The monarchy can't survive on ambivalence | James O'Brien - The Whole Show

[@alistairmrkerr1336]

If a soldier dies while in service of the King and doesn't have a will the king gets his estate . Bona Vacantia ment in ww1 and ww2 the Kings estate was greatly boosted by the deaths of the people who were fighting for Him .

[@maryjohnson-hf4hc]

Thank you James for speaking up for us peasants who are grateful in hear😮ing your concise and humerus views on the real world. Love listening to you❤ from New Zealand😊

[@PhilJS67]

As an Australian it is time for us to have our own head of state. The monarchy has long past it used by date.

[@user-zo2rj2zi9g]

As an Australian I disagree.

[@gulfrasta5844]

I nominate Angus Young for King of Australia.

[@Frithogar]

You should replace King Charles with Lidia Thorpe!!

[@PhilJS67]

@@Frithogar wouldn’t be my first choice.

[@Frithogar]

@@PhilJS67 not for over 60% of Ozzies either

[@carlishiggins]

and camila laughs, insulting

[@ArtyFactual_Intelligence]

Not my queen.

[@peterwilson5528]

Charlie and his consort thingy is the final nail in the Monarchical circus.

[@jeffsavage5720]

Just There To Provide Employment For All The Posh Ex Private School Girls Who Get Media Jobs As Royal Correspondents!

[@jeffsavage5720]

Think Of All The Posh Royal Correspondents Who Would Have No Job!

[@ArtyFactual_Intelligence]

@@jeffsavage5720 The 'layabout scrounging class' you mean?

[@FattymcstattyMcormick-pv6pj]

That's his first cousin.

[@JohnLunetto]

@peterwilson5528 jeffsavagNicholas Witchell comes to mind . Bbc Royal correspondent . A complete waste of space ,a job of no relevance . Your TV licence pays for him as well as Gary Lineker 's 1,3 million per year .

[@gailforce]

You can take the peasant out of feudalism but you can't take the feudalism out of the peasant.

[@carlishiggins]

child abuse crimes were also inflicted on the Indigenous children and babies , so inhumane cruelty by monarchy

[@andrewstevenson118]

Terry Prachett had one of his characters say that humanity has a tendency to bend at the knee.

[@TessTearoe-zp5xv]

Family makes 1.1 billion£, gets 57,000,000.00£ raise. The whole setup is sickening!

[@antinatalope]

I'm ambivalent about the monarchy myself, but it is an interesting thing that we often decry oligarchs, but not monarchs. A few rulers are worse than a single ruler?

[@HisameArtwork]

don't you guys vote for a prime minister? or have you become like the saudis while I wasn't paying attention? aside from merchandising why do you still have a monarch and what powers does it have?

[@xolg3292]

Because the monarchy doesn't control the UK

[@antinatalope]

@@xolg3292 Hmmm. Who's troops are those?

[@Fordnan]

​@@xolg3292No, but it hands power to those who do. Hint - that isn't us.

[@xolg3292]

@@Fordnan The people we elect 🤣

[@Bill-Hicks-ashtray]

Subsidising THEIR standard of life, while people literally can barely afford to eat.. It's so peverse 🤮

[@spirit5228]

The british monarchy and monarchies anywhere cannot survive unless they stop hoarding wealth and robbing citizens of theirs, and put the needs of the people above theirs. The british monarchy is especially guilty of this greed. They are one of the wealthiest family in the world, but continue to be supported by the people. Why? What value does the british monarchy add to the lives of the uk citizen that entitles them to continue to be financially supported by the people? They do nothing for commonwealth countries, but use those countries as their bank. And why do people put up with it? I hope uk monarchy does not survive. Its a proven leach.

[@phoenixrose1192]

The monarchy doesn’t bring in revenue.

[@TessTearoe-zp5xv]

@@phoenixrose1192it certainly does! Do your research!

[@ArtyFactual_Intelligence]

@@TessTearoe-zp5xv The buildings that are visited bring in the revenue.

[@TessTearoe-zp5xv]

@@ArtyFactual_Intelligence You misunderstand me, the monarchy draws from Australia and Canada, I’m sure they get from other colonies, they send millions for this anachronism. It gets money not just from buildings. The word parasite comes to mind.

[@ArtyFactual_Intelligence]

@@TessTearoe-zp5xv It's the difference between revenue (nationally), and income (the family).

[@alanavery2002]

Wakey Wakey The Monarchy is Finished / Over Cant you see that Or dont you want to see that

[@ArtyFactual_Intelligence]

Nobody appears to have let them in on that notion.

[@jeffsavage5720]

Shhh! You Will Scare The Polo Horses!

[@spirit5228]

@alanavery2002 the other leaches like the men in grey suits and the billionaires who benefit from having the monarchy will fight to keep it. The people have the power to destroy and dismantle the monarchy. I hope it doesn't have to be a France fracture because charles seems to be digging his heels in.

[@spirit5228]

@jeffsavage5720 did you the step monster cohort, Camilla de ville who destroyed on her way to the top? Karma will get her.

[@xolg3292]

It's not but okay bud

[@Domzdream]

Guys. As an emigrant who came here to this great country back in 2005, the NHS is something I’ve always cherished and have recognised that it’s one of the main pillars that makes UK a great nation. Not even America has the NHS. Says something about our country. Let’s try not to lose it because I promise you, we’ll end up in the gutter within a year’s time. All the taxes we pay…what are they for? To look after our health interest,for one. To look after our elderly, for two. Let’s not spoil it !

[@michaeladkins6]

Let the monarchy pay for the nhs.

[@limpethead]

You definitely don't.

[@Bushwacker-mb6hw]

They do

[@paulinskipukprogressive4903]

Well done HNH and especially this dedicated journalist

[@danmartin886]

That Donald Trump clip killed me 🤣🤣 he’s comedy gold if nothing else

[@dwdei8815]

What James mistakes as "ambivalence" was partly achieved by getting the cops to cart away Not My King sympathisers in their paddy-wagons. A cultivated semblance of ambivalence.

[@Fordnan]

Exactly.

[@mickreaddin4979]

I agree with the first caller, the systems (hospital/GP) need to be connected. Surely this is more efficient?

[@magicrectangleEnt]

I can understand somewhat the concerns over the big brotherish aspects, but just having a standard that hospitals can intercommunicate using seems like a no-brainer. The part about having a whole packet of paperwork that was almost entirely useless at another hospital not far away was absurd. It happens a lot here in the states, but we have an 1800s health system.

[@ericaceous1652]

Thanks for the topic timestamps

[@kr6033]

King James O’Brien…Not giving away the name of my country but I live in a country that fought to separate itself from King Charles’s grandfather and in 2 weeks may elect a man named Donald Trump who wants to be a King 👎🏽…thanks James for always leading the conversation that’s on the right side of history! 👍🏽🍺🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@ArtyFactual_Intelligence]

King Donald The Fifth you mean ?

[@brianferguson7840]

Why would America fight to separate itself from George the 6th. Do you mean George the 3rd ? If so you're a couple of centuries out.

[@belindamay8063]

@@brianferguson7840 This is nit-picking. ( I sense tho’ that you know better). The big question is : why are we even talking about this?” Our country is crumbling beneath our feet. Every system is failing. Plagues are raging. People are being allowed to die. Why now are we talking about the monarchy - or rather The Royal Family ? Is it a clever plot to distract us - to stop the search for those powers that are responsible for the destruction of our once-shining world : the envy of so many. The Royal Family does not rule us. We can ignore it , or make of it what we want. It’s the Press that needs them. I don’t waste my time talking or thinking about them. I don’t need to And the cost isn’t prohibitive. It’s the truly powerful people who are robbing us and bleeding us to death, and they are still getting away with it. They win every time because we are shallow , and easily driven to orchestrated passion.

[@tonytidbury6569]

It’s well known that when someone gets a foot in the door, they voluntarily remove it.

[@donodono2287]

Both my parents worked in / for the NHS back in the day, and both they and all their colleagues working there often observed how it was more well-off people abusing its more costly surgeries and treatments who were putting it on course for bankruptcy.

[@carlishiggins]

and the sick royal fans still want this king saved, child abuse crimes were also inflicted on the Indigenous children and babies , so inhumane cruelty by monarchy

[@thegoodpimps]

We got rid of the monarchy before, the irish were genocided by a right wing dictator was the result.

[@mattsharpey361]

Profit is, was, and always will be the core problem facing all essential services. It has no place in hospitals, healthcare,housing, energy, transport, food delivery, water management or military sectors. Until we can look past the end of our own nose and confront this fundamental systemic contradiction every aspect of our short lives will continue to decline until we are at the same standard of living as the global south we outsource the catastrophically diabolical consequences of capitalism to currently.

[@MadnessQuotient]

It isnt just a unified NHS record that we dont have. Nothing is linked up in the UK. Local government. Utilities. Policing. Taxation. Welfare. Banking. Every government department and business has to reinvent the wheel and come up with a website, a password for you to forget, and a storage system for their data. You dont have 1 identity. You have hundreds to manage. Think about moving house. Everytime you move you have to update a lot of organisations. They all have different systems and processes. Change of address fraud is a massive issue, and by having so many systems for it, we create multiple vectors for attack. We could have one single unified ID that attaches our personal details to every account. A single place with high levels of security where you change your address and it cascades out across all your accounts. But that terrifies a lot of people. They like that they can drop a company and run. They like the idea they can become unfindable. They dont want the government associating them with the person of the same name and dob in the next town over who just skipped town. There are also a lot of religious people who object. ID cards were "the mark of the beast" to some. All told there are a lot of people working hard to prevent any kind of modern top down unified system. The chaos suits them.

[@MaatBlack-t7c]

@MadnessQuotient I agree with everything you wrote. You're right about none of the departments being linked. Their left hand doesn't know what the right one is doing and one needs way too many passwords and codes to access the most simple of things. I agree that it terrifies people too. However, for me, the worry is more about the overall security and safety of a unified system. When, not if, hackers get through that system we're all at risk, all at once. The chaos, albeit annoying, can also be a shield from bad actors.

[@Hi-fd4cw]

“The monarchy can’t survive on ambivalence”, sure, but should it really survive at all?

[@beandinner1262]

Nope. It's like throwing money into a sinkhole all to present an antiquated "cultural" ideal all for a group of loudmouth pathetic people who have nothing else going on in their lives. Miss me with that "iT bRinGs uS ToUrIsM" urban legend too, that's not even true.

[@Eurobrasil550]

​@@beandinner1262When royal appolagists spin the 'tourism' line ask them where the independently audited figures of how much is suposidly generated are published, and for a link, and they can't provide them, which of course is hardly surprising as they don't exist!

[@Fordnan]

​@@Eurobrasil550Yeah, but for the brainwashed, all that matters is that the claim exists online. "Look it up" is all they have to respond to that, as well as the equally ludicrous £1.7 billion claim. Both are ridiculous claims that should be dismissed without discussion anyway; we do not choose our system of government based upon the whims of a handful of tourists, or what amounts to a few thousandths of a percent of our GDP. Far more important are the social and democratic costs of the monarchy.

[@CherylGreen-v5q]

James , you legend

[@ajpend]

The Whole Show!!🎉

[@Sophiegunner]

You go James speak your truth. Especially because you’re speaking the truth about what they’re doing to harry and Meghan. There’s a plot against you James but we’re praying for you.

[@limpethead]

Haven't you got taxes to pay? Get to work.

[@belindamay8063]

@Sophiegunner. This is Coronation Street. Not politics.

[@jn715-i3h]

There is nothing on Lidia Thorpe's (Australian Politician) Wikipedia page that refers to a republic, she yelled out Treaty, her greater focus is on a Treaty not a Republic.

[@kellyvaters1689]

Any decision in Canada to abolish the monarchy would require a) a unanimous vote in the House of Commons and the Canadian Senate (not going to happen), unanimous votes in _all ten_ provincial legislatures (again, not gonna happen) and would also open the opportunity for certain provinces (Quebec and, more recently, Alberta) to make demands of the other provinces and the feds to change the constitution (including the Charter of Rights and Freedoms) in other ways. Theoretically, the UK would have an easier time getting rid of the monarchy than Canada would.

[@cypherlock01]

By design

[@roseannebyrne7233]

Lucky Canada. In Australia we need a referéndum with majority of voters in a majority of states. Last try they fixed the question and made it all about what we replace it with. It’s planned to ask us íf we want rid of it. I’m sure half of Australia don't even realise they’re our monarchs!

[@kellyvaters1689]

@@roseannebyrne7233 Depends on your perspective, I suppose. It matters little to me one way or the other because a) the monarchy isn't in our faces all the time and b) it's not an elected monarch so we don't risk what's been happening to the south of us (at least, on paper.) However, it seems enough people on the Internet had the bee in their bonnet, to get rid of the monarchy when the Queen passed away, that they had to be told, slowly and with small words, what would be required to bring about that level of change and the expense that would be incurred in the process. It's extraordinary, though, the level of ignorance in Canada about how the government works, even among "old-stock Canadians."

[@adriangriffiths4750]

I like how Nick Farrari never stops to have a quick chat with James O Brian, as if he is quickly, trying to vacate the building lol

[@carlishiggins]

The environmentalist net zero king flying to other side of the world for a free holiday. The irony of it...., public service ?

[@dimi3ixian]

17:52 just a way in on this . Certainly things may seem over complicated and redundant. However this step of additional scanning is needed not on you to protect patients data, but also to reduce abuse, black market selling and theft.

[@leaguefan7640]

The NHS needs the population to be educated into what the NHS is, what it isn't and EXACTLY how it works.

[@Fordnan]

Anyone who thinks the monarchy is harmless, or just a distraction needsro read Norman Baker's book '...And What do You Do?'

[@bonnieali5325]

💯🎯🎯🎯

[@moodycxnt]

Lidia Thorpe is a bit of an embarrassment in many ways, but I support her. What is maybe more embarrassing is a country that had a very, very close referendum on becoming a republic just 25 years ago, apparently has only one elected member willing to say a single mean thing to the King -- knowing that many people in the Labor party in Australia are republicans, but are more interested in power and money so will throw their morals and beliefs aside is an overwhelming feeling in this country. And Thorpe is absolutely getting a lashing from our highly centralised media, the same highly centralised media that through extraordinary amounts of partisan propaganda barely scraped a NO on the referendum.

[@belindamay8063]

@moodycxnt. Republics scare me to death. They have earned a terrible reputation

[@AllIsWellaus]

NHS security was once comprised due to their choice in still relying on xp. xp.

[@carlishiggins]

the king of robbers dynasty

[@joil6649]

James looks smart today.

[@darthregulus]

King Dracul

[@TheRealHungryHobo]

Greek people drink and smoke way more, yet live longer. Most of these things are way more complicated than any of these studies will ever give credit to, you cannot point out a single factor, like smoking or drinking, because any time you try there's ample counter-examples to prove you wrong. When it comes to Chinese people living longer, there's actually a really interesting theory to that. Chinese is a language that doesn't have the same tense system as English, like, we would say "I went to the store" (past) "I'm going to the store" (present) or "I will go to the store" (future) In Chinese it's just "I go store" or "I go to store" (a common mistake Mandarin speakers make when learning English) the tense is implied through context, it doesn't matter whether you went already, you're going now, or you will go later, you say all 3 the same way. An interesting consequence of this, is that people who are raised speaking Chinese, are better at long term planning when it comes to stuff like health and money, because "I will do this fun thing now and face negative consequences later" becomes "I do fun thing, bad thing happens" - because the concept of tense doesn't exist, things that we waive away as far off consequences "Who cares if i get cancer in 30 years" seem way more important, getting cancer is getting cancer whether you do it in the past future or present. Anyway, all that blabber to say, the language we speak influences our thinking, which influences our behavior, and a lot of "genetic" quirks we attribute to specific groups of people are actually a language thing instead.

[@couellet9131]

Pourquoi changer de parti politique si c est le roi qui decide il vas toujours prendre pour celui qui vas servir c est interet pas pour le meilleur pour le peuple

[@miztropraineraine9923]

The king job is just being head of state.. he doesn’t make any decisions political figures are the ones who makes decisions.. the consult the king or queen and they sign papers to give the green light. That’s it.. while a president is head of state and makes political decisions.. and the people vote for them to be head of state.

[@MaatBlack-t7c]

After Charles, its over. Republic of England, here we come.

[@belindamay8063]

@maatBlack. Why ? Our worst oppressors and the biggest wasters of our money are the Governments that we elect for ourselves. And we are talking billions. Then there’s the wholesale theft of public property . What is “privatisation” but piracy by another name ? I’m no lover of the Royals, but this Republican stuff is just a distraction.

[@Fordnan]

​@@belindamay8063And it is the monarchy that lends our politicians the ability to avoid accountability. You, like most Brits, no doubt confuse the monarchy with the royal family. They are not the same. Abolishing the monarchy will free the royal family from what is a cruel institution that undermines our democracy.

[@MaatBlack-t7c]

@Fordnan that's what I said. You just said it the long way.

[@Fordnan]

@@MaatBlack-t7c Yes, but I wasn't addressing you.

[@MaatBlack-t7c]

@Fordnan my bad, sir. I can only see your comment. If I'd have looked properly, I'd have noticed. Apologies again.

[@spirit5228]

I hope donald von schitzenpants was looking in the mirror as he referred to biden as 'fat'

[@michaeladkins6]

He hasnt had a working mirror since 1974.

[@carlishiggins]

she should of got on stage and said it

[@Shivelpuff23]

Listening to James in the background, really thought that first clip of trump was AI !

[@venomobl6577]

The system should have a fingerprint scanner to access records

[@jn715-i3h]

I think there are two different things happening here, there is the republican movement in Australia and the indigenous Australians who want a treaty, they are not the same thing, and I have watched LBC cover this, without realising this, I think your journalists need to do more research as an indigenous treaty is not a republic, they have two different aims. The woman who yelled the stuff out, is asking for a treaty for the indigenous people of Australia, so it seems the latter is being used by some of the UK press to focus on a republic. The Republican movement of Australia is not solely focused on a treaty for the indigenous people and not all those focused on an indigenous treaty are focused on a republic.

[@angusmckenzie9622]

@jn715 "I think there are two different things..." There's no doubt that the 2 movements, whilst arguably sharing anti monarchy sentiment, are different, have different aims and different levels of urgency. Indigenous "leaders" and leftie politicians are active on the treaty issue whereas hardly anyone raises the republic issue. My take on it is that it's the if-it-aint-broke-don't-fix-it syndrome operating in the republic debate. Who cares ?

[@anugranmathimugan2778]

No in this case she is asking for a republic .

[@jn715-i3h]

@@anugranmathimugan2778 she asked for a treaty, you hear her say this.

[@jn715-i3h]

@@angusmckenzie9622 If you didn't care you wouldn't bother commenting!

[@anugranmathimugan2778]

@@jn715-i3h Yes ... but in this context she wants a republic.

[@j.a.motteux2785]

My one warning is remember brexit. When I hear republicans talk about subject vs citizen, the language of our passports, and vague challenges about what *could* be achieved by a republic it feels like brexit all over again. Constitutional change should only ever be considered once all political options have been exhausted. This happened in 1831 and 1908, trying to get through the reform act and people's budget.. only after the deadlock did the constitutional change become necessary to achieve the political aims. With brexit, the government should've made the political changes promised and then if the EU absolutely blocked it and threatened to kick us out, only at thta point would leaving the EU make sense.

[@goblinwisdom]

Nhs IT infrastructure is as well funded as the nhs is. when it should have been upgraded it wasn't and then again when the next ' no really, do it' it wasn't really done either it's been run into the ground to allow privatisation ' to save' the nhs. What needs to happen? Nhs needs to be put back to 2010 and then built on, we need better ... everything any reliance on private health must be time limited very very strictly as in 5 years maximum and the work should be aimed to be completed within 3 years with basically low loses ( 10 -25% of remaining contract) in ending the contract early.

[@belindamay8063]

@goblinwisdom. It needs to be put back to 1947. With the commitment and ideals that created it. When it was the envy of the world. And adopted by a number of countries - e.g. Sweden where it’s still going strong.

[@SciFi2285]

Paradoxically progressive Canada may be the last bastion of unyielding monarchism within the Commonwealth. Both the Liberals and Tories are staunchly pro-monarchy. And, whilst nominally open to persuasion, even the leftist New Democrats are loathed to actually discuss the issue. Perhaps having a front row seat to the Republican chaos south of their border has played a role in this reticence.

[@MaatBlack-t7c]

Yeah they know they'll become part of american hegemony

[@DavidCampbell-w4u]

There are 105,000 middle class Guardian readers in the UK, they run the country so the honours are for them 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Frithogar]

The WHO says, "No level of alcohol consumption is safe for our health." Waiting for the conspiracy theorists.

[@boggisthecat]

Wait a minute… poison is bad for you? 🤔

[@herbivarsawus4359]

One of the Farage Rioters just died in prison =D

[@MaatBlack-t7c]

Dying in prison ain't funny. Whether you agree with the guy or not. Have a bit of class, lad.

[@upendasana7857]

James PLEASE let your callers express themselves without talking over them or belittling them or trying to win one over when they actually know what they're talking about like the Irish gentleman...you always have to be RIGHT or know MORE,give it a break and,its NOT a competiton ffs!!!! LET THEM Talk...unless they're talking obvious *hite

[@peterwilson5528]

What James is basically almost saying is microchip everyone, like they do with dogs and cats. That would be as close to Orwell's 1984 as possible. The police state would love that.

[@andymann6061]

It's part of the job NOT to keep banging the microphone.

[@upendasana7857]

It would be so nice of James would let his guests actually talk more and finish their sentences and not do ALL the tslking,the young 18 year old who phoned in was making some very eloquent inisightful points about how expressing republican views in MSM and socially is suppressed or not socially acceptable

[@Bushwacker-mb6hw]

2035

[@annychest718]

I got faith in William..he can bring Christianity back and Democracy

[@paulm1012]

The NHS, is finished, we all know it, you know it, labour knows it, the norm can't continue. How much tax do you want to pay? It is no longer an NHS, if it was they would use bulk purchasing power to drive down prices,

[@jonnobloggs1139]

That was a party political broadcast on behalf of the Private Health Insurance Party.

[@belindamay8063]

@@jonnobloggs1139 Thank you for taking the trouble to say that. People do need reminding of the continuing efforts of these privateers who have loads of money to spend on advertising and promotion. What Labour needs to do right now - and it wouldn’t cost anything - is to restore professionalism in all the public services. That ancient tradition has been all but destroyed in our time. Especially in medicine and teaching where dubious qualifications are being adopted. We are redefining ourselves as a third-rate nation.

[@greamespens1460]

NHS Passport what a farce I am trying to get into Google but still waiting for the text to come through

[@greamespens1460]

James you state that it is the percentage not the number that we should look at in relation to Hague's claim that there are more employed people. Hope Not Hate "they make up the majority of referrals" James can you corrected them?

[@DavidCampbell-w4u]

I wonder when James the multi millionaire will be expecting his OBE, 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣for service's to himself 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Fordnan]

What do you think the majority of 'honours' are for already?

[@gulfrasta5844]

Now you want Rexit lol. Don't blame you, being a Yank and all.

[@greamespens1460]

"talk to me as an ethnically white British". Where were you born again ?

[@mandyharewood886]

Your point?

[@greamespens1460]

@@mandyharewood886 If someone is born in the Republic of Ireland then what is their Ethnicity? It is possible that their parents are ethnically Irish but more likely Irish.

[@beandinner1262]

@@greamespens1460 Are you confusing ethnicity with nationality or are you one of those people?

[@andrewstevenson118]

There's a difference between nationality, ethnicity and race.

[@greamespens1460]

@@beandinner1262 If my parents were Irish and there parents were Irish and I was born in Irish I am not ethnically English, or Australian or french or german

[@julian987r4]

If James had his way he put Corbyn in as head of state.

[@ArtyFactual_Intelligence]

That reveals your ignorance of James' record as a Corbyn-hater.

[@CoolSocialist]

I wish, James is brilliant but he smeared Corbyn unfortunately.

[@julian987r4]

Corbyn Starmer, makes no odds, both are nut cases that James is infatuated with.

[@belindamay8063]

@@julian987r4 You remind me of the main weakness of the democratic system.

[@Bushwacker-mb6hw]

I’m very proud of KING and country corrupt what a vile disgusting person

[@jaymurphs11]

You don't seem to be very proud of punctuation.

[@andrewstevenson118]

@@jaymurphs11 Ha! 🙂

[@RavenRuled]

Long live the King!!!

[@jaymurphs11]

@@RavenRuled long live the Egyptian King 👑

[@TessTearoe-zp5xv]

@@RavenRuledthat will cost you 57 million extra pounds this year for a family that made 1.1 billion🤮🤮🤮🤬🤬🤬

[@paulm1012]

You have totally lost the plot, your employer has a duty of care, they are failing you, you need a very long long break mate

[@NickDartnall]

James O'brien bashing landlords. Obviously forgot he was one. Hypocracy dear boy. Appears to be dressed to work in a DIY superstore.

[@chosen-j1i]

Remember Charles telling us we need a great reset..? James' your a disgrace to your own country!..

[@hoytbangs9425]

charles and his consort are a disgrace, James is fine

[@chosen-j1i]

@@hoytbangs9425 if he is fine .. then why isn't he exposing it?...

[@Hi-fd4cw]

@@chosen-j1i Your lack of understanding of the difference between “your” and “you’re” is disgraceful.

[@ArtyFactual_Intelligence]

Perhaps we should switch it off and on again and see if that fixes it.

[@mikebardin4721]

The headline should say, James o brien the one sided show!

[@scottadams4655]

James is lucky we dont live 4/500 years ago talking about the royals in the way he does! It wouldn't have ended well for him & his anti-monarchy rhetoric

[@Fordnan]

Do you think that's a **defense** of the monarchy?!

[@swishwez]

I think we take the monarchy for granted. They add to our national identity, even in the back of our minds. They're a constant. Everything else comes and goes. I suppose we can keep dismantling the country bit by bit but I'm not sure what will replace this key figurehead? Our financial services? The government? Fun!

[@TessTearoe-zp5xv]

What a pile of codswallop. They make 1.1 billion and have the nerve to get 57 million pounds in an austerity budget. Past disgusting.

[@swishwez]

​@TessTearoe-zp5xv I agree with that, I wasn't commenting on their finances.

[@Fordnan]

If you want to see our national identity, watch the opening ceremony of the Olympics back in 2012. I can only think the queen was crow-barred into it to appease the establishment, it was otherwise a worthless stunt.

[@JamesBarry-j7m]

The monarchy will be there in a thousand years.

[@jeffsavage5720]

Be Where? In Faded Copies Of Majesty Magazine! NONE Of Us Will Be Here In A Thousand Years!

[@pinkpanther7030]

Not even by one hundred years😊​@@jeffsavage5720

[@belindamay8063]

@JamesBarry. It may seem to be pointless nowadays - but my philosophy is : “Don’t throw anything away - you might need it later. You can’t know When - and you can always adapt things. The British have a genius for that.

[@pinkpanther7030]

@@belindamay8063 it will be all digitally recorded and in outer space.😊