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  • After the release of the Partygate report which found the ex-PM had misled Parliament, James O'Brien showed no mercy in this obliterative monologue directed and him and his defenders.
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  • @madaknevarski6478
    @madaknevarski6478 Рік тому +894

    Boris should be in prison, along with half the Tory party

  • @brummie.bill-379.
    @brummie.bill-379. Рік тому +1178

    As a grandad who has only ever voted labour, I would like to offer my heartfelt thanks to Boris for exposing the Tory party for what it truly is, as he could never have gotten away with his corrupt behaviour without the rest of the Tories aiding and abetting him.

    • @paulpurves484
      @paulpurves484 Рік тому +30

      Yeah and the Labour Party are squeaky clean.

    • @jonb4155
      @jonb4155 Рік тому

      ​@@paulpurves484Whataboutism. You are exactly the kind of person that encourages the damage to our democracy that Johnson and his cronies represent.

    • @rb1062
      @rb1062 Рік тому

      Why don't you take off those rose tinted glasses and look at what Labour really are. Starmer's allegiance to the WEF won't mean a better standard of living for you! He is just another version of Boris.

    • @gregraj
      @gregraj Рік тому +71

      Bill, in much the same way that Trump has done with his Republican party 👍🏻

    • @jimrobinson3860
      @jimrobinson3860 Рік тому

      ​@@paulpurves484 a tad cleaner than this corrupt Tory government. You are being conned buddy

  • @rowellwilkinsonwilkinson5235
    @rowellwilkinsonwilkinson5235 Рік тому +133

    One of the saddest and most terrible thing about this is that you have people defending him. These are the people who would say they are on the side of law and order and decency. Hypocrites . They have the tendency to be criminals

    • @gillianslater9227
      @gillianslater9227 Рік тому +1

      AND WHAT DOES THAT MAKE YOU.? KARMA.

    • @lestrem11
      @lestrem11 Рік тому +3

      Do you mean Tony Blair.

    • @dooda77penn19
      @dooda77penn19 Рік тому

      Yeah, Just like when O'Brein defended Carl Beech and Oh ' Darren. 😂

    • @Matt-ru5rw
      @Matt-ru5rw Рік тому

      Right wingers in England are the same low IQ dummies that are MAGA in the US. Like two of dummies in this comment section.😂

    • @bwilliamson3887
      @bwilliamson3887 Рік тому

      Your no better

  • @RataStuey
    @RataStuey Рік тому +92

    This was cathartic and so necessary. Thank you for articulating how the majority of the world feels James

    • @jimdake6632
      @jimdake6632 Рік тому +2

      The rest of the world doesn’t give British internal politics a second thought.

  • @user-em6ie2be7x
    @user-em6ie2be7x Рік тому +578

    Watching James tear Boris Johnson to shreds is always satisfying to watch.

    • @supersuede91
      @supersuede91 Рік тому +23

      😂 love my weekly dose of O'Brien getting angry at Daily Mailers

    • @ThomasKing19933
      @ThomasKing19933 Рік тому +20

      I'm addicted to watching James doing this😂

    • @chatham43
      @chatham43 Рік тому +1

      @Slam....which you've never read...excellent comment...😊

    • @chatham43
      @chatham43 Рік тому +8

      @Thomas King...pity you're not as addicted to doing a little more work...😊

    • @ThomasKing19933
      @ThomasKing19933 Рік тому +16

      ​@@chatham43I'm self employed and choose my own hours. Furthermore, I don't claim benefits like you do.😊

  • @MrBoizera
    @MrBoizera Рік тому +594

    I'm from Brazil and I live in Brazil. I would never in a million years have imagined how UK politics would resemble our third-world politics. It's actually bewildering.

    • @HShango
      @HShango Рік тому +62

      It's the voters (a percentage of them voted for him) 52 percent of the UK electorate voted for a clown

    • @huwzebediahthomas9193
      @huwzebediahthomas9193 Рік тому +54

      We are Brazil politics without the big snakes and piranha fish in the rivers. Ours has turds.

    • @MrBoizera
      @MrBoizera Рік тому +15

      @@huwzebediahthomas9193 So do some of ours, mate.

    • @gm9460
      @gm9460 Рік тому +21

      @@HShango fewer than 52%. 52 was Brexit not Boris

    • @rww805
      @rww805 Рік тому +9

      This is what happens when political persecution becomes acceptable. This happened in Germany, Russia and China. Didn't turn out too well.

  • @katherinew2189
    @katherinew2189 Рік тому +168

    Brilliant summary from James regarding the right-wing media circus who are consistently rolled out to defend the likes of British Trump

    • @mrsupplementsUK
      @mrsupplementsUK Рік тому

      Dont compare the 2 . Trump is all fir america and fighting against the elite when he neednt but hates what america has become . The world literally needs trump. Dont compare the 2 whrn boris just took pi ss during covid and the whole party

    • @malthus101
      @malthus101 Рік тому +4

      bRitiSh tRuMp" 🥴

  • @benjysshed1883
    @benjysshed1883 Рік тому +146

    What's incredible to me is that there are people in the world who didn't 100% know this was what he was always like.

    • @NSW-ye3xw
      @NSW-ye3xw Рік тому

      Yes, there were people in the world who knew Boris is a liar. Unfortunately, we didn't get a say in him becoming PM. It was the people who knew what he was like that got him in. Same with Truss and Sunak. They're all corrupt.

    • @akadacat
      @akadacat Рік тому +7

      Er, just speaking from NZ, its not so much people in "the world". Frankly, from here we've been wondering what you guys saw in that bloke for more than a decade.

    • @zarakikon6352
      @zarakikon6352 Рік тому +6

      @@akadacat Same here from Holland.

    • @jamesbong4928
      @jamesbong4928 Рік тому +3

      The Sun, Dailly Mail & Express readers amount to quite a number...

  • @lohphat
    @lohphat Рік тому +124

    "You don't have a 'balanced' discussion about dentistry between a licensed, university trained dentist and some bloke who removes his own teeth with string and a door." -- Dara Ó Briain

  • @Monklane79
    @Monklane79 Рік тому +245

    I've never heard James being this angry. And I agree with every single word.

    • @chatham43
      @chatham43 Рік тому +1

      ....saves the hassle of having to think for yourself Roger.....

    • @Monklane79
      @Monklane79 Рік тому +18

      @@chatham43 Please explain how agreeing with someone demonstrates an inability to think independently.

    • @saturday1066
      @saturday1066 Рік тому +10

      @@chatham43 non-responsive AGAIN, eh?

    • @RankinMsP
      @RankinMsP Рік тому +12

      @@chatham43 your masochism is worrying
      You watch James religiously and yet apparently abhor him.
      So why do you watch/ listen?
      Self harm on a chronic scale.
      If you offered salient or even basic criticism, we may care if you played in traffic

    • @Kurwajegomac
      @Kurwajegomac Рік тому +8

      @@chatham43 said by someone who’s opinions are exclusively shaped by daily mails headlines.

  • @ianmarshall3633
    @ianmarshall3633 Рік тому +16

    James my friend. I salute you. A brilliant summation of the body politic and the media as a whole. Thank you 🙏

  • @eddievanbasten1751
    @eddievanbasten1751 Рік тому +44

    Don’t forget the members of Boris’ party that were prepared to on the news programs daily and tell the audience that Boris wasn’t a liar.

  • @Ukbrummie
    @Ukbrummie Рік тому +68

    Incredible. James absolutely nailed this one

  • @Oushi12
    @Oushi12 Рік тому +104

    When thinking about the green discharge of a man that Boris Johnson is. I believe F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote it best when describing some of the rich & powerful in our society. "They were careless people, …they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made."

    • @RataStuey
      @RataStuey Рік тому +5

      I’ve screen grabbed and going to share your excellent comment on Twitter. Hope that’s ok!

    • @Titaniumparts
      @Titaniumparts Рік тому +5

      One of the most memorable passages from The Great Gatsby. And, yes, like you, those words often come to my mind when I survey the damage wreaked upon the country by this cohort of venal crooks and liars - the Tory party and their powerful enablers.

  • @derekbeauchamp2409
    @derekbeauchamp2409 Рік тому +9

    You were fantastic James. You said the whole truth and nothing but the truth, well said !!

  • @sip8670
    @sip8670 Рік тому +16

    You James are an absolute legend! if only there were more like you 👏👏👏👏👏

  • @angelalord6269
    @angelalord6269 Рік тому +94

    And we the taxpayer foots the bill for his legal team.

    • @jibjub2121
      @jibjub2121 Рік тому +5

      you'd think after all those public speaking deals he could afford it himself.

    • @HelenaMikas
      @HelenaMikas Рік тому +6

      @@jibjub2121 He can ...

    • @petyrkowalski9887
      @petyrkowalski9887 Рік тому +2

      And that is plain wrong

    • @jibjub2121
      @jibjub2121 Рік тому +2

      @@HelenaMikas that was my point.

    • @WilliamWatt-xm2gu
      @WilliamWatt-xm2gu Рік тому

      He’s a millionaire but the British taxpayers are paying for his legal expenses, that’s exactly why I
      keep saying that the British political system is completely corrupt. This shouldn’t be happening in
      a true democracy but as I say it’s pure corruption at the highest level of government.

  • @ThomasKing19933
    @ThomasKing19933 Рік тому +350

    Boris does what Boris wants without fear of any consequence. The thought of anyone else getting hurt as a result of his actions doesn't even enter his mind.

    • @chatham43
      @chatham43 Рік тому

      .....yep....he is culpable for the disastrous lockdown and it's repercussions to the vulnerable in our society...no doubt about that...totally agree

    • @mikedown1250
      @mikedown1250 Рік тому +18

      It's literally a mirror image of what's happening to Trump. How did the UK and the US let these two criminals lead their countries.

    • @adamibrahim7338
      @adamibrahim7338 Рік тому +2

      Cry

    • @polycera8570
      @polycera8570 Рік тому

      @@mikedown1250 Probably because the electorate wasn't smart enough to see these two clowns for what they are.

    • @raymondo6665
      @raymondo6665 Рік тому +3

      @@mikedown1250 because the socialist alternative doesn't bear thinking about. Cheers.

  • @gardino71
    @gardino71 Рік тому +17

    One of the most articulate, passionate, damning pieces of radio I have ever heard. An incredible summary of what Boris Johnson is, the damage he has done and along with his enablers, continues to do.

  • @robertwoods4109
    @robertwoods4109 Рік тому +18

    I live in NI I'm not a royalist but they partyed while the Queen was in mourning by HERSELF, the Queen abided by the rules Boris set.

  • @Iyerbeth
    @Iyerbeth Рік тому +104

    The BBC carried a quote from someone called Jen this morning - "I think it's a big stitch up. I'm so annoyed about it because they're all liars, I'm sure they are, apart from him."
    Even now people who claim everyone is a liar except the proven liar, fired for lying in the past, and now resigned for lying to parliament.

    • @clivet3252
      @clivet3252 Рік тому +9

      The same people stitched up Jeremy Corbyn.

    • @ozzie2612
      @ozzie2612 Рік тому +11

      @@clivet3252 boris stitched himself up

    • @clivet3252
      @clivet3252 Рік тому +3

      @@ozzie2612 nope. The public stitched him up by making him popular. Most people will have been in an environment where being popular counts against you and a Harriet Harman type will plot against you.

    • @davekelley4076
      @davekelley4076 Рік тому

      She was 100% right and you are too thick to ever understand it. You can't understand what is happening right in front of you right now all over the news and the media.

    • @poguemahone5476
      @poguemahone5476 Рік тому +7

      We're an absolute shitshow

  • @glenstevenson9274
    @glenstevenson9274 Рік тому +289

    It's like being found guilty in court then accusing the judge is his fault I blame the voters for enabling this mess

    • @1inchPunchBowl
      @1inchPunchBowl Рік тому +20

      The right wing press & some LBC broadcasters also played a big part.

    • @malcolmmckinlay2143
      @malcolmmckinlay2143 Рік тому +8

      Johnson thinks he is a mini trump with his antics

    • @lesigh1749
      @lesigh1749 Рік тому

      Only one of the "court" in question has been found to have breached lockdown themselves, and the head of the "court" was part of a kiddy prons club called PIE back in the day.

    • @felixdyerzinsky4780
      @felixdyerzinsky4780 Рік тому

      ​@@1inchPunchBowlAt the last election the voters had a simple choice, on one hand an habitual liar and the other hand a Communist. Who, in their right mind would vote for the Communist?

    • @alfsmith4936
      @alfsmith4936 Рік тому +1

      ​@@malcolmmckinlay2143 He's a trump gone wrong after one too many lagers with a Vindaloo.

  • @Timbex2005
    @Timbex2005 Рік тому +20

    Thank you James, whatever happens don’t ever stop doing what you do.

    • @chatham43
      @chatham43 Рік тому

      ...it's not clear to me what he does either...😊

    • @richardguest4574
      @richardguest4574 Рік тому

      Bullying people, you mean? O' Brien and Johnson are both trash.

  • @keepitreal1547
    @keepitreal1547 Рік тому +10

    I wonder how many of us would like to meet him face to face & have the opportunity to tell him exactly how we feel towards him. Count me in.

  • @wilsonblunt1305
    @wilsonblunt1305 Рік тому +43

    Love how he name dropped Kuenssberg after the Daily Mail rant. Perfection 😊

  • @bunsenhoneydew6551
    @bunsenhoneydew6551 Рік тому +49

    "I think he honestly believes that it is churlish of us not to regard him as an exception, one who should be free of the network of obligation that binds everyone else." His school report from 1982.

  • @dereknash2738
    @dereknash2738 Рік тому +29

    Totally agree…..The sad truth is that the same thing is happening here in the USA with Trump…….I fear for the future of both countries😢 Thank you James and please keep speaking the truth!

  • @ovidiumiinea5462
    @ovidiumiinea5462 Рік тому +10

    Who knew that the man that lied all his life would be kicked out for lying.

  • @AndyFromYorkshire
    @AndyFromYorkshire Рік тому +412

    I don't know what is worse - the lying former PM or those coming to his defence. Why the BBC finds it necessary to give these fools airtime is beyond me. I used to be an advocate and supporter of the BBC, but no more.

    • @amcc5887
      @amcc5887 Рік тому +21

      Well said 💯💪💪💪

    • @normanchristie4524
      @normanchristie4524 Рік тому +19

      Listening to Fabricant on this morning's Today programme .....unmentionable!

    • @poguemahone5476
      @poguemahone5476 Рік тому +36

      Because they're biased to any current cabinet. In the last general they broadcast Alan Sugar telling people not to vote for Labour the night before elections, but Linnaker criticizing a specific policy was deemed unacceptable. Hypocrisy to a T.

    • @gerardjlaw
      @gerardjlaw Рік тому

      The BBC is supposed to be Independent, but that relies on the government not abusing its de facto power to control it.
      However, the modern right wing has realized that it can abuse its powers without limit, so what's left of the independent BBC is running scared of being shut down if it stands up to the Tories.

    • @randomname3109
      @randomname3109 Рік тому

      BBC is official Govt propaganda network

  • @grahamebradford1028
    @grahamebradford1028 Рік тому +32

    Thank you James for putting into words what I have been feeling for very long time.

  • @GaiaCarney
    @GaiaCarney Рік тому +44

    James O’Brien 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 a rant so inspired, appropriate, justified & glorious, I’m listening to it twice!

    • @grahamheathcote5914
      @grahamheathcote5914 Рік тому

      All he does is rant. He and his alter ego on the right, Piers Morgan, would do well to watch how measured Iain Dale is.

    • @shonk3317
      @shonk3317 Рік тому +1

      @@grahamheathcote5914 Dude. Whatever your smoking, share 😅

    • @dooda77penn19
      @dooda77penn19 7 місяців тому

      Did you listen to the Carl Beech fiasco twice,?😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @gillswift274
    @gillswift274 Рік тому +9

    That is why I love listening to you James for honesty and truth, two words that could never be used when referring to Boris Johnson.

  • @terryroots5023
    @terryroots5023 Рік тому +271

    Well said, James. What a shame that Britain has become a place where a rant such as this is absolutely justified. We need a complete overhaul of political institutions and media standards.

    • @randomname3109
      @randomname3109 Рік тому

      using the french method for preference

    • @raymondo6665
      @raymondo6665 Рік тому +3

      you're right about media standards. Needs to start with an investigation into O'Brien's complete support for Carl Beech's disgusting lies.

    • @jackc3205
      @jackc3205 Рік тому +2

      Yes. Media is the key. He never would have lasted so long, or maybe even gotten anywhere without a right wing biased media across the board.

    • @raymondo6665
      @raymondo6665 Рік тому

      @@jackc3205 BBC Verify is the way forward 🤣🤣🤣

    • @StonedIn0z
      @StonedIn0z Рік тому

      Yer but is means nothing since James voted for Boris once and was also one of the many fooled by this obvious joke of a human..

  • @eatthisvr6
    @eatthisvr6 Рік тому +77

    Final disgrace? I admire your optimism james

    • @Dynasty1818
      @Dynasty1818 Рік тому

      yeah wait until Labour win the election, then it'll get shockingly worse

    • @dinohansen5074
      @dinohansen5074 Рік тому +1

      Actually, his optimism is rather sickening. Now matter how bad it is, I tell you, it can always get worse. And if the Tories are willing to sink this low, they'll be willing to sink even lower.

    • @willtricks9432
      @willtricks9432 Рік тому

      Johnson will coast on a wave of right wing media until the wave has dried up.

  • @vietashroffoliver2521
    @vietashroffoliver2521 Рік тому +6

    Brilliant and accurate analysis James O'B. Many thanks I enjoyed listening to this riveting diatribe

  • @stephenbain389
    @stephenbain389 Рік тому +247

    The worst aspect of Boris Johnson isn't that he's a liar, it's that he doesn't seem to feel a sliver of guilt.
    A man with a clear personality disorder.

    • @tanja9364
      @tanja9364 Рік тому +27

      I would say he is the epitome of a narcissist! I looked it up and HE FITS! (So does Trump!)

    • @stephenbain389
      @stephenbain389 Рік тому +18

      @@tanja9364 the classic thing is it's never their fault. People are out to get me, you didn't pay enough attention, my aid didn't do their job correctly etc.

    • @fromtheblonx
      @fromtheblonx Рік тому +16

      I'd say a sociopath fits pretty well. But defo a narcissist!

    • @fromtheblonx
      @fromtheblonx Рік тому +8

      ​@stephenbain389 yeah there is never any responsibility taken for anything at all

    • @philipjohnkaye8890
      @philipjohnkaye8890 Рік тому

      I think the vast majority of the tories have a personality disorder to be honest, people like them are not normal with the amount of lies and gaslighting they undertake and constantly deny.

  • @robertgreen9829
    @robertgreen9829 Рік тому +89

    Even though the report is definitive Rees Mogg and his other cronies many of whom were rewarded in the honours list are still saying he's innocent. How can they be allowed to do that without facing criminal charges. It's just the belief that if you keep telling lies for long enough people will believe the lies. The people telling the lies should also be held accountable

    • @raymondo6665
      @raymondo6665 Рік тому

      Exactly. O'Brien joined in willingly with Carl Beech's lies and should (by your logic) be in prison.

  • @CravingBeer
    @CravingBeer Рік тому +190

    Journalism isn't about getting two people to argue over the weather. Journalism is looking out of the window and reporting on whether it is raining.

    • @mefford67
      @mefford67 Рік тому +7

      *THIS! THIS! THIS!* 👏👏👏

    • @DarkHelixia
      @DarkHelixia Рік тому +1

      But even with this simplified example it can still result in a subjective debate as to what constitutes rain. There are various definitions as to the separation between rain and drizzle, let alone other precipitation types e.g. when does sleet become rain in both a spatial and temporal context? If I say it was raining when I looked out the window, is it still raining now? If there's rain out my window, what's to say there's rain on the other side of the building. What duration does it need to rain for it to be considered raining? Over how large an area should it rain for it to be considered raining?
      Even if such specific, and likely impractical, definitions were agreed upon, by simply looking out of the window, it is unlikely that objective evidence to satisfy rigorous definitions would be practical to obtain. For example, one definition between the cutoff between rain and drizzle is that the drops should be larger than 0.5mm. Is it possible to determine this objectively by looking out the window?
      This may seem ridiculous, but these differences become magnified when the issues under discussion are emotions and beliefs that warp apparent 'facts'.
      In the end, journalism should attempt to portray a 'balanced' view of the beliefs and equip its audience with the tools to make their own 'objective' opinion knowing that even then our inherent biases will taint our perceptions. Unfortunately due to other inherent human biases, e.g. confirmation bias, the long-known truth that a media outlet's audience tend to cluster around certain demographic, political and social stereotypes and a leaning of most outlets towards a certain inclination, it is far less profitable to provide a balanced presentation of the opinions ... Best to get your news from a number of different sources; not only within your own country but from others who have less 'skin in the game' ...
      Anyone can say it's raining - chances are it is somewhere at some time ... Anyone can tell their truths which is to another a lie. Anyone can lie, which to another person becomes their truth.

    • @jonb4155
      @jonb4155 Рік тому +12

      ​@@DarkHelixiaExcept that it isn't the journalists job to determine the weather. It is to report the facts from the people who study it. When they print opinion as fact, they are deliberately misleading the public.

    • @nopants3560
      @nopants3560 Рік тому

      BBC have given voices to numerous loons today who support Boris . Just like they have to give 50/50 balance when it comes to the Russian invasion of Ukraine , they always have to give Russias lies and propaganda, similar weight. Why ?

    • @alfsmith4936
      @alfsmith4936 Рік тому +2

      That sounds lovely but journalism is about selling advertising and getting paid. 📰💩💩💩🇬🇧🤦‍♂️💩

  • @keepitreal1547
    @keepitreal1547 Рік тому +6

    I feel exactly as you do James. Anyone with a right mind, ought to.

  • @user-co6qi2sl4g
    @user-co6qi2sl4g Рік тому +8

    Thank you James for expressing so passionately what we all feel.

  • @mickeyhadley4281
    @mickeyhadley4281 Рік тому +133

    And I thought our right wing in America was batshit crazy, sorry it spread back across the pond, James.

    • @willtricks9432
      @willtricks9432 Рік тому +9

      Johnson comes from the establishment going back centuries. Not new, only know.

    • @raymondo6665
      @raymondo6665 Рік тому +1

      Any political view not as left wing as Chairman Mao is right wing listening to O'Brien.

    • @alfsmith4936
      @alfsmith4936 Рік тому +4

      Where do you think your right wing crazies learned their tactics? 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇲😉😉🤪

    • @rde4017
      @rde4017 Рік тому +9

      Trump and Johnson are both "advised" by Steve Bannon.

    • @robertlandrum1971
      @robertlandrum1971 Рік тому

      Crony corruption is as old as civilization itself. As long as there’s been the accumulation of wealth, there’s been government and civil corruption.

  • @paulinereid5226
    @paulinereid5226 Рік тому +134

    What a relief to finally and at last, see Bojoke HELD ACCOUNTABLE for what he has done. It's NEVER happened to him in his life before. The Eton Housemaster who said, all those years ago, that Boris cinsiders rule to only apply to others, but not himself - saw it even then. The commitee has done a grand job - and I feared they wouldn't. FInally, accountablility!!

    • @carvoloco4229
      @carvoloco4229 Рік тому +7

      We'll have to wait and see what this purported accountability really means

    • @JJVernig
      @JJVernig Рік тому +5

      @@carvoloco4229true that, but at least it’s printed black and white 103 pages. And downloadable for everyone who’s interested.

    • @poguemahone5476
      @poguemahone5476 Рік тому +1

      ​@@carvoloco4229resigning is potentially much worse for him. Sitting MPs cannot be imprisoned for lying but strangers to the house can.

    • @gomezthechimp1116
      @gomezthechimp1116 Рік тому +1

      Well, those recommendations still have to be approved by Parliament...

    • @Joe-zv3iu
      @Joe-zv3iu Рік тому +3

      He’s never going to be held accountable that’s why he resigned

  • @Rickinsf
    @Rickinsf Рік тому +22

    "He'll lie just to keep in practice," said someone about Trump....but I'm sure it applies BoJo.

  • @Daithai96
    @Daithai96 Рік тому +10

    Excellent breakdown of the situation. How anyone can defend him is utterly beyond me.

  • @BC-hy3xd
    @BC-hy3xd Рік тому +66

    That is a masterful summary of the state of UK politics & our client media. Only wish we could get that message out to everyone.

  • @Dutchy80
    @Dutchy80 Рік тому +27

    Wow. That was really quite stirring. What a sad state this country is in

    • @chatham43
      @chatham43 Рік тому

      ...but you're still here...

    • @dimitrius-r5sgamingchannel388
      @dimitrius-r5sgamingchannel388 Рік тому +3

      ​@@chatham43And so are you. Your point?

    • @Dutchy80
      @Dutchy80 Рік тому

      Why is the automatic presumption that because I don't like the state of something I have to leave? What about trying to change it to make it better? I didn't vote for the lying windbag that is Borris Johnson.

  • @colinbennett
    @colinbennett Рік тому +24

    I literally stopped the car this morning and clapped at the end of your monologue. Bravo!

  • @karlclark8625
    @karlclark8625 Рік тому +20

    I have a question on Boris's honours list. Should the handing out of Boris's honours and peerages to his cabal of corrupt, cronies have been put on hold until after the publishing of the "Partygate" scandal report? Surly, now that we have the commitee's findings, one would think that any titles given should be stripped away. How can a MP facing such heavy charges be allowed to do such things? The mind boggles.

    • @redf7209
      @redf7209 Рік тому +5

      Yes these guys were his collaborators and just as guilty

    • @WilliamWatt-xm2gu
      @WilliamWatt-xm2gu Рік тому

      Boris Johnson is now completely discredited and yet they are seemingly going ahead with his
      disgusting and ridiculous honours list. This just proves my life long belief that the British
      Political System is completely corrupt to the core and while the corruption continues it always
      will be unfortunately for the British people and taxpayers.

    • @philipdixon6456
      @philipdixon6456 Рік тому +1

      The honours list of this awful man should be torn up immediately, and the would-be recipients should be investigated by the police

  • @sid35gb
    @sid35gb Рік тому +18

    He’s committed Perjury so haul him in front of a judge and answer for his crimes.

  • @JimmyRJump
    @JimmyRJump Рік тому +192

    This rant reaches Christopher Hitchens levels of truth and eloquence.

    • @grahamheathcote5914
      @grahamheathcote5914 Рік тому +4

      Really? He seems to be advocating the abolition of a free press to me.

    • @ralalbatross
      @ralalbatross Рік тому

      ​@@grahamheathcote5914 No, he's advancing the argument that you debate facts, not if facts actually exist.
      Johnson is a liar. He got booted for lying. He is no more the victim of a conspiracy than someone driving 130 mph along a flat road past a speed camera.

    • @olliejarvis1200
      @olliejarvis1200 Рік тому +7

      ​@@grahamheathcote5914 How in any way is he suggesting that? JoB is saying that we shouldn't allow objectively, flagrantly, morally bankrupt crooks any airtime. This applies to all parties, just so happens the Tories are stacked to the rafters with 'em.

    • @NiSiochainGanSaoirse
      @NiSiochainGanSaoirse Рік тому +1

      and what do truth and eloquence do to change anything?
      We all knew this was going to happen, so telling us what we already know isn't productive.
      we need public unrest.

    • @willtricks9432
      @willtricks9432 Рік тому

      @@grahamheathcote5914 Then you need to go back to school and learn how to think.

  • @iangrant4242
    @iangrant4242 Рік тому +29

    James O'Brien - you are the gift that keeps on giving! 11 minutes 36 seconds of pure quality.

    • @redf7209
      @redf7209 Рік тому

      The analogy with Billy Bunter MUST have come from a sub-concious confusion between the two. Younger people probably don't know who BB was though.

  • @normandavis9722
    @normandavis9722 Рік тому +28

    Boris should be told to direct any issues or complaints to his local MP

  • @williambelford9661
    @williambelford9661 Рік тому +28

    Suella Braverman lies to the House virtually everytime she gets on her feet and yet no-one does anything about her 😕😕😕

    • @jillybe1873
      @jillybe1873 Рік тому

      I expect the Israelis will get her when she's outlived her use. And I mean this seriously. Check out her mysterious half hidden husband

    • @kimaspindale9721
      @kimaspindale9721 Рік тому +2

      No compassion no integrity out of her depth completely

    • @oiputthatback7361
      @oiputthatback7361 Рік тому

      As yet , give it time

    • @oiputthatback7361
      @oiputthatback7361 Рік тому

      Most of all BJ lies to himself , so very sad and pathetic.

    • @WilliamWatt-xm2gu
      @WilliamWatt-xm2gu Рік тому +1

      This is mostly because Boris Johnson has made it seem normal to lie at all times and the rest of the
      Tories have seen just how he’s never held to account or made to face any consequences for his
      downright lies. So people like Braverman are just copying him and the more that do this just makes
      the situation even worse in a democracy.

  • @bengeorgeschannel6568
    @bengeorgeschannel6568 Рік тому +35

    These monologues just get better every day - and not for want of new material, which continues to come in abundance. Putting "Daily Mail" and "newspaper of record" in the same sentence was today's masterstroke.

    • @chatham43
      @chatham43 Рік тому

      ...new material...where?....unless you mean he's wearing a clean shirt...😊

  • @nicholaswright3081
    @nicholaswright3081 Рік тому +6

    Thanks for all your great work James!

  • @TheWolfe83
    @TheWolfe83 Рік тому +16

    I hope everyone will eventually see the mainstream media for what it really is

  • @Carrrnage
    @Carrrnage Рік тому +42

    The man is a complete disgrace, and so are the cronies supporting him. Strange how 7 of the 8 to have come out in support of him, denigrating the report, are people who he has given honours to. Wonder what that's about 🤣🤣🤣

  • @davidanderson6100
    @davidanderson6100 Рік тому +48

    Why do I get the feeling that Johnsons ego will not let him stay out of politics,?

    • @malcolmmckinlay2143
      @malcolmmckinlay2143 Рік тому +5

      He could sign up with farage two ball bags together

    • @maynardmckillen9228
      @maynardmckillen9228 Рік тому

      Uh, because an ego that big is hard to camouflage? Not that he even tries to...

    • @johnvansing5527
      @johnvansing5527 Рік тому +1

      He will join up with farage And trump

    • @alfsmith4936
      @alfsmith4936 Рік тому

      ​@@johnvansing5527 Maybe they could start a new party and govern the old Epstein island. They all know how to get there anyway..

  • @alanw8311
    @alanw8311 Рік тому +31

    This broadcast from James should be played on every TV channel 4 times a day at peak viewing times . Only this will put the real truth into the public realm.

  • @lilithdalphinis958
    @lilithdalphinis958 Рік тому +13

    Excellent commentary. Should be used in schools to demonstrate techniques in rhetorical speech and writing!
    Excellent. 10 out of 10!

    • @conscienceaginBlackadder
      @conscienceaginBlackadder Рік тому

      and in using a scandal to sneak in under the radar sinister authoritarian reductions of speech and platform

  • @terrytopliss9506
    @terrytopliss9506 Рік тому +31

    I wonder how much money the tax payer have forked out for this enquiry, which wouldn’t have been necessary if Johnson had admitted in the House of Commons when questioned.

    • @anthonyrybicki1000
      @anthonyrybicki1000 Рік тому +3

      Ask David Pannick KC but over £250k at a guess from his normal bar fees.

    • @chatham43
      @chatham43 Рік тому +1

      ....and the lockdown....and the hotel bills.....it's adding up....

  • @acolq2001
    @acolq2001 Рік тому +64

    You're quite right but Nadine Dorrise is even worse. She cares more about her political career than her constituents and needs to be called out for it

    • @ianwhite9200
      @ianwhite9200 Рік тому

      She hold her constituents hostage trying to get what’s she wants given that said like a MP ego works for Local people she should have the Tory wipped removed now

    • @aliennation4890
      @aliennation4890 Рік тому

      I think that 90+ % of Tory MPs care more about their political career than their constituents.

    • @TheAngrySportsfan01
      @TheAngrySportsfan01 Рік тому +4

      Leave her alone she's just a poor working class woman trying to get by. 😂 😂

    • @trevor3286
      @trevor3286 Рік тому +1

      AG 😂😂😂😂

  • @DeEnDubleyoo
    @DeEnDubleyoo Рік тому +34

    Technically, there are two sides to this:
    1. Those that recognize the problem, want to see it addressed and those involved punished, and
    2. Those who have decided to be a part of the problem and keep the grift going for as long as possible

    • @annabelcleare138
      @annabelcleare138 Рік тому

      Many of the “ordinary people” who fall into group two are, I believe, victims of gaslighting on a grand scale.

    • @jonnewman6332
      @jonnewman6332 Рік тому +3

      1. but compromised by 2.

  • @BrianTylerComposer
    @BrianTylerComposer Рік тому +34

    The parallels to Trump here in the USA are uncanny.

  • @kmaru80
    @kmaru80 Рік тому +13

    As an American, this all sounds eerily familiar

  • @pennysimmons6670
    @pennysimmons6670 Рік тому +13

    What a great rant, fantastic 👍👍

  • @palesummer
    @palesummer Рік тому +7

    Spirited and thought-provoking stuff - very well done James! *****

  • @tinyaanderson2453
    @tinyaanderson2453 Рік тому +5

    I watch you often from the Pacific NW. I appreciate your views and I'm thankful for you and your program.

  • @teresahalliday3680
    @teresahalliday3680 Рік тому +119

    This is a smaller version of what is going on over here in the US with Trump. The unchecked lying is what has escalated these people's malfeasance to such a high level. We, the governed, need to stand up and put an end to these politicians before it's too late!! Thank you for this, James!

    • @zippymufo9765
      @zippymufo9765 Рік тому +3

      The difference is that Boris is massively charismatic and entertaining whereas Trump is a dud.

    • @patrickgray6571
      @patrickgray6571 Рік тому +5

      ..."a smaller version...."?

    • @teresahalliday3680
      @teresahalliday3680 Рік тому +9

      @@patrickgray6571 Smaller in scale since things are REALLY out of control over here and we also have nutbags armed to the teeth.

    • @teresahalliday3680
      @teresahalliday3680 Рік тому

      @@zippymufo9765 Trump's followers are extremely entertained by Trump and find him charismatic-that's why they are a cult! Boris is MUCH smarter than Trump, though.

    • @corradomancini3271
      @corradomancini3271 Рік тому

      It’s very very lazy and amateurish to compare the U.K. and the USA political landscape

  • @ThomasKing19933
    @ThomasKing19933 Рік тому +191

    The biggest question is can the country ever fully recover from Johnson's legacy?

    • @miakeogh6844
      @miakeogh6844 Рік тому +6

      Thimasking you mean the whole torie party plus Boris

    • @Cryptic_Crypt1d
      @Cryptic_Crypt1d Рік тому +2

      no

    • @robinwaters2455
      @robinwaters2455 Рік тому

      Not Until we have a General Election Remember Richi Rich Stuck up for him last year when he misled parliament and the nation! They are all culpable

    • @rww805
      @rww805 Рік тому

      @@miakeogh6844 Tory

    • @chatham43
      @chatham43 Рік тому

      ...yep...the cost of lockdown will be with us for many years...plus his disastrous green agenda...and doing nothing about the boats....

  • @colincarr2052
    @colincarr2052 Рік тому +7

    The end of his career, contains the explanation for all of it. Brilliant

  • @williamkilpatrick101
    @williamkilpatrick101 Рік тому +9

    You can fool some of the people most of the time. He fooled most of the people some of the time , but he wasn't able to fool all of the people all of the time.

  • @TheAngrySportsfan01
    @TheAngrySportsfan01 Рік тому +23

    Billy Boris lying about lying even when caught lying 😂😂😂

    • @PaulaXism
      @PaulaXism Рік тому +1

      Interviewer : "So Mr Johnson.. What is your favourite lie?"
      BJ: "I don't tell lies"
      Interviewer : "Yeah.. that's my favourite as well"

  • @garrybarry4286
    @garrybarry4286 Рік тому +29

    Problem is there is no consequence for lying, there isn't even consequence for criminal behaviour and it has the shelf live of unrefrigerated milk within the public consciousness

  • @alecpritchard
    @alecpritchard Рік тому +9

    4:40 that Harold Shipman analogy had me laughing 😂

  • @yt_Ajay_
    @yt_Ajay_ Рік тому +9

    The media needs to be called out directly. If they don't change, nothing is going to change.

    • @redf7209
      @redf7209 Рік тому

      There need to be an end to personal ownership of the big media companies and newspapers, The billionaires and their owner corporations should be forced to sell shares to create minority shareholders. All corporate lobbying should be registered and openly listed for shareholders so all the fake news/stats they generate and mony spent can be sourced . No MP should be allowed second jobs or to receive any second income they weren't receiving before elected or any income above Average Wage. I cant see it happening but their assets should be seized while in office and returned with interest at deposit account rate when they leave office. Too many are working with hedge funds that bet against the economy. They should not be allowed any gifts meals or trips that are not gov or self funded. The BBC should outsource its news to independents and rotate their input. It should focus politically not on balance but on holding politicians to account. Ideally it should rag every poltician to the limit whether opposition of govt, If any have too much in their wallet we should know about it.

    • @WilliamWatt-xm2gu
      @WilliamWatt-xm2gu Рік тому

      The British media is overwhelmingly controlled by the Tories and is undoubtedly pro Tory.
      They are nothing more than a propaganda machine for the Tories and they don’t deal with
      facts, they deal with misinformation, disinformation, falsehoods and downright lies.
      Please everyone don’t believe the British media, think for yourself on the facts involved in
      all the issues, as the media are biased and against people thinking critically on the true facts.

  • @onlyme219
    @onlyme219 Рік тому +18

    Oh, I was looking forward to James's comments on today's news about Boris, and James as always has not let me down 👍

  • @garybarrett4881
    @garybarrett4881 Рік тому +32

    The problem with liars is that the people they are lying to, who do not realise they have been told false information, then cannot make rational decisions.

    • @namesurname2958
      @namesurname2958 Рік тому +2

      The biggest problem is those that know they are lying, are then condemned to the same fate as the idiots that voted for the liars.

    • @redf7209
      @redf7209 Рік тому +1

      Too many people want to believe the lies even when they know, because the lies affirm life long beliefs.

    • @Billy-The-Goat
      @Billy-The-Goat Рік тому

      that sums up most of the UK who blindly follow this goverment. Even having the IQ to see them for what they are still follow the goverment like sheep

    • @chrischandler4151
      @chrischandler4151 Рік тому

      Too many people know Boris Johnson is lying but have calculated that it isn't in their best interests to say so. The colleagues, who got cabinet roles and peerages. The journalists, terrified of losing their readership.
      Johnson is enabled, not by the true believers, but by the scared, unprincipled enablers.
      The Emperor has no clothes, yet they tell us he is dressed in the finest silks because he won't give them a job if they speak the obvious truth.

  • @sandraharvey9609
    @sandraharvey9609 Рік тому +2

    Thank you, for saying so well what needed to be said.

  • @BelpassoOilandWineCo
    @BelpassoOilandWineCo Рік тому +11

    Nobody articulates what I feel better than you James O'Brien.

    • @redf7209
      @redf7209 Рік тому +1

      Why does it take him to say this. We should be hearing this from Starmer - but he's just another tory

    • @BelpassoOilandWineCo
      @BelpassoOilandWineCo Рік тому +1

      @@redf7209 Don't hold your breath for Starmer to do anything helpful or decent my friend. He is 'Sir' , he went on his knee to the establishment.

  • @markstirton
    @markstirton Рік тому +63

    End of his political life. The BBC are probably creating a Boris talks about Trains, series as we speak.

  • @graz4792
    @graz4792 Рік тому +121

    Boris Johnson was the British version of Donald Trump and I can't insult anyone more.

    • @raymondo6665
      @raymondo6665 Рік тому +1

      I guess you'll be upset when Trump is re-elected in 2024 then?

    • @fawltyoldboybasil.2178
      @fawltyoldboybasil.2178 Рік тому +4

      @@raymondo6665 What will your reaction be when he isn't re-elected?

    • @raymondo6665
      @raymondo6665 Рік тому

      @@fawltyoldboybasil.2178 you'll never know. Trump 2024 is a foregone conclusion. Unless Brandon gets the dead vote again.

    • @bumblingborisbuffoon6259
      @bumblingborisbuffoon6259 Рік тому

      @@raymondo6665Trump will join Johnson on the scrap heap of historical Liars.

    • @mattrichards915
      @mattrichards915 Рік тому +2

      Not only that, but he was a pound shop Donald Trump.

  • @iansmith2081
    @iansmith2081 Рік тому +3

    James, we needed you on Question Time last night.

  • @williammclaughlin497
    @williammclaughlin497 Рік тому +2

    Brillaint summary James. Please keep going the UK id desperately short of journalists like you with integrity

  • @supersuede91
    @supersuede91 Рік тому +22

    😂 love my weekly dose of O'Brien getting angry at Daily Mailers

    • @chatham43
      @chatham43 Рік тому +3

      ...which you've never read...so the ideal candidate to comment on it...😊

    • @jogon331
      @jogon331 Рік тому

      James uses a sock

    • @davidmclachlan6592
      @davidmclachlan6592 Рік тому

      To all those people who called me an anti 'vaxxer'and a covidiot........these are the people (Johnson/Sturgeon) you expected me to trust and obey....

  • @richardhall485
    @richardhall485 Рік тому +25

    Spot on James. Sometimes i feel like I'm in a Sims game or the Truman show. How else could someone so corrupt and inept get anywhere near the echelons of power? "Turn on the ridiculous leader mode and see how they deal with that!!" Its just so bizzare

  • @thelordofdarkness6105
    @thelordofdarkness6105 Рік тому +5

    100% AGREED JAMES AGREED WITH EVERYTHING YOU HAVE JUST SAID .

  • @flyagaric23
    @flyagaric23 Рік тому +8

    Pure fire. Brevity and integrity from O' Brien.

  • @philholder9626
    @philholder9626 Рік тому +8

    Did he really just say “covered in pie juice” 😂 Brilliant take down as always 👍 love this man

  • @terrygrady8413
    @terrygrady8413 Рік тому +5

    Boris DID NOT DO IT ALL ON HIS OWN. They should all be brought to account.

  • @wendybates8439
    @wendybates8439 Рік тому +6

    Now that the laws regarding the right to protest have been changed is there any way we can get them to apply to the Mps protesting Boris's innocence and have them arrested. Or locked up by the people in white coats.

  • @harveygillman4153
    @harveygillman4153 Рік тому +2

    A magnificent performance., James. Rarely do we hear such passion defending such truth.

  • @richardlord9870
    @richardlord9870 Рік тому +4

    Thank you for speaking the truth.

  • @akrills
    @akrills Рік тому +14

    One of your best, James. Thank you for saying it how it should be!

    • @redf7209
      @redf7209 Рік тому

      Just to note though, that Nigel Lawson is dead, -thankfully

    • @stevejam767
      @stevejam767 Рік тому

      It's a performance, its not journalism.

  • @Taliesin-xd7ke
    @Taliesin-xd7ke Рік тому +4

    Absolutely well said, pity it couldn't be shouted in the House of Lies/Commons.

  • @taniad2873
    @taniad2873 Рік тому +5

    Wish we has someone like James in North America..

  • @glenstevenson9274
    @glenstevenson9274 Рік тому +29

    Unfortunately people do fall for these people throughout history lies become the truth ..if repeated long enough

    • @ThePixey1000
      @ThePixey1000 Рік тому

      All MPs lies there is not one out there that as not. And they have done so for centuries its only because we have more access to them that we have times like this. Churchill lied and every PM ever in the house. The worst being Tony Blair who Lied and took us into a war that killed Thousands and destablised the Middle East.

    • @nopants3560
      @nopants3560 Рік тому +3

      It can be addressed, at school , if we were determined enough. Critical thinking lessons should be in the curriculum

  • @igorgal4886
    @igorgal4886 Рік тому +4

    Absolutely brilliant,,, thank you 👏👏👏👏

  • @michaelfountain3898
    @michaelfountain3898 Рік тому +1

    Outstanding James outstanding ! Thank you

  • @PaulRobinson-sk6uk
    @PaulRobinson-sk6uk Рік тому +2

    Hello, James!
    I have never listened to anything more truthful. I have never listened to anyone speak with such heartfelt passion. I never again expect to listen to someone opening his soul as magnificently as you do in this vid.
    I wish you the very best in life!
    Your ardent fan,
    Paul

    • @PaulRobinson-sk6uk
      @PaulRobinson-sk6uk Рік тому

      James, I bet you know of the genius of George Carlin. He would have adored you!