The moving James O'Brien call listeners said brought tears to their eyes | LBC

[@carolinehumphrey7882]

I believe everything changed the day that Johnson removed 21 MP´s from the Tory Party, simply because they dared to vote against him. Unfortunately, this included senior statesmen such as Ken Clarke, Nicholas Soames and Philip Hammond, amongst others. We have very few real statesmen and women in Parliament now, people who actually work for and with their constituents, rather than for their own career advancement.

[@candyman5912]

I agree

[@martinobrien7110]

The Purge . You are so right . Johnson has surrounded himself with a Cabinet of useless planks , Barclay . Dowden , Patel . Do I need to go on ?

[@obscurazone]

The tories have been utterly detestable and ruthless for decades. Nothing has changed, other than the media exposure. Boris Inc is simply the very public manifestation of the tory party that always was.

[@katyhibbert292]

He was right to powerhose the disgusting remoaner detritus out of the Tory Party - vile enemies of democracy, all of them.

[@seriousoldman8997]

@@katyhibbert292 Oh really??????

[@user-hl8ns2wx5t]

Terribly concerned for my family members in the UK. Bo Jo is out of control. However, his enablers are worse. Will Britain ever get sense again?

[@kwekudtraveller3859]

They won’t. Some of us have been preaching the gospel for a decade but we get the same resentment. The number of rough sleepers and people with mental illness I see now in London is alarming. So much anger in the country that you could be seriously harmed or killed just by eye contact. Absolute madness

[@niallmartin9063]

@@kwekudtraveller3859 I had an English girlfriend for many years, lovely woman. Met her in ‘85. She was one of Atlee’s “grandchildren”, ie she had free University education and free Healthcare. As a young Irishman I could only marvel at the humane rational society she lived in. Has the internet made everyone marginally insane?

[@kwekudtraveller3859]

@@niallmartin9063 Let’s speak the truth really. These generation of over 50 politicians enjoyed everything their fathers left behind and also enjoying the future to the detriment of the youth. They are very selfish, my bosses are over 65 and intend to die at work because they receive enormous salaries and frustrate us with old age decisions. Their level of greed is very worrying to the future of this country. They are even cheating kids out of school meals, child benefits and other things they got for free in their time .

[@marcomucino]

They won't. It will take decades, until the situation is SO BAD that the country is falling appart outside London, that insecurity (and police brutality) has risen to unseen levels, that there are thousands of people leaving the country every year, MAYBE, and just MAYBE the people will do something about it. BUT I'm not sure because the UK has one of the most soft-authoritarian goverments (MI5 and others) in the world that would destroy any social and political movement trying to change things....

[@mthwnicodemus]

Beautiful conversation lads. Thank you for your insights.

[@The_Original_KL]

A lasting quote since watching the TV show Chernobyl. “Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth. Sooner or later, that debt is paid.”

[@alicianieto2822]

I wish I could share in your optimism.

[@alpharius4434]

@@alicianieto2822 This isn't optimism. Saying that you must pay for every lie you stand isn't optimism...

[@boahnation9932]

I believe the debt is paid by pain being inflicted on those who your decisions affect. So unfortunately, I agree

[@masquarra]

“Oasis of truth in a world of lies”’. Hear Hear!

[@martinobrien7110]

BORIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CLOWN . THE ACT IS BEGINNING TO WEAR A BIT THIN LIKE HIS HAIR .

[@milsub59]

Don't confuse a sociopath with a clown...and it was always pathetic

[@CBOANDALUCIA]

"family against family", yes, that's the reality. The painful reality.

[@YUSSEB8E]

The Tories. Who reference Churchill and war time sprit until they are blue in the face but got rid of Churchill’s Grandson , Nicholas Soames to force their agenda. THAT sums up this government amongst many things.

[@isthereanybodyoutthere9397]

They also got rid of Churchill himself because he was of no use to them anymore. They are power crazed money orientated morons.

[@Ron.S.]

That’s when I realised it’s a real functioning mafia

[@realsandwiches]

Are you talking about MPs or Voter's? Soames is Churchill's Grandson but he's not Churchill. The Only person that got rid of Soames was himself, by decided not to stand in the 2019 General Election.

[@YUSSEB8E]

@@realsandwiches thanks for pointing out that Soames is indeed, not his own grandfather

[@realsandwiches]

@@YUSSEB8E No worries. But you understand it's because, you're saying Soames should be treated differently because of his famous relative? Upholding a parliamentary rule on Soames, has no bearing on Churchill's or the Prime Minister being able to mention his legacy, or any other conservative politician. You know that's privilege right, not earned, just awarded cause of one's lineage?

[@LuzdoSol00]

I can see the emotion in this caller's voice. But people vote for this Government knowing who they vote for. " When someone tells you who they are believe them" Maya Angelou.

[@daisyl2629]

“Brexit has broken the back of our society”. Truth, right there. We went to sleep on 23rd June 2016 and woke up the next day in 1970.

[@johnhickton7944]

No it hasn't. It's the re-birth of our nation. Or tell us numpty do you still want us to be paying our taxes into an EU system with EU990 billiion fraudulent expenditure every year? Why has James never told you about that one?

[@daisyl2629]

@@johnhickton7944 88% of UK voters would now vote to stay in the EU, having worked out they were conned. (BMG, Panelbase and Deltapoll Nov/Dec 2019). I guess that makes you the out of touch numpty.

[@Peterthepainter66]

Poodle alert. Get over it and move on. Christ it was 8 years ago. Just be glad the canapés and fine wines are no longer available to our pigs in the trough MEPS.!

[@LightingJedi]

This man Darren is absolutely right he definitely speaks for me literally read my mind ! Well said sir

[@slackster999]

And mine, heartening to hear people like that

[@kristoffarrell6899]

Getting conned makes me feel guilty and angry for letting it happen to me and my family. The shame of it poisoned me and made me depressed. It took a while to realise that making mistakes doesn't make me lose it helps me to grow or learn to do better next time. That's all we can ever do. So, being conned by Boris Johnson is an opportunity for all of us to do better next time.

[@happyapple4269]

Keep it simple .. dont vote. You have no say in anything and they dont work for you. So dont vote.

[@TheComputec]

@@happyapple4269 Doing that plays right into their hands... Terrible advice. I do hope you make better decisions in other areas of your life

[@piercoucy]

Next time will be too late. It is already. Some mistakes are more costly than others.

[@IndigoWhiskey]

it can serve a purpose though. the arguements over first past the post and many other thinly justified lies like trickle down economics, national isolation being a strength, lobbying, privately owned news media with no effective watchdog, conflicts of interest and importantly blind loyalty to a political default position should all become dead arguements as the harsh realities are now a part of the mundane, or rather an everyday consiquence in our everyday lives. noone can miss it entirely and it puts to the experimental test the logic of sharing verses greed with self evident results. no cut off where worming your way into justifying unforgiveable actions isnt immediately obvious. perhaps humanity can learn to give up systemic habitual lying. well if we dont its more war and death right before finishing off our ecosystem guaranteeing our extinction so ya know, no pressure.

[@szahmad2416]

@@piercoucy with regards to Brexit, I don't think so. There will be another opportunity when the EU is massively reformed...which it must be in order to survive. Once it's massively democratized, there's a case to be made to rejoin it which many conservatives will accept with a changed EU that does not exert so much power over the fiscal, economical and immigration policies of every nation in the union. Yanis Varoufakis, the former Greek finance minister and one of the founders of DIEM25 pan-Europe party, has this hope.

[@lloydbrowne9397]

You get the government you deserve - we allow xenophobic behaviour to trigger the conscience of the nation and worried why it's come back to haunt us

[@00pugsly48]

Absolutely. Vote in a lying, nasty and corrupt government and that’s what you get. And it’s been obvious from the start they’d be like that.

[@Jessi8074]

“You’re are my oasis of truth in a world of lies” couldn’t stress this sentiment enough. Well done James. You’re my sanity as well.

[@kaltinhomer4853]

"Its easy to fool someone than convince them they have been fooled",,this saying just keeps applying everyday,,sad!!

[@realsandwiches]

This is on the premise, those the did their democratic duty, answering a question they didn't ask in the referendum, coming to their decision they'd prefer the UK to leave the EU, than to continue it's membership, solely on what they'd been told during the mouths before the vote, by pro-leave campaign's? I'd say, reading the minds of 17.4 people, from all over the UK, is quite a feat! I couldn't and I wouldn't claim to know why you voted to remain in the EU, there's a myriad of reasons why you came to your conclusion. But I'll go out on a limb & presume you made your decision, before the vote in the commons to hold the referendum was held? I definitely wouldn't think for 1-minute, that you took what MP's campaigning on either side of the question, as gospel. But believing radio talk show host's a and political commentators, that those who voted to leave did, I think you need to question, who's actually been fooled?

[@kaltinhomer4853]

@@realsandwiches nope i actually looked into the facts,,yes james helped me a little koz he showed me facts too but there is so much information in other sources about the benefits of brexit and i researched alot,,am not saying its perfect but given the inability of boris to find another solution staying in the EU was the best solution,,yu cant expect privileges from the EU while yu are not a member,,Britain was heavy reliant on the EU trade and now there is no replacement because just wanted power and used lies about brexit to get in there,,before he was elected he kept saying he had an "oven ready deal" which i knew was bs koz he never truly discussed about so yeah i did my research not soly on LBC but other sources too.

[@MrRailjunkie]

@@realsandwiches Whatever reasons people think they voted leave for is irrelevant because the one main reason they all voted leave was they fell for the con of the right wing media & the leave campaigns.

[@Drhiggythered]

@@realsandwiches I'm afraid that about half of those who voted leave did so with anti-immigration (of the illegal Asian and African kind) in mind. That looks like the numbers haven't abated at all since we left the EU and in some cases is increasing. Boris knew this. Unfortunately the voting public didn't.

[@realsandwiches]

@@Drhiggythered So you think you can read the minds of nearly 8 million people? Don't try and guess why even one person voted to leave! All you need to know is the majority of people that voted, preferred the option of leaving the EU than remaining a member. There's nothing else to think about, you will never know. You voted to remain, I don't care why, but I understand you wanted the UK to remain a member of the EU, over leaving. Did you? The UK is poll l pl um on the guy to Dec DC 51st in the ranking of total Covid deaths per capita since the pandemic began. Almost every other country ranked above Sweden had lockdowns, mask mandates and major restrictions.

[@Steve0272.]

If we taught skepticism , critical thinking , and epistemology in schools we would be more likely living in a world in believing as many true things as possible and as few false things rather than what we want to believe with our emotions/feelings being a major factor

[@Lifelongloser]

Yeah and then we could finally do away with religion.

[@GronkGames]

Ask yourself who controls what is taught in schools. Those in charge don't want those below questioning those above.

[@ldshasnobrain]

I think an English lesson first, then post. Agreeable?

[@helenmoorcroft6964]

That's was brilliant Both of you understanding the same feeling of political views.

[@steve3150]

I voted for brexit and starting to regret it now

[@bibibrin5035]

Vote Johnson out!!! That's the only way. The world is watching. We keep our fingers crossed for you. All the best to you and your families!

[@rogermellie8713]

They are not going to vote him out until there is a viable opposition.

[@stephenhumphrey7935]

@@rogermellie8713 Roger Mellie, the man on the telly.

[@rogermellie8713]

@@stephenhumphrey7935 Yes. He does not appear so often since Viz went all woke.

[@ldshasnobrain]

I love you, James. You truly are one of the "Annointed!"

[@jamesdenny5078]

Anybody who says they "knew what they voted for" didnt. Its that simple. You did not know. End of discussion.

[@princeandyonane8946]

Glad you're a mind reader

[@jamesdenny5078]

@@princeandyonane8946 Its fact. you did not know what you were voting for. Theres absolutely no point arguing this. You voted for the most vague of concepts. At the time you voted there was absolutely no plan whatsoever, and frankly there still isnt.

[@princeandyonane8946]

@@jamesdenny5078 Vote leave to leave. So complex. So Vague.

[@paulwalker797]

@@princeandyonane8946 You have just proved his point!

[@jamesdenny5078]

@@princeandyonane8946 that is literally my entire point. Leave is vague. Its like walking into a car showroom with a blank expression and saying "car". Going into a restaurant and saying "food"..... it is not defined

[@android12921]

Oasis of truth in the desert of lies. That's quite an honour James has earned. Thanks James for your patience with fools in methodically peeling their 'folly'cles alive.

[@ABBADiego]

There’s no oasis in the UK, you are in quicksand that will devour you into nothingness. Front row seats from Spain.

[@nealwilliams3601]

Millions of us did not want this. Enjoy the show.

[@maryannbain8011]

You are my news source over the pond... Family all over the country, mostly Croydon area. Love feeling connected to them through you from Chicago! 😎

[@kenmay1572]

Johnson has divided the electorate like no other before...Oh hang on how about Thatcher?

[@princeandyonane8946]

But Thatcher was great.

[@god1971b]

She was many things but a Brexiter she was NOT.

[@fintonmainz7845]

@@god1971b ironically, more than any other politician in Europe, she was responsible for the single market

[@glowwurm9365]

I hate thatcher, but at least her agenda was the betterment of the UK…. Johnson’s agenda is his own self interest.

[@ibleedswede]

Thatcher was a scientist and intelligent and would have been responsible for far fewer deaths than Johnson's flying pig circus.

[@IndigoWhiskey]

caller did a solid job of opening up there props to him, hard to do when theres a large backlog eh buddy? glad to hear some appreciation for the value in proper conversation is blooming :-)

[@runcaz7802]

Great call and great radio host.

[@shahidahmed5779]

That waa beautiful call we need more calls like that we outline the issues we are facing.

[@johnhickton7944]

It was grovelling taken to new depths.

[@Inatsikap]

Oasis of Truth - well said sir!!

[@chuliluli]

He is 100% right, a lot of people that voted for it didn't know what they were voting for because they trusted their leaders. Not their fault, the Brexit leaders are the ones that should provide answers, those leaders brought the heat and the hate towards the EU, experts warning of the consequences and Remainers. They broke the country for their own benefit and now no one can criticise the Brexit failed project or have a rationale to discuss about it. If Brexit had any potential benefit, clearly, the government is not capable of getting anything positive out of it.

[@princeandyonane8946]

We voted to leave. Wow that was complicated

[@markargent4962]

@@princeandyonane8946 you voted for this did you. Don't think so. Brexit based on lies

[@princeandyonane8946]

@@markargent4962 What's ''this''? We're enjoying Brexit

[@markargent4962]

@@princeandyonane8946 yes I bet your not. And it's going to get much worse. Any luck your lose your job just like 1000s of others. See how funny you find it then pleb

[@walterschluterjun5594]

There is one benefit. Brexit forced and still forces you to do some self-reflection and to question your world-view. You will have to find an answer to the question, who you are and what defines your country. Without Brexit your arrogance and the often cited exceptionalism might have persisted for much longer. No economic benefit, I have to admit, but at least a benefit. Until you find answers to those questions, you do not need to waste any energy in trying to rejoin (if that's what you want to do at some point).

[@Monklane79]

Well said.

[@mikeh5431]

Absolutely spot on

[@Taliesin-xd7ke]

Yeah.😢

[@SpencerF6]

Heard it live. Love this.

[@AlexeiCrawley]

Absolutely agree with the sign off. James is doing incredibly important work.

[@pw4259]

The left will Destroy this country they will only look after Lazy benefit takers you think this guy cares get real !!

[@mrmyloc]

@@pw4259 As opposed to Brexit destroying the country via the Tories? Left it is.....

[@jamesdenny5078]

@@pw4259 Any thought that the problems might be to do with the people who have governed the country for over a decade, rather than a few wokeys?

[@mathieuleader8601]

@@pw4259 do you have family members are on social security

[@johnou.k.3780]

@@pw4259 that’s what they always do , they hate everything about this country

[@lightningtwostrikes4317]

I’m no fixed abode .. politically homeless.. it’s awful 😢

[@namesurname2958]

I traditionally use to vote conservative or lib dems/greens pre-brexit. Now id vote labour if it would guarantee defeating this lot in an election.

[@missbee3618]

@Pale Rider and what’s wrong with you?? Rhetorical question, actually. Get a grip.

[@happyapple4269]

You define your life by your political party? Jesus thats one the saddest thing ive ever heard.😅

[@lightningtwostrikes4317]

Sarcasm doesn’t seem to come over very well here, obviously not many with sense of humour

[@lightningtwostrikes4317]

@Pale Rider Sarcasm doesn’t seem to come over very well here, obviously not many with sense of humour

[@peterperry5378]

great words . but absolutely true

[@msa-tt4bg]

Why were us Remainers unable to organise any credible opposition to Brexit?

[@kaltinhomer4853]

There is one,,stay,,the EU isnt perfect but nothing ever is,,Boris and his followers wanted UK to be the only one benefiting in the EU as they didn't care about the other nations and wen they were told NO they acted like playground children and spread lies about brexit hence the position we are in today,,

[@hmq9052]

You'll never win. It's like Trump. They have the lies.

[@lordvadertheleftie9703]

Because as leftists we are too busy fighting each other instead of uniting behind our common enemy

[@kaltinhomer4853]

@@lordvadertheleftie9703 yu think yu are smart but yu really are just super dumb

[@jamesdenny5078]

Because how can you make an argument to vote for a boring but efficient status quo in which you cant summon any emotion into the discussion vs voting for a totally undefined, unspecified future of whatever you want it to be in your head no matter how many impossibilities and contradictions it entails, whilst those on that side play to their audiences ignorances and prejudices over the whole subject. What are you supposed to do when confronted by this? you are relying on the voting public having an understanding of the issue and coming to some sort of coherent point of view.

[@woodycfc6084]

James is a Legend

[@paulw6183]

You misspelled bell

[@paulcarter8717]

@@paulw6183 Spot on

[@davidmcculloch8490]

When did it change? The roots were planted by Thatcher (who did not recognise society) through the neoliberal model - me, me, me. With the possible exception of Major, the Tories have become progressively more decisive, allowing their plutocrat sponsors to perfect the model where the poor vote for the rich to have more. Brexit heralded the rise of populism: having bought the excuses for austerity, a binary choice in a referendum allowed the identification of a common enemy (however fictitious.) Now we are expected to hate the woke generation, lefty lawyers, and the list goes on. Government has learned from the techniques of fascism and moves progressively towards that model. George Orwell nailed it in his novel 1984.

[@violettacurry8765]

You are my oasis of TRUTH in a world of lies. AMEN. I second that 'emotion'.

[@LightingJedi]

“James is an oasis of truth in a world full of lies” I concur ,well said !!!

[@happyapple4269]

Only a version of his truth.

[@boahnation9932]

@@happyapple4269 I don't agree, there's only one real truth and if you can look past all the lies and deceit and see what is ACTUALLY going on then there is only one truth

[@BabelSongs]

What did he THINK would happen. 11 years of Tory govt, a nothing opposition, we are in the early stages of Fascism, rather obviously

[@EvilSnowVO]

Well just the other day, Dominic Raab was talking about legislation to allow ministers to overturn court rulings that they didn't agree with. That's a clear step down that path, and yet people are somehow oblivious or in serious denial about it. It's only going under the radar because since Thatcher, the political "center" has been gradually moved further and further right, so what would have once been seen as reasonable policies are decried as far left Marxist communism. It's why fascistic policies and behaviours get a free pass, because they have become more normalised while half the country is distracted by some flappy hair, barely intelligible babble, and kept in line with a few buzzwords which they don't really understand, but sound terrifying when put together

[@jamesandmichellewolvifarmr7406]

I left the UK in 2014 and headed to Australia. I did not leave for any other reason than the adventure Australia offered and of course the shallow fact that the weather is better. It made me realise what it meant to me to be British as I was looking from the outside and comparing it with Oz. I was proud of the multiculturalism I was surrounded by, the humour and strong spirit that was on display everywhere, the general open minds I heard the voices of everyday and the rich documented history, such as the bithplace of the modern industrial world. There were issues but I felt there was enough soul to overcome them. I fear this has been lost never to return and it sad to see. Unless those voices start to shout out loud from all corners "no more of this madness let's get it back".

[@MrRailjunkie]

@Pale Rider So what does being British mean then? Being pro Tory Pro Brexit anti immigration? because that's definitely not me. Globalist has become a meaningless right wing buzz word.

[@g_c6668]

@Pale Rider Where do you think British people came from? It used to be unpopulated before humans arrived, who originated from Africa. There is evidence that ancient Britons had dark skin too

[@stephenmurray2851]

​@@g_c6668There is no evidence of this. Second, the argument that white people should be ethnically replaced because we share a common ancestor is absurd. Such a low iq argument. We are different.

[@jorgegomez524]

In the big ocean you always want to be onboard the biggest possible boat. When Britain was a country of sailors they all knew this simple true. but they forgot...

[@harrywagter3356]

Wow that was something, love listening to you James, wish we had journalist over here that handle these issues like you!

[@middleman9183]

surely you realise James is one of the most biased libtard radio presenters polluting the airwaves?

[@harrywagter3356]

@@middleman9183 surely you realize that your comment says more about you than about the person you are accusing of polluting the airwaves? What filter has grown in your brain to make you say, think and write like that?

[@johnhickton7944]

He wont take me on because he knows that as with Frank Lampard, Armageddon awaits him. O'Brien is a coward.

[@jamesscurr571]

You can tell by the comments that the only argument is about Left Or Right, when most people just want to be Governed from the Centre.

[@gomey70]

I think most people just want to be governed by competent, honest people, be they on the left or right and not extreme one way or the other.

[@intergalacticspacecanoe4659]

yeah, no. give me the left edge of old money conservatives. or just generally some who are not going to turn laissez faire all of a sudden.

[@carlwyatt5036]

Top man James!!

[@billykotsos4642]

I respect Rory Stewart a lot

[@josefschiltz2192]

I'm glad that Rory got a mention.

[@LaurenBies]

What a lovely conversation. 😇

[@andressanchezcasado4433]

Outside EU its cold

[@dougmorris2134]

I felt like I was part of a wonderful European family. A community that rose from the ruins of the Second World War with the aim of peaceful coexistence and cooperation between nations. I was proud to have my EU passport. I was devistated when the UK voted to leave the EU. I now see and hear the hatred by some toward the EU and to European peoples, my friends,. I’m totally disgusted and heartbroken.

[@andressanchezcasado4433]

@@dougmorris2134 tears flow on my cheeks

[@johnou.k.3780]

@@dougmorris2134 world war caused by Germany, now and always have been the EU run by the Germans

[@stefanlabuda3526]

The same for me. Oasis of true James is...

[@progpuss]

It gives me hope that a Tory voter has some common sense views , trouble is no one in power is listening

[@L0stJ0hnny]

As the caller was saying, the Tory party he has in the past supported no longer exists. It's now UKIP/Brexit Party with a Conservative label and they are rewriting history to try and say that UK membership of the European Union was only ever supported by "lefties".

[@stevea.b.9282]

An oasis of truth in a world of lies. I second this

[@isthereanybodyoutthere9397]

That caller speaks exactly for me. I voted for Sir Roger Gale as Thanet North MP in 1978/9, after being a Young Conservative mainly becuae our local Bromley MP at the the time John Hunt refused to join the shadow cabinet and latterly the real cabinet, but championed the cause of people unfairly dismissed and used a close member of my family as an example. The nasties who dare to wear the blue rosette now are trash, and I will never vote for them until the ERG and other neo-nazis are expelled from the the Tory Party. I am a democrat, and therefore all opinions should be heard, but some are purile and have no place here.

[@bradm2856]

I've never voted in my life. Considering lib dems in the next one. Can't get any worse.

[@howler6490]

Still not voting.

[@katl6426]

If you don't vote, you can't complain about the result. Now more than ever, democracies need every single eligible voter to get off their butts & vote

[@tammyharry5663]

Love the ending ☺

[@bielsaball8443]

Cringe

[@namesurname2958]

It was cringe, but true. Thats more important.

[@dw-yl3ln]

Leeds fan calling someone cringe lol

[@loneridar]

nice one

[@happychappy7115]

Trump, Johnson - a changed world and not for the better.

[@johnou.k.3780]

What’s wrong with the world

[@niallmartin9063]

Even Peter Hitchens (arch genuine Conservative, like Roger Scruton), wanted a soft Brexit following the Norway example. I’m looking aghast across the Irish Sea at the UK wondering what on earth is going to happen next.

[@prettyokandy230]

@joe bloggs that's what you worry about bro?

[@prettyokandy230]

@joe bloggs and what do you base this on if you don't mind me asking? like south africa or something?

[@wheredidugo6739]

We won't get justice but we CAN have vengeance if we want it. Do you want it enough to do what it would take?

[@다미최-w5b]

let him talk for gods sake

[@berniefynn6623]

VOTE Britain FIRST,

[@intergalacticspacecanoe4659]

please do, we love to see everything in UK become so much worse like it absolutely would be. it´ll be really funny to see your entire country crumble, because you baldies would do even worse than BoJo and thats not even that much of a stretch.

[@duanepipe5277]

The best radio presenter out there, a must listen for balance and common sense, I hate when he’s on holiday, him and Sheila offer 6 hrs of middle of the road politics

[@JohnSmith-mk4bo]

James O'Brexit, the best radio presenter out there? Seriously? He is simply gotcha moment man like when people phone in other stations to win breakfast show quiz but cannot even think of a country or artist beginning with E, it is simple but because they are on live radio they cannot think of an answer in that moment. This guy feeds off of that. Don't follow a bully.

[@sandymastermind2669]

As a continental european i was absolutly stunned by the fact that the Italians voted for Berlusconi back in the days, but i never ever would have thought that the British would vote for a clown like Johnson...

[@katiePetsy]

Not all Brits. He's hated in Scotland

[@roddychristodoulou9111]

The Tory party ceased being a Conservative party the day Doris took power . But always remember he's not the driving force , there are others in charge of that .

[@ianandsusan]

Words of wisdom and truth.

[@franziskacosta2291]

Oasis of truth in the desert of lies. very apt and true!

[@stevemottram9000]

The first straw in the wind was Cameron realigning the UK with the right wing group from the centrist group in the EU. That for me was the unexplained act that in hindsight was tge start.

[@famalam943]

Jesus Christ. Crying over leaving a trading bloc. The cultivated feelings of dread over this is disgusting.

[@L0stJ0hnny]

Well done for completely failing to listen to or understand what the caller was talking about.

[@davidstephen2955]

Bored them to tears!

[@piotrkonieczynski]

There is hope in UK. Where are those people? Where are they hiding?

[@peterobertson1457]

FFS..... 🙄

[@grahameburnip5880]

100%

[@russellmarriott9396]

Labour needs to nail its colours to the mast and become the party of rejoining the single market.

[@Cagefighter]

I know nothing about politics, nor do i wish to, because I can't take all the lies and it would make me too angry

[@williammurray3840]

Simply people who support democracy when it accords with their own personal opinions especially concerning Brexit.

[@MrRailjunkie]

I support democracy when it happens & not votes obtained by corruption like Brexit.

[@happyapple4269]

Democracy is an illusion...the world over.

[@JezmondoMisterfull]

This call made the hairs stand up.....He's soo RIGHT. This is how to be RIGHT in a World Gone Wrong, James. Hat's off sir! But so sad too....p.s. your book is great though!

[@vetricara1149]

It was moving

[@fallyhag]

Wow. That title is a real mouthful ❌

[@trevordoolan5011]

I Feel You Both...✊ I'm an Irish Guy, living in Ireland, and it breaks my heart to see what Brexit has done to the UK 😔 .

[@IrishLadASMR]

I'm an Irish guy, too, living in Ireland and no, I don't feel remotely sorry for the leavers because they don't care about the delicate situation in Ireland that the British empire created in the first place.... Nothing, but pure ignorance on Ireland from the general British public unfortunately. I feel it for the remainers only, but I feel it more so for the people of our island who didn't want or vote for any of this.

[@grtcara8386]

Brexit and Corbynism 2 sides to blame not 1

[@mireilledavidson9427]

What he can do is run for office, become the MP of his district. He clearly has the most important requirements; honesty, integrity and compassion. As to the work detail, on the job training because it seems to me a strength of character is of far more importance. He pops into London, and returns on the weekends where he holds a town hall meeting updating the community as to the going ons and matters of importance. Then as a community you decide what needs to be done and move from there. In fact, honest compassionate people up and down the country should run to be MP and maybe oust some of these elites. Let the country be run by the people who work the country and make it run.

[@trustmetours57]

Probably the biggest irony here is that if 16.1 million people had accepted the outcome of the 2016 Ref and David Cameron along with the other 649 MP's had done as they promised Mrs May and Boris Johnson would never have been a thing. Everything that Johnson and his government does has been enabled by Remain minded people and politicians. Cameron and the majority 'Remain' minded parliament could have delivered the best kind of Brexit deal that Remain could ever have hoped for if they had kept their promise.

[@uploadvideos5860]

JOB the GOB

[@keithd26]

I know how he feels. He's a moderate Tory and I'm a moderate Labour but I really struggled to vote Labour under Corbyn just as he is struggling to vote Tory.

[@jonathanwetherell3609]

This crystalised my thoughts. UK political split is no longer Conservative v. the reformist parties. It IS BRexit/anti EU v. proEU/Rejoin. Where (and when) do the centerist Conservatives go? When are Labour going to tumble to the fact that those who voted Leave/Conservative are not going to "Return"? Labour are lost if they try to keep a foot in both camps, they just alienate both.

[@anthonywilson8998]

When people voted for boho the situation had been manoevered by Cummings. Brilliant operation to secure majority based on brexit. Now Cummings has gone boho is lost. Must be gone. Or get another Cummings.

[@realsandwiches]

I understand, by casting my vote in any ballot, I'm accepting that the vote is legitimate, the choice that receives the most votes win's & I'll accept the result. The referendum was a choice between the UK remaining or leaving the EU, nothing more. The result was for the UK to leave the EU. Like with any ballot, it was the voters that decided the result. Everything else is semantics.

[@leslieshand4509]

But Scotland and N.Ireland voted to remain. What happens to hem?

[@realsandwiches]

@@leslieshand4509 No they didn't! Again 'The referendum was a choice between the 'UK' remaining or leaving the EU, nothing more'. The 1,018,322 votes for the 'UK' to leave the EU, from Scottish voter's, were the difference between the 'UK' remaining or leaving. 'Leave' couldn't of won, without them. But also the 1,661,191 votes from Scottish voter's for the 'UK' to remain, weren't enough to win the referendum for the 'UK' to remain in the EU.

[@jameslochridge4265]

The whole premise was that the referendum was advisory and it was instigated by lies. They then took this advisory result and twisted it to make it legal (sic). Well here are some facts about it they said it was a national vote (the UK is not a nation) it's a trading union one in which the people of Scotland had no say in and if we had it would never have happened, now we vote 62% to remain in the EU so we'll leave this union to rejoin the EU asap.

[@realsandwiches]

@@jameslochridge4265 Refamiliarise yourself with the David Cameron referendum leaflet sent to every house the UK. The government's leaflet, made it clear that the result would be implemented. No one was under the illusion, the referendum was to gauge the populations opinion. The fact that the small print stated it was advisory, was only brought up after the result. Who said it was a 'national vote'? I presume it was a mistake, no one talked about a national vote, instead 'a referendum' & on the ballot paper it said 'the UK'. Out of interest, what is the correct way to describe 'the vote', would it be a 'Union vote'? Either way, in all honesty, did you really believe the government wouldn't implement the result of the referendum? The Scottish had as much say as any other UK citizen. It was the UK that was a member of the EU, in the same vein, it's team Great Britain that takes part in the Olympics. The only reason to look at how different demographics & the countries that make up the UK, voted, is for analytics. Nobody points out after a general election, Scotland didn't vote for the Government of the United Kingdom? These technicalities were only pointed out after the result, that gave an unnecessary false hope to those who didn't get the result they were hoping for and would have never been mentioned if the result was for the UK to remain a member of the EU. The pro remain politicians should have come out the day after the result and conceded, stating as much as they dislike the result and wholeheartedly believe it was the wrong decision, for the sake of democracy, the result must be honoured & any attempt to overturn or ignore it, would be sour grapes and anti-democratic. But they didn't and they are to blame for the Brexit divide, it's shameful.

[@kendrathompson5207]

Actually it wasn't a vote. A referendum is not a vote, it more resembles an opinion poll. It was the media who called it a vote

[@stan4723]

Master Servant ideaology

[@Willywin]

Were they tears of laughter???

[@qanon6861]

BUILD BACK BETTER

[@lsubrown34]

If America punishes Trump then the U.K. will have hope.

[@AmandaInEly]

Same for me. Except there are others, even in politics ( not many).

[@Driver2616]

Daryl here says he’s teetering on the verge of voting Lib Dem….. I’d imagine that there are countless others like him all over Britain considering their options in this regard.

[@TheKkkl123]

Oh please, 🙄 whingeing pair of muppets, 4 MORE YEARS, 💪💪💪

[@jpooky9141]

Problem is everyone votes conservatives as a blocking vote against the other party's. People shouldn't be scared of their governments , governments should be scared of their people.

[@50_Pence]

Call them what they are - corporate fascists. I think it's hilarious that people thought the Tory's weren't gonna lie about this! Bwhahaha the term 'sniveling tory' has to come from somewhere

[@reneharkamp4309]

AMSTERDAM NICE ONE DARELL

[@robertliddington6927]

I’d like to call you to talk about the NEW party and the problems that we all know about and the later about the solutions. If you want to talk I’m sure you have the resources to track me down I’m not hiding