"We should help our own". Then when it comes to helping our own, "it's not my job to feed your kids...if you can't afford them then don't have them....". Or there's, "why should I pay for someone else to go to university?" The 'we should help our own' line is just an excuse to justify their bigotry and hate; we all know these are the same people who oppose free school meals, don't give a toss about homeless people but pretend they do to suit their own narrative and who just resent any of their taxes being spent on anything that doesn't benefit them directly - simple as that
"If you think me comparing refugees to bacteria is bad, then that's on you" is such an amazing take. They act like everyone else forgot implied meanings exist.
My dad is the same way. He constantly makes comments that imply terrible statements, but acts as though if you point it out that it is "putting words in his mouth," just because he didn't say the implied statement outright. He also doesn't think the tone used to say something is relevant to what message is being delivered.
@@Imperial-Socialist He didn't compare them to bacteria. He used what's called an analogy, James O Brian is just to thick to understand the difference.
@@jawsjaws4018”he didn’t compare them to bacteria. He used an analogy” Analogy: a COMPARISON between one thing and another, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification. You were saying?
Don’t the rich pay more tax than anyone as it is? Taxing success and demoralising aspiration, thus reducing growth and productivity is one of the true horrors of socialism. Why not go after the energy companies and the multi millionaire non doms instead.
He was giving an example of how the UK is struggling to support its own people and does not have the infrastructure and money to support even more people from abroad
@@Daniel58345 so we should have zero immigration? We need them to do the jobs that our own country won't do. No immigration would hurt more than you realise.
@@stingersplash We should have a lot less than the 1.1 million incoming year ending June 2022. Half a million have left the workforce since the pandemic, and now 10% of young people say they have no intention of working.
@@terrenceroll3848 would rather have an immigrant who loves my country so much that they risk life and limb to be a part of it than a resident who hates people due to where they were born.
@@unknown5150variable They don't love the country or the people, they love the money and services. They have no loyalty to the country, they don't even have loyalty to their own countries. Hopefully one day you can be deported with them to create a mongrelized paradise in africa.
The ironic thing is a lot of veterans are personally responsible for getting involved in illegal wars which de-stabilised many of the countries from which the refugees are being forced to flee from.
It never fails to amaze me that guys like this who don't want to offer sanctuary to refugees because "we need to help our own" are the same type of people who were phoning in and saying "if you can't afford to feed your kids you shouldn't have kids" during the school meals crisis resulting from the lockdown.
@@PpPp-ku4sy I think the point regarding immigrants is a seperate one. A lot of them can easily become useful members of our society and they shouldnt be used as political capital
Same rhetoric as American conservatives. Here we call this concept "Schrodinger's Immigrant". Simultaneously in the state of "taking all jobs" and "being unemployed and getting free stuff".
@teefx5681 That is actually a dishonest way of twisting what a lot of massimmigration critics says. There are on the otherhand some that actually says that and they are quite sad. They are taking our jobs and a lot of them are on welfare can actually be true at the same time. It is all about numbers really. Number of jobs in a country is not infinite and thus the unemployment can increase depending on the amount of immigration.
@@papayamongoOk see if you understand his…. “They’re taking our jobs” ok firstly Do you have a job, answer YES, then they haven’t took your job. Do you have a job, answerNO, then they haven’t took your job have they, you don’t have one. It’s a pretty easy concept even, I imagine,for you to understand.
@@Tony-gg3nd I do not hate immigrants, i just don't want ILLEGAL immigrants who are coming from a SAFE country like Albania who are coming here to join organised crime. Flooding a country with hundreds of thousands of people in a small amount of time is going to cause havoc on public services and of course increase the price of housing even more than it currently is. Don't you DARE use the racism card, it had nothing to do with race.
My question, when they bring up the veterans and social housing and the children, is: Okay so who's stopping you from campaigning to solve these issues that you've mentioned. Why aren't you out in the streets protesting with signs and chants that people are freezing and starving? Seriously, we all care about those, a lot of us are asking to increase the benefits system and make it more helpful for those in suffering, if you care so much about these issues why did you vote for a party that demonstrably has shrunk the benefits system over the last decade.
I think these problems are not solved (they could be if there was political will) so that there is always an excuse for not doing anything to aid a different set of people.
@@threethymes That rings plausible. Having a potenially bigger problem to point at as a scapegoat for why you're not dealing with a different arguably smaller problem. It's scary how effecitve of a tactic it is considering it's a fallacy. since they're claiming they can't solve a problem because of a different problem they're also not solving.
@@threethymes I asked someone smarter than me (ChatGPT) The type of fallacy you are describing is called the "fallacy of relative privation" or the "appeal to worse problems." This is a type of argument in which the person making the argument attempts to downplay the importance of a problem by pointing out that there are other, "worse" problems that should be dealt with first. This type of argument is fallacious because it ignores the fact that it is possible to address multiple problems at the same time, and that solving one problem does not necessarily mean that other problems will automatically be solved. Additionally, this type of argument often involves a failure to take action on the issue at hand, and instead focuses on deflecting attention to other problems as a way of avoiding addressing the issue at hand. TIL...
This guy needs to listen to the best line from A Christmas Carol at the end. "the girl is want, the boy is ignorance. Beware them both, but beware the boy most of all"
Of course this idea that refugees are desperate to quit France and Germany for the UK is nonsense. Both countries take many, many, many more refugees than does the UK. The ones that prefer to cross the channel have specific reasons like speaking English or having family/friends in the UK. Further, under the UN convention, refugees have the right to seek asylum wherever they want. There is no safe country criteria. That was one aspect of the EU's Dublin accords which relocated refugees throughout Europe. The UK of course decided to ditch that agreement.
Yeah and Germany and France are also BIGGER than the UK and less densely populated, we are an overpopulated country and we have way too many immigrants as it is we can’t take anyone it’s physically destroying this country
@@adambb22 That's utter nonsense. No room for immigrants but desperately short of labour in many sectors. And Germany, France and Spain are the main recepients of refugees in the EU. Germany received nearly 1800 applications for asylum per million of population. The UK 832 per million. And the UK is nowhere near "full"; have a look at the population density in places like the Netherlands which itself takes more.refugees than the UK. Many more.
@@brianbarcroft9167 no ur talking utter nonsense u muppet, yes Netherlands is more densely populated than us but that is their problem so don’t care about them, I’m talking about our country which is too densely populated aswell, ffs just look at the latest census it’s a complete joke, their are way too many immigrants in this country already, we actually have quite a low birth in Europe but out population is the fast growing in Europe because off immigration, we have one off the lowest tree covers in Europe but more and more trees are being destroyed for more houses and shops to accommodate these immigrants, u seriously need to wake up if u don’t think it’s a major problem because people like u are part of the problem
@English Bulldog common sense didn't stop anywhere close to you. Britannia went all over the place and made people speak English. English is the language of business and depending on which metric you use, the most spoken language in the world. You find it odd that someone might try to go to a country where they may be able to understand the language? You find it odd that people try to go to a country where they may have relatives?
@englishbulldog954 Who told you that Farage .???...As normal he's wrong, they can claim Asylum in ANY Country they wish ...May I suggest you do some research before posting and making yourself luck a right plonker ..😘😘😘
Unfortunately here in America we hear this same vile language against human beings. Invasion is a dangerous word with the amount of hate that accompanies the actions taken.
Luckily for us our bigoted lunatics aren't armed with guns, so it could be worse. Really hope America passes some sensible gun reform laws sooner rather than later
@@Frank.and.Beanzz Because it's a fair comparison. A bit like how the Home Sec calling refugees and asylum seekers 'invaders' is the same language the National Front & BNP used against her parents.
U mean immigrants coming over here from them horrible war torn countries France and Albania?, get ur head out the sand and see what is going on they are coming here for benefits that is it
@@sidonthebank funny how the same people saying that didn't give a toss about the vets on the streets a few years ago, they never mentioned it, most of them just walked past. Now all of a sudden they care?.... Pull the other one!
@@sidonthebank The Tories have had 12 years to tackle these problems - why haven't they? The homeless charity Shelter has highlited the plight of homeless veterans fo years, yet Conservative government, and councils have ignored the warnings.
David: "...let alone paying the bills for the rest of the world." A fine example of a Braverman Boy. When did this country fall so low & compassion become a thing of the past.
@@chrism-kt7es We had compassion before 2010? Because I recall these exact arguments in the public sphere all the way through the noughties. Poland joining the EU was a particularly memorable one.
The caller literally has no idea of how other people around the world live. Same bloke will still vote Tory in the next election even though he has the "this country has gone to the dogs" attitude
@@chatham43 the difference being that always voting Labour is always better than always voting Tory. 🤡👍🏽 And I say this as someone who has never voted Tory but hasn't always voted Labour.
It’s Essex. Even if - hopefully - the Tories have a crushing defeat at the next election, Essex is likely to be a safe haven. Callers like this are just as likely to switch to Farage’s latest enterprise.
In a list of countries with refugees per 1000 population we are 60th!! And we're the 5th richest country in the world. Why is this a problem when the Tories want power?
It's a "problem" when the Tories need to deflect attention away from their latest set of scandals. Remember how before all this kicked off again the main problem was how Braverman was a massive security risk and broke the ministerial code 6 times? Twice on one day? The kind of things any regular pleb would have been fired on the spot for (oh wait, she was! then got her job back) and potentially be facing prison time.
@@Daniel58345 But France has ? Or if they are also NOT France's problem , who's problem should they be ? Oh, I know ... they could just be civil and DIE without disturbing your morning ...right , monster ?
There really shouldn’t be such a thing as racism in a civilised society. But those in power need you to want their support, and barring being at war with someone, they create a threat that doesn’t and shouldn’t exist. If you think about it rationally, we are all brothers and sisters, having descended from the African peoples who migrated to populate the world.
Hopefully there will eventually come a day when my dream of one species, one state, culture will be accomplished. Though sadly, it seems we are still millennia away from it. Too divided by petty nationalism that glorified the patch of dirt a person happened to be born on.
Imagine these people making the same arguments to Ukranian refugees. My parents are housing (and currently helping get council housing for) a Ukranian family who fled their home country, stayed briefly in Romania and got processed in Poland before coming here. And yet, I didn't hear or read right wingers arguing in the press that they had moved to safe countries so shouldn't come to Britain.
The last time I checked, the west of Ukraine wasn't in conflict. In fact you can go into Ukrainian web cams and see it is evidently peaceful there. I'll also state that the UK when it was being bombed to oblivion during world war two, the population wasn't evacuated to another country. Even the people who were evacuated school age children were quickly brought back home as it negatively affected moral and the war effort. On top of that, kids under the school age were not evacuated at all, I know my mother wasn't. She remembered the bombs falling on Newcastle. Talking of Newcastle, we had a load of Ukrainians marching here demanding the British open a no fly zone over their country which would have led to direct confrontation between NATO and Russian forces and these people, some of them men were demanding that when they were cowering under the blanket of British protection.
they should seek refuge to the nearest country, but its are government trying to be the saviours of the world. that's why England is a mess. i'm not using the union term anymore, you don't see the illegals going to scotland or wales. they be lost in translation
It's really remarkable how many people don't feel ashamed to talk about human beings as "bacteria" and "invaders", how they don't see it as a profound mental weakness nor make any effort to hide their antisocial behaviour.
It's incredibly funny that the caller goes out of his way to bring up things that the host never actually brought up, things that make the caller look utterly terrible, and then blames the host for it.
O'Brien is a bully, he refuses to let the caller actually bring his points across, he spends the whole discussion playing misdirection and attacking the callers ethics rather than allowing the caller to make his point and respond to those points directly, he is a bully who calls himself a victim in his books and yet has no issue bullying others.
@@genome616 Quick question. When the caller said "when bacteria are infecting a wound you get rid of them [...]" and O'Brien asked "Are you comparing refugees to bacteria?" was that bullying? And what did you think of the caller's reply "no you are"? What is bullying in your mind?
@@sebastianlavallee706 Why do you and the rest of the flock just do not listen to what Mr O'Brien actually says ? The only person who compared Bacteria to asylum seekers was the bullying Mr O'Brien, as much you people love him, but he is just like, Jeremy Kyle, a bully with the short person chip on his shoulder 😒
@genome616 what is it with people nowadays, this victim mentality is just ridiculous. How on Earth is he a bully? Christ people have become so unbearably weak.
And these brothers and sisters see a country that will provide them with a easy life , free benefits , health care , housing , child allowances etc etc . Not bacteria but freeloading parasites .
Listening to this caller just proves the lack of care we show to the world. It’s all about Britain. But people like this caller forget how Britain ruled other countries with an iron fist. They plundered and pillaged freely. But sadly this caller’s history will overlook that fact.
Yeah because most Brits have got some colonial loot in their attics. Give your head a wobble. The Brits themselves were viciously exploited over the corresponding period.
@@gwangjuboy1 This not about who did first it’s the Act you need to focus on @ Sharon Ramsey was absolutely right in her statement you sound like the caller trying to deflect, Humanity is where we all need to be
Excuse my ignorance but Thanet is Kent, is it not? The leafy white middle class regions of this country, the home counties, Essex, Kent, etc. who do not share any burden of the urban centres and then chose to make everyone's life harder by voting Brexit. Brexit was ultimately carried through with this home county vote. It is convenient to blame it on 'thick northerners' but the numbers just don't bear that up. Thanet and similarly miserable places like that make this country a horror to live in. I rather live in inner city Manchester, Birmingham and Sunderland than in one of these soulless, miserable, stuck up retiree towns.
@@leod-sigefast Margate and much of Thanet (except Broadstairs tbh) is poor semi derelict seaside town. Lots of immigration. It's front and centre of immigration wars hence why farage pitched up twice for xeno wars /general election
@@leod-sigefast as a resident of Thanet I can assure you it’s not a white middle class area. You’ll have to travel west about 50 miles or so for that. Thanet (Broadstairs, Margate and Ramsgate) has been a largely deprived area since the 1960s. There are some residents who are extremely well off, but there is also plenty of deprivation and poverty in the area. A lot of London authorities have sent people in need of social housing here as the accommodation costs are less then in London, there are also enclaves of foreign nationals in B&B and temporary accommodation in areas like Cliftonville. Thanet is known as a low skilled, low income area and there is a high percentage of pensioners in the area too. All perfect ingredients for the likes of Farage and the tories to foment hatred and intolerance. I certainly don’t share these peoples’ intolerance, but can see how it has happened. It sickens me that the government are more than happy to stoke up this kind of hatred in areas like Thanet. It’s mendacious and more fool the idiots like Dave from Thanet who fall for it.
Yes, how very brave of them! 🙄 I have no idea why anyone phones in. O'Brien is a large toddler who cannot wait to humiliate and belittle people. Tragic.
@@Victoria-wz9ub Too right, he preys on emotive callers who he can embarass and when he gets a calm minded man like David, just looks the utter simping bell end that he is.
PSA: "Charity begins at home" is supposed to encourage you to treat those close to you as well as you would others, ie not to act nice in public but nasty in private. It is not, and has never been, an excuse to stop helping others or to put those closest to you before others.
We watch our kids like hawks when crossing the road, so could you imagine the desperation these poor people must be going through to put their kids and themselves in such danger?
I never understand why people try to link refugees to veterans. They're two completely separate issues that are in no way related. If you really care about veteran care and housing, why aren't you campaigning for taxing the rich to pay for better conditions for veterans? Oh, right. Because it's just an excuse to rant about refugees
@@davidz3879 That's the common threat. Funnily, it never happens though. It's almost like they don't want to change every aspect of their life just to save a few quid that they know full well they don't even need. Don't let B.S talking points fool you
It’s so sad, to see the way this country is becoming, its like Compasion to those in bad situations has become a stigmatism to get rid of, it’s worrying. And so upsetting for those people who truly need help.
@@darrenfearon4288 No its happened because people in the UK are not idiots . We are compassionate and are welcoming to those who are genuine but there are many here that are here illegally. We need to be wise and not gullible. We don't know who these illegal immigrants are and the motives. Are they in danger ? Or criminals ? I've seen a lot of changes over the past ten years and I don't think our country can cope with the influx of people. Our nhs, housing, economy our greenbelt. It's not about not having empathy or compassion it's about being aware and being wise. Not letting the wolf in sheep's clothing through the front door.
Conservatives: "Why are we helping refugees when our own people need help?" Rational people: "Yes, let's expand the welfare state to help those people." Conservatives: "... 😡"
Comments section immediately sinks to the same level as the caller and starts pointing out where people come from and blaming the people that come from somewhere poorer than themselves for not seeing life as they do. I think it should be enough to state the caller is wrong, rather than blame where he is from.
@@johnrussell3961 Totally has nothing to do with the hundreds of millions printed during covid to pay people staying at home, or the Ukrainian war...or the thousands of "refugees" living off the taxpayers? We left a club that was not serving our countries best interests, what is the issue with that? You had 2 chances to win a vote and stay in the "club" and you lost.
that caller was utterly disgusting he has zero compassion to human beings we need to get rid of these tory filth as soon as possible some of this talk is exactly how it started off with the jews in 1939
@Old Skool Bodybuilding Routines thick, is accepting the present situation of uncontrolled immigration. To use ancestry as a reason why this immigration should not be checked, actually, that is being thick.
Am I the only one who thinks James O'Brien just talks over and patronises people when he hears an opinion he doesn't like? He doesn't actually try and engage with the caller and instead mocks them and is quite dismissive. I've noticed he is doing this more and more and it's just not enjoyable to listen to or watch.
Have you any idea how homeless men are treated in this country. And please don't go with the narrative the powers that be encourage, that all homeless people are either drug addicts, alcoholics, want to live on the streets. That's a get out card to make people think they are worthless so why help. I truly wish people would care as much, help as much, discuss as much the plight of the homeless men in this country.
This is why it's SO important the everybody votes, because without a doubt Dave will be down the poll booth at every opportunity to make sure the people in charge keep these views reinforced…
These kind of people "We need to look after our own" also these kind of people "im voting tories so my tax money doenst go to looking after any of our own "
We can’t even begin to understand or imagine what these people are going through to make such a dangerous journey. Therefore we should have compassion for them, full stop.
And where do we house them all ? Where do we find doctors and dentists, school places ? How about you take a few in along with O'brien, what's that the sound of silence?
@Old Skool Bodybuilding Routines I'm specifically only interested in the phenomenon of a parent getting in a boat with child and risk the childs life to cross the channel from France to England's. Like why do they do that?
@Old Skool Bodybuilding Routines so you're saying that they risk children's lives to cross the channel in a dingy (after fleeing country to save childs life) to spread the migrant population out, because they know the language, have family here or to avoid destitution in France? Is that what you are saying? Km genuinely trying to understand. Why are you being so aggressive? I am a member of amnesty international I'm not again asylum seekers at all.
@Old Skool Bodybuilding Routines I see. I do apologie you did lay that out in you first message. I just find those reasons so completely unjustifiable in risking a childs life that I thought you were avoiding the specific question and answering more generally about refugees. I was wondering if maybe they had been forced into the boat by smugglers or something
Okay this might blow your mind.... THEY DON'T REALISE HOW DANGEROUS THE CHANNEL CROSSING IS. NO ONE TELLS THEM. THE PEOPLE SMUGGLERS ARE HARDLY GOING TO TELL THEIR CLIENTS THAT THEY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT CHANCE OF DYING. THE ASYLUM SEEKERS HAVE ALREADY TRAVELLED HUNDREDS AND EVEN THOUSANDS OF MILES AND A VERY SHORT BOAT JOURNEY PROBABLY DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A BIG DEAL. When you ask questions like "why do they put their kids' lives at risk?" you are assuming that they *know* they're putting them at risk. A lot of them have just fled wars when their houses and possessions are destroyed. They may not speak the language of the country they're in. They're panicked and desperate. They have to make a decision of what's best for their family and they don't have our ability to watch the TV or go on the internet to find out all the facts. This means that some asylum seekers end up making the wrong decision and it may cost them their lives. For someone that says they support Amnesty International I would have thought you'd be better at putting yourself in the shoes of someone fleeing war.
So many gross people like this caller in the UK, as horrible as it is to hear their “views” it’s important we do, even more important is heroes like James OBrien calling them out for their xenophobia and unchristian hatred
@The Phoenix Saga Lineker took someone, and guess what? The right still said he was a hypocrite. You don't actually care whether JOB takes anyone in, you just want to hate on him because he holds a mirror up to you and you don't like what you see.
In my daughter's first year, they had a field trip which sensitized them to the plight of refugees and poor people. They had very little to eat for a day. She came home telling me the refugees had it worst, because they did not have a place to stay, no food, and did not know where they were going to end up. We have many afghans refugees in Texas. The school is full of them. Kudos to the Tex-Mex for their hospitality. You can see the elementary students loaded with gifts during Thanksgiving, Halloween and Christmas. They are young and adjust well. Middle School and High School students have more behavioral problems and cultural issues. Coming from a war torn country, they do not understand the concept of following rules, or law and order. The only law they follow is their fathers, women they don't take seriously because the position of women in Afghanistan is low. In way we sympathize with them. They come from a place where women have low status with no rights to a country which is one of the best place for women in the world. They don't confront you like an American kids with "freedom of speech" and "rights". They just smile, say yes and do exactly what they want to do. They lie about their names when they are in trouble and try to slip away during detention. Some areas in Afghanistan, like in some villages, have not been infiltrated by the Taliban. The children have a more stable life and better upbringing. Kabul is problematic, I understand many boys (girls stay at home as specified by their religion) stay out in the streets late at night, drink and fight. We don't know what they have seen or experience, like witnessing killing or seeing dead bodies in the streets. These middle school and high school students have behavioral issues. Since many live in the same apartment complex, they revert to their culture, which is disorderly. The boys are so...loud. This poster is displayed on the wall in a middle school: If some students are unresponsive, maybe you can't teach them yet, but you can love them and if you love them today, maybe you can teach them tomorrow. Middle school children are in transition from a child to a teenager. They could be rebellious and misbehave more than elementary students!
Oh, Florence. USA is not one of the best places for women to live. USA is not one of the best places for anyone to live. Better than Afganistan at the moment, I'll give you that.
@Lorenzo Bianchini because I believe he's correct, and even if he's not, he's caring and compassionate and there's no way that's wrong. People on your side just seem like miserable c#£&s.
From across the pond in the US we have the exact same type of folks saying the same terrible things. People really have lost a lot of their humanity when it comes to dealing with immigrants. They buy into all sorts of lies and misrepresentations, and then when you try to have a reasonable conversation about how we can deal with the issue of these human beings, they spew hate and act like they aren't human. "Charity begins at home" but little to no effort to actually be charitable by those same folks is found. Ask them for another penny of taxes to help the poor and give people assistance when they get older and they turn up their nose and say it's not their problem. We can come up with solutions that will help, but that means dealing with reality, and not looking at other humans like vermin.
Of course, he came from Thanet. Keep pis*ING them off James. I really appreciate your voice and forensic insight, whether I agree or not, it develops my internal dialogue.
@@sharonn381 He’s never been a wise man as such, but as he’s gotten older he’s certainly become more fearful, bigoted and intolerant. He’s more open to being sold stories about who is to blame for the world seemingly not being as it was when he was young and full of vitality. He can be moved by his petty prejudices by those who hold power.
Yeah because nobody can say we should care about refugees without personally giving them room and board, because obviously individual citizens have the same money, power and resources as governments 🤦♂️
I don't agree with the gentleman, however, James' rebuttal is flawed and lacks logic. If they are seeking safety and not increased economic prosperity, which is not the UK global responsibility, when In a safe country this argument ends.
I'm a disabled military veteran & listen to James a lot, I can categorically state the idiot caller who phoned in does NOT represent me. He's the atypical brexit voting tory bluekipper, if you disagree with him he just shouts louder ! Keep up the Great work James, we appreciate you.
Only by God’s Grace that we are not the ones who seek refuge. Only by His Grace. I know there are loud voices like this fella but most people in THIS Country ARE FULL of Empathy & Compassion,
For those who say 'charity begins at home', they need to learn the full quote! Or maybe the rest of us need to complete it whenever they say it...... Charity BEGINS at home, But it doesn't END there.
James did not answer the question, he asked why leave France where it’s safe and better than their home country, to risk your life for Britain, also some are not refugees but economic immigrants. James did not answer the question
Another that doesn't understand that the safe country argument ceased when we left the EU and the Dublin accord doesn't apply. Under the UN a refugee can seek asylum in any country they choose.
"Charity begins at home" every right-winger ever.
"Not my job to feed your kids" also every right-winger ever.
basically......the hypocrisy and lack of humanity is apparent in these virtue signalers
Well said, I wish I could like your comment more than once!
"We should help our own". Then when it comes to helping our own, "it's not my job to feed your kids...if you can't afford them then don't have them....". Or there's, "why should I pay for someone else to go to university?" The 'we should help our own' line is just an excuse to justify their bigotry and hate; we all know these are the same people who oppose free school meals, don't give a toss about homeless people but pretend they do to suit their own narrative and who just resent any of their taxes being spent on anything that doesn't benefit them directly - simple as that
Why is everyone a right winger if they do not want illegals coming in to the country?
But you're Okay until it effects you right?
"If you think me comparing refugees to bacteria is bad, then that's on you" is such an amazing take. They act like everyone else forgot implied meanings exist.
My dad is the same way. He constantly makes comments that imply terrible statements, but acts as though if you point it out that it is "putting words in his mouth," just because he didn't say the implied statement outright. He also doesn't think the tone used to say something is relevant to what message is being delivered.
@@finris1 Oh he knows, he is just a coward
@@Imperial-Socialist He didn't compare them to bacteria. He used what's called an analogy, James O Brian is just to thick to understand the difference.
@@jawsjaws4018”he didn’t compare them to bacteria. He used an analogy”
Analogy: a COMPARISON between one thing and another, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.
You were saying?
@@jawsjaws4018 comparing two things is literally the point of an analogy you dolt
Charity begins at home. But not when it comes to paying nurses a decent whack, of course...... that would mean higher taxes for the rich, wouldn't it?
Don’t the rich pay more tax than anyone as it is? Taxing success and demoralising aspiration, thus reducing growth and productivity is one of the true horrors of socialism. Why not go after the energy companies and the multi millionaire non doms instead.
....and the not so rich...?
It would mean higher taxes for everyone....
Decent pay is not charity.
@@searan5130 Even the Express is saying the rich should pay £28bn more in tax to fund a pay rise.
The caller doesn't want to help homeless veterans, he just wants to use them as an excuse to not help refugees.
He was giving an example of how the UK is struggling to support its own people and does not have the infrastructure and money to support even more people from abroad
@@Daniel58345 so we should have zero immigration? We need them to do the jobs that our own country won't do. No immigration would hurt more than you realise.
@@stingersplash We should have a lot less than the 1.1 million incoming year ending June 2022. Half a million have left the workforce since the pandemic, and now 10% of young people say they have no intention of working.
@@Daniel58345 This.
@@stingersplash
You do talk some boll*cks.
When you dehumanise, any group of people, it will make it easier for the public to treat them and talk to them on a subhuman level
Many of them are on a sub human level.
Just like O’Brien talks to those who disagree with him you mean.😂
@@nick1065 I don’t see him chasing phone calls.
@@terrenceroll3848 would rather have an immigrant who loves my country so much that they risk life and limb to be a part of it than a resident who hates people due to where they were born.
@@unknown5150variable They don't love the country or the people, they love the money and services. They have no loyalty to the country, they don't even have loyalty to their own countries. Hopefully one day you can be deported with them to create a mongrelized paradise in africa.
What a truly worrying country this is becoming.
How?
@@adamibrahim7338really? If i have to explain it, then there's no point.
It's becoming Europe's "sh*thole".
@@ThomasKing19933 ❄️
@@adamibrahim7338right 🤣🤣
Help our own always comes back to "veterans".....and literally no one else. And lets be honest, he doesnt want to help veterans either.
The ironic thing is a lot of veterans are personally responsible for getting involved in illegal wars which de-stabilised many of the countries from which the refugees are being forced to flee from.
lol true ...
It never fails to amaze me that guys like this who don't want to offer sanctuary to refugees because "we need to help our own" are the same type of people who were phoning in and saying "if you can't afford to feed your kids you shouldn't have kids" during the school meals crisis resulting from the lockdown.
But it's kind of true though. Why aren't all homeless people put up in hotels?
@@PpPp-ku4sy I think the point regarding immigrants is a seperate one. A lot of them can easily become useful members of our society and they shouldnt be used as political capital
"They're all taking our jobs" "none of them have a job and all are on benefits"
Same rhetoric as American conservatives. Here we call this concept "Schrodinger's Immigrant". Simultaneously in the state of "taking all jobs" and "being unemployed and getting free stuff".
@@IndigoVagrantJames himself actually references the term explicitly in his book “How to be Right”
Any evidence? No? Thought not.
@teefx5681 That is actually a dishonest way of twisting what a lot of massimmigration critics says.
There are on the otherhand some that actually says that and they are quite sad.
They are taking our jobs and a lot of them are on welfare can actually be true at the same time.
It is all about numbers really. Number of jobs in a country is not infinite and thus the unemployment can increase depending on the amount of immigration.
@@papayamongoOk see if you understand his…. “They’re taking our jobs” ok firstly Do you have a job, answer YES, then they haven’t took your job. Do you have a job, answerNO, then they haven’t took your job have they, you don’t have one. It’s a pretty easy concept even, I imagine,for you to understand.
I want to quickly remind that an ex prime minister used the term "swarm".
Accurate.
@@terrenceroll3848 why is it you hate someone who is different to you?
@@Tony-gg3nd I do not hate immigrants, i just don't want ILLEGAL immigrants who are coming from a SAFE country like Albania who are coming here to join organised crime.
Flooding a country with hundreds of thousands of people in a small amount of time is going to cause havoc on public services and of course increase the price of housing even more than it currently is. Don't you DARE use the racism card, it had nothing to do with race.
Oh dear a figure of speech, so what? Keep these ILLEGAL immigrants OUT of the UK NOW. That is my wish and my opinion.
Correct answer
My question, when they bring up the veterans and social housing and the children, is: Okay so who's stopping you from campaigning to solve these issues that you've mentioned. Why aren't you out in the streets protesting with signs and chants that people are freezing and starving? Seriously, we all care about those, a lot of us are asking to increase the benefits system and make it more helpful for those in suffering, if you care so much about these issues why did you vote for a party that demonstrably has shrunk the benefits system over the last decade.
I think these problems are not solved (they could be if there was political will) so that there is always an excuse for not doing anything to aid a different set of people.
@@threethymes That rings plausible. Having a potenially bigger problem to point at as a scapegoat for why you're not dealing with a different arguably smaller problem.
It's scary how effecitve of a tactic it is considering it's a fallacy. since they're claiming they can't solve a problem because of a different problem they're also not solving.
@@threethymes I asked someone smarter than me (ChatGPT)
The type of fallacy you are describing is called the "fallacy of relative privation" or the "appeal to worse problems." This is a type of argument in which the person making the argument attempts to downplay the importance of a problem by pointing out that there are other, "worse" problems that should be dealt with first. This type of argument is fallacious because it ignores the fact that it is possible to address multiple problems at the same time, and that solving one problem does not necessarily mean that other problems will automatically be solved. Additionally, this type of argument often involves a failure to take action on the issue at hand, and instead focuses on deflecting attention to other problems as a way of avoiding addressing the issue at hand.
TIL...
Because it's easier to blame an external factor and do nothing, than to fix the problem?
Exactly. Homeless veterans? Isn't that a government issue since they've been in power 12 years, and you voted 3 or 4 timesfor?
This guy needs to listen to the best line from A Christmas Carol at the end. "the girl is want, the boy is ignorance. Beware them both, but beware the boy most of all"
Of course this idea that refugees are desperate to quit France and Germany for the UK is nonsense. Both countries take many, many, many more refugees than does the UK. The ones that prefer to cross the channel have specific reasons like speaking English or having family/friends in the UK. Further, under the UN convention, refugees have the right to seek asylum wherever they want. There is no safe country criteria. That was one aspect of the EU's Dublin accords which relocated refugees throughout Europe. The UK of course decided to ditch that agreement.
Yeah and Germany and France are also BIGGER than the UK and less densely populated, we are an overpopulated country and we have way too many immigrants as it is we can’t take anyone it’s physically destroying this country
@@adambb22 That's utter nonsense. No room for immigrants but desperately short of labour in many sectors. And Germany, France and Spain are the main recepients of refugees in the EU. Germany received nearly 1800 applications for asylum per million of population. The UK 832 per million. And the UK is nowhere near "full"; have a look at the population density in places like the Netherlands which itself takes more.refugees than the UK. Many more.
@@brianbarcroft9167 no ur talking utter nonsense u muppet, yes Netherlands is more densely populated than us but that is their problem so don’t care about them, I’m talking about our country which is too densely populated aswell, ffs just look at the latest census it’s a complete joke, their are way too many immigrants in this country already, we actually have quite a low birth in Europe but out population is the fast growing in Europe because off immigration, we have one off the lowest tree covers in Europe but more and more trees are being destroyed for more houses and shops to accommodate these immigrants, u seriously need to wake up if u don’t think it’s a major problem because people like u are part of the problem
Exactly.
@@brianbarcroft9167 Looks like he deleted his comment 😂
Gotta love how similar right wingers are even across the pond.
Ditto for left wingers.
@English Bulldog common sense didn't stop anywhere close to you.
Britannia went all over the place and made people speak English. English is the language of business and depending on which metric you use, the most spoken language in the world. You find it odd that someone might try to go to a country where they may be able to understand the language? You find it odd that people try to go to a country where they may have relatives?
It's so tiring, as it's been shown refugees and or immigrants input more into a nation than the take.
@English Bulldog Mate British people went where they liked for a thousand years. Boots on the other foot now.
@englishbulldog954 Who told you that Farage .???...As normal he's wrong, they can claim Asylum in ANY Country they wish ...May I suggest you do some research before posting and making yourself luck a right plonker ..😘😘😘
Unfortunately here in America we hear this same vile language against human beings. Invasion is a dangerous word with the amount of hate that accompanies the actions taken.
Luckily for us our bigoted lunatics aren't armed with guns, so it could be worse. Really hope America passes some sensible gun reform laws sooner rather than later
Imagine that all it would take for an invasion was to send a few families over. Better keep this a secret from Putin or it's all over.
Invasion is an accurate term.
We always forget that England is the US's mom.
Yep--standard Republican line here.
This is what the nazis did, they made comparisons to the Jews as insects and rodents and other things in an attempt to dehumanise them
People always bring up nazis. Smh
Grow up buffon
@@Frank.and.Beanzz Because it's a fair comparison. A bit like how the Home Sec calling refugees and asylum seekers 'invaders' is the same language the National Front & BNP used against her parents.
@@mrsunshine6422 hatred often starts with words and ends in violence too unfortunately
@@Frank.and.Beanzz dont like that mirror being held up mate?
Listening to these interviews makes me feel sick with sadness 😞
The lack of compassion humans have for their fellow humans...
U mean immigrants coming over here from them horrible war torn countries France and Albania?, get ur head out the sand and see what is going on they are coming here for benefits that is it
That, and also how incredibly thick they are. They're doubly disadvantaged by not realising how thick they are.
Don't think of them as human, more of an infestation.
@@leanatale7251 I'd rather have a million of them than 1 of you.
@@leanatale7251 parasites
Using the plight of veterans as a weapon. That is disgusting.
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Truth hurts
@@sidonthebank funny how the same people saying that didn't give a toss about the vets on the streets a few years ago, they never mentioned it, most of them just walked past. Now all of a sudden they care?.... Pull the other one!
@@sidonthebank The Tories have had 12 years to tackle these problems - why haven't they?
The homeless charity Shelter has highlited the plight of homeless veterans fo years, yet Conservative government, and councils have ignored the warnings.
@Jeff Suter let's deal with the present outrageous situation waffling about the past isn't going to solve anything action speaks louder then words
David: "...let alone paying the bills for the rest of the world." A fine example of a Braverman Boy.
When did this country fall so low & compassion become a thing of the past.
About 2010?
Ever since the Right wing of Tory Party saw their chance with Brexit.
@@stephenreeds3632 Nevermind.
@@chrism-kt7es We had compassion before 2010? Because I recall these exact arguments in the public sphere all the way through the noughties. Poland joining the EU was a particularly memorable one.
Murdoch?
The caller literally has no idea of how other people around the world live.
Same bloke will still vote Tory in the next election even though he has the "this country has gone to the dogs" attitude
...and you will vote Labour whatever happens...what's the difference....?
The caller kind of won the argument. James was just changing the subject when he lost then started being pretty.
@@PpPp-ku4sy It's pathetic, but that's what James does when he feels he hasn't got the better of a caller he disagrees with.
@@chatham43 the difference being that always voting Labour is always better than always voting Tory. 🤡👍🏽
And I say this as someone who has never voted Tory but hasn't always voted Labour.
It’s Essex. Even if - hopefully - the Tories have a crushing defeat at the next election, Essex is likely to be a safe haven.
Callers like this are just as likely to switch to Farage’s latest enterprise.
In a list of countries with refugees per 1000 population we are 60th!! And we're the 5th richest country in the world. Why is this a problem when the Tories want power?
We are NOT the 5th richest country in the world, France is. And we are going down the scale.
It's a "problem" when the Tories need to deflect attention away from their latest set of scandals. Remember how before all this kicked off again the main problem was how Braverman was a massive security risk and broke the ministerial code 6 times? Twice on one day? The kind of things any regular pleb would have been fired on the spot for (oh wait, she was! then got her job back) and potentially be facing prison time.
One of the smallest as well
That doesn't mean we have to accept them. Not our problem. This country cannot be a global charity. Wake Up!
@@Daniel58345 But France has ? Or if they are also NOT France's problem , who's problem should they be ?
Oh, I know ... they could just be civil and DIE without disturbing your morning ...right , monster ?
"'Homeless Veterans' 'Kids in social care' - Why don't we take care of them first?" Asked the man who'd openly ignore such groups 99.9% of the time.
....friend of yours?...
@@chatham43 erm…what?
How do you know he ignores such groups? Sounds like you are making an assumption, do you personally know the caller ?
@@mgoode180566 because he sounds like every right winger ever?
Given that he projects a socially aware opinion and you see otherwise I think that says more about your character than his!
There really shouldn’t be such a thing as racism in a civilised society.
But those in power need you to want their support, and barring being at war with someone, they create a threat that doesn’t and shouldn’t exist.
If you think about it rationally, we are all brothers and sisters, having descended from the African peoples who migrated to populate the world.
Im 58 and Black, realized that at the age of 15... why doesnt the general white population see it after decades and decades!
Hopefully there will eventually come a day when my dream of one species, one state, culture will be accomplished. Though sadly, it seems we are still millennia away from it. Too divided by petty nationalism that glorified the patch of dirt a person happened to be born on.
Humanity will always be divided and will invent reasons to do so
We like to feel superior to everyone else and to do that you have to devalue others
Imagine these people making the same arguments to Ukranian refugees. My parents are housing (and currently helping get council housing for) a Ukranian family who fled their home country, stayed briefly in Romania and got processed in Poland before coming here. And yet, I didn't hear or read right wingers arguing in the press that they had moved to safe countries so shouldn't come to Britain.
They do not compare at all, when i last looked Albania was not fighting a war.
Ukraine is being invaded. Last time I checked France isn’t. Keep up
The last time I checked, the west of Ukraine wasn't in conflict. In fact you can go into Ukrainian web cams and see it is evidently peaceful there.
I'll also state that the UK when it was being bombed to oblivion during world war two, the population wasn't evacuated to another country.
Even the people who were evacuated school age children were quickly brought back home as it negatively affected moral and the war effort.
On top of that, kids under the school age were not evacuated at all, I know my mother wasn't. She remembered the bombs falling on Newcastle.
Talking of Newcastle, we had a load of Ukrainians marching here demanding the British open a no fly zone over their country which would have led to direct confrontation between NATO and Russian forces and these people, some of them men were demanding that when they were cowering under the blanket of British protection.
they should seek refuge to the nearest country, but its are government trying to be the saviours of the world. that's why England is a mess. i'm not using the union term anymore, you don't see the illegals going to scotland or wales. they be lost in translation
@@norwoodboy6048 You know that you can be a refugee without a war, right?
James you are a legend❤❤❤ respect your bravery in speaking the truth ❤❤
It's really remarkable how many people don't feel ashamed to talk about human beings as "bacteria" and "invaders", how they don't see it as a profound mental weakness nor make any effort to hide their antisocial behaviour.
It's incredibly funny that the caller goes out of his way to bring up things that the host never actually brought up, things that make the caller look utterly terrible, and then blames the host for it.
O'Brien is a bully, he refuses to let the caller actually bring his points across, he spends the whole discussion playing misdirection and attacking the callers ethics rather than allowing the caller to make his point and respond to those points directly, he is a bully who calls himself a victim in his books and yet has no issue bullying others.
@@genome616 Quick question. When the caller said "when bacteria are infecting a wound you get rid of them [...]" and O'Brien asked "Are you comparing refugees to bacteria?" was that bullying? And what did you think of the caller's reply "no you are"? What is bullying in your mind?
@@sebastianlavallee706 Why do you and the rest of the flock just do not listen to what Mr O'Brien actually says ? The only person who compared Bacteria to asylum seekers was the bullying Mr O'Brien, as much you people love him, but he is just like, Jeremy Kyle, a bully with the short person chip on his shoulder 😒
@genome616 what is it with people nowadays, this victim mentality is just ridiculous. How on Earth is he a bully? Christ people have become so unbearably weak.
@@davidedwards1476 I quoted the caller directly. You tell me yes or no: did he make a bacteria analogy to describe actions taken against refugees?
I like James´s line of questioning here, inviting the caller to do some introspection and not just staying on the surface of what he's saying.
History teaches us that there have always been idiots making life hard for everyone else.
And most of them climb into a rubber boat...🤣😂🤣😂
@@leethrelfalllt yep you beat me to it 🤣
@@leethrelfalllt and folks here we have idiot number two, only to be followed by idiot one Sid below.
@@davidmccready3312 quick aren't you...yeah as quick as a sinking dinghy full of Dumbo's...😂🤣😭
if only they stayed home eh
They see hornets and bacteria, I see brothers and sisters
@Pete Bogg If being kind makes me a fool so be it
@@gmouse1250 LOL. You are so thick you think Albania is a war zone.
And these brothers and sisters see a country that will provide them with a easy life , free benefits , health care , housing , child allowances etc etc . Not bacteria but freeloading parasites .
@Pete Bogg you’re hopeless
How many "brothers and sisters" have you put up in your house? Or paid for their food, or given up a doctors appointments for?
Listening to this caller just proves the lack of care we show to the world. It’s all about Britain. But people like this caller forget how Britain ruled other countries with an iron fist. They plundered and pillaged freely. But sadly this caller’s history will overlook that fact.
Yeah because most Brits have got some colonial loot in their attics. Give your head a wobble. The Brits themselves were viciously exploited over the corresponding period.
@@gwangjuboy1 as well they should be.
@ Sharon Ramsey
I make you right on your statement
@@gwangjuboy1
This not about who did first it’s the Act you need to focus on @ Sharon Ramsey was absolutely right in her statement you sound like the caller trying to deflect, Humanity is where we all need to be
@@sharonramsey715
Leave the country than
"These people" often precedes a rant.
Othering. Not people but separate from people
Wasn’t Thanet the seat that Farage thought he could become an MP in?
Yes, he stood (and lost) in South Thanet twice. He couldn't even win in the UKIP heartlands 😄😄
Excuse my ignorance but Thanet is Kent, is it not? The leafy white middle class regions of this country, the home counties, Essex, Kent, etc. who do not share any burden of the urban centres and then chose to make everyone's life harder by voting Brexit. Brexit was ultimately carried through with this home county vote. It is convenient to blame it on 'thick northerners' but the numbers just don't bear that up. Thanet and similarly miserable places like that make this country a horror to live in. I rather live in inner city Manchester, Birmingham and Sunderland than in one of these soulless, miserable, stuck up retiree towns.
@@leod-sigefast Margate and much of Thanet (except Broadstairs tbh) is poor semi derelict seaside town. Lots of immigration. It's front and centre of immigration wars hence why farage pitched up twice for xeno wars /general election
@@leod-sigefast as a resident of Thanet I can assure you it’s not a white middle class area. You’ll have to travel west about 50 miles or so for that. Thanet (Broadstairs, Margate and Ramsgate) has been a largely deprived area since the 1960s. There are some residents who are extremely well off, but there is also plenty of deprivation and poverty in the area. A lot of London authorities have sent people in need of social housing here as the accommodation costs are less then in London, there are also enclaves of foreign nationals in B&B and temporary accommodation in areas like Cliftonville. Thanet is known as a low skilled, low income area and there is a high percentage of pensioners in the area too. All perfect ingredients for the likes of Farage and the tories to foment hatred and intolerance. I certainly don’t share these peoples’ intolerance, but can see how it has happened. It sickens me that the government are more than happy to stoke up this kind of hatred in areas like Thanet. It’s mendacious and more fool the idiots like Dave from Thanet who fall for it.
Thanet isn’t that special, it’s a little piece of the U.K. pointing to Europe.
Credit to James and the producers from taking daily calls from these simpletons
Yes, how very brave of them! 🙄 I have no idea why anyone phones in. O'Brien is a large toddler who cannot wait to humiliate and belittle people. Tragic.
@@Victoria-wz9ub No, just make sure when you call in you have a real point and evidence to support it. Simple.
@@Victoria-wz9ub Too right, he preys on emotive callers who he can embarass and when he gets a calm minded man like David, just looks the utter simping bell end that he is.
@@Victoria-wz9ub Another Right wing bot, probably based at 55 Tufton Street ..🤫🤫🤫
@@Victoria-wz9ub Are you David’s mum?
People forget fleeing from the Nazis and not having any international immigration accords to migrate to neighboring countries. Ppl are ignorant
PSA: "Charity begins at home" is supposed to encourage you to treat those close to you as well as you would others, ie not to act nice in public but nasty in private.
It is not, and has never been, an excuse to stop helping others or to put those closest to you before others.
Charity begins at home.
True.
But it doesn't end there.
We watch our kids like hawks when crossing the road, so could you imagine the desperation these poor people must be going through to put their kids and themselves in such danger?
These people clearly have 'reward' in mind...
I never understand why people try to link refugees to veterans.
They're two completely separate issues that are in no way related. If you really care about veteran care and housing, why aren't you campaigning for taxing the rich to pay for better conditions for veterans?
Oh, right. Because it's just an excuse to rant about refugees
Honestly you have no idea
@@sammills62 About what, exactly?
Taxing the rich more would result in many of them leaving the UK.
@@davidz3879 That's the common threat. Funnily, it never happens though. It's almost like they don't want to change every aspect of their life just to save a few quid that they know full well they don't even need.
Don't let B.S talking points fool you
@@BeardiusMaximus It does happen. It's not a few quid - it's tens or hundreds of thousand pounds.
It’s so sad, to see the way this country is becoming, its like Compasion to those in bad situations has become a stigmatism to get rid of, it’s worrying. And so upsetting for those people who truly need help.
This all started with Brexit . We are becoming more like the Americans.
@@darrenfearon4288 No its happened because people in the UK are not idiots . We are compassionate and are welcoming to those who are genuine but there are many here that are here illegally. We need to be wise and not gullible.
We don't know who these illegal immigrants are and the motives. Are they in danger ? Or criminals ?
I've seen a lot of changes over the past ten years and I don't think our country can cope with the influx of people. Our nhs, housing, economy our greenbelt.
It's not about not having empathy or compassion it's about being aware and being wise. Not letting the wolf in sheep's clothing through the front door.
I disagree Darren , this started a longtime before brexit
“Becoming” as if it hasn’t been this way for several hundred years. Ever read a history book?
@@darrenfearon4288 you clearly don’t know how america got it’s start.
Simply deflecting James!! The man has a true point.
Been waiting for this after hearing it live today. Classic clip for the archives
Conservatives: "Why are we helping refugees when our own people need help?"
Rational people: "Yes, let's expand the welfare state to help those people."
Conservatives: "... 😡"
As soon as I heard this guy was from Thanet, I knew where this was going.
Snap!
Does living where you are make you so much better then ?
Comments section immediately sinks to the same level as the caller and starts pointing out where people come from and blaming the people that come from somewhere poorer than themselves for not seeing life as they do. I think it should be enough to state the caller is wrong, rather than blame where he is from.
@@wonderingworld119 I said what I said.
@@inphanta and couldn't or won't answer my question??
"Charity begins at home." - Fella who does nothing charitable.
I think he meant charity as in making a sandwich for himself one day a month instead of his wife.
Keep doing what you doing james , love your openness and honesty 👏🏼
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hello james
This is what appears continually on GBNews
well people have a right to hear both sides of the argument. or are you a communist
....what does?.....try watching.....but that might prove you wrong and we can't have that can we....?
The never ask why everything has got worse since Brexit? We left the club and the club are not our border force.
@@chatham43 I have watched and amn appalled at just how dreadful the hard right really is.
@@johnrussell3961 Totally has nothing to do with the hundreds of millions printed during covid to pay people staying at home, or the Ukrainian war...or the thousands of "refugees" living off the taxpayers? We left a club that was not serving our countries best interests, what is the issue with that? You had 2 chances to win a vote and stay in the "club" and you lost.
Yep, Dave from Thanet would pass someone on the road if they were begging for help and tell them to go and get a ‘f****g job’
...you know him well....?
@@chatham43 you obviously do. Or have the same opinions.
that caller was utterly disgusting he has zero compassion to human beings we need to get rid of these tory filth as soon as possible some of this talk is exactly how it started off with the jews in 1939
Are illegal immigrants not human?
Illegal!
Ask these callers if they know their own ancestry? Could be interesting indeed.
Not that old chestnut again🥴
Let's leave ancestry where it belongs shall we. In the past.
@Old Skool Bodybuilding Routines thick, is accepting the present situation of uncontrolled immigration. To use ancestry as a reason why this immigration should not be checked, actually, that is being thick.
@Old Skool Bodybuilding Routines really, so, where do go to for the "facts"?
Ask anyone in the whole world their ancestry. Could get really interesting.
Out of curiosity, how many of these invaders has o’bellend invited to live in his home?
Thanet sounds like a thoroughly unpleasant place. Avoid.
It is!!
Am I the only one who thinks James O'Brien just talks over and patronises people when he hears an opinion he doesn't like? He doesn't actually try and engage with the caller and instead mocks them and is quite dismissive. I've noticed he is doing this more and more and it's just not enjoyable to listen to or watch.
while wearing his grannies jumper and scarf. mans cringe af
He's like James Cordon crossed with a squirrel who stored too many nuts in it's cheeks
Well said
I turn him off now !!
Have you any idea how homeless men are treated in this country.
And please don't go with the narrative the powers that be encourage, that all homeless people are either drug addicts, alcoholics, want to live on the streets.
That's a get out card to make people think they are worthless so why help.
I truly wish people would care as much, help as much, discuss as much the plight of the homeless men in this country.
This is why it's SO important the everybody votes, because without a doubt Dave will be down the poll booth at every opportunity to make sure the people in charge keep these views reinforced…
Agree with the caller 100%
These kind of people "We need to look after our own" also these kind of people "im voting tories so my tax money doenst go to looking after any of our own "
We can’t even begin to understand or imagine what these people are going through to make such a dangerous journey. Therefore we should have compassion for them, full stop.
And where do we house them all ? Where do we find doctors and dentists, school places ? How about you take a few in along with O'brien, what's that the sound of silence?
...desperate to risk their lives and their children's to leave an EU country...makes sense.....😊
How many would you personally like to take in? You have stated yours compassionate👍
don't care, compassion has gone out the window
@@michaeldent1684 feel free to show this compassion by housing as many refugees as you like. How many would you like to take in?
Its preferelable to risk children's life than stay in France?
@Old Skool Bodybuilding Routines so yes? It is preferable to risk childs life than stay in France?
@Old Skool Bodybuilding Routines I'm specifically only interested in the phenomenon of a parent getting in a boat with child and risk the childs life to cross the channel from France to England's. Like why do they do that?
@Old Skool Bodybuilding Routines so you're saying that they risk children's lives to cross the channel in a dingy (after fleeing country to save childs life) to spread the migrant population out, because they know the language, have family here or to avoid destitution in France? Is that what you are saying? Km genuinely trying to understand. Why are you being so aggressive? I am a member of amnesty international I'm not again asylum seekers at all.
@Old Skool Bodybuilding Routines I see. I do apologie you did lay that out in you first message. I just find those reasons so completely unjustifiable in risking a childs life that I thought you were avoiding the specific question and answering more generally about refugees.
I was wondering if maybe they had been forced into the boat by smugglers or something
Okay this might blow your mind....
THEY DON'T REALISE HOW DANGEROUS THE CHANNEL CROSSING IS. NO ONE TELLS THEM.
THE PEOPLE SMUGGLERS ARE HARDLY GOING TO TELL THEIR CLIENTS THAT THEY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT CHANCE OF DYING.
THE ASYLUM SEEKERS HAVE ALREADY TRAVELLED HUNDREDS AND EVEN THOUSANDS OF MILES AND A VERY SHORT BOAT JOURNEY PROBABLY DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A BIG DEAL.
When you ask questions like "why do they put their kids' lives at risk?" you are assuming that they *know* they're putting them at risk. A lot of them have just fled wars when their houses and possessions are destroyed. They may not speak the language of the country they're in. They're panicked and desperate. They have to make a decision of what's best for their family and they don't have our ability to watch the TV or go on the internet to find out all the facts. This means that some asylum seekers end up making the wrong decision and it may cost them their lives.
For someone that says they support Amnesty International I would have thought you'd be better at putting yourself in the shoes of someone fleeing war.
These people who always spout about "taking care of our own" always vote conservative.
Because that's who they mean when they say take care of our own....Tories.
A legitimate refugee doesn't discard their ID and pay 3000-6000 euros to traffickers James.
This man was spot on and James could NOT handle it
James you are so arrogant
This country frightens me
You obviously haven’t lived in other countries then
no one is making you stay here
then leave
@LBC. Why is James still employed by you?
it's a mystery
@@middleman9183It’s a mystery only to the hard of thinking.
Are there any gammons willing to give ex-service personnel a room in their house at all?
Its a waste of time. The media will not agree. They need to keep their jobs.
Caller: It's like bacteria.
James: So you're comparing refugees to bacteria.
Caller: No, you are doing that.
Huh?
So many gross people like this caller in the UK, as horrible as it is to hear their “views” it’s important we do, even more important is heroes like James OBrien calling them out for their xenophobia and unchristian hatred
...like they showed to the Ukrainians by taking them in.....did James.....?
@@chatham43 of course he didn't, he likes to bash but he's like all typical bleeding hearts - all show and no go.
I would suggest that a large majority ov these hateful people identify as Christian...certainly in amerikkka its the case...
@The Phoenix Saga Lineker took someone, and guess what? The right still said he was a hypocrite. You don't actually care whether JOB takes anyone in, you just want to hate on him because he holds a mirror up to you and you don't like what you see.
In my daughter's first year, they had a field trip which sensitized them to the plight of refugees and poor people. They had very little to eat for a day. She came home telling me the refugees had it worst, because they did not have a place to stay, no food, and did not know where they were going to end up.
We have many afghans refugees in Texas. The school is full of them. Kudos to the Tex-Mex for their hospitality. You can see the elementary students loaded with gifts during Thanksgiving, Halloween and Christmas. They are young and adjust well.
Middle School and High School students have more behavioral problems and cultural issues. Coming from a war torn country, they do not understand the concept of following rules, or law and order. The only law they follow is their fathers, women they don't take seriously because the position of women in Afghanistan is low. In way we sympathize with them. They come from a place where women have low status with no rights to a country which is one of the best place for women in the world. They don't confront you like an American kids with "freedom of speech" and "rights". They just smile, say yes and do exactly what they want to do. They lie about their names when they are in trouble and try to slip away during detention.
Some areas in Afghanistan, like in some villages, have not been infiltrated by the Taliban. The children have a more stable life and better upbringing. Kabul is problematic, I understand many boys (girls stay at home as specified by their religion) stay out in the streets late at night, drink and fight. We don't know what they have seen or experience, like witnessing killing or seeing dead bodies in the streets. These middle school and high school students have behavioral issues. Since many live in the same apartment complex, they revert to their culture, which is disorderly. The boys are so...loud.
This poster is displayed on the wall in a middle school: If some students are unresponsive, maybe you can't teach them yet, but you can love them and if you love them today, maybe you can teach them tomorrow. Middle school children are in transition from a child to a teenager. They could be rebellious and misbehave more than elementary students!
Oh, Florence. USA is not one of the best places for women to live. USA is not one of the best places for anyone to live. Better than Afganistan at the moment, I'll give you that.
No country is perfect. But if the US is not an attractive country, there wouldn’t be so many people seeking to immigrate here.
What do you think of the Afghan 'refugee' Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai?
Florence well done to You, Your family and Your community.
@@davidz3879 A criminal that was fortunately caught. What do You think about Peter Scully and the likes of him that still roams around Asia freely?
It's amazing,how the fella presented an valid question & he chose to ignore it!
He actually answered it twice.
.....even James can't spin this....😊😊
This radio guy always sticks up for the illegal coming here 🤬🤬
I love this guy ❤️
💩
Because???
@@lorenzobianchini4415 he's right
@@SgtAndrewM In your opinion
@Lorenzo Bianchini because I believe he's correct, and even if he's not, he's caring and compassionate and there's no way that's wrong.
People on your side just seem like miserable c#£&s.
How is France not safe?
Geez.... I like James but this time his take is ridiculous...
Whenever anyone says "Charity begins at home", ask them "Okay, so what charity are you doing at home?" The silence is deafening.
From across the pond in the US we have the exact same type of folks saying the same terrible things. People really have lost a lot of their humanity when it comes to dealing with immigrants. They buy into all sorts of lies and misrepresentations, and then when you try to have a reasonable conversation about how we can deal with the issue of these human beings, they spew hate and act like they aren't human.
"Charity begins at home" but little to no effort to actually be charitable by those same folks is found. Ask them for another penny of taxes to help the poor and give people assistance when they get older and they turn up their nose and say it's not their problem.
We can come up with solutions that will help, but that means dealing with reality, and not looking at other humans like vermin.
Not immigrants, just ILLEGAL immigrants.
@@sharonn381 if they claim asylum they're not ILLEGAL
@@kensol2579 "Asylum" from what exactly? These people aren't fleeing wars or persecution 😂
@@sharonn381 as if one word makes a person not worthy of human decency and respect. Keep trying.
@@kensol2579 They are if they pretend to be fleeing from a war zone when they are actually coming from perfectly safe countries like Albania.
Caller is bang on
Which part did you think was bang on?
@drummingtildeath everything tbh
@@anthonystephenheath3752 that was about as well thought out as I expected.
@@drummingtildeath cheers 🍻
Of course, he came from Thanet. Keep pis*ING them off James. I really appreciate your voice and forensic insight, whether I agree or not, it develops my internal dialogue.
It’s like James was talking to my Dad.
Who is older and wiser than you.
@@sharonn381 He’s never been a wise man as such, but as he’s gotten older he’s certainly become more fearful, bigoted and intolerant. He’s more open to being sold stories about who is to blame for the world seemingly not being as it was when he was young and full of vitality. He can be moved by his petty prejudices by those who hold power.
...you've got a lot to live up to....
I wonder how many of them live at ‘caring’ James O’brien’s house?
....sure its packed out....😊😊
Yeah because nobody can say we should care about refugees without personally giving them room and board, because obviously individual citizens have the same money, power and resources as governments 🤦♂️
The Nazi's compared Jews to cockroaches....this is far right playbook.
based
@@GloryOfBarbelo on history.
It’s fear, they are afraid about somebody taking a way their meager belongings. Sharing requires the conviction that you will be ok.
If France is safe than why come to UK..
I don't agree with the gentleman, however, James' rebuttal is flawed and lacks logic. If they are seeking safety and not increased economic prosperity, which is not the UK global responsibility, when In a safe country this argument ends.
Mention the word invasion in about one third of the world and a lot of people will thing of the British.
Countries were invading each other long befor Britian was formed. please expand your history knowledge.
@@spiderjeranimo4992 If that is an excuse, now everyone has an excuse for invading Britain.
There are some very naive comments on this site. Not great travellers I think. You are losing your fair country and, when it is gone, you will cry.
"These people"? Disgusting description. Him and his type who get their opinions from the mail, the sun etc are the real problem.
You don't think that people like Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai are a real problem?
People forget no one is immuned from becoming a refugee. May we continue to live in peace.
I'm a disabled military veteran & listen to James a lot, I can categorically state the idiot caller who phoned in does NOT represent me.
He's the atypical brexit voting tory bluekipper, if you disagree with him he just shouts louder !
Keep up the Great work James, we appreciate you.
Ironically it was corbyn that was allways wanting Brexit lol 😆 not only the Tories
Tony Benn , how right wing was he
Only by God’s Grace that we are not the ones who seek refuge. Only by His Grace. I know there are loud voices like this fella but most people in THIS Country ARE FULL of Empathy & Compassion,
everyone i speak to always talks about helping homeless veterans - but then if anyone really genuinely wanted to help them they wouldnt be homeless
For those who say 'charity begins at home', they need to learn the full quote! Or maybe the rest of us need to complete it whenever they say it......
Charity BEGINS at home, But it doesn't END there.
What most mean by charity begins at home, is that they should be sorted out first and then others later or not at all.
I v not heard one single reason that having them here would make me want them.
Ahr poor David . He's scared of foreigners taking his little toys away .
Sounds like you've already thrown yours out
@@sidonthebank if that's how you see it then you're also scared.
@@johnchrysostomou9417 aw bless
How many of them have you got staying in your house? My guess is zero …
@AlexLee360 just another virtue signaller they're all the same
'just stop. Just stop now.'
'But what I'm saying is...'
'Yes but people are listening.'
😂
"just stop now"
In other words, "I am frightened of different opinions"
What a dishonest coward
Or in other words,
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool,
than by speaking remove all doubt.
@@SammiCPC79 Try not to get al personal and upset.
Real men take control of their emotiions and are kind to others.
O'brien is boring
Why don't you ring him up and win an argument with him? Because you can't.
James did not answer the question, he asked why leave France where it’s safe and better than their home country, to risk your life for Britain, also some are not refugees but economic immigrants. James did not answer the question
Then he basically complained that he got a caller when it's a call-in show 😂 big L
He answered it twice.
The caller is spot on.
Another that doesn't understand that the safe country argument ceased when we left the EU and the Dublin accord doesn't apply. Under the UN a refugee can seek asylum in any country they choose.