LBC caller tells James O'Brien: ‘Don’t call them liars’

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  • @Quas08
    @Quas08 Рік тому +542

    Being more concerned about calling someone a liar rather than the lie itself is truly astonishing

    • @andrewness
      @andrewness Рік тому +24

      But sadly not uncommon among a particular class of people. It's the idea that etiquette is more important than action, promoted by public schools and certain religious groups since time immemorial.

    • @margaritalikethedrink1041
      @margaritalikethedrink1041 Рік тому +12

      I have a gaslighting abusive parent and they will scream at me for calling them a liar and try to create a fight out of that to deflect from the lie itself

    • @80sChick80s
      @80sChick80s Рік тому +4

      There's a brain block, it's called the ego.

    • @jeffc5974
      @jeffc5974 Рік тому +6

      That's what they have to resort to when they know that their position is horrible and can't argue the actual position.

    • @younghanrahan
      @younghanrahan Рік тому +7

      More concerned about calling someone a liar than the lie itself. The English are the only nation in the world who could manage this.

  • @filofteia1
    @filofteia1 Рік тому +255

    It hurts my brain trying to comprehend the mental gymnastics we are asked to do to excuse some liars

  • @whatwelearned
    @whatwelearned Рік тому +888

    This guy needs to understand that the government ACTING in bad faith is VERY MUCH WORSE than calling them liars

    • @Beliefisthedeathofintellect
      @Beliefisthedeathofintellect Рік тому +2

      Fco 30-1048 worth a look into. Lying is not half the issue.

    • @tomvu1470
      @tomvu1470 Рік тому +9

      The George Constanza defense yet again: "It's not a lie if you believe it".😂

    • @richardmcrandal6696
      @richardmcrandal6696 Рік тому +1

      Bring back Boris immediately

    • @fluidthought42
      @fluidthought42 Рік тому +14

      ​@@richardmcrandal6696
      Just to dismiss him immediately afterwards as well, for a lark.

    • @richardmcrandal6696
      @richardmcrandal6696 Рік тому +2

      @@fluidthought42 Beautiful Boris

  • @1574john
    @1574john Рік тому +133

    We don’t call enough politicians liars. They do act in bad faith.

    • @Fragenzeichenplatte
      @Fragenzeichenplatte 2 місяці тому

      Not enough? lol politicians get called liars every hour of day, whether they lied or not, it's one of the favourite things for humans to do.

  • @haseebur-rehman3218
    @haseebur-rehman3218 Рік тому +233

    😂😂😂 Translation: Don't call liars liars because it might make them seem like ... liars.

  • @Garcian_Smith
    @Garcian_Smith Рік тому +51

    Dear Lord the mental gymnastics of this caller are beyond infuriating. How James put up with him for that long is amazing to me. 🤬🤬🤬

  • @jujutrini8412
    @jujutrini8412 Рік тому +616

    This caller holds random commenters on twitter to a higher standard than people who are in elected office running the country! 😂

    • @anthonysmith8800
      @anthonysmith8800 Рік тому +26

      That's the Right Wing Playbook for ya

    • @TheSlinkyinky
      @TheSlinkyinky Рік тому +9

      Precisely! You've nailed it 👏

    • @bereal6590
      @bereal6590 Рік тому +5

      Totally that's it!

    • @snipelite94
      @snipelite94 Рік тому

      Sounds like a SNOWFLAKE ❄ who doesn't respect FREE SPEECH (when it doesn't suit him and his caste)

    • @stevenoneil1232
      @stevenoneil1232 Рік тому +3

      Wheres the results of Goves unlawful poll on Scots independence, that he was ordered to publish by the courts?
      So not just a liar, but, a breaker of the law.

  • @paulbeaney4901
    @paulbeaney4901 Рік тому +47

    I work with a soft touch like this caller. They are scary people simply because they can justify ANYTHING with a smile. This caller is a disgrace and part of the reason these lying professional politicians get away with it. In fact, this caller disgusts me on a visceral level.

  • @ThomasKing19933
    @ThomasKing19933 Рік тому +1094

    This is the level the Tories have dragged our country to. It makes me sad.

    • @haleytownsend7544
      @haleytownsend7544 Рік тому +16

      It will be worse under Labour

    • @ThomasKing19933
      @ThomasKing19933 Рік тому +131

      ​​@@haleytownsend7544That's all people like you ever say.

    • @grtcara8386
      @grtcara8386 Рік тому +50

      Brexiteers for you

    • @grtcara8386
      @grtcara8386 Рік тому +55

      @@haleytownsend7544Brexiteer aren’t you

    • @rjkmusicmedia
      @rjkmusicmedia Рік тому +3

      Pragmatism, course-correction, and semantics vs pragmatics don't equal 'lying'

  • @carolspencer6915
    @carolspencer6915 Рік тому +11

    Incredible really.
    After forty-nine years I despair with regards peoples difficulty with truth.
    Thankyou James for the work you do.
    💜

  • @DiscoMood
    @DiscoMood Рік тому +447

    I wish James O'Brien was in the US. Talk about making someone squirm. What a master at breaking down BS.

    • @falconeshield
      @falconeshield Рік тому +12

      In my town that's a cutthroat interviewer

    • @col.hertford9855
      @col.hertford9855 Рік тому +25

      You have John Stewart, he’s pretty great and telling liars they are liars to their face too!

    • @taras6806
      @taras6806 Рік тому +32

      Sorry but we need him here in the Uk!

    • @DavidBennell
      @DavidBennell Рік тому +29

      Both James O'Brien and John Stewart are great at great at breaking down BS which is great to see, but we are in a ocean of BS with most of our politicians BS'ing their way though life every day of the week, all day long.

    • @jackabalas
      @jackabalas Рік тому +13

      @@col.hertford9855i think you mean John Stewart. James Stewart was an actor and is dead but he had Its A Wonderful Life

  • @Meatball2022
    @Meatball2022 Рік тому +21

    4:43 best line ever. “What are we going to call the liar who has lied if we’re not going to call them a liar after they lie?”

  • @135Ops
    @135Ops Рік тому +304

    Poor Aidan, I think he actually believes the Tories are well intentioned and any lies they tell are justified because they know best and he just can't accept what a massive mistake he made by voting for them.

    • @kanedNunable
      @kanedNunable Рік тому +10

      'i like little birds but i dont like paying tax' poor little love is confused.

    • @chatham43
      @chatham43 Рік тому +2

      .....did he say he did...missed that...😊

    • @pseudonayme7717
      @pseudonayme7717 Рік тому +1

      🎯

    • @n.ayieko1645
      @n.ayieko1645 Рік тому +6

      Once you pop that most apex exceptionalism pill, one becomes infallible to everything else, including logic and critical thought, by default.
      At this point, most sane people would cringe at having to face up to and eat that factual humble pie. But not me, fudge-yeah I rule!... no matter what your silly facts say!

    • @cleebe823
      @cleebe823 Рік тому +8

      ​@@chatham43 that whole conversation was a "tell me you vote conservative without directly saying it".
      unless he's just triggered by the word liar because of his own misdeeds.

  • @Elshonio
    @Elshonio Рік тому +35

    That caller, is the simple reason this country is where it is. And for him to say that the call is about standards in public life, but you can’t accept the fact that the government consistently lie, is beyond ridiculous

  • @Saje3D
    @Saje3D Рік тому +423

    The caller loves his pretense. “If you pretend hard enough, a liar isn’t actually lying.”

    • @Codex7777
      @Codex7777 Рік тому +16

      He's effectively lying about the lying... and lying to himself most of all.

    • @Zakalwe76
      @Zakalwe76 Рік тому +3

      It's hard to wake a sleeping man, but impossible to wake a man pretending to be asleep.

    • @shit__gamer
      @shit__gamer Рік тому

      Was James lying when he took money from the Tories to scare you about the severity of COVID and the need for vaccines? Redacts.

    • @jcspoon573
      @jcspoon573 Рік тому +1

      If you don't LOOK at the lie, it could be true ...?

    • @jordinagel1184
      @jordinagel1184 Рік тому +2

      @@jcspoon573I mean, that’s the thing, he KNOWS it’s a lie, he said himself that smg was promised and not given, he just refuses to label the liars as such (which, imo, is worse than believing a lie)

  • @henrytawnn8694
    @henrytawnn8694 Рік тому +58

    The literal definition of "liar" is: A person who tells lies. They lied. They're liars.
    Caller: "Well, not necessarily!"

  • @tehnosan5769
    @tehnosan5769 Рік тому +136

    My teacher used the term “misinformation specialist” when parents would go on a tangent of “don’t call my kid a liar” or “my kid isn’t a liar”. It made us all laugh like crazy, well all but the parent in question 😂
    So maybe we should start referring to people as misinformation specialists instead of liars and it has the added bonus hat they might think its a compliment 😂

    • @TheQueenRulesAll
      @TheQueenRulesAll Рік тому +5

      😂😂😂 So many news outlets and politicians fit that definition.

    • @victorcaceres9603
      @victorcaceres9603 Рік тому +8

      I love that description. I will add to my dictionary if you don't mind. The American system is polluted with Misinformation Specialist! Now I have another arrow in my quiver. Thank you!

    • @attackpatterndelta8949
      @attackpatterndelta8949 Рік тому +16

      Anyone who says "My kid's not a liar" doesn't know their own child. All kids lie to avoid getting into trouble.

    • @john1703
      @john1703 Рік тому +9

      Or, to quote Hansard: "the honourable gentleman on the opposite benches is guilty of a terminalogical inexactitude".

    • @sairhug
      @sairhug Рік тому +1

      @@attackpatterndelta8949 So do all adults ... particularly those in public office ... that's the problem.

  • @JayTG123
    @JayTG123 Рік тому +30

    “What are we going to call the liar, who has lied, if we’re not going to call them a liar, after they lie.” 😂 the guy on the phone is an absolute spanner 🔧

  • @threetythreepercent
    @threetythreepercent Рік тому +93

    Don’t call this bank robber a “thief”, call them “someone who found themselves in a financial quandary which caused them to seek funding via less-than-legal means.”

    • @UnknownGamer40464
      @UnknownGamer40464 Рік тому +10

      less than legal implies they did something wrong, I'm sure this caller would object.

    • @NateVHVT
      @NateVHVT Рік тому +6

      Don't call him a murderer; call him a "person un-aliver enthusaist."

    • @Brian-om2hh
      @Brian-om2hh 11 місяців тому

      Oh yes, three blind mice = equals a number of small rodents derived of their optical capacity....

    • @Brian-om2hh
      @Brian-om2hh 11 місяців тому

      @@UnknownGamer40464 Not necessarily......

  • @migsg7238
    @migsg7238 Рік тому +22

    Things to call someone who has broken a promise;
    Unreliable - Someone who cannot reliably be expected to keep said promise
    Reneger - Someone who just changes their mind and reneges on the promise
    Liar - Someone who made a promise with no intentions of keeping it
    One of these is true in this case....none are things I would like any government to be. Go on Tories, take your pick.

  • @wabbajack2
    @wabbajack2 Рік тому +139

    I find myself really curious as to how this caller expected the call to go.
    "Can you give me an example?"
    "Sure. Here's an MP, they've promised not to reduce environmental protections, and then they do. What would you call them, other than 'a liar'?"
    "Fair enough."

    • @kanedNunable
      @kanedNunable Рік тому +19

      it almost seems like satire doesnt it?

    • @powbobs
      @powbobs Рік тому +14

      @@kanedNunable
      A Monty Python sketch.

    • @SilverMKI
      @SilverMKI Рік тому +1

      Ironically he is lying to himself.

  • @chrisflateau1035
    @chrisflateau1035 Рік тому +15

    That caller`s logic had me crying with laughter and the fact he couldn`t admit he was wrong even more so.

  • @taras6806
    @taras6806 Рік тому +735

    To defend Tories against lying generally would take a certain quality of ignorance.

    • @chatham43
      @chatham43 Рік тому +20

      ....against any party I'm sure you would agree...😊

    • @taras6806
      @taras6806 Рік тому +13

      @@chatham43 Regretfully as regrettably, yes, I could not disagree.

    • @jake751
      @jake751 Рік тому +6

      Tory and Labour

    • @taras6806
      @taras6806 Рік тому +2

      @@jake751 at minimum.

    • @MrSatnavatron
      @MrSatnavatron Рік тому +21

      @@jake751 Last honest Party leader was Corbyn and look at how he was treated by the mainstream

  • @pattibramley3911
    @pattibramley3911 Рік тому +26

    There’s nothing else you can call someone who lies but a liar!!

    • @moniqueengleman873
      @moniqueengleman873 Рік тому

      They earned that title.
      But it is funny that they
      don't want to call out the NON TRUTH TELLERS.....
      seems a bit wack

    • @patriciamcclanahan2114
      @patriciamcclanahan2114 Рік тому

      Obituary, liar lol believes there own lies

  • @CartoonrBOY
    @CartoonrBOY Рік тому +109

    What he wanted to say: "In the realm of untruths and fabrications, our protagonist skillfully wove a tapestry of fanciful narratives, concealing the veracity of their words beneath a veneer of eloquence and artifice. With an air of utmost conviction, they embarked upon a symphony of deceptions, each uttered syllable a meticulously crafted note in a melodious composition of falsehoods. Their disingenuous discourse, adorned with embellishments and adorned with the finest ornaments of deceit, left those in their presence ensnared in the beguiling labyrinth of their untruths, forever captivated by the charm of their mendacity."

    • @ryanreedgibson
      @ryanreedgibson Рік тому +11

      That is beautiful. You a writer? Looking for work?

    • @markscott4420
      @markscott4420 Рік тому +6

      Yeh!! what you said. Lol

    • @josefschiltz2192
      @josefschiltz2192 Рік тому +8

      Hacker: "Um . . . . . . Sorry??"
      Bernard: What he said was " In the realm of untruths and fabrications, our protagonist skillfully wove a tapestry of fanciful narratives, concealing the veracity of their words . . . "
      Hacker: "Yes, I know what he said! What did it mean??"

    • @bone0944
      @bone0944 Рік тому +3

      I wish I had your eloquence. A perfectly worded piece suggesting what the caller wanted to say.

    • @adevwco7013
      @adevwco7013 Рік тому +8

      Sir Humphrey is back ;)

  • @johnmccombe6342
    @johnmccombe6342 Рік тому +4

    You are awesome Mr. O'Brien!!!! Wish we had more media people like you here in America! Keep up the amazing work.

  • @jamespaul6315
    @jamespaul6315 Рік тому +309

    This guy 😂. “They lied but arent liars!”

    • @ravd8082
      @ravd8082 Рік тому +32

      Tories have trashed this country

    • @michaelredford5389
      @michaelredford5389 Рік тому +13

      Meaning that this gentleman has been accused of being a liar at some point and doesn't think he is. (so clearly justifying it on national radio is the sensible thing to do.)
      What did he think he was doing 🤣 , trying to defend this.

    • @jamespaul6315
      @jamespaul6315 Рік тому +17

      @@ravd8082 yeah they have, it baffles me why he thinks they didnt act in bad faith when literally nearly every decision they have made since they took power has made the country actively worse, and people told them before it would. Its not like they didnt know theres negative consequences, it just didnt effect them so they didnt care.

    • @MrMessiah44
      @MrMessiah44 Рік тому +4

      Yeah but stop small boats.

    • @SOBNo1
      @SOBNo1 Рік тому +1

      Caller is correct. Narcissistic doesn't equal narcissist

  • @rolybling
    @rolybling Рік тому +7

    So when is it ok to use the word liar? Ridiculous man.

  • @allanmckeown5943
    @allanmckeown5943 Рік тому +227

    They've demonstrated 13 years of inconsistentcy. When will these people stop defending the indefensible?!

    • @1gerard47
      @1gerard47 Рік тому +2

      Ooh ooh ooh ooh false gods,.

    • @iangascoigne8231
      @iangascoigne8231 Рік тому +5

      Unfortunately they won’t.

    • @Ominousheat
      @Ominousheat Рік тому +2

      Cut off their big-oil allowances and they will quickly scarper back into their mouse holes.

    • @andredeketeleastutecomplex
      @andredeketeleastutecomplex Рік тому +2

      Never

    • @chatham43
      @chatham43 Рік тому +1

      ....the disastrous lockdown being a prime example...totally agree...

  • @michellsmith4693
    @michellsmith4693 Рік тому +7

    This person on the phone, NEVER admits he is wrong.

  • @Lynnpjjbdndji
    @Lynnpjjbdndji Рік тому +66

    A Lie is a Lie ... no matter how you look at it !

    • @jasonking1284
      @jasonking1284 Рік тому +3

      Not really... some lies are only.. untruths....

    • @curtisalex456
      @curtisalex456 Рік тому

      @@jasonking1284 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @trevorhenriques7733
    @trevorhenriques7733 Рік тому +13

    Imagine twisting yourself into a pretzel in order to try to not impugn the character of those who by own actions have proven time and time again that they have none.
    Forget trying the verbal gymnastics, they ARE LIARS !

  • @redeyegooner
    @redeyegooner Рік тому +138

    You can't call someone a liar in the House of Commons, even if they have lied. If you do, you will be removed, so that the liar may continue to function.

    • @chrissilver7719
      @chrissilver7719 Рік тому +5

      But you can ask a question is the PM a liar ? The only place where lying is protected.

    • @jimmychonga5054
      @jimmychonga5054 Рік тому +2

      THAT makes sense./s

    • @tomtheeagle1
      @tomtheeagle1 Рік тому +17

      A rule made when MPs had swords on their sides. The accusation in that era would almost certainly result in some kind of a duel, a demand for "satisfaction" or, if not forthcoming, a full and public apology. That hardly applies these days so the rule should be changed.

    • @ecaeas4439
      @ecaeas4439 Рік тому +7

      In some ways, the idea of not being able to call another politician a liar in the house of commons makes sense, because it muddies the waters and as per how both government ministers brief the HOC and individual MPs make statements in the house, the facts and figures covering in a statement to the house are usually looked over by under-secretaries or chiefs of staff/ SPADs. The best way of sorting out a situation where a figure is botched or incorrect is to assume no ill-intent and request that people correct whatever was briefed incorrectly ASAP.
      What's new with the current lot (Bodger before he went, Rees-Mogg, Coffey, and many others) is that they'd just come out with whatever they thought up on the spot or what people with no morals like cummings advising them told them would be politically savvy to say, even if a complete lie. It fits in with James O'brien saying how these people In power have broken the system because the limited system of checks and balances couldn't possibly contain them - if the system has tried to hold them accountable, they'd just bend it to their will. That's when calling them liars has become appropriate and more than reasonable.

    • @tomtheeagle1
      @tomtheeagle1 Рік тому

      @@chrissilver7719 You can't use that word at all!

  • @Wiley_Coyote
    @Wiley_Coyote Рік тому +5

    Apologists are always hilarious.

  • @richardpoynter1502
    @richardpoynter1502 Рік тому +92

    It's like listening to a cheated on and beaten spouse say they love the person who's lied to and beaten them for 13 years.

    • @snoopy_peanuts_77
      @snoopy_peanuts_77 Рік тому +2

      and have more concern for the people that pointed it out to them

  • @ab-js2gw
    @ab-js2gw Рік тому +10

    Stockholm syndrome, a literal description of the British public at this current time.

  • @martynjones8560
    @martynjones8560 Рік тому +102

    This guy is definitely Rees-Mogg's scriptwriter.

  • @cenninbach
    @cenninbach Рік тому +1

    Thank you James

  • @LydiaPlays
    @LydiaPlays Рік тому +61

    I was listening to this when driving, I nearly crashed the car due to the Caller’s ineptitude

    • @chatham43
      @chatham43 Рік тому +1

      ....which part of North London were you driving through...?😊

    • @geoffbucks5803
      @geoffbucks5803 Рік тому

      Its entirely due to people like this caller into LBC that the Country has been landed with Tories for the last 13+ years. People who cant accept the their politician, parliament and Ministers have lied, deceived and u-turned on about every policy or pledge made to us. They are blinkered, and what surprises me most is that they will defend all these lies. any moral society would not tolerate these lies and would rebel or invoke some form of reaction to remove it rather than condoning it

    • @hughneil7212
      @hughneil7212 Рік тому

      No, if you had crashed, it would have been due to your own ineptitude.

  • @royfearn4345
    @royfearn4345 Рік тому +5

    The only thing more infuriating than a liar is a fool who will not call a liar a liar. End of.

  • @rasjudah8584
    @rasjudah8584 Рік тому +34

    Truth is dying with ever word out this caller mouth WOW

  • @hughneil7212
    @hughneil7212 Рік тому +10

    I remember being told that worst lies are the ones you tell yourself, the caller may very well be going a long way to proving that to be true.

  • @catherinemartin6258
    @catherinemartin6258 Рік тому +35

    We’ll done RSPB 👊

  • @lovepeace4065
    @lovepeace4065 Рік тому +9

    I was driving and listening to the man who found saying the word ‘liar’ extremely extremely difficult. I don’t think he was ever taught this word that’s my explanation. Even my French bulldog was rolling in my car seat laughing. James was mega polite don’t know how he does it!!!!

  • @BardianAngel
    @BardianAngel Рік тому +82

    It's baffling that he's so resistant to the word liar to describe someone who lied.

    • @har3036
      @har3036 Рік тому +3

      Yes, but you might hurt the liar's feelings by calling him out.

    • @jerrimenard3092
      @jerrimenard3092 Рік тому

      Often the smeller is the feller. He can't seem to tell the truth either.

    • @andrewness
      @andrewness Рік тому +1

      Just not cricket, old boy

  • @equinoxproject2284
    @equinoxproject2284 Рік тому +2

    Great question about the callers motivation to call.

    • @kanedNunable
      @kanedNunable Рік тому

      im guessing a tory voting bird watcher is very conflicted.

  • @elfboy29
    @elfboy29 Рік тому +27

    He's a master at exposing just how confused many very ernest people are.

  • @2010perc
    @2010perc Рік тому +11

    Caller knows he has lost the argument and is just going all in😂

    • @matthewprince9705
      @matthewprince9705 Рік тому +2

      All of his chips are on table 🎲 🃏No backing down now 😅

  • @corcaightowner8881
    @corcaightowner8881 Рік тому +77

    One who lies is a liar. There is no other definition.

    • @SOBNo1
      @SOBNo1 Рік тому +1

      One who is narcissistic may not a narcissist. So you're wrong

    • @chatham43
      @chatham43 Рік тому

      ...brilliant...that dictionary wasn't wasted...😊

    • @chatham43
      @chatham43 Рік тому

      ....even when he's lieing about being a liar..?

    • @magnificentbastard5085
      @magnificentbastard5085 Рік тому +5

      @@SOBNo1
      Classic misinformation there. Provide an example that appears to be a parallel but actually isn’t.
      You are using “narcissistic” and “narcissist”, which are both descriptors of a person.
      By comparison the op is using “liar” and “tells lies”. “Liar” is also a descriptor of a person, but “tells lies” is not. That’s the behaviour that earns that person that descriptor.

    • @IMelkor42
      @IMelkor42 Рік тому

      Can you define what a lie is, though?
      Many people seem to not know what it actually means...
      (I think the conservatives lie about probably just about everything, including this climate issue, btw)

  • @kevinbyrne5265
    @kevinbyrne5265 Рік тому +4

    They said Brexit would be great for Britain and especially Johnson and Sunak, are they liars?

  • @razorednight
    @razorednight Рік тому +133

    It's harsh to call people liars just because they're consciously telling you untrue things in order to deceive you.

    • @marco12377
      @marco12377 Рік тому +1

      This is what decades of propaganda, designed by liars have done to peoples brains. It has convinced them to defend outright crimes, for the purposes of exploiting people just like this caller. Imagine if someone broke into your house and stole everything, and then you defend the burglar because the burglar has somehow convinced you that pointing out the crime is somehow worse than the crime itself...

    • @Brian-om2hh
      @Brian-om2hh 11 місяців тому

      It might well be, but I'd give it a go personally.....

  • @steelcom5976
    @steelcom5976 6 місяців тому +3

    Lie = Mirepresentation of the facts. Liar = One who misrepresented the facts.

  • @deepaulie8701
    @deepaulie8701 Рік тому +238

    I love how definitive James is, I am old enough to have seen how over the past thirty years how people have become accustomed and indoctrinated to accept spin.

    • @notjustforhackers4252
      @notjustforhackers4252 Рік тому +2

      About the same sort of time the UK was in the political union, funny right.

    • @adambinnie1332
      @adambinnie1332 Рік тому +4

      Never leaves the comfort of his studio and just moans all the time - the would-be activists he is!

    • @thelaurels13
      @thelaurels13 Рік тому +32

      @@adambinnie1332 “never leaves the comfort of his studio” yep, that’s literally his job! Give your head a shake!

    • @audreymcgready4329
      @audreymcgready4329 Рік тому +13

      @@adambinnie1332 Oh dear.

    • @csharpe5787
      @csharpe5787 Рік тому

      ​@@notjustforhackers4252?

  • @wilfullness
    @wilfullness Рік тому +5

    They are liars. And they know it. To still think not is dysfunctional.

  • @nevarran
    @nevarran Рік тому +233

    After the American conservatives introduced us to the concept of "alternative facts", the British conservatives are introducing the concept of calling lying "doing something that's not consistent with what you said you will do" :)

    • @JDawgstwothousand
      @JDawgstwothousand Рік тому +1

      Stop blaming America for all of your ills - it’s just lazy.
      British people and it’a government have been lying before the United States was even established.

    • @MrPlannery
      @MrPlannery Рік тому

      The old fashioned politician strategy of dodging questions and speaking vaguely has now been essentially replaced with bare-faced lying.
      Then you also get a few dozen fake Twitter accounts to disseminate those lies and muddy the waters.
      Job done. Much easier than effective policymaking.

    • @martinnorman2579
      @martinnorman2579 Рік тому +1

      Labour have done similar with facts

    • @Ominousheat
      @Ominousheat Рік тому

      @@martinnorman2579Labour hasn't been in power for 13 years. Try another one, Nadine.

    • @simonparfitt8
      @simonparfitt8 Рік тому +25

      @@martinnorman2579another American habit ! Whataboutisam

  • @Cefshah
    @Cefshah Рік тому +55

    The problem with not calling out LIES 'directly'... is that they can/do germinate into things much worse.

  • @MattHudsonAtx
    @MattHudsonAtx Рік тому +1

    "this is about the jury and they will have made their conclusion by now. Thank you."
    DUNKED

  • @andygillett9999
    @andygillett9999 Рік тому +62

    What a waffler……he will definitely stand for the Conservative Party at some point in his life and no doubt get elected somewhere. Oh dear!!!

    • @chatham43
      @chatham43 Рік тому +1

      ...or any other party...totally agree!

    • @luluk3340
      @luluk3340 Рік тому +1

      He probably already has

    • @hughurquhart4917
      @hughurquhart4917 Рік тому

      A future Tory Prime Minister ..........🤩

    • @kikidevine694
      @kikidevine694 Рік тому +1

      He's probably a Tory party activist

  • @truthgiver8286
    @truthgiver8286 Рік тому +4

    They are portrayers of untruths but liar is concise and hits the nail on the head.

  • @vivburgess4300
    @vivburgess4300 Рік тому +209

    I love the way James manages to call the government and Gove liars over and over while giving the caller every chance to offer another word. Right on, James. Someone needs to call government out and those who choose to cover for them.

    • @rjkmusicmedia
      @rjkmusicmedia Рік тому +3

      Pragmatism, course-correction, and semantics vs pragmatics don't equal 'lying'

    • @machidaman
      @machidaman Рік тому +9

      ​@@rjkmusicmediasemantics.

    • @rjkmusicmedia
      @rjkmusicmedia Рік тому +2

      @@machidaman You're learning a new word, eh?

    • @jamesmaybrick2001
      @jamesmaybrick2001 Рік тому +15

      @@rjkmusicmedia New word? try quisling, you might fight it illuminating.

    • @cupguin
      @cupguin Рік тому +16

      ​@@rjkmusicmedia So they said that they weren't going to weaken environmental protections and they are. Would you call that honest?

  • @garyriley5236
    @garyriley5236 Рік тому +2

    Well done James. Wonderfully tied him up in his own words.

  • @kat2023.
    @kat2023. Рік тому +46

    They are liars. End of.

    • @chatham43
      @chatham43 Рік тому

      ....so they lied....and not just failed...?

    • @kat2023.
      @kat2023. Рік тому

      @chatham43 I've replied to you 3 times, but UA-cam has decided in its ridiculousness to remove my comments. Last try before I cancel my subscription... The Tories have both lied and failed. One begets the other.

  • @TheWolfe83
    @TheWolfe83 Рік тому +2

    I wish I had the ability to hold these people accountable through conversation the way James does

  • @dfishpool7052
    @dfishpool7052 Рік тому +33

    Critical thinking doesn't seem to be one of the tools in Aidan's toolbox! The more I listen to him the more I think he is a pratt!

    • @jyvben1520
      @jyvben1520 Рік тому +3

      let use be fair to other pratts, he is a maga pratt

    • @starmersbarber
      @starmersbarber Рік тому

      I think you're being kind to this person. His lapsing into aggression (his soft voice mask slipping) gives the game away to me. He comes across particularly arrogant as well.

  • @dansmith6909
    @dansmith6909 Рік тому +2

    Nope. Still going to call them liars. It's what they are.

  • @user-em6ie2be7x
    @user-em6ie2be7x Рік тому +30

    James Thank you for calling out enablers like that caller.

  • @Nick-xf5hr
    @Nick-xf5hr Рік тому +3

    Let’s make a law that says your allowed to call individual Tory MP’s liars. Even though they are liars.

  • @raunetteelkins8698
    @raunetteelkins8698 Рік тому +51

    What is it that makes people think standards in public life are more important than truth in public life? I'm from the US. We've let lying in public life become so normalized that meaningful conversation is impossible. We can't discuss solutions to issues because we can't agree on the reality of our issues. A large part of it stems from a media company owned by one Rupert Murdoch. I believe you folks in the UK are familiar with him. Look at our quadrupole-indicted former president if you want to see the consequences of not calling out a liar in public life.

    • @kanedNunable
      @kanedNunable Рік тому +11

      in the UK parliament, you can lie with impunity. you get kicked out for calling someone a liar even when proven, says it all doesnt it?

    • @raunetteelkins8698
      @raunetteelkins8698 Рік тому +7

      @@kanedNunableWe have the speech and debate clause, which protects members of Congress from a host of issues. I've been trying to keep an eye out for UK news because the similarities to what we're experiencing in the US are rather informative.

  • @kingdevilman
    @kingdevilman Рік тому +2

    Listening to James destroy Fools is a simple pleasure

  • @atifarohman3342
    @atifarohman3342 Рік тому +45

    The caller has a lot of time on his hands, wish he'd come over to mine and help me with my housework instead of prattling on 🤣

    • @taras6806
      @taras6806 Рік тому +6

      Smiles! May I be second in the queue?

    • @Knappa22
      @Knappa22 Рік тому +12

      None of it would get done. He’d try to persuade you that work carried out in the house isn’t called housework. A rigorous investigation needs to be carried out first to see if work would be involved and whether your dwelling can be termed a ‘house’.

    • @Miketeepee
      @Miketeepee Рік тому +3

      ​@@Knappa22hahahahahaha

    • @jasonking1284
      @jasonking1284 Рік тому +4

      Hopefully you would have some headphones to block out that prattling you would otherwise have to endure whilst being helped with the housework.

    • @atifarohman3342
      @atifarohman3342 Рік тому +4

      @@Knappa22 got it in one! 🤣🤣🤣

  • @DaChaGee
    @DaChaGee Рік тому +3

    These people have a right to vote!

  • @kevinsmarts9953
    @kevinsmarts9953 Рік тому +36

    This is hilarious, thank you James for the entertainment and education.

  • @gerardmanfroid1860
    @gerardmanfroid1860 Рік тому +3

    James was talking to a Tory voter...which has recognised that his Party has been deplorable - but can't quite come to terms with his Party's utter lies and corruption...!!

  • @nicholasjames6763
    @nicholasjames6763 Рік тому +35

    Imagine living next door to that caller

    • @aidans34
      @aidans34 Рік тому +2

      We do live next door. I watch you coming out of the shower most nights

    • @kanedNunable
      @kanedNunable Рік тому +2

      i get the idea he lives in a mansion so you wouldnt see him much ;)

    • @nicholasjames6763
      @nicholasjames6763 Рік тому +2

      @aidans34 cheeky torie no pictures please

    • @SOBNo1
      @SOBNo1 Рік тому

      ​@@aidans34😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @dawggonevidz9140
      @dawggonevidz9140 Рік тому +1

      My rose garden would be thriving after he joined the french foreign legion or something I don't know all I know is he isn't living there any more.

  • @rickyhits6547
    @rickyhits6547 Рік тому +2

    The mental gymnastics is strong with this one.

  • @CartoonrBOY
    @CartoonrBOY Рік тому +20

    "You know - there's a character limit on Twitter..." 🤣😂😅

  • @richardhobbins9054
    @richardhobbins9054 8 місяців тому +1

    This must be why it is banned for MPs to call each other liars in parliament, even when the person being called a liar is a proven liar.

  • @jamescoughlan8193
    @jamescoughlan8193 Рік тому +23

    Lol was waiting for the bit where James asks on a scale of 1 to 10 how do you feel this call went for you ? Gutted now lol

  • @tonylawlor8833
    @tonylawlor8833 Рік тому +2

    Bunch of liars, no other word for it, just who’s interests are they looking after.

  • @ros100200
    @ros100200 Рік тому +13

    this is just like top quality and well timed stand up comedy.

  • @NibberKSmooth
    @NibberKSmooth 4 місяці тому +2

    Anyone: The sun is hot
    Caller: Well not necessarily!

  • @jaimegonzalezrosa9463
    @jaimegonzalezrosa9463 Рік тому +38

    What this guy saying to do about politicians is the very core problem of this political system…

  • @ricey23
    @ricey23 3 місяці тому +1

    "Can you give me an example?"
    proceeds to give the original example.

  • @bryanreeme8584
    @bryanreeme8584 Рік тому +37

    Over here in Florida, US, we call em Republicans, and they're fine with being called that

    • @flyboy747uk
      @flyboy747uk Рік тому +4

      I suggest you look at the state of American cities under the rule of Democrats before you comment.

    • @bryanreeme8584
      @bryanreeme8584 Рік тому

      @@flyboy747uk ..and I suggest you look at the red states, the welfare states.. Blue states are the only reason we have a positive GDP (and why James doesn't "debate" with bs.

    • @hemiolaguy
      @hemiolaguy Рік тому +3

      @@flyboy747uk I live in the heavily Democratic Boston area, and we're doing great!

  • @Wiley_Coyote
    @Wiley_Coyote Рік тому +3

    Someone needs to revive Monty Python to parody this.
    This kind of ludicrous pretense that vague notions of manners are more important than calling out lying is that prehistoric.

  • @BALLFAN
    @BALLFAN Рік тому

    Love James's smile here , a mix of delight and glee , more power to you sir !!

  • @theother1281
    @theother1281 Рік тому +45

    You could replace 'liar' with 'betrayer' as he betrayed his own words and the public he gave that assurance to.

    • @RankinMsP
      @RankinMsP Рік тому

      Betrayer gives the impression of some grand scheme whereby he had to jump through hoops and intellectually deceive.
      He lied.
      Also see Brexit.

    • @ameliecarre4783
      @ameliecarre4783 Рік тому +3

      That's more accurate, actually. Unless there's evidence of the lie.
      Which is possible, they feel so untouchable that they don't mind admitting their crimes in writing or on video these days.

  • @Mevenda1
    @Mevenda1 Рік тому +1

    My party did it and I don't want them to look bad.

  • @chrisstones1249
    @chrisstones1249 Рік тому +16

    You've just systematically took him to pieces ,James , absolutely brilliant 👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @colorcommentary3009
    @colorcommentary3009 5 місяців тому +3

    I hate this caller more than any of the others. What a waste of life, time and energy. Even in the context where someone lies on purpose, he thinks it's bad to call them a liar because HE *perceives* it as rude. He literally cares more about the label than the negative action that leads to the label. I hope his wife cheats on him. Maybe a forensic study will help him determine if the cheating was in bad faith or not.

  • @DaftdogUK
    @DaftdogUK Рік тому +14

    RSPB: "We apologise for our 'Liars' comment."
    The last line of their apology? “So, the framing of that tweet, where we called out individual people, we felt was incorrect and inappropriate, and we apologise for that.”
    Remember when Dennis Skinner was told off for calling half the House crooks, and he amended the statement to half the House are NOT crooks? The RSPB do.
    "We're sorry we called out individuals. We meant to say the government in its entirety are liars."

  • @johnproton259
    @johnproton259 Рік тому +4

    When people are more worried about politeness than people lying to them to their detriment.

  • @brianalmeida1964
    @brianalmeida1964 Рік тому +15

    I think this caller is going to need a chiropractor after the contortions he got himself into!

  • @Gotty1TheVerVe
    @Gotty1TheVerVe Рік тому +1

    Some people in this country are absolutely off there heads no wonder the government can get away with pretty much anything
    James & people like him we need

  • @tigasharkstudios
    @tigasharkstudios Рік тому +22

    oh please, this is why we have problems...he's upset about people being called liars, pathetic, oh also they are Liars

  • @eoinoconnor5783
    @eoinoconnor5783 Рік тому +5

    “I ain’t callin’ you a truther”
    - Josh Nichols

  • @georgegash2936
    @georgegash2936 Рік тому +25

    This man should have the right to vote taken away.

    • @jamespaul6315
      @jamespaul6315 Рік тому +2

      LOL Im tempted to say that reading the sun or daily mail should be a disqualified voter

    • @kanedNunable
      @kanedNunable Рік тому

      @@jamespaul6315 just implement an IQ test ;)

    • @jamespaul6315
      @jamespaul6315 Рік тому

      @@chrisj9700 north korea is right wing, so lets send all the right wing folks there. They will have secure borders and as much austerity as they can handle

  • @zhihongbi1985
    @zhihongbi1985 Рік тому +1

    you are truly hero

  • @faulker2p
    @faulker2p Рік тому +4

    If you're not calling him a liar that makes you a liar.

  • @jesse7491
    @jesse7491 Рік тому +1

    As an American I am amazed at the civility of this exchange.