What does class mean in 2023? | James O'Brien - The Whole Show

[@jakien]

I work for an old company with a lot of very powerful directors who are often incompetent or bullies. Class extends beyond money. Class is the way you are treated at work, by social services, police etc. It determines your entire life. I've noticed class dictates outcome almost always.

[@BetjeWolff-v2s]

bully and incompetent go together like a horse and carriage

[@snakeoilaudio]

in 2023 it is super easy to change class. It has never been esier than today. In the 80s and 90s my family was middleclass today we are all lower class and can't afford anything. Class changed. Easy.

[@BadlydrawnBen]

Spot on I may have a middle class income but I'm working class been in the building trade most my life . Iv been skint since the lockdowns

[@coopsnz1]

@@BadlydrawnBen do you own a home or business you're middle class

[@BadlydrawnBen]

@@coopsnz1 I'm working class from working class stock nothing wrong with that

[@prismpyre7653]

It means neo-feudalism and indentured servitude, unless working people are prepared to stand up and take to the streets to save their lives and their children's futures.

[@thomaswikstrand8397]

Monsieur Guillotine's Magical Machine, your one stop shop for remedies and cures.

[@lestrem11]

They aren’t. Seek help child.🤪

[@fiddell69]

Ordinary folks vote conservative in the UK or republican in the USA deserve what thet get.

[@StudioEtAmore]

Except the left is the same. Conservatives at least dont pretend they are left

[@superclaymaster]

Fence post turtles have been an American thing for at least a decade

[@annphillips1086]

It's even got its own Wiki page. Earliest confirmed reference 1978 and it apparently wasn't new then.

[@superclaymaster]

@@annphillips1086 used to have a thriving facebook group to.

[@deancyrus1]

2:20:50 great answer... waterfalls i love. Now I know why. Thanks

[@pwest2377]

Please could we have timestamps on this show

[@bdejesus1977]

I’m an American listener. The talking points of the far right here are exactly the same as there. It’s uncanny how the same is happening. Appreciate your commentary.

[@louiea4276]

It's not so uncanny when you consider the source for much of these talking points: Rupert Murdoch's propaganda machine. The Daily Wire, The Daily Mail, Fox and GB "news", etc. They all spout the same garbage. It's very coordinated

[@misslynds]

Wish I could have called in for this chat. I listen all the way from South Africa. In terms of this conversation 54:55, I think our social capital is key to our social mobility. I wonder if you think that perhaps the great hope of social media is actually a barrier to social mobility. We can more easily stay connected to the people we grew up with. And we can introduce them to our networks. Perhaps social media means more 'friends' from different backgrounds, but it also means we can leverage our existing social capital more easily. And so new relationships that could enable social mobility are less likely to be nurtured because there is not a necessity.

[@Dreyno]

The nature of subsidies towards home improvements etc. is that the cost of the installation tends to increase when the money comes on stream and the subsidy is eaten by the industry. When the subsidy ends, the price drops. It’s a subsidy to the industry more than the homeowners.

[@supertanskiii]

Haha cheers for the shout out! Andrew Bowie is a weird man.

[@harrylong2796]

The key to class is cultural capital. You can talk with a posh accent and be a rich banker but if you go on holiday in benidorm and only drink fosters you still have less cultural capital than someone who holidays in south France and goes to wine tasting or museums

[@memebump7612]

26:55 Best caller in the history of LBC

[@TheGixernutter]

Keep going James. Don't you let up.

[@jazzjames]

Careful! Someone is ready call in making an argument for taxes on ham.

[@nat75kemp]

🤣🤣🤣

[@northernpunx1978]

This guy is the best.

[@ecosse1982]

7 Bins Sunak. I am literally dead.

[@terrysmith5168]

JOB says I've Heard and my source's are not great then proceeds to report gossip 😂 you gotta laugh

[@deancyrus1]

39:57 heat pumps are popular here in New Zealand. For those that aren't burning old pallets

[@Trax777]

2 of my second cousins didn't have to work as their farther became a landlord in the 80's. They were able to send their daughters to private schools, I myself have aspirations of sending my children to private schools as i have seen the opportunities it has given them which I never had.

[@maxcarroll8639]

By exploiting the proles.

[@prismpyre7653]

and you have no problem with a world where your children don't have to work but other people's children lives to serve them?

[@oddunb6190]

@@prismpyre7653They didn’t say that.

[@dbefore7165]

Struggle builds character, this is just something for nothing culture

[@hehted]

My uncle helped found the Independent Labour Party in 1906. Class is the same now as it was then. If a boss takes money from your wages for your tax or insurance stamp for the government, You are working class. Board definition, but covers 99% of the population.

[@deancyrus1]

1:11:48 i walk into a room like I'm walking onto a yacht.

[@galedribble9535]

If you’ve ever seen Gilligan’s Island, the character “Mr Howell” had the posh American accent Also the president FDR also had it

[@Nemo59646]

I like the conveyor belt analogy.

[@coffeejabberwocky]

Iv been getting my first psychiatrist session with the NHS cancelled and rebooked over and over for months... but that's great about the bins!!! Hope he gets glass hammers done! I feel better already. Wankers

[@firefox5926]

2:10 i knew the long weights one never heard the tarten paint one lol imma file that one away for later use lol the other one was to ask someone to go get a long stand lol

[@penyae]

Now James, calling Zac Goldsmith a Flump is an insult to flumps. On the flip side I found an old episode and thoroughly enjoyed the trip down nostalgia lane

[@kieransmall6281]

“No long waits under Rishi Sunak” except if you want NHS Treatment

[@jackabalas]

Love how the chap at 1:22:00 lived in the states for 23 years and developed a slight Aussie accent

[@deancyrus1]

1:43:17 that's the best question i think I've heard

[@daz1uk]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Brilliant Tory impression

[@LeeFall]

"Not in my lifetime" mentality is why we are in this mess.

[@catherinemartin6258]

He’s thinking of the Conservative Party, not the people.

[@jackb3493]

Really puts a “pound of flesh” in to context

[@johnveerkamp1501]

How is it possible that a country like the U.K. is slipping so terribly.

[@reeling-in]

Get it off your chest Mr Meldrew. You will sleep tonight!!

[@wiretamer5710]

There is a village in Nepal (?) that has 43 bin recycling. BUT it is a communal waste sorting facility.

[@BetjeWolff-v2s]

Seven bins ! You can not be serious. Nowadays the waste disposal industry selects the waste perfectly with advanced methods. It is not necessary anymore to select at home. Demand from your government to invest in a modern waste disposal industry.

[@leevpotts]

We need your brutal and honest analysis. Its both hilarious and tragic.

[@jjsmallpiece9234]

Love it when O'Brien loses and argument with a caller, he starts to talk over the caller and if still losing quickly terminates the call.

[@deancyrus1]

1:46:12 i think it's because the back wheels are twin wheels

[@deancyrus1]

35:53 my goodness you're going to regret your ban on unicorns 🦄 if we get a visit from highly intelligent unicorns from another world 🌎

[@petermayes9268]

Rishi is increasing the chocolate ration to 25 grammes from tomorrow 🤭

[@firefox5926]

30:42 to be fair those are the easyist threats to protect people from :)

[@kaymurphy6169]

28.34 in… my sides are splitting yet I’m crying

[@thomaswikstrand8397]

James had the answer at about 1.04. There's a TINY class of owners, a small class of elites who in return for very generous salaries and renumerations hold the vast majority of us, those who have nothing to sell but our time and labour, down. That's all. The Lords, the whipmasters and the working masses.

[@EarthKuma]

43:51 it will definitely effect the effort because other countries will go, "oh the British when back, why do we have to week our policy? Why don't we go back as well?" Every decision has an effect, especially when they are in government.

[@Emc2-n2t]

Same as it always has. It's never changed. Only the elite would have you believe so. Middle class? What??! If you work to live you are working class. Fact. Us the workers and them the bosses....as I said. It's never changed 🙄 Keep up james 😂😂

[@dambrooks7578]

I second this but I found your message after writing, solidarity with all the working class proletariat people that are reading this 📖

[@jackb3493]

Never mind carbon offset of gas heating, try starting with a reduction in Downing Street gas lighting

[@donmac7780]

Of course the French are shouting " vive le roi ". They are quite happy to have the UK hobbled under the antiquated feudal system that is the British class system. "Vive le roi, a bas avec les rosbifs !" Or "Long live the king, down with the roast beef( metaphorically the equivalent of gammons)"

[@BetjeWolff-v2s]

The French have exactly the same class system. William the Conquerer liquidated the English upperclass and replaced it by the French upperclass. The French have more aristocracy and landownership than the British. The French are the Old Roman Empire. Nothing ever changed under the surface. They imagine Louis Quatorze still in Versailles.

[@alistairgibbons7342]

How can a person be torn between voting Labour or voting Tory.... it is surely one thing or another...

[@BetjeWolff-v2s]

We have around 13 parties in coalition in government. It is called 'to polder' . Just sit around the table with a coffee and talk and some solution will come out of it. Polarizing causes conflict. It is loss of energy and money.

[@AzureRook]

2:06:57 Kurzgesagt -In a Nutshell made an excellent animated video about beauty and why humanity is naturally drawn to things like symmetry, patterns, the Golden Ratio etc.

[@stevendevlin4410]

I've often thought that our preoccupation with the class system, is all part of a massive shell game. I think that the old standards of social measurement are largely defunct but while we're all watching the side show, the transfer of wealth is inexorably flowing towards those who own the banks and by extension, the real power in the world today.

[@tooclaws]

As a 53-year-old Veteran that knew back in the late 80s and been left 32 years untreated from 2 years at war in Ireland. just SO WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. what IS IT THAT WE FIGHT AND DIE FOR. Just SO WE CAN START AT THE BEGININING as i like your thoughts. x Peace out The reason why I sy this! Maybe the public are dumb EDUCATION EDUCATION? aND TRUST ME IT WORKS AND WE THE PUBLIC LET THEM AND PA`Y BILLS. sORRY FOR CAPS i AM DAMAGED SO SPELLING IS NOT A STRONG POINT OF MINE..

[@tooclaws]

A clue to what we fight for guys and Ladies. They're 7 of them and you don't need religion to do this? So, what are the 7 things all our veterans fight and die for no matter the country?

[@tooclaws]

Name them please and like you trying to help all. x

[@paulohare3891]

Did anybody else get the, implicit, threat in the announcement. Here is a list of things that .we. in our munificence. Decided not to impose on you. But could have.

[@dxrobins]

People were calling George Bush a fence-post turtle when he was president.

[@milrob07]

I’ve also never had a hangover, I was the last man standing after 20 pints on my stag do and was the first one up the next morning with no repercussions 🤷‍♂️😂

[@yootaobe5536]

Oooh, you're hard!

[@milrob07]

@@yootaobe5536 😂😂😂 ok duck 🦆

[@BetjeWolff-v2s]

It's chemics.....depends on how much the production of antidiurethic hormones is affected by the alcohol. It regulates the waterlevel in the tissues. Your liver still has an extremely hard time though.

[@rcw3009]

James is our new top pig

[@alexaa928]

0:17: 🥩 Rishi Sunak announced the lifting of a tax on meat that was never going to be implemented. 10:51: 🗞 The video discusses a politician's contradictory actions and beliefs, highlighting the corrupt media and their impact on truth. 22:22: 🥗 The speaker discusses the political benefits of announcing that salad cream will not be banned, even though it will become obsolete by 2030. 33:21: ! The speaker discusses the idea of implementing taxes on meat and planes as a way to address carbon emissions within the framework of capitalism. 43:55: 😡 The speaker is upset about the lack of accountability from politicians, specifically mentioning Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer. 54:18: 📺 The speaker discusses the conundrum at the heart of two-party politics in the United Kingdom and the challenges of improving social standing. 1:05:41: 🗣 The caller disagrees with the idea that earning a lot of money would change someone's social class, and believes that there are unspoken rules that determine how different classes view each other. 1:16:04: 🗣 The speaker discusses the presence of individuals with unpleasant views at anti-UK protests and the lack of honest coverage involving Sadiq. 1:27:37: 🎓 The speaker discusses the impact of race and social mobility on access to education. 1:38:56: 🍮 The discussion is about the formation of crust on top of a sauce and the relationship between the sauce and the sponge in a dessert. 1:50:35: 🗣 The speaker discusses the concept of 'saudade' in Portuguese and its relationship to missing something and home. 2:01:32: 🎥 The video discusses various questions and topics, including wheel hubs on vehicles and sign language. 2:12:37: 🎙 The video discusses the effects of alcohol on the body and the importance of hydration. Recap by Tammy AI

[@lilytea3]

Just what time-starved folks like me need. Thank you Tammy AI!

[@roc7880]

maybe they meant Macron was Le Roi.

[@charlesflouvat1829]

We could have 24-7-365 days a year cheap safe clean tidal and wave power electricity generation all around our beautiful islands 🎉

[@rabidbigdog]

Post-Truth Politics!

[@governorriffraff7601]

Jacod promised this would be easy and beneficial.

[@tnsocialist1257]

Your class is determined by you relation to the means of production. You are either bourgeois, petite bourgeois, or proletariat.

[@atticstattic]

Sunak is obviously a mad genius...

[@norwegianzound]

Seven Bins Sunak.

[@martinmcnulty8155]

Has JOB heard about the Russell Brand scandal? Would love to hear his (judgemental) opinion about the matter.

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

Here in the US class means anyone with a Billion Dollars...I assume it's the same for The UK.

[@martynblackburn9632]

I'm afraid not. In the UK it's about accent, manners, money (usually inhereted), connections, and breeding.

[@broadsidetvx8209]

haha

[@dambrooks7578]

Far more nuanced and far older

[@tonjamarshall4842]

No, your social status in life.

[@fiddell69]

Not sure if Donald Trump has either class or a billion dollars.

[@coopsnz1]

Bad drivers have less money they cause more accidents, equal premiums go up

[@TheGixernutter]

I never used to like this chap. I've been proved wrong.

[@kevinhunter3473]

To the Scouse woman at the start. Of course it hits the poor worse, it's the Tories, it's what they do.

[@damianodonovan2121]

Nice paralepsis with Alex. Words can start wars, but only words can end them.

[@daviniarobbins9298]

Can the national electric grid cope if everyone was driving electric cars? 30 million electric cars all charging overnight every night. A 80kwh electric car battery. Even the fastest home charger on a 80amp fuse will take 4 hours at least. That's up to £680 million every night just in electric costs.

[@lloydevans2900]

@bazzacuda_ Low energy light bulbs were part of it for sure, lights actually use more energy than you might think because of the length of time they are left on for - hours or even days, rather than minutes or hours for other appliances. But the bigger difference is probably the energy efficiencies achieved with other more power-hungry appliances - like fridges and freezers which are left switched on all the time, or vacuum cleaners which used to use 1200 Watt motors but now use half that. Plus the surge over the last 20 to 30 years of people getting double glazing fitted, which makes a massive difference to energy used for heating, some of which is done electrically.

[@Batters56]

@bazzacuda_Yes but given how we run it to the minimum needed and we’re dragging our feet on new nuclear, it’s got to be a valid question? The night time draw on the grid when everyone is charging their cars will surely be much higher at least? So perhaps more power stations running so less time for maintenance?

[@anonomous8719]

Because the energy companies need more profit when we go electric

[@paulbelcher7059]

I'm telling you, the tiny PM is going to resign.

[@Soraviel]

Once we get closer to GE (yes)

[@Pantifaximile]

lower, middle and upper are measurements of wealth, you can be working class and also upper middle or lower.

[@Pantifaximile]

There's nothing cultural about any of the classes I mentioned. They are divisions defined by ownership and wealth.

[@queenirmamay]

Don't make me laugh just got a combi boiler 2 years ago had the oringal boiler only replaced because you can't get the parts like I haven't had 3 centre heating system when I was council

[@doctortrouserpants1387]

maybe we find things that we can't procreate with beautiful is that life isn't all about procreation

[@aredub1847]

hes a net zero pm. HE DID NET ZERO.

[@coopsnz1]

Middle class 200k / upper class 500k net worth

[@suzyqualcast6269]

Tory stranglehold on councils refunded reallocated £££ been going on since RSG con back in early 1990's.

[@catznjam470]

It's like a shell game with a baker's dozen of shells, and each shell holds flak presented by a different character, each character provoking a different reaction of emotion - pick one at a time, look at it, generate reaction and backlash, and move on to the next, in rotation - don't dwell on anything for long - we can only shuffle around so much and keep track of what each shell held 🤔 and most don't matter or aren't real ,.. but 😵‍💫🧐 that defunding and selling off, and from the other side, to conditions of pollution that needs to be cleaned up, bc for some reason, the private company that caused the mess can't be bothered 🙄👁️👁️if you become aware, you're eeeeyeeeew, EU, woke 🕵️🕵️‍♀️same here... President Biden just announced a Climate Corps for clean up and doing upgrades for the changing climate and more severe weather - the UK has a lot of coastal areas, and that's going to be a problem - so we really both need to prepare for mass movement inland, the way entire communities are being displaced .🤗 nobody will read this, but I am sorry for rambling on anyway lol I listen and respond on the screen..

[@dooda77penn19]

When you want open borders but prefer to live in a white middle class area, 😂😂😂😂

[@MrRailjunkie]

What is Middle Class? & who as a matter of fact not deluded right wing opinion want's open boarders?

[@queenirmamay]

Excuse me I thought only that wasn't taxed was children clothes and shoes but you can tell me I am wrong been a parent since 1985 had the last one 1997 but tell something my kids step kids that are born before 1986 the boys can you imagine the girls are born 1993 and 1997

[@gattaca5911]

lol..welcome to american politics.....alternative reality where incentives are "bans" suggestions are violations of human rights (consider a non gas stove)......

[@stevejones7622]

Climate change is safe & effective

[@johnmatthews7552]

He'll possibly ban spirit level bubbles, oh yeah they were banned, sorry that was 40 odd yr ago when I was apprentice so he can't claim that one haha!

[@Yournicked]

Wow, james is getting shown up for what he is more and more everyday.🤡

[@onthegofm1887]

James O'Brien has told us that he went to posh school so often, my goodness me, even my dog now barks: "posh schoolboy" once he hears J. O. B's voice on LBC! James, stop it! You are my favorite presenter, but you are making me feel that, despite your achievements, you still suffer from an inferior complex, hence the desire to have people see you as posh by virtue of attending a fee-paying (boarding) school.

[@northernpunx1978]

If he went to public schools you wouldn't give him a spec of anything so why is it wrong that he steps outside his experience to fight for others that are struggling n ways he didn't have to? Pretty sad there.

[@memebump7612]

He normally brings it up in the context of acknowledgement of his privilege because of positions he holds. Probably because people would argue he is a hypocrite otherwise so it makes sense.

[@robertkukla591]

No accent is best!

[@robertkukla591]

You're F'ing adorable.

[@OFSpankableRoxyRae]

That’s only us common large family rob them and bin man is uptight figures out and chucks him. 😂😂😂😂