James O'Brien vs LBC caller | Why are you proud to be British?
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2023
- 'It's one of the most unequal societies in the world.'
James O'Brien attempts to uncover the precise reasons behind what makes this caller take pride in being British.
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I'm proud of British comedy, so perfectly showcased with this caller.
👍🏾
Winner 😂
Well played
@@jacoboc2244that was daft.
Thats because the left has little to no sense of humour; it got cancelled!
I’ve never been proud to be British, male, straight etc. why would anyone be proud of something they have no control over? I’m proud of my achievements but not over arbitrary things
tru dat
innit
Great point mate. Agree with every word.
Being British, the way it is generally defined by the media and the morons who buy into populism is just Greater English anyway.
Totally agree with the original comment however.
I’m proud of who I am and the cultural values that being British is
There is an old saying that real patriots ask questions. They don't just blindly follow patriotic slogans, flags, symbols and place their hands on their hearts & sing the national anthem. They ask where their country is headed and why and whether their country is living up to its stated ideals.
And I have decided that too 🇬🇧
So why do the left never ask questions of their masters?
And it isn't.
Asking questions is exactly how the left behave with their own agenda ,generally centre right and right wing are more intelligent than the left ,which is why the left can't get power without sneakily doing it as is happening in the west today
@@camoTiaraTrue. We continue to align ourselves with a European political union that poked a bear and helped ignite a war on our continent.
I find that people who are proud of the “freedom, fairness and equality” we have in the uk are usually the types who actually hate freedom, fairness and equality
probably the same ones here in the US as well.
Just like how in my pub, drinks went up by 10p yesterday so a lot of the old regulars are on strike to try and get it 10p less.
And these same people are the ones who will tell me: strikers are lazy and only communists strike.
@justasplanned8023 The irony is excruciating, isn't it?
We can even point to examples, reasons and solutions in other countries that objectively make them fairer, freer and more equal, and they effectively stick their fingers in their ears and say "lalala, I'm not listening" because it's against their own, as well as their paymasters' short term financial interests.
Talk is cheap, which is why it's all they've got.
Where was the Magna Carta and the common law system stem from? Something to be proud of.
Exactly
Keep a Tory government and you can soon be proud of being a third world country
Even fast if Labour get in the next election, and the words ar* and elbow spring to mind if Lib get a shot
@@waltbarratt200Labour has a long way to go Tories have and hold the golden cup shining bright without a doubt.
The Toxic Tories are to blame for the destruction and decline of the UK. Tories have been in power for 13 years and it has been 13 years of decline.
Tories have to be booted out for two generations.
Be it Labour or Labour/ Lib Dem coalition or whatever it is. It is that whatever it takes to oust Tories right out with a size 14 boot that must be the main outcome. Be gone with them.
“Isn’t Land Rover owned by an Indian company?”
“Yes but it’s made in Britain”
“So’s my lunch!”
😂😂😂
That's a big deal - jobs.
@@elkpaz560James’ lunch is more reliable than a Land Rover
"Come on, come on. Look, look, when I see a Frenchman eating fish and chips it makes me proud ... to be British!!".
“Fish in the Jewish fashion” - Thomas Jefferson
du poisson avec des frites??? ah non merci, beurk! ah zut alors! 😂
Thats true have you ever been to france and had friets and chips there horrible lol
😂👍🏾
@@Bertrum123 What's friets?
The poem by Roger McGough called "Why patriots are nuts in the head" springs to mind.
Ashamed of this Country since 2016
don't you mean 1816....
@@volpeverde6441 He should mean 1066
Lol.
There must be something you must be proud of surely…
The loot at the museum 💪🏻
I'm British because my mam gave birth to me here. There are things I like, and there are things I dislike. I've never understood die-hard patriotism. She could have given birth to me on holiday in France for all it matters at the end of the day...
If your parents are British but you were born on holiday in France then came back to Britain you’re British. So your comment is completely pointless and nonsensical. Have IQs dropped sharply while I’ve been away?
@@mogznwaz If you were born in England, surely you are English????
DROPPED EVEN MORE SINCE YOU CAME BACK. LOL@@mogznwaz
Nope
I'm not proud of much. But as Oscar Wilde said, "Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious". We shouldn't gives such love and devotion to this small spit of land on the basis that we were lucky enough to be born here. I'm proud of the people that try to improve the lives of others, not a country that votes for bigots
The problem is, without a sense of belonging people don't try to improve the lives of others. Why would they? Other people simply become a threat - competition for resources.
Being proud of a nation is not an evil or a negative concept. Having pride in your nations’ past and the virtues it stands for means you are more likely to defend them from others who would like to take them away.
When the people lose their care for a nation they lose the nation.
@@LunarKn1ght
It's just a crazy, nonsensical concept.
If you were born in any other country you'd be just as "proud"
It makes no sense.
You had no choice.
@@LunarKn1ghtSo what are you doing to prevent the Tories taking away our freedoms?
@@LunarKn1ght And what exactly are you proud of your nation´s past ? Centuries of lootings & killings ?
There is very little to be proud of in Britain at the moment, we are in a very dark place and need a total change in outlook and we need to pull down our politics and rebuild it from the ground up with a positive attitude (no extremism or hate).
Truest comment on here.
Typical Marxist - everything’s a crisis and needs a ‘revolution’ so that you can ‘fix it’ - in line with your own views of course and no doubt rewarding you with special privileges because you were so clever
Start with getting rid of ghettos and bring back community's for all .
Yeah but we've got the "Range Rover- Their reliability isn't brilliant" (TM)
Don't you think the lack of things to be proud of might be down to being told it's a "sin" to be proud of your country. When you lose pride in yourself you allow yourself and your home to fall into slobbery. No surprise when you lose pride in your community and country it falls into decline.
Pride should be reserved to things one has achieved.
Disagree. I'm proud of my ancestors.... and my children. Why narrow the feelings you have? I can't help how I feel and refuse to try and dismiss them. Have yourself a great day 😊.
@@denisesf5,But did it take Brexit to make you proud of them?
@@johnrussell3961No
@@denisesf5then I guess you feel the shame equally for what your country has done too?
Seen this position a lot. Why should pride be reserved for achievements?
I’m not proud to be British, it was an accident of birth.
Being proud is normally something reserved for something achieved, a tought task/experience completed. One cannot be proud of randomly being born somewhere. You can be happy being born in the UK, or born in Sweden, but you cannot be proud. Too much pride around as it is, and you know what comes after. Feeling pride in something one cannot be proud of, is just another intellectual slip and makes people dummer in general.
Whilst I do agree with your comment. I did chuckle a bit about the irony of you misspelling "dumber".
@@PhilosoG😂😂😂😂😂👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Sorry...but I disagree. I am proud of my ancestors achievements... and that is a valid feeling. I am proud to be Canadian ... and my birth here was by luck, not choice or accomplishment. 🤷♀️ Have yourself a great day!😊
Rule of law, common law system and Magna Carta all proud achievements from this country 🇬🇧
A US comic said why be proud of your nation? It was an accident of birth and your mother put in all the hard work. You might as well be proud of having colon cancer . That was an accident of birth and the colon is putting in all the hard work..
"Look"
"I'M LOOKING!"
😂😂😂
This guys ‘argument’ boils down to English Exceptionalism. When you actually stop to think and compare, it starts to unravel.
And yet you haven’t unraveled it
Perhaps it's because I'm an American from the states but I never understood national pride. I've never been proud of being American cuz it's not an accomplishment for me. I was born here. I didn't choose to be born here, I didn't earn my way here, I didn't do anything to be American. I always considered pride to be a feeling after earning something or achieving something and being proud for that. But just being proud about being born in the country I was born in never made any sense to me.
Could not have put it better. Although I am thankful to be raised in a so called developed country, I am not proud of being here (UK), or see it as something I have achieved Just thankful I do not have to cope with the traumas I see in other countries and support I those who wish to improve their lives. Wouldn't we all?
In no flag will my pride reside.
It's nonsense, like you said, be proud of your achievemtns or those of family and friends, not what landmass you happened to be born on by chance, might as well say your proud to have size 11 feet
@@thesmithjs
Be careful that could be considered hate speach if you direct it at the wrong type of flag
@@becksy539
Do you not have pride in your home ?
Jaguar/Land Rover is owned by Tata Motors - an Indian Company. But you carry on ...
I’m proud of doing the stuff that British people do. Great insight there
If someone said they are proud to be black, would you expect them to be grilled for details & patronised like this?
@@yington straw man. Nobody was asking that question and I’d wager that any black person could immediately list ten things they were proud of in respect of their race. Did you watch the video? This guy couldn’t name one thing he was proud of when it came to being British. It’s sad really. He finally landed on the NHS, which as he’s obviously a Tory, he probably wants to do away with anyway.
I could tell you loads of things that make me proud of being British, but almost every one of those things would have me pigeonholed as some woke lefty. That’s what this country has been reduced to - slagging off and belittling our own values and the things that make it special
@@crayontom9687
No, it’s not a straw man. If somebody is proud of their nationality, it doesn’t require being grilled by James O’Brien in a patronising manner to explain why. It’s a personal thing, that may be hard to immediately articulate under pressure, but of course it’s only in this country that demands explanation of being proud of being the nationality here.
You know full well that JoB wouldn’t grill a someone in such a tone if they said they were proud to be black, or proud to be Caribbean let’s say. Think about it - do you think that would happen? And let’s say, a black man said to you that he was proud to be black - would you grill him in this tone as to why. I highly doubt that. And I’m not sure why you think *any* black person can list 10 things on the spot. Do you think people carry a card with notes or something?
And yes I watched the video. I just saw somebody not particularly articulate or prepared being patronised by JoB for saying he was proud of his nationality. I mean, the patronising satisfaction you see in the comments about the outcome of their exchange… that’s certainly not something to be proud about.
@@yingtondunno. have seen someone do that before. is that something you'd do? sounds like what the anti-blm people who complain about 'wokes' all day would do a lot.
@@jorriffhdhtrsegg
Well no I don’t. Just like I don’t grill a British person if they say they are proud to be British.
Get it yet?
What you wrote is basically a summary of character like JoB.
Fortunately, this caller has been spared the ravages of intelligence.
...well not everyone has the privilege of private school tutoring matey....!
@@chatham43 Yes. Private tutoring is absolutely required for having two brain cells rolling around the same skull cavity.
What exactly has the caller said that is a problem here?
@@chatham43I’m working class left school at 15 --even I’m not that thick.
@@yington
Caller: "I'm proud to be British."
JoB: "Yes but what does that mean?"
Caller: "I'm proud to be British."
JoB: "Can you be more specific?"
Caller: "Gargle gargle British."
JoB: "Yes but how?"
Caller: "British."
Pride should be reserved for something you individually achieve. You can be happy to be from a certain country but not proud.
Isn't that the same in that case for the never ending LGBT pride?
@@criticalmass3829 I would say so. Be happy you are attracted to whoever it is you are attracted to but why be proud of something bestowed from birth.
@@criticalmass3829 The LGBT pride is in the context of how that was historically shamed. But as society progresses and becomes normal, yes the “pride” should be dropped. You are what you are, and didn’t achieve anything.
So using that logic you shouldn't be proud of multiculturalism or community spirit or your national sports team .
What a odd thing to say , very selfish mindset also
@@sweetpremiumwinegranted that abuse is perhaps far less than that of the 50s/60s/70s etc but that doesn't make it right.
The last time anyone felt proud to be British was the mid 90s we were world leaders in culture like Music, Movies, Art. Olympic champion athletes, boxers etc.
Most of all i had more disposable income when i was 18 and earning £240 cash in hand each week working at a chip shop than i do now earning £35k a year in a financial company.
Great (British) times
And then Blair came to power
"Patriotism is a virtue of the vicious" - Oscar Wild
I'm proud of all the things the right wing are ashamed of. And vice versa.
Yep were polar opposites.
Like what?
@@bismarckwhite3607
Peak attention seeking.
“Someone tell me how tolerant I am”
@@bismarckwhite3607stop using words you don't understand
@@bismarckwhite3607show us on your Donald Trump doll where the woke person hurt you.
This caller is proud of British idealism, not Britain.
Why are people expected to not question the way things are run in their country? Why should people have a blind loyalty? How can we ever improve if we are unable to address genuine issue? Its not "slagging off", it is voicing a political view.
Do you support everyone that wants to give voice to a political view (if so, then I applaud you). Or do you want people you agree with to voice their political view and those you disagree with to be censored and silenced?
@@paulroberts7544 I believe everyone is entitled to their own view. However, I believe if you're knowingly spreading views based off disinformation then this prevents the fairness of politics existing. So it doesn't matter if Bob the builder does this because they don't have a platform to abuse, they can say whatever and exist on the fringe if they see fit. But high ranking politicians and figures, who know the full story, purposely exaggerate truths for personal gain and I think this abuse should not only be banned in politics but there should actually be criminal repercussions for using the freedoms of this country against itself. I believe we make topics such as migration simplified and people are allowed to make sweeping statements which is then justified by the entitlement of being able to say whatever. We must preserve the right to free speech, and that includes questioning people who publicly abuse that right. Otherwise that right becomes meaningless and will cease to exist and it'll be too late when people realise this. I don't think this is something unique to either the left or right, its a disease within modern politics.
You can question the way things are because you are proud of what your country stands for.
If your national identity meant nothing to do you, you wouldnt care what your nation does
@@davidshepherd8917 yes, and that is why people are questioning the current gov, because they make it hard to value yourself as British.
@@justtakeamomenttobreathe that’s perfectly fine.
I’m rather proud of the British tradition of insulting someone in such a way that they only realise they’ve been insulted half an hour after it’s happened and by then the “insulter” has left the vicinity. It’s a peculiar and rare talent. Perhaps Shakespeare started it. 😂
NICE ONE CYRIL😂😂😂
Innit m8?
I am proud to be Scottish but do not consider I am british in any way. britishness is really englishness
Saor Alba!
Ask a patriotic English man who bangs on about our culture being eroded and asks them what is English culture they can never answer what it is ..
Because it means having to say they don't like the brown people out loud.
One actually answered and said he wants to preserve the separation of church and state - which is tragically hilarious in a country where our head of state is also the head of the church, and we have bishops with hereditary seats in our upper house of Parliament...
You don’t have to describe it because you just know. Why not ask an Italian what being an Italian is or a German or an Australian? Why do we recognise those as distinct cultures? BECAUSE THEY ARE DIFFERENT FROM OURS
@@mogznwaz so what is British culture?
It's going to be very easy to answer if you "just know"
English culture of course changes over time but as the same as most cultures it is derived from its people, the English and, amongst other things, their language, art, music, literature, folklore, science, food, architecture, political institutions, sporting events, and national pastimes, such as slagging off the country you’re born into.
“The reason the health service is a mess is because it’s been used a lot”.
No mate, the health service is a mess because of years of mismanagement, under funding and loss of qualified staff.
The only 2 tangible things he could come up with to be proud of are the NHS and Range Rovers - incidentally both are too unreliable to be fit for purpose.
@@dogboy5398 That´s right, they did indeed invent hypocrisy and loot half the world. That´s some heritage.
I’m proud to be Scottish 🏴 as I don’t want to be associated with Tories and brexit leaving mob
Agus mise. Saor Alba.
He could have said marmite 🤷🏽♂️
That’s a Dutch product.
@@johnrussell3961 Nope, it's a British product by a British company headquartered in London.
Dead right James , there’s so much inequality in this country
Humans are unequal. We live in a period where it’s not as stark as any previous time in human history.
All because of titles and roles.
Lots of inequality in India, too!
You're not forced to live here
Throughout the world
I'm proud of ny innate ability to talk about the weather and moan about literally anything. British superpowers right there.
@@dogboy5398Kind of? It was a hrand British achievement, but to be proud of itnin present day, I feel you need to show how you're living up to and building on that legacy with current actions
@@dogboy5398 true. We had some groundbreaking scientists. But currently britain seems to lag and keep cutting science, so i don't see how that's a current national pride thing.... like, we'll never get a Newton, Maxwell, or Graham- Bell, or Lovelace probably due to the people who are most going on about how great Britain is don't really see the point in science if it doesn't make money or short term goals.
I was on a train in India and I saw hundreds of people including children living and sleeping by the rail tracks, homeless. That made me feel very grateful to live in a country while far from perfect, is no way near as bad as that.
Gratefulness =/= pride
India was once wealthier than us...
@@ardakolimsky7107 And China used to be a democracy and the earth was flat.
Not really something to be proud of though is it? 'Some countries have got it bad, but after we plundered half of them we're not as hard up as they are (although our neighbours have still got it better)'.
@@Flintlockon That is the silliest comment yet.
Well done
I used to be proud of the strong economy but it’s a laughing stock now.
You don’t read the economic news then
Caller might as well have said, "England is a country, it's full of people, it's on Earth, and it exists. It's the best at existing!"
we are deffo the #1 england on the planet. i guess thats something :P
Yes it is full of people who think it is a far better country than their own so that four million of them have come here in the last decade crossing many other countries to arrive here. Just shows how indifferent a place they regard it.
I'm proud of Britain for the times it has stood for something better. When we have set the standard. You know, things like fighting the Nazis. Taking in refugees from countries that would otherwise have murdered them. Things like being the instigator and key nation in the formation of the European court of human rights. Having a health system that WAS the envy of the world. Having an education system such that degrees from UK universities were seen as the highest standard across the world. I am not proud of the constant stream of ignorance, bigotry, general hatred and idiocy that passes for British culture a lot of the time. It used to be that we would look at groups like the national front, or Mosleys blackshirts, and they would be clearly something that was against the British way of life. Now we give them airtime, and offer them equal position in debate, where they in no way deserve it or have earned it. Much of the best of British achievement has come from immigrants, refugees and people who would anywhere else be downtrodden and hated. Surely we should be helping people up, not kicking them down?
I understand that things haven't been going well for you guys recently but getting an education from a British university is still seen as the highest standard across the world. People view degrees from Britain in a much more positive and prestigious light than degrees from other countries. There are tens of thousands of students from across the word that flock to your universities and colleges to get an education.
@gabrieldsouza6541 I am starting to question why people still go to Oxford though. We have had Oxford graduates running the country, and look what a mess they made of it!
Totally agree that we are at lur best when we're sharing and working with others though 🙂
Things arent going well for anyone as far as I know@@gabrieldsouza6541
It's politics. Your leaders are failing because British voters simply don't have the level of civic participation needed to hold them to account. That isn't the fault of Oxford, it's the fault of the entire British public. Take energy subsidies for example. Common economic sense would tell you that subsidizing household energy bills is a really bad idea, because not only is it wildly expensive at a time when interest rates are very high, it also doesn't encourage households to use less energy. If anything, it encourages more energy use, because bills aren't prohibitively expensive for the richest households. But, subsidies are what the British public wanted, so that's what they got. @@markwelch3564
@@gabrieldsouza6541 subsidies were daft because they took money from where money was tight (public funding) to protect profits so lavish, that even the conpanies making those profits were saying they should be taxed on them!
That's a really negligent way to manage public money
James O'Brien has no experience of life.
I’m proud of being proud.
This reminds me of the Brexit comments:
Caller: “I can’t wait until we don’t have to follow so many European regulations.
James: “Which ones?”
Caller: “All of them.”
Sounds like Collin from Portsmouth
Correct. All of them
As a non Brit I know that British people have a lot to be proud about of their nation. However it’s mind boggling how this caller couldn’t think of a single reasonable thing.
That’s because he’s a friend of cruella 😂😂😂
It's not so easy when you're put on the spot knowing your being listened to by thousands of people.
@@ppo2424 then don’t ring in, simple.
Can you name any of those things they should be proud of ?
@@bocaj.455 One can only be proud of an achievement in life. It may have been a trick question who knows. The fact that we have a NHS that is free despite it being in a bad state right now is one achievement for this country. Freedom of Speech atm is another. Multicultural that does work is another. If people including Brits constantly knock this country well May be they should move elsewhere. My parents were immigrants from Italy and Trinidad they always praised the UK. Yes our judicial system needs a complete overhaul, yes we have issues like everyone else that’s life. But I love the UK that’s why I still live here in my country.
So the way James O'Brien skewed that interview, he would find fault or an argument with anything that guy or probably anybody else said about being proud to be British.
The guy had a great reason to feel proud with the Commonwealth games taken place in Birmingham, yet James O'Brien wrongly belittled the guy for it, bad interview!
I'm not sure how you could read this call in that way. Blinded by ideology i guess!
@@kaytsippy1981Its called an opinion but I am fascinated with you stating that I am somehow blinded by ideology, please enlighten me on that as I would love to know myself how you think I formed my comment ?
@@roytheboy1963 Because, how is hosting the commonwealth games something to be proud of, as a nation? India, Malaysia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Canada, did it just as well! Pretty low stakes! We can organise sporting events as well as other countries! RULE BRITANIA 🤣🤣😂
If the caller had said he was proud of the 2012 Olympic games James would have said "sorry mate Britain was only one country there. It was the other nations wot did it you see".
Britain hosting the Olympic games makes you proud of Britian as a country? Anything more specific to Britain is all the James was asking for. Can you think of something other than an ability to host sporting events that many countries also host?@@jameshogan6142
Ok. I’m not British but if I was, I would be proud that the Uk was the home of some of the top play writes like Shakespeare and Marlow. Some of the brilliant minds in literature like Dickens and Doyle. Some of the best musical geniuses like the Beatles and The Stone, not to mention some of the best electronic acts that still grace our stages The Chemical Brothers and The Prodigy. But what do I know, I am not British!
None of these real things matter to this current wave of oikaphobes who detest our country and all its history. Its a world away from our parents and grandparents who understand patriotism and what it means to be proud of all the important things your country has brought to the world. A stark contrast from places like Poland, Ukraine and the USA who would fight for their country. Most of the liberal left here in the UK, would run to the hills waving white flags
Thank you buddy, I for one wish you were British!
They are all great things, but what did you have to do with achieving those? Pride is about achieving something.
@@blindbrad4719 What do people do to be British or otherwise? Unless one moves to the UK and becomes a citizen then the pride of country is just a luck of the draw, isn’t it?
I'm not sure being proud of Shakespeare who died in 1616 is really stating a case on being proud of a society in 2023.
Although with Shakespeare's appreciation of irony, he would likely find that comment mildly amusing.
Really explains why the uk is in the state it is, people talk a lot but say nothing
Got to be honest, I’ve never been proud of being British - I’m proud of being a Manc, but that’s because I love my city of Manchester…..that’s about as far as it goes.
Tbh that's how far it used to go before nation states were a thing
And proud of Manchester United and Manchester City.
I always make sure people know I’m Scottish rather than English or British when I’m travelling, ashamed to be associated with them.
dont like you either then pal
@@mitchellstone-bc5fx 😂👍
I'm extrtemely proud of British comedy, this prankster caller had me in fits of laughter.
I was proud of being British at the 2012 Olympics when Danny Boyle put on that amazing opening ceremony then super Saturday but since then it's been mostly shame and embarrassment.
I am proud that our country won World War II and stood up to fascism and said NO. I am proud of the establishment of the welfare state and the NHS. I WAS proud of the way our country seemingly was beginning to acknowledge our role in colonialism and make amends (in the early 2000's - when I went to school, teaching about it so it never happened again). I am NOT proud of the way this country is at the moment.
I believe in living a decent life and treating people as i want to be treated myself. I detest this rotten government
I'm more ashamed now than I ever have been to be British.
What particularly are you ashamed of?
@@davidavery2629 I'm not not proud to be British.
@@jacoboc2244 Oh the stories I could tell.
I didn't ask if you were proud, because you said you were ashamed. I'm interested as to why you feel ashamed .@@nickfletcher4132
@@jacoboc2244 First and foremost I'm proud to be a human being. Anything after that is coincidental.
I'm proud of James, but then I'm not British.. 😅
I'm not - and I am British! Different strokes for different folks
If you’re not British it’s none of your effing business
@@mogznwazoh yes it is mate, as I pay more taxes than you can imagine and I'm here to stay 😅
Wolverhampton.
I used to live there but moved away last December. Life has become much much better.
As an American I would expect a Brit to be proud of the war effort in WW2. Or maybe all the Nobel prizes in science or just all the science breakthroughs in general.
we havent had a lot to be proud of since tho. im actually proud of the NHS as it was a huge achievement, but its been run into the ground with 13 years of hard right gov.
How did this call go from 1-10?
Being proud of a nation is not an evil or a negative concept. Having pride in your nations’ past and the virtues it stands for means you are more likely to defend them from others who would like to take them away.
When the people lose their care for a nation they lose the nation.
Pretty amorphous comment.
Just like the caller.
What pride in our nations past and "virtues" are you referring to?
_Specifically_
@@ardakolimsky7107Inventing freedom
@@jrobs1133 🤣😂🤣 Oh my days!!!
Mate.
Thanks for the laugh...I needed it.
🤙
@@ardakolimsky7107 Try reading a history book
@@jrobs1133 I've a Master's degree in British and Colonial History.
What did I miss?
Any references will be gladly accepted and researched. (I have access to all JStor and British Museaum digital files, so no worries about how obscure they are)
I await your response.
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1:44 James being his usual pricky self by resorting to imitation.
Proud of the fact that High Streets have been dying since the 80s. Proud of the fact that the economy only works for the super rich. Proud of the fact that the NHS wastes so much money that they will cease to exist in the coming generations. Proud of the fact that people don't go to football matches to see a bag of wind kicked around a field, but more to reenact the final scenes of Braveheart, shirts off painted faces ready to do harm. Proud of the fact that old people are being left behind by society to the point where they cannot handle the most basic of things like doctors appointments, banking or even getting a dentist to take them on the NHS. The list really is endless.
" These people don’t see that if you encourage totalitarian methods, the time may come when they will be used against you instead of for you."
George Orwell, Animal Farm
I’m proud of the British men who sacrificed their lives to give our children an opportunity, it’s not hard.
and their sons and daughters voted to remove all that opportunity.....
Many of the wars they fought & died in in were of no benefit to them or the majority of British. They were fought purely to preserve the wealth & status of a privileged few
You're proud of war?
@@Competitive_Antagonist would you allow your children to be killed because you don’t like violence ?
@@kanedNunable Yup, because they got selfish.
Ricky Gervais in a stand up said "let's stop asking the ordinary people" when I listen to this, I agree with with him. We had a referendum in the UK on whether we should leave the EU, and guess what, the ordinary people like this LBC caller, had their say.
Britishers are proud of Ranger Rovers? worst vehicles to purchase.
This guy likes this country, unfortunately for him, he called into a guy who despises this country and everyone in it, unless they've arrived from overseas. The irony is O'Brien never sees any of them, because, like Lineker, he lives in Barnes.
im very proud to be british, a very welcoming nation, set on western valves. im proud of our culture, im proud that four nations work together to form the uk. im proud of our history and feel ultimately we have been on the right side of most things.. the nation as a whole trys to promote law, democracy and fair play. and im very proud of the nhs,comedy,our language and our technical innovation that has pushed forward the human race.... so much to be proud off
Wow well said! Exactly right! 😃😊👍
correction: "3 countries are forced to work for the fourth one"
@@GryvixWhat tosh. You obviously don’t know history.
Get involved in a history of how the United Kingdom evolved. How much bloodshed and cruel invasions by England ,occurred to bring Scotland , Wales and Northern Ireland into the fold. ? Do you think those countries all just rocked up to afternoon tea and asked. ‘hey ,let’s all join together. You know let’s unite as one Kingdom .Now let’s select an unofficial boss to make sure England gets the Lion’s share of wealth and decision making”. 🦘🦘🦘🦘⚔️
@@mogznwaz care to explain ?
The one thing to be proud of in this country is slagging ourselves and each other off. We do it better than any other country 😂
I’m proud of our pubs especially the local ones in every village across the country
I'm proud to be British, but for me it's about how this relatively small island has punched well above its weight on the world stage in just about every area of human endeavour that you can think of, such as language, law, literature, music, science, and many others. We come from a heritage of uncommonly clever and successful imagineers and go-getters. That's reason to be proud.
You forgot centuries of looting, slavery and killings. Aren´t you proud of that ?
Yes it did...
Hmmmm..
Language - Empire
Law - Empire
Literature - Yes, but how much French, German, Cantonese, Irish, etc etc literature have you read?
We are not uncommonly clever.
We are commonly clever. (Unless you're Jewish)
Punching above our weight in military endeavor, zeal and brutality?
Yes.
Hence, most of the rest.
You can be proud of your past but the future is looking very bleak indeed..
@@ardakolimsky7107
“We are not uncommonly clever”
**Looks at long list of British innovators and greatest minds that have a massive impact on human history**
I think indian and british cultures are very well matched, class driven, not so much the antipodes.
Canadian viewer and fan of Mr. O'Brien. You should be proud to be British. Bertrand Russell, Adam Smith, David Hume, Disraeli, Gladstone, Cromwell, John Stuart Mill, PM Atlee, Al Murray, Frankie Boyle, Newton, Have I got news for You, The British Pub and its culture, and Parliament.
I add James' program to the list because constructive political criticism is a British tradition.
Industrial revolution too. One of the most significant events in history.
I'm not proud to be British because of these things. I appreciate that these things came from here.
CROMWELL ? You should run that by the Irish before you mention that one in public.
@@markr8326 There wouldn't be a Parliament without Cromwell.
Or a partitioned Ireland with 800 yrs of colonial war & atrocities. @@colinthompson3111
@@markr8326Cromwell was a mixed bag to say the least. But his opposition to the concept of the divinity of a king was a big step forward for European culture and thought. But his wars in Ireland and strict Puritanism not so much.
Is the point here that we shouldn't be proud of our country? If you have no pride in something you don't look after it. Look what a cess pit modern life in Britain is. We need people that care.
The caller was genuinely a nice guy, you can hear the warmth in his voice - he rang up to talk to James O'Brian and his voice was heard nationally. However you feel about his reasoning, the fact that this was a warmhearted conversation is a reason to be proud to be British.
Absolutely, because warm hearted conversations never happen in other countries.
@@meredithhunter6419 Wow! That's some leap there. You can insert any country in place of 'British' and the sentiment remains the same. Just so long as there's tolerance for differing opinions.
The chap was a second generation immigrant trying to be positive about his adopted country but tosspot O Brien just threw a bucket of cold water over him.
I’m proud of our beautiful architecture, our amazing history (from barbaric times to now, educating ourselves on along the way) proud of our fantastic emergency services, proud that so many inventions were created by British people, Proud of our wonderful sporting achievements, proud of our heroes in war, protecting our nation against fascism, proud of our beautiful countryside and im proud that so many people want to come here (and do) because our Britain, our nation, our home, is better than theirs. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Totally agree with you, those that are not proud of this country are ignorant of what Britain has given the world .
Sorry to point this out, but I think you two need to read a bit more about British. History.
I'm proud that the UK doesn't have to import its own toilet rolls! There is plenty for the 60,000,000 a***holes to use!
Only two things make me proud to be British, NHS and British sit coms
I’m only a little bit proud of being British because my Ford was built in Germany but the engine and transmission were made in the UK
Ford is an American company.
I can't be proud of Britain because I don't drive D: Even if I did it'd be on the wrong side of the road!
I'm proud of our food, our "britishness", our societal politeness, our queue forming, our tea-drinking, our music, and our humour. I'm proud of our monuments such as Stonehenge and our historical castles, our stories steeped in myths. I could go on, really.
Youre proud of drinking tea?
Yeah, it's a Great British pastime lol. I'll grant you, how we got the tea in the first place probably isn't something to be proud of, though@@lasselippert3892
Your food!!?????
YES!
Proud of your food? Your politeness? Really? I think that point about myths is correct
I'm a newly minted oap, I'm absolutely swacked! It's not just a yoof t'ing!
The caller is right to be proud to be British, stoicism & apathy are great qualities.
I was born here therefore I'm proud of my country- every nationalist ever
RACE is an ILLUSION....
there are NO COUNTRIES....NO MARKINGS on the floor marking one country next to another.... there is ONE WORLD....
masses of land....
you are of the HUMAN RACE, or you are OTHER....
And we need system to keep it in check.
My answer would be I feel proud abit when I watch "quintessentially British meme" videos on UA-cam. Also our food like roast dinners and fish and chips. Other habits or things like how we speak like "Chewsday" for Tuesday etc. Also old British comedies like Only Fools & Horses, Fawlty Towers, Keeping Up Appearances.
So there is still some things to be proud of 🙂
This is Britain 2023!!!
Birmingham Council bankrupted, EU rejecting Starmer and Sadiq’s broken London with many boroughs suffering from knife crime . What should we do James?
Decedents of Danish Vikings who conquered Britain and went on to create the greatest empire in world history - the British Empire. The same group of people also conquered the new world and created, for a second time, the greatest empire in world history - the American Empire. The British have invented, constructed, created, formulated, wrote more than any other race of men and are largely responsible for the modern world. By every metric, the British are the greatest people that have ever existed. That's why I'm proud to be British. Its my blood, and my father before me, his blood.
As always, the scariest thing is that this guy didn't think twice before ringing a radio station with millions of listeners, without ever stopping to consider the validity of his argument, or even how he was going to prove his own point.
It wouldn’t matter what point he made, you wouldn’t listen anyway - people like you don’t listen you just clamour to signal your virtue
@@mogznwaz Wow. The hypocrisy is astonishing.
@@mogznwaz yes James never listens to anyone else.
Right wingers argue with falsehoods and twisted logic. To a normal person they never win and argument . Only right wingers will fake a win.
Very odd response to post you clearly didn't read or didn't understand. People who use virtue signalling as a put down would be first against the wall for me. Basically any one who starts out with a motivation to help others particularly the marginalised/impoverished is virtue signalling in your book. It's just nonsense.
I'm proud that I'm not proud that pride in being proud is the only explanation the proud can give for being proud is pride.
Pride should be reserved for something you've actually achieved
Having served this country for 22 years, I am proud of the Military not just because I part of it, because the examples that people either refuse or do not want to see, working with other cultures and races (for want of a better word), prime example working with the Ghurkas, the fact we ended slavery (get no credit for that) the contributions to worlds inventions and innovations, although not all good for example the Guillotine and the Concentration Camp, as country we are mainly reminded of ALL the bad we have done and none of the good. Its like a perpetual British Guilt trip from generation to generation, as we have progressed after WW2, the NHS, the Welfare State, the Commonwealth, we get dragged backwards into the blame game and every generation has to shoulder the errors and mistakes of their great, great, great grandfather, no mention of the magna carta which a lot of countries have based their constitutions on, no mentions EVEN in our history classes of how British blockaded continents against slavery or that the UK had no slavery since William the Conqueror. Some of the achievements of the Peoples of this Island nations are never mentioned due to US as a people remembering ONLY the bad, only what we did wrong, not even how British Soldiers build play grounds, used to dig wells and build schools in Africa. I may not have been the best Soldier, but I was part of the ONLY professional Army in the World, that taught and trained other countries and now in a world of profits over people, having done and seen what I have, my pride in this country is now tarnished by those willing to destroy for greed.
Also, O'Brien, like most of the people who follow him, is entirely ignorant of history, and I'm not just stating that as a deflection; half of the history books he loves or authors who utilise him as if he's something of an expert are, in fact, just like him, another lefty journalist. One book worth noting is James Felton's 52. Britain were bellends. Anyone with a basic awareness of history would recognise how many inaccuracies exist in that book. I won't go over the entire book, but one thing I will notice is the mention of the Welsh not, which he blames on the English while never mentioning the Welsh not. It was not compulsory, and it was not utilised in the majority of Welsh schools. It was harshly criticised. The only way we knew it existed was because it was mentioned. In the blue books, don't get me started on his grasp of the Bengal and Irish famines. In all seriousness, most of his followers have one or two images of British history: one that does not exist, which is the nation of immigrants, which is factually incorrect, or that of evil, which, again, if anyone has an understanding of history, will know that British imperialism, while not right in any way, was the least oppressive and most developing of its time.
Maybe some of those callers including James should sample life abroad and then come back and see how Britain is respected for its fairness, history, culture and its democracy.
I'm proud that the majority of those who voted, wanted us to leave the European Union. The majority of us proved that we do NOT want to be part of a European Super-State. When asked a straight question in the ballot box, we stood up and told the rest of you straight. You'd never dare have a referendum on anything related to Immigration, because you know what answer you'd get! And I'm proud we've forced you to realise that now. 🏴
I’m glad you caveated that it was the majority of those who voted, not the majority of the country.
It’s certainly a weird kind of patriotism that seems to have such low regard for the half the country
@martindewhurst2485 I don't claim to be the kind of patriot who loves EVERYTHING about the country. I don't think that even exists. Yes I am proud to be English & British but there's a lot I'm ashamed of about the country as well.
Once again, the condescending attitude of J.O.B is evident. The inability to pinpoint something does not negate its existence. I gather the only thing J.O.B is proud of us himself.
You can be proud to be part of a culture that values freedom of speech, freedom to choose how and where you live, gives people a fair chance to succeed, justice, and that protects the disadvantaged and sick. The UK is altogether one of the better (maybe top 25% globally) countries for these things. We're often losing focus reacting/overreacting to things as part of a game of enriching politicians and that's part of the reason we're slipping. We've also failed to go all the way in terms of democracy, and in enshrining free speech and other basic freedoms in a constitution.
Someone on the BBC actually call this cesspit Great Britain I nearly fell off my chair laughing
O Brien thinks inequality is a sign of unfairness. That's just one of the many problems with his thinking.
If you think that why do you listen to him
Took at bit of teasing but we got there in the end 😂😂
I'm NOT proud to be British! I'm disgraced by it!
I have lived in the USA for 23 years. I am proud of British comedy, British ale and our education system (educated in the 80's). Oh, and PM question time. If the USA had the commons and PM question time, Trump could NEVER have been entertained as a serious human being.
Trump would have been eaten alive if he had to sit in the House of Commons.
You cannot compare political systems.
Patriotism, "the last refuge of a Scoundrel ".
"you can't say you're proud of all the fairness when there isn't any"😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😅
True brexit has proven that
When people like James are able to get radio show it makes me ashamed to be British.
Well said