@sonofsomerset1695]

The culture of pointing out reality, yeah not many Labour voters get reality.

[@Nick.Martin.]

@@sonofsomerset1695 I hadn’t realised “pointing out” was a culture. But what do I know?

[@sonofsomerset1695]

@@Nick.Martin. Nothing clearly.

[@chriswright3179]

Remember the Brexit distinction between somewhere people and anywhere people. Sunak is clearly an anywhere person with his wealth and American connections. That alone puts him out of step with the party of Brexit and is enough grounds for these accusations. On a lighter level in the changing room of my local gym, I was told that my mildly expressed remainer views were treasonous and put my Britishness in question. And yes my brother with his Cambridge first was advised by the University against joining the Foreign Office because his father was born in Berlin. Just as I wrote that, you said "You can't integrate enough". As it happens I am white. I agree the question of colour lurks behind Farage's statements. A clearly visible but not exclusive marker of us and them.

[@oliviasmith7997]

I really appreciate JOB's ability to explain the obvious-things that are so evident they're almost invisible, hidden in plain sight, and difficult to articulate...

[@pricklysubject9120]

Without the Allies who fought in the war we would be speaking a different language Sunak snubbed those who fought absolutely disgraceful !!

[@brettblyth1857]

8 out 10 German forces killed in WWII were serving on the Russian front

[@chatham43]

@prickly What have you got against foreign languages? Disgusting!

[@davidpryle3935]

Only for the Soviet Red Army we’d all be speaking German.

[@vincentblack7467]

LBC when are you going to give O'brien his cards.. Do us all a favour...

[@MrRailjunkie]

Do the ignorant Gammon a favor more like. That will be when he stops pulling in the highest listening figures.

[@3replybiz]

Don't like to hear it do you....

[@jamesmaybrick2985]

This guy is creepy.

[@Mark1405Leeds]

Sunak isn't British - we are merely his bank!

[@rlc9]

Born in Southampton. That's part of England. 👍

[@randomuruk7230]

@@rlc9 Means absolutely nothing, if someone is born in space are they aliens?

[@rlc9]

@@randomuruk7230 who's ever been born in space & where were YOU born?

[@randomuruk7230]

@@rlc9 No one yet, but it will inevitably happen especially with the recent explosion in space tourism. So answer my question. If place of birth determines what you are, is a child born in space an extra-terrestrial alien? If not where is the child from?

[@rlc9]

@@randomuruk7230How about you answer MY grown up adult question? Where were you born & what's YOUR nationality?

[@bauer9101]

Well Rishi is doing his absolute best to help Farage out.

[@LowPlainsDrifter60]

He has been doing it ever since he took his premiership.

[@colinnewlands743]

Nothing to the same extent but as a Scottish man living in England. (I left Glasgow 40 years ago and I have an English partner who I love with all my heart for the last 11 years) I often get comments that A) I must hate England and B) When I say that the Union Flag is not the English flag I must hate the UK. It is a Little Englander Mentality.

[@AbbaFan-ib4sf]

I’m tired of James O’Brien talking absolute undiluted drivel.

[@insertname2035]

Yet here you are, clicking on his videos

[@duckndive.]

What O'Brien really means is, he doesn't like having to watch someone with an opposing view on immigration, have people listen to what he said.

[@keith3696]

Blah,blah,blah. We need change, simple as that.

[@chatham43]

@keith Should suit you then.

[@richardjohnson7379]

Because that's how you get change...traditionalism

[@iamthenomad2k]

I would say Sunak isn't really british because he wants to be American!

[@Stephen0988]

Nothing sly about it he isn’t !

[@TheOperaticChick]

Oh get on with it mate, you're waffling ffs

[@jeffsimon9594]

He needs to spend time demonstrating his flowery vocabulary

[@TheJdh4]

Farage causing James more emotional damage.... Poor James is still reeling from Brexit... Get over it chubs.

[@Kevs-scenery-pix]

Did you hear how much we are losing as a country from leaving brexit, wages are down and going to fall, do your homework, we left ourselves alone on a frickn island ffs while Europe builds back, but ye keep listening to the dogwhistling farage, no matter to him hes earning 😢

[@NSW-ye3xw]

Sunak was born in Southampton. If I was him, I would say that I was born in India because it's better than admitting to being born in Southampton.

[@lasm93]

Id rather live in Southampton

[@hector7187]

Are u from Portsmouth?