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  • James O'Brien has become very well-known for his calls with Brexit supporters. With just months away from the transition period ending, LBC has looked back at his most entertaining Brexit calls.
    00:00 - The Van Driver Being Put Out Of Business By Brexit
    07:33 - When A Tory MP Called James To Defend Brexit
    11:20 - Brexit Caller Can’t Name Which Law He’s Looking Forward To Losing
    18:22 - The Caller Who Voted Brexit Because Of Three-Pin Plugs
    22:30 - James O’Brien Takes Apart Dominic Raab One Statement At A Time
    29:51 - Epic Row Over Northern Irish Border
    38:52 - Tearful Leave Voter Apologises For Backing Brexit
    40:26 - When A Ukip Candidate Called In To Try And Challenge James On Brexit
    47:35 - James O’Brien’s Unmissable Exchange With Jacob Rees-Mogg
    54:17 - ”I Voted Brexit Because There Are Too Many Brown Faces"
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  • @clarkmannen8789
    @clarkmannen8789 Před 3 lety +871

    The first guy sounded so fed up. Like he’d just spent years screaming at a brick wall. Poor guy

    • @amirbostani734
      @amirbostani734 Před 3 lety +10

      He did sound like a guy who would scream at a brick wall.:)

    • @looseycanon
      @looseycanon Před 3 lety +49

      And you know, what's the worst about it? All in all, he's just another brick in the wall.

    • @RifleEyez
      @RifleEyez Před 3 lety

      Maybe he can get another job helping with the increased shipping as we import from elsewhere.
      Change is a scary word.

    • @hamblyl
      @hamblyl Před 3 lety +49

      @@RifleEyez You can't do "just-in-time" from Australia, Japan or the US.
      He is talking about same day pickup and deliveries.
      That same Import export infrastructure will still be place for the likes of Australia, Japan or the US - as they have always been.
      This is a fundamental reduction and curtailment in a specific type of delivery. No other set of countries can, or could ever, replace that.
      Geography not politics.

    • @RifleEyez
      @RifleEyez Před 3 lety +3

      @@hamblyl There will be more demand though, maybe he can start his own shipping company?
      I'm being a bit facetious there but why are we living under the fallacy that absolutely nothing will change just because a decision has been made? We could see that business as being less viable sure - perhaps we'll never iron out the teething issues going forward with every existing system, but money speaks EU or not, so it's more than likely we will. But why suppose nothing else will open up?
      Of course things are going to change, that's the point, and nobody can predict how that is going to turn out. If anyone could they would be infinitely rich as a result.

  • @darranthomas9122
    @darranthomas9122 Před 2 lety +511

    I love how the UKIP Candidate sounded like Emperor Palpatine, These Brexit voters really are living up to their role as Evil control freaks 🤣

    • @fernandaalario5091
      @fernandaalario5091 Před rokem +33

      Lol 😂 I was just listening to the bloke when I read this comment! Spot on!

    • @walseee
      @walseee Před rokem +16

      Actually crying, this is so funny 😂

    • @iconoclastvii
      @iconoclastvii Před rokem +52

      Twenty thousand Somaaaalis...

    • @kelb6073
      @kelb6073 Před rokem +8

      I was dying during that call

    • @Terrezio
      @Terrezio Před rokem +25

      The caller's name was Phillip. He will forever be known as Chancellor/Emperor Philpatine.

  • @sticy5399
    @sticy5399 Před rokem +398

    Bill calling and saying:" What have I done to my country?" Actually made me tear up. It's such genuin regret and shame, it's heartbreaking. I'm do sorry for him.
    These fraudsters deserve nothing but a prison cell.

    • @L5GUK
      @L5GUK Před 11 měsíci +35

      Followed immediately by the absolute immaculate stereotype of a UKIP-per. Even now I still refuse to believe that man was real.

    • @nigelbenn4642
      @nigelbenn4642 Před 10 měsíci +10

      If you're obtuse enough to vote for your own demise you end up with it.

    • @aleph8888
      @aleph8888 Před 10 měsíci

      Your precious EU will constitute 10% of of the global economy by the end of the decade and more dependent than ever on the United States for capital and technology and energy and military support. So much for a “sovereign autonomous Europe”. No point in rejoining.

    • @lucaszech4070
      @lucaszech4070 Před 10 měsíci +29

      The Billionaires who rallied for Brexit for their own financial benefits knowing full well they don't have to deal with the consequences should be in prison. No to ways about it.

    • @carlbland68
      @carlbland68 Před 10 měsíci

      prison is just for the poor @@lucaszech4070

  • @stream_gene
    @stream_gene Před rokem +215

    That UKIP caller sounds like the absolute nastiest British stereotype you could imagine. What a monster.

    • @GuntherSDoumson2178
      @GuntherSDoumson2178 Před 11 měsíci +7

      Cesspitts....😆

    • @TwiddleJones
      @TwiddleJones Před 5 měsíci +6

      I think he was a prankster on a wind up

    • @okeeydokeeey321
      @okeeydokeeey321 Před 4 měsíci

      Omg, you have people in your country like the ones that support djt. It's crazy. They know nothing, they can't talk about a single positive the he did,..

    • @lord_scrubington
      @lord_scrubington Před 4 měsíci

      im convinced all UKIP members are just supreme shitposters. I want to join them.

    • @Best.Of.Britian
      @Best.Of.Britian Před 3 měsíci +10

      ​@@TwiddleJones I've seen brexiteers and ukip speakers talk like that in real life, they are genuinely that twisted sometimes

  • @rhodrijohn7411
    @rhodrijohn7411 Před 2 lety +1612

    I love the "we're independent" argument from brexit voters, yet none of them support Scottish or Welsh independence 😂

    • @macnavi
      @macnavi Před 2 lety +219

      Like England said before the Scottish independence referendum: It’s better to work together. Then the Brexit vote came: we’re better off alone.

    • @rhodrijohn7411
      @rhodrijohn7411 Před 2 lety +49

      @@macnavi better for Westminster if the UK countries work together, not better for the smaller countries of the UK

    • @peterjones596
      @peterjones596 Před 2 lety +33

      You're spot on, also when it came to Scottish Independence we had allsorts claiming it was a bad idea from outside the country, but denounced by the braying mobs, but when the brexit referendum was announced it was interesting to note that people like Ian Botham could pronounce that we should leave, and there was no denunciations...
      Double standards.. But I suppose, why have one standard, when you can have two? 😉

    • @teethgrinder83
      @teethgrinder83 Před 2 lety +61

      Dont forget the whole "if you want to guarantee to stay in the EU then vote to stay in the Union" schtick

    • @jacobparry177
      @jacobparry177 Před 2 lety +37

      @@rhodrijohn7411 As we've seen over the pandemic, England refuses to work with Scotland, Wales and N.I. at every turn.

  • @Simp_Zone
    @Simp_Zone Před 3 lety +2733

    That guy who called and admitted he was wrong and started crying "what have I done to my country?" I really felt that. At least he has the self awareness to know he was deceived. I'm glad JOB stood up for him

    • @IndependentTitle
      @IndependentTitle Před 3 lety +184

      That was really upsetting

    • @2Dimples4U
      @2Dimples4U Před 3 lety +46

      Can you tell me where the timeline is for this story? It sounds like an interesting story.

    • @SantosAl
      @SantosAl Před 3 lety +72

      @@2Dimples4U 38:56

    • @2Dimples4U
      @2Dimples4U Před 3 lety +150

      @@SantosAl thank you for this. I really felt that man’s pain. It takes a lot to admit fault but it wasn’t just him. So glad O’Brien gave a helping hand.

    • @goldmeistergeneral
      @goldmeistergeneral Před 3 lety +18

      I am completely against Brexit, but that phone call was so fake, no one says that

  • @arjanv45
    @arjanv45 Před 11 měsíci +197

    The first guy was a breath of fresh air. Clear, concrete examples of major challenges for business owner. I hope he is alright.

  • @JustAGuyWhoLikesStuff.
    @JustAGuyWhoLikesStuff. Před rokem +211

    38:55
    This guy has my utmost respect. To be able to make a mistake and then regret it. To let yourself understand how bad it was instead of lying to yourself that it'll all turn out okay. That takes real character.

    • @jonsen2k
      @jonsen2k Před rokem +43

      Also have to admire how James just instantly and rightfully deflects the blame of the caller and straight to the charlatans who's really at fault for the whole mess.

    • @vsGoliath96
      @vsGoliath96 Před 11 měsíci +29

      And not only that, but to apologize live on air to someone you previously disagreed with? I wish more people were like this guy, especially over here in the States.

    • @wyattearl8385
      @wyattearl8385 Před 9 měsíci +18

      When he cried it brought a tear to my eye because I’ve watched MAGA destroy my family.

    • @Lynx24x
      @Lynx24x Před 8 měsíci +1

      brilliant 😂

    • @everythingisshit5756
      @everythingisshit5756 Před 6 měsíci +6

      ​@@wyattearl8385you and me both brother. My dad.

  • @littlemissaugie3966
    @littlemissaugie3966 Před 2 lety +782

    The English talking about infiltration of their land by foreigners after centuries of colonizing foreign lands would be HILARIOUS if it weren’t incredibly insufferable

    • @Starlingchaser
      @Starlingchaser Před rokem +21

      The 'English' never colonised anyone.... It was their lords and masters who did the colonising... Meanwhile the English people themselves were held under slavery by those same lords and masters...

    • @littlemissaugie3966
      @littlemissaugie3966 Před rokem +94

      @@Starlingchaser no 😂

    • @Starlingchaser
      @Starlingchaser Před rokem +8

      @@littlemissaugie3966 No what, Miss Augie?

    • @Audreylalaland
      @Audreylalaland Před rokem +41

      @@Starlingchaser 😂😂 I can’t

    • @hhjj621
      @hhjj621 Před rokem +18

      @@Audreylalaland Neither do I!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @shanegilhooley8682
    @shanegilhooley8682 Před 3 lety +638

    I can't get over the UKIP candidate's super villain voice

  • @peterroberts3827
    @peterroberts3827 Před rokem +1089

    I sit and watch and wonder what the world might look like if all journalism looked more like this.
    Nothing but admiration for this man.

    • @TheSnoeedog
      @TheSnoeedog Před rokem +11

      better. In a word: better

    • @EGF1000
      @EGF1000 Před rokem +12

      @Dog boy however, in this instance obrien is supporting the right position

    • @JelloTypeR
      @JelloTypeR Před rokem

      @Dog boy have you not noticed the changing climate that 99% of scientists agree is affected by greenhouse gasses and CO2 in particular. Half the world is either on fire or flooded out and it’s only getting worse. The cost of these events dwarfs any carbon tax. The UK will look drastically different as sea levels rise. This is predicted to be 1.8m within 80 years. That will be the end for many coastal and inland low lying areas such as somerset.

    • @feddomeijerwiersma6955
      @feddomeijerwiersma6955 Před rokem

      @Dog boy this is known as an “ad hominem”, wherein morons who can’t refute the facts or reality, resort to attacking the messenger because they can’t reply on content.

    • @BrainbusterLeckie
      @BrainbusterLeckie Před rokem +15

      ​@Dog boy I could have missed something, so feel free to inform me if I have, but last I heard about an EU Carbon Tax it was only for imports from Non-EU countries into the EU.

  • @thewitchsfamiliar
    @thewitchsfamiliar Před rokem +182

    To hear someone say they are against the Human Rights Act, is genuinely chilling.

    • @geraldmcmullon2465
      @geraldmcmullon2465 Před rokem

      And folk still don't get it. Telling me all the failings, the lack of nurses, lack of doctors, lack of GP appointments and then say when they go to hospital too many people from the Commonwealth and the EU and all the benefits they claim. Then look blank at you when you tell them that non-UK citizens working in the NHS have a fee to pay for NHS services that they are highly unlikely to need (young fit, active and trained health professionals). That they do not get benefits immediately like housing but as a working tax payer are entitled to the same benefits as any other working tax payer.
      The Human Rights Act was created and set up lead by Churchill and signed into UK law as 47 did. Only two countries are not. Serbia who refused to sign up when separated from their union and Russia who resigned so they could invade the Ukraine. What a noble group of countries to wish to join.

    • @TheBlitztar
      @TheBlitztar Před rokem

      What time in the video?

    • @christinequinn5355
      @christinequinn5355 Před rokem +8

      @@TheBlitztar It was Dominic Raab. His section is near the beginning

    • @Frserthegreenengine
      @Frserthegreenengine Před rokem +10

      Or that we have a Home Secretary that wants to take the UK out of the European Convention for Human Rights (something that the UK was a founding member of)

    • @tangaz5819
      @tangaz5819 Před 8 měsíci

      They mean the subhumans….

  • @jfdoodles
    @jfdoodles Před 2 lety +124

    The 3-pin plug bit 😂

  • @orpheonkatakrosmortarchoft4332

    I didn't know Emperor Palpatine was a Brexiter.

    • @richb5477
      @richb5477 Před 3 lety +22

      @@differentname5867 I still can't get past "cesspits!". I have visions of him using the force to fry Mace Windu before launching him out of a window 😂

    • @orpheonkatakrosmortarchoft4332
      @orpheonkatakrosmortarchoft4332 Před 3 lety +24

      @@marcosmartins7581 "The remainers attempt on my life have left me scarred, th UK will be reorganised into the first BREXITER EMPIRE !"

    • @michellebrown4903
      @michellebrown4903 Před 3 lety +26

      Palpatine was indeed a Brexiteer ...the only difference is that he still had an Empire.

    • @richb5477
      @richb5477 Před 3 lety +6

      @@michellebrown4903 😂

    • @PORRRIDGE_GUN
      @PORRRIDGE_GUN Před 3 lety +4

      Odd really, considering I thought he was all about empires.

  • @strahaironscale571
    @strahaironscale571 Před rokem +73

    the guy who cried actually made me cry. I could feel his pain when he said that 'what have I done to my country' . heavy

  • @hyperprotagonist
    @hyperprotagonist Před rokem +142

    Absolutely love how James treats callers. Despite seeing it on his face, he still holds a level of respect for his callers.

  • @redlightmax
    @redlightmax Před 2 lety +298

    42:31 "If Brexit means falling off a cliff edge, so be it."
    - Emperor Palpatine

    • @WetCreamPie
      @WetCreamPie Před 2 lety +8

      YES 😂

    • @omatseyeugen5697
      @omatseyeugen5697 Před 2 lety +4

      Phillip is funny

    • @owenrichards1418
      @owenrichards1418 Před 2 lety +15

      "Do it! Oh, we DID!!!"

    • @vanyadolly
      @vanyadolly Před 2 lety +8

      Yes! I was trying to pin the voice! 🤣

    • @leod-sigefast
      @leod-sigefast Před 2 lety +1

      And what do we get from this wonderful Brexit?? Printing T-shirts with "Sovereignty" printed on it, maybe? And no evil EU or European can now stop us doing it!
      Emotional 'us vs them', arguments, "Brits are superior, not equals, to Europeans and are born to rule...not cooperate!!" That is what caused Brexit, namely, many Brits arrogant sense of superiority and view that equality with fellow Europeans is beneath them.

  • @jarodstrain8905
    @jarodstrain8905 Před 2 lety +915

    As an American who just discovered this show I find it both relieving and saddening to find that the problems facing our nation are facing others as well. There appears to be a shockingly large percentage of the population that has lost any ability to engage in any semblance of critical thought.
    May we all survive to see better days. Cheers

    • @thomashassall96
      @thomashassall96 Před 2 lety +31

      Unfortunately it's widespread throughout western nations, such a mess

    • @Jatadhari1000
      @Jatadhari1000 Před 2 lety

      unfortunately the electoral system in both countries makes sure that kleptocrats and xenophobes get elected , Trump lost the popular vote and Tories get in because of the first past the post system , NEITHR of them get the majority vote .

    • @MrBabylon
      @MrBabylon Před 2 lety +82

      @@thomashassall96 It is not widespread throughout western nations, only western nations with a strong right-wing or conservative political party. A lot of European countries with strong left-wing politics have much healthier public debates and much more robust democracies.
      Look at US, UK, France and Italy, all with strong right-wing politics and all suffering from corruption, racism and tribal politics.
      Look at Germany, Netherlands, Denmark, Scandinavia, all with strong left-wing politics and all suffer far less racism, tribal politics and corruption.
      This pattern is not a coincidence, ever asked yourself why Left-Wing politics always invests in publically funded/owned education, intended to provide max quality, and why right-wing politics prefer privately funded/owned education, intended to provide max profit?

    • @Noelito40
      @Noelito40 Před 2 lety

      Perhaps some statistics to explain the absence of critical thinking in the US....
      54% of adults have the literacy levels lower than that of a 12 year old.
      One in five adults (in the US) is illiterate.
      You need to support the efforts of Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and her colleagues. They will invest in education.

    • @frances5954
      @frances5954 Před 2 lety +11

      @@MrBabylon thanks.
      Give me hope.

  • @Jay-xw9ll
    @Jay-xw9ll Před rokem +102

    All these men saying "I'm ok with a financial hit" are so kind and generous to include all those with less wealth than them. Thank you brexiteers.

  • @magicwandfour
    @magicwandfour Před rokem +288

    I worked in the UK for an Aerospace company from the USA. . The directors warned us that if the UK voted Brexit they would move their operations to another EU country. All my brexit work colleagues still went ahead and voted brexit. They were so indoctrinated that they all believed the company were bluffing. All my warnings (I was also a Union shop steward) were ignored and I was accused of conspiracy with management to block all what they believed were going to be their new found freedom. (although nobody could tell me what those freedoms were.) Within a year of the leave vote the factory that had employed 500 people was now in Portugal.

    • @kristaylor776
      @kristaylor776 Před rokem +26

      Haven't any of your ex-colleagues made their own laws yet? Where I worked that was regularly cited as one of the "freedoms".

    • @natashafuller9832
      @natashafuller9832 Před rokem +22

      Yep, they can't be told and an old saying pops to mind... "if you can't hear you must feel."
      The frustration I felt when I realised the majority had fell for the hype and the lies. It was like watching thousands marching to the cliff edge and walking straight over.

    • @watson4694
      @watson4694 Před rokem

      Freedom indeed, freedom to line up at the unemployment benefits line. Fckng idiots!

    • @carlabroderick5508
      @carlabroderick5508 Před rokem +10

      Comment of month

    • @JOEFABULOUS.
      @JOEFABULOUS. Před rokem +5

      @@natashafuller9832 Rishi Sunak told us on BBC question time that Brexit would hurt Britain more than the EU before he became chancellor hes now PM

  • @derekh4943
    @derekh4943 Před 3 lety +2155

    As a Canadian. I love this show. Shocking on how people don't know and don't care what they voted for.

    • @mandolinic
      @mandolinic Před 3 lety +87

      Not really. Much of the leave vote wasn't because people wanted out, but rather was a protest against the previous years of austerity. The thinking (if you can can call it thinking) was that if Cameron wanted us in, then they were going to kick him on the goolies and vote leave. Then having voted leave, they decided to double down behind that decision. I think it's pretty much the same thinking that gave Trump the election in 2016.

    • @dannyv2230
      @dannyv2230 Před 3 lety +14

      Nice to see I’m not the only one here for the first time

    • @jamesellis9065
      @jamesellis9065 Před 3 lety +114

      Imagine being from the UK living in Canada and looking at this like a distant garbage fire. I left the UK the day after the Brexit vote...

    • @Argonaut121
      @Argonaut121 Před 3 lety +7

      Ditto.

    • @dannyv2230
      @dannyv2230 Před 3 lety +2

      @@jamesellis9065 Where did you move to? Just curious.

  • @nunoaquiles81
    @nunoaquiles81 Před 3 lety +444

    Last caller complaining about Indians and Pakistanis in a conversation about EU left me confused.

    • @mitchtheronin1469
      @mitchtheronin1469 Před 3 lety +65

      Its simple. People complaining about foreigners blame the EU for „forcing“ the UK to open doors for said foreigners

    • @thefirm4606
      @thefirm4606 Před 3 lety +28

      Whereas his mascot the honourable wankiness Herr Farage welcomes people who are a part of the commonwealth since they have more rights to be here...
      Ummmm
      Yeah!

    • @MrRancidity
      @MrRancidity Před 3 lety +53

      It's really sad but I remember being a pub with my dad before the referendum, overhearing people talking loudly about how they wanted out so they could get rid of all the Pakistani people.
      Edit: They didn't use the term "Pakistani", just the first four letters.

    • @ApfelFlix
      @ApfelFlix Před 3 lety +69

      And now the Indians and Pakistanis are celebrating that they are no longer competing with EU citizens for jobs and spots at uni.

    • @steveburn8125
      @steveburn8125 Před 2 lety +41

      Indian and Pakistani people should be welcomed anyway, they are members of the commonwealth, not the EU, so definitely, very confused indeed. Anyway, I think it takes guts to come to a foreign land, and thrive. More than I’ve got I’m sure 😊

  • @Adam__U
    @Adam__U Před rokem +30

    I think the UKIP bloke was actually Emperor Palpatine

  • @gregdavidl647
    @gregdavidl647 Před rokem +82

    Brexit was one of the worst things to happen to the UK

  • @excelente81
    @excelente81 Před 3 lety +382

    "Don't be sorry; be angry!"
    Loved that!

    • @Simp_Zone
      @Simp_Zone Před 3 lety +6

      @Wischmopps Facts

    • @xnoreq
      @xnoreq Před 3 lety +12

      @Wischmopps Lots of people are greedy and selfish. A capitalist controlled world lets such people thrive by enabling them to accumulate incredible wealth and power through the sacrifice of a million slaves.

    • @Rosie6857
      @Rosie6857 Před rokem

      James, he was angry all right but angry with himself at having been deceived. The interview brought it all to the surface. Slowly that anger will turn to those who did the deceiving, if it hasn't already. Being angry about something is quite stimulating but being angry with yourself is debilitating and horrible. He will recover, poor man.

  • @ssmith7667
    @ssmith7667 Před 2 lety +163

    "Don't be sorry, be ANGRY!" Truer words have never been spoken!

  • @thedam1012
    @thedam1012 Před rokem +19

    The guy who couldn't name a single EU law he was looking forward to not obeying - why could he not be honest and just admit he doesn't like foreigners??

  • @lionguardant5468
    @lionguardant5468 Před 4 měsíci +11

    "Describe the electronic border."
    "You just let them get on with it!"
    The genius of brexiteers writ large

  • @LoLchilled09
    @LoLchilled09 Před 3 lety +944

    Imagine voting for Brexit because you're bothered by the EU using two-pin plugs and having to buy an adapter at the airport. LOL

    • @sabin97
      @sabin97 Před 3 lety +172

      and it's even funnier because nothing about that will change with brexit.
      england could use 3 pin plugs before and after brexit.
      and he'll have to buy an adapter in the airport before and after brexit....if he's even allowed in the eu....

    • @xbmcdoctors
      @xbmcdoctors Před 3 lety +35

      I'm speechless

    • @THOMASCOLTON1
      @THOMASCOLTON1 Před 3 lety +78

      Kept our 3 pinned plugs though didn't we? Take that Johnny Foreigner!

    • @ueks69
      @ueks69 Před 3 lety +40

      Instead of listening to this voice of reason, you voted a Sentient ham to be PM and that tardigrade Farrage to destroy your country and economy

    • @owenhaskins7193
      @owenhaskins7193 Před 2 lety +36

      ...whilst choosing to go on holiday to an EU country. Brexit logic.

  • @TempeSoldier123
    @TempeSoldier123 Před 3 lety +500

    The stupidity of people never ceases to amaze me.

    • @kennethbrynleyjohnsweet4252
      @kennethbrynleyjohnsweet4252 Před 3 lety +16

      Live as long as I have...human stupidity is truly the gift that keeps on giving. I only came to this planet for the food. Nobody told me human beings weren't on the menu.

    • @joelonsdale
      @joelonsdale Před 3 lety +7

      The stupidity of people to whom the stupidity of people never ceases to amaze them never ceases to amaze me. How are you still amazed?

    • @Draekal
      @Draekal Před 3 lety +7

      Einstein did say 'Only two things are infinite; the universe and human stupidity, and I am not sure about the universe'.

    • @backstabingpike
      @backstabingpike Před 3 lety

      Then maybe you should be helping to educate, instead of sitting on your super smart throne! 🙄🖕 Keep being white and great,

    • @BurningMad
      @BurningMad Před 3 lety +14

      @@backstabingpike a lot of uneducated people simply refuse to listen to anyone who isn't reinforcing their existing beliefs. Bringing in facts results in cries of "fake news!" or "Project Fear!". I don't blame anyone for not having the energy to educate others.

  • @MissyGail4eva
    @MissyGail4eva Před rokem +74

    (38:52) Every time I revisit this, I am inwardly brought to my knees at the humble humility, and O'Brien's impassioned rage with which he defends the humanity of this caller, redirecting his fury towards the manipulatively odious corporate/politico machine that engineered the national disaster known as Brexit

    • @CymruGoch_
      @CymruGoch_ Před rokem

      Its individuals like this man that make me hate the tories and hardline brexiteers so much - they lied through their teeth and have people like this man in tears over being fooled by them

    • @stellaboulton9531
      @stellaboulton9531 Před rokem

      'humble humility' (????) and O'Brien don't belong in the same encyclopaedia let alone sentence.

    • @MissyGail4eva
      @MissyGail4eva Před 5 měsíci

      ​@@stellaboulton9531lol, you don't even realize that you're the very embodiment of the phrase..

    • @stellaboulton9531
      @stellaboulton9531 Před 5 měsíci

      @@MissyGail4eva Why thank ya missygail!

  • @bryantanthonyjr94
    @bryantanthonyjr94 Před rokem +25

    I am from the USA this show is awesome. I love the van driver that has the ground truth.

    • @blenderbanana
      @blenderbanana Před rokem +2

      You should check out his interview with the Fishing Warden. And theres a couple with farners who pretty much say the same thing "Brexiters and Tories have bo idea how these industries work; and this is why Britian will be poorer."

  • @davidrichards613
    @davidrichards613 Před 2 lety +132

    The bloke who didn't know why he voted but claimed it was for independence and making our own laws... I feel like he's a fairly accurate facsimile of every brexiteer I've ever met. When it comes down to it, it's about immigration. The irony being that the EU law provided us with plenty of ways to control immigration but we didn't use them.

    • @julielevinge266
      @julielevinge266 Před rokem

      Know a boss who voted brexit purely because she thought the limit on hours you can force your workers to do will be revoked!!
      Mogg is such a liar & creep!!
      All this for more cash for an incredibly entitled & wealthy man, what a disgrace he’s in government!!!

    • @okeeydokeeey321
      @okeeydokeeey321 Před 4 měsíci +1

      We in America have the same problems.

  • @madnapalm
    @madnapalm Před 3 lety +615

    Is the UKIP Candidate on the phone some kind of cartoon villain? Who talks like that?

  • @georgeh5075
    @georgeh5075 Před rokem +20

    Just to point out, the belfast agreement is only 36 pages long. There is literally no excuse not to have read it as a politician.

  • @stup4501
    @stup4501 Před rokem +25

    I'm listening to this on August 24th 2022, and it's exponentially worse than could have been imagined when these conversations were had.

  • @joe94c
    @joe94c Před 2 lety +412

    I've just discovered James O'Brien. The compassion he has for the those who admit it was a mistake is really warming. That's how we should proceed, be angry with the politicians

    • @corradomancini3271
      @corradomancini3271 Před 2 lety +5

      And you really believe that plant?

    • @joe94c
      @joe94c Před 2 lety +14

      @@corradomancini3271 evidence?

    • @corradomancini3271
      @corradomancini3271 Před 2 lety +4

      @@joe94c
      Buyers remorse tactic

    • @silondon9010
      @silondon9010 Před rokem

      Plant

    • @ceesmith
      @ceesmith Před rokem +1

      But why should we be angry? Just over half voted for it. Should they be angry at themselves?

  • @MattCrawley_Music
    @MattCrawley_Music Před 3 lety +477

    Since the Brexit vote, immigration from Africa and Pakistan has gone up while going down from europe. To vote for Brexit to stop immigration full stop is completely idiotic

    • @KarchK
      @KarchK Před 3 lety +21

      Well, you got 4 million eu citizens here now - cherish them, there will be a trickle but yea most of the fresh off the boats will be from outside Europe

    • @topworstmedia5413
      @topworstmedia5413 Před 3 lety +22

      Well Britain granted 3 million Chinese from Hong Kong to move in

    • @MattCrawley_Music
      @MattCrawley_Music Před 3 lety +4

      @@topworstmedia5413 exactly.

    • @MattCrawley_Music
      @MattCrawley_Music Před 3 lety +3

      @@KarchK indeed.

    • @topworstmedia5413
      @topworstmedia5413 Před 3 lety +37

      Ironically Britain was the main contributor when the EU drafted rules regarding the treatment of third countries... now it’s a victim of them...

  • @darkjack164
    @darkjack164 Před rokem +39

    "tell me how it can work" caller spends 30mins spitting rhetoric with no thought in their head. And when that bloke called in, in tears. Right in the feels

  • @michaeldautry
    @michaeldautry Před rokem +12

    The 3 pin plugs guy getting yelled at by his mom was epic 🤯

  • @lennymclean1814
    @lennymclean1814 Před 3 lety +544

    I like Bill, Bill admits when he's wrong.
    Be like Bill!

    • @davidking4838
      @davidking4838 Před 3 lety +27

      Bill is today's hero!

    • @francescomarialeo
      @francescomarialeo Před 3 lety +37

      It was hard to listen to him... especially when he said. « what have I done to my country » 😔

    • @alexkaitlinthomas
      @alexkaitlinthomas Před 3 lety +8

      I'm Bill!!!

    • @MrWoodii
      @MrWoodii Před 3 lety +9

      At least he admits he's wrong, but he still voted to leave. It's all very well changing your mind when it's too late.

    • @ed2000888
      @ed2000888 Před 3 lety +2

      Hear hear👍🏻

  • @tomj1676
    @tomj1676 Před 2 lety +76

    "I happen to be an east african asian myself" i completely lost it and choked on my food.

    • @WirrWicht
      @WirrWicht Před 2 lety

      And potted himself in a 98% white bleach believing to transform his genes... Maybe a form of trans-ethnicity... Like Michael Jackson... inside white and now somehow bleach himself...

    • @maxmustermann-zx9yq
      @maxmustermann-zx9yq Před rokem +10

      his favorite african american is elon musk XD

    • @peteconrad2077
      @peteconrad2077 Před 6 měsíci +2

      East Africa Asians are a real thing. There was a large Asian origin community in east Africa. Many of these suffered and had to leave, especially in Uganda. The uk took a fair few of such east Africa Asian refugees including some neighbours of mine
      So not sure what you think you’re suggesting at. You’re own ignorance perhaps?

  • @margaretryan8405
    @margaretryan8405 Před rokem +42

    The interview with Philip from Sandbach is out on it's own brilliant. James O' Brien at his best .

    • @Broadercasting
      @Broadercasting Před rokem +3

      It's my favourite, for all the right/wrong reasons!

    • @ozzie2612
      @ozzie2612 Před rokem

      sssssessssssspittttttttttt

  • @dishy1939
    @dishy1939 Před rokem +41

    As an Irish person. I love your style. Keep pushing the truth James. Just subbed.❤

    • @Plbay335
      @Plbay335 Před rokem +2

      As an Irish person, I’m luvin Brexit! 325 million € investment again this week, FDI

  • @daviebananas1735
    @daviebananas1735 Před 2 lety +213

    16:25 is just the most perfect example of what James O’Brien does. He gets these people on, calling up specifically to justify their vote in some vague terms. He deconstructs them and shows that they have no actual opinion on what they are claiming to be the reason. He then slowly draws out the real reason. They don’t like brown or black people in their town or cities. Absolutely perfect. Hoisted by their own petard. The regularity is obvious, but still heartbreaking.

    • @middleman9183
      @middleman9183 Před 2 lety

      ......it's a con trick - the calls are vetted. You don't think clever people are allowed to talk to O'Gobshite?

    • @peacheswilliams4539
      @peacheswilliams4539 Před rokem +1

      And yet there wasn't a black or Brown Country they didn't colonize and take over.

    • @Iloveswedes
      @Iloveswedes Před rokem +10

      Socratic method. I've used it for most of my life on the Internet. It is very helpful for tweaking trolls and troublesome meddlers.

  • @paulaguenon9298
    @paulaguenon9298 Před 3 lety +45

    As an American, I learned that most English people didn't understand what they were voting for when they voted for Brexit.

    • @veerajsunyasi1385
      @veerajsunyasi1385 Před rokem

      Because they don't like Europeans living and working in Uk but it's ok for them to live, work, retire and buy properties in 27 EU countries. They were brainwashed by Trump friends Boris and Nigel two right wings politicians who said lies to British people. Love from Ireland🇮🇪🇪🇺

    • @distinctiveelegance5947
      @distinctiveelegance5947 Před rokem

      Corrections the Country bumpkins who have fewer international immigrants, ignorantly blindly believed the lies Nigel Farage promoted. Most of us well-read Londoners knew Farage was lying and falsifying the truth. Hence why London never voted for Brexit. The Countryside did.

    • @AbdulSufan-vt7nq
      @AbdulSufan-vt7nq Před 10 měsíci +3

      Yes most British people didn't understand but most British r raciest so Brexit was inevitable given the right rethoric.

    • @jeanadams9443
      @jeanadams9443 Před 9 měsíci

      trump was our brexit and we still have people who still want that no matter how bad he was for our country , because they hate the same people that trump says he hates , but in truth , trump hates anyone he can’t use, con , grift , cheat or steal from in order to enrich and empower himself

  • @DiggerEvans
    @DiggerEvans Před rokem +18

    Brexit! The gift that just keeps on giving

  • @andreasbucher7717
    @andreasbucher7717 Před rokem +28

    I'm very impressed how Mr. O'Brien can stay polite. I could not.

  • @RenaissanceEarCandy
    @RenaissanceEarCandy Před 3 lety +401

    I felt really sorry for the first guy. Seemed a really decent guy. Hope things work out for him

    • @engdaa
      @engdaa Před 3 lety +8

      Yes, but not for others though

    • @hugogreen4916
      @hugogreen4916 Před 2 lety +29

      Kieran the van driver.
      A star. He and a number of others tried creating a voice to reason “ three men in a pub “.
      Everything they said have been born out. Only it’s even worse

    • @marksykes5434
      @marksykes5434 Před 2 lety

      I dont

    • @michaelcain721
      @michaelcain721 Před 2 lety +13

      @@marksykes5434 why would you possibly want an ordinary hard working man to suffer? Please explain that to me now

    • @denydeni144
      @denydeni144 Před 2 lety

      @@michaelcain721 Nobody wants him to suffer. I am European but I feel sorry for the REST OF THE UK that I love which is now DESTROYED and I spent my life there. I honestly don"t care as much as I do for the rest of the people who never voted for this BS

  • @scottscott232
    @scottscott232 Před 3 lety +419

    The first caller should be transport secretary. His working knowledge of international freight transportation is amazing. Everyone really needs to listen to this man, especially the government. The government should have consulted with professionals like this who know what they're talking about. I hope that he succeeds in whatever he does. Absolutely incredible knowledge.

    • @m4yh3m121
      @m4yh3m121 Před 3 lety +7

      Steve was it you who called in?? 😁

    • @scottscott232
      @scottscott232 Před 3 lety +53

      @@m4yh3m121 No, it was most definitely not me. But he was able to provide verifiable evidence to corroborate his statements. That's why I'm impressed. Too often decisions are made based on feelings, and not enough on empirical evidence.

    • @grinnylein
      @grinnylein Před 3 lety +14

      @@scottscott232 The thing is, this is such a low burden of proof that it should be laughable, but considering that other experts seem to be unable to do it, should frighten anyone

    • @sadjaxx
      @sadjaxx Před 2 lety +29

      They knew what was going to happen - they just don't care.

    • @hugogreen4916
      @hugogreen4916 Před 2 lety +4

      It was Kieran the van driver

  • @Mr420stickyicky420
    @Mr420stickyicky420 Před rokem +26

    Just found this page and absolutely love the way you ask very simple questions and can just watch people's stances crumble before there own eyes. Cheers from America, keep up the fantastic work!

  • @Durgenheim
    @Durgenheim Před 2 měsíci +5

    To hear the anguish in Bill’s voice as he says, “what have I done to my country” is heart wrenching.
    I truly wish that more people could be like Bill and admit they made a mistake, rather than double down on it for the rest of their lives.

  • @lidgie123
    @lidgie123 Před 2 lety +36

    The dig at Brexiteers living with their Mums absolutely had me looool, of course it flew straight over his head

  • @marcosmartins7581
    @marcosmartins7581 Před 3 lety +183

    This video has aged well... Almost every single statement from almost every caller or politician has been factually been proven wrong and with catastrophic consequences...

    • @tanveerhasan2382
      @tanveerhasan2382 Před 2 lety

      Sad

    • @dukadarodear2176
      @dukadarodear2176 Před 2 lety +17

      It's now almost Christmas 2021 and this video has aged even better and will age far better in the new year.

    • @moonsaves
      @moonsaves Před rokem +1

      @@dukadarodear2176 Christ, you weren't wrong...

    • @AppleSauceGamingChannel
      @AppleSauceGamingChannel Před rokem +2

      Still checks out one year after. Downward spiral go.

  • @kuno3336
    @kuno3336 Před rokem +12

    The one caller sounded like a cartoon villain. Like literally his voice sounded cartoonishly sinister. I understand why he asked the man to verify that he was real, because he sounded like a living caricature

  • @RankinMsP
    @RankinMsP Před rokem +6

    Philip in Sandbach "If Brexit means falling off a cliff edge, so be it" 😭😁😁😁
    I know I shouldn't laugh

  • @syiridium703
    @syiridium703 Před 3 lety +267

    I was like: "Why are there so many comments about some Philip sounding like Palpatine". And then I got to that section and almost peed myself. That was like a comedy gold. Then I realized that might be an actual living person and my smile froze...

    • @pearlharbour3300
      @pearlharbour3300 Před 3 lety +35

      he is real..and en ex ukip candidate..go figure.

    • @soppoi123
      @soppoi123 Před 3 lety +16

      His name is Philip Pinto.

    • @TheJerbol
      @TheJerbol Před 2 lety +3

      I watched the video before reading the comments but I went straight there after hearing his call XD

    • @KesslerWB
      @KesslerWB Před 2 lety +2

      that guy is REAL? I thought he was pretending because of how ridiculous that voice was. I legitimately believed him to be a troll.

    • @vyse6980
      @vyse6980 Před 2 lety +1

      @@KesslerWB It is a big, big world my friend. These days, nothing should surprise anymore, as absurd as things may sometimes seem. Common sense has gotten... less common. :v

  • @asingh53
    @asingh53 Před 3 lety +670

    I accidentally stumbled across these videos, he is brutal with some of these people and rightfully so. I support how he does it with facts and they just melt when they can't give an answer. Wish more journalist were like him.

    • @Leon_der_Luftige
      @Leon_der_Luftige Před 3 lety +52

      He's anything but brutal. He literally just reflects back to the in-caller what he just said... And often more importantly, what he said a minute ago.
      No need to add anything when the guy making a point is a real life Monty Python character.

    • @pokemasterx4244
      @pokemasterx4244 Před 3 lety +2

      @@Leon_der_Luftige sounds like ur projecting

    • @Leon_der_Luftige
      @Leon_der_Luftige Před 3 lety +9

      @@pokemasterx4244 You what?

    • @wall-e7179
      @wall-e7179 Před 2 lety +16

      @@Leon_der_Luftige He was ruthless with Jacob R Mogg. Absolutely murdered him.

    • @JwayT
      @JwayT Před 2 lety +2

      @@wall-e7179 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Are you serious?

  • @Hanzilla75
    @Hanzilla75 Před rokem +29

    Wow. .....just ..... wow!!...... James O'Brien needs a knighthood for his service to humankind. So many amazing moments here. Well worth a second listen.

    • @mandlin4602
      @mandlin4602 Před 9 měsíci +1

      He’s not a royalist, and the institution of knighthood is anti what he does. It’s not about pleasing the royals it’s about helping the people. No one is better than anyone else.

  • @Elliot0666
    @Elliot0666 Před rokem +7

    He absolutely destroyed the electrician.
    Had absolutely no idea what he voted for lol.

  • @RiccardoDiMeo
    @RiccardoDiMeo Před 3 lety +114

    "You know what's going to happen now, do you? I'm going to ask you which law you are looking forward not to obey anymore" and, as usual, chaos ensues. Priceless :)

  • @TheJerbol
    @TheJerbol Před 2 lety +290

    The way James responded to the tearful caller was absolute class. Love to see it

    • @WTC-1990
      @WTC-1990 Před 2 lety +16

      Agreed, these people were sold a bill of goods by a bunch of grifters and now they are seeing the effects and are horrified

    • @BeastNationXIV
      @BeastNationXIV Před 2 lety +19

      @@WTC-1990 I can't wait until more of the "MAGA" crowd realizes that same thing over here. Trust me, I'm not going to hold my breath.

    • @JP-xd6fm
      @JP-xd6fm Před rokem +7

      @@BeastNationXIV If they didn't after jan 6th... forget it!

    • @JP-xd6fm
      @JP-xd6fm Před rokem +3

      @Venture Forth Did you bought one?, Did you get a Monstera?, nice. Water and care, it can grow a lot. Congratulations

    • @lifeevent88
      @lifeevent88 Před rokem

      What time frame?

  • @simonjohnson9055
    @simonjohnson9055 Před rokem +21

    I cried when we left. I'm European first, British second and English last.
    I wish I were French or Scottish.

  • @NeedsaLift595
    @NeedsaLift595 Před 6 měsíci +5

    "its easier to fool people than it is to convince them they've been fooled"

  • @AnimFlynny
    @AnimFlynny Před 2 lety +110

    2 years on, this video is still painfully upto date on the current situation.

  • @nerag7459
    @nerag7459 Před 3 lety +569

    Phillip: "when we leave the EU we will demonstrate the power of this armed and fully operational death star. Then you will understand the power of the dark side."

  • @astrosci8864
    @astrosci8864 Před rokem +8

    Sometimes when people tell you that something is a bad idea: IT IS A BAD IDEA!

  • @margreetanceaux3906
    @margreetanceaux3906 Před měsícem +3

    I know it’s years (2024) after this episode was broadcasted, but when it came down to the type if plugs, it brings tears to my eyes.

  • @telegraphkid
    @telegraphkid Před 2 lety +106

    The call with Phillip from Sandbach has to be the greatest LBC call of all time.

    • @larspeterthomsen9798
      @larspeterthomsen9798 Před rokem +20

      That guy literally sounds like a cartoon villain.

    • @emjohnson7207
      @emjohnson7207 Před rokem +12

      Phillip is still assimilating. He doesn't realize he's the 'enemy within'. 🙄🤨

    • @zapiekank
      @zapiekank Před rokem +3

      @@larspeterthomsen9798 He's very real though. His name is Philip Pinto.

    • @Seba-jq9zm
      @Seba-jq9zm Před rokem +3

      Philip real name actually is Mandip🤣

    • @leod-sigefast
      @leod-sigefast Před 11 měsíci

      Cessssputs!

  • @nickmageebrown1981
    @nickmageebrown1981 Před 3 lety +78

    "Are you talking to me?". "No Paul...I am talking to Andy Pandy" Beautiful.

    • @ajames130
      @ajames130 Před 3 lety +5

      Honestly I cant believe James stated calm for so long

  • @LordOden1
    @LordOden1 Před rokem +4

    I love how you give the callers a shovel and then tell them to dig a hole…and they do. 😅😂

  • @RazorMouth
    @RazorMouth Před rokem +5

    And it's half past 10 on Monday morning mate 😂 I love that one.

  • @annettehadley9718
    @annettehadley9718 Před 3 lety +150

    As a ex Continental Truck Driver, I can state this man knows exactly what hes talking about... Period !

  • @maemorri
    @maemorri Před 2 lety +65

    As an American it makes me glad to hear that the kind of stupidity I hear on talk radio is not exclusive to my country. Perhaps America's #1 export.

  • @wumnenwei
    @wumnenwei Před rokem +14

    James O'Brien I bow to your greatness.

  • @shaunlowthians7145
    @shaunlowthians7145 Před rokem +5

    Is that Ukipper a James Joyce tribute act😂😂

  • @petekalle565
    @petekalle565 Před 2 lety +178

    "Us against them" seemed to be the main argument i heard before the Brexit referendum. We don't want to be controlled by Bruxelles, was another argument i heard all the time. The close to 70 mill citizens made the UK one of the largest member nations. And the second largest economy within the union. In other words the UK had a huge responsibilty of what the union were before Brexit. So the "Us against Them" argument should actually have been" Us against Us" And "We don't want to be controlled by the British politicians sitting in the EU parlament in Bruxelles... elected by ourselves !!"

    • @qlnbd
      @qlnbd Před 2 lety +10

      Well said. I used to spend part of the year living and working in Spain & Italy. Thats been taken away from me now. I loved being an EU citizen - Europe united in peace, prosperity and opportunity. We have also lost so much that we didnt have to lose when leaving the EU. Years ago i had flatmates who were Erasmus students - that didnt have to go.

    • @sararichardson737
      @sararichardson737 Před rokem +6

      I thought the best thing about being British was that we were a part (not apart from) of the EU . Sexier and far more sane.

    • @dawggonevidz9140
      @dawggonevidz9140 Před rokem +1

      Any hope of that kind of logic working died when the right started listening to Farage, their elected EU representative, telling them they don't have any representation in the EU.

  • @EJKelly
    @EJKelly Před 3 lety +641

    James is brilliant. His ability to calmly interject logic within the debate is truly remarkable. He also is pretty funny while dissecting the dribble. Love it!

    • @MartinD9999
      @MartinD9999 Před 3 lety +18

      Agreed. My main interest in listening/watching James is his ability to use a callers view to counter it and destroy it. He has a very quick and wide reaching mind and vocabulary. His videos should be used to teach debating.

    • @usmale57
      @usmale57 Před 3 lety +7

      No he's not. He sounds well studied but his mouth proves he's not. He's an angry clown!

    • @BrianMcGuirkBMG
      @BrianMcGuirkBMG Před 3 lety +7

      @@usmale57
      Ok. So which EU country is made up of non-white people?

    • @usmale57
      @usmale57 Před 3 lety +1

      @@BrianMcGuirkBMG All of them!

    • @BrianMcGuirkBMG
      @BrianMcGuirkBMG Před 3 lety +15

      @@usmale57
      How modern. Equal opportunity racism.

  • @Xayidee
    @Xayidee Před 10 měsíci +6

    As someone who’s country has not left the EU, I can actually provide an example of how brexit has impacted my work: so I work for a company that provides IT services. Our business model works by partnering with local business and independent contractors to provide last mile support for our customers. So basically, we were employing smaller local companies in the UK to service large manufacturing and offices for companies that usually don’t employ 100 tiny companies because it’s not cost efficient to manage so many suppliers from a financial aspect (AR and AP). So we normally keep the remote parts and will outsource the field services to our UK partners. So some of our customers are moving or reducing their operations in the UK due to the uncertainty of the legislation, but we are also reducing the amount of work we do take in the UK and by consequence we outsource to local companies. The reason is because it is quite frankly too expensive to figure out what legislation applies. Under the EU single market, sorting out what taxes apply was not really an issue, where as now VAT has to be included as cost when reselling services which basically means that services in the UK are now 20% more expensive. If purchasing HW and importing into the UK (and considering there’s 2-3 companies down the chain) it’s literally a nightmare. Just last week, my company (US company with entities in a few EU countries) had to import some devices into the UK from the US. I am based in Belgium, and we have 2 other entities (Romania and Ireland). Per our contract with our customer, we would have had to sell the hardware with our Romanian entity to our customer’s entity in the UK, and deliver it to their entity in the UK. We had an option of purchasing the devices locally in the UK, but that would have meant that the UK vat of 20% would be cost for us, we would then have to apply Romanian vat on top of that. So basically our customer in the UK would pay double sales tax for equipment purchased in the UK and delivered in the UK.
    So we decided to import the HW from the US directly to the UK using a sister company in our group that still has an entity in the UK and sell it to the customer in the UK and as such only 20% vat applies.
    Long story short, it is cheaper to import to the UK in this situation from the US than purchasing the same equipment locally, but by seeking an exception from out contract with our customer. Took us 3 days to figure this out (5 people in 3 different companies) leveraging 2 different entities. The time spent on sorting this out between quite high level professionals (also counted as cost) literally means we are actually not making any profit on this transaction. This would have previously been 1 hour of work.
    Now no one actually knows which laws are in place, and sometimes even our colleagues in the UK don’t really know.
    It is quite honestly a deterrent from taking anymore business in the UK. It’s just too stressful and complicated.
    We made an attempt to figure out the legislation changes that would occur after brexit, but with all the delays and changes it was literally impossible to keep up without employing a specialized company to sort this for us, but the amount of business we now have with the UK does not justify the additional cost so we can’t really seek out specialized consultants so we are stuck with a contract with our customer for the next couple of years that we have to fulfill, but it literally is not returning sufficient revenue to make all the additional effort worth it.
    We in the EU have more work for less profit, our partners in the UK are losing business and obviously for the work we do undertake we are not making money and our customer is paying more for worse services.

    • @swanvictor887
      @swanvictor887 Před 10 měsíci +1

      wow...well I'm baffled lol. Total nightmare, all round.

  • @offtodamoon
    @offtodamoon Před 3 lety +901

    "I'm not xenophobic, but..."
    Brexit in a nutshell.

    • @trustmetours57
      @trustmetours57 Před 3 lety +22

      'I'm not still stamping my feet because I didn't get my own way in 2016'
      Remain in a nutshell.

    • @jessed2544
      @jessed2544 Před 3 lety +80

      @@trustmetours57 I'm not from the UK but it would take quite a while for me to get over that disastrous decision. We have Trump and I will never forgive those who voted for him although I think he was a bit more obvious.

    • @trustmetours57
      @trustmetours57 Před 3 lety +17

      @@jessed2544 Why would you 'never forgive' someone for having a differing political viewpoint than you, it literally makes no sense. I cant even begin to imagine going through life hating on everyone who thinks differently to me.

    • @jessed2544
      @jessed2544 Před 3 lety +83

      @@trustmetours57 Trump has no political philosophy. He is an ideology of hate. I have no problem with people who think differently I have a problem with people who enable facisist xenophobic narcissistic demagogues.

    • @trustmetours57
      @trustmetours57 Před 3 lety +8

      @@jessed2544 Do you even know what a facist is?

  • @leob6534
    @leob6534 Před 2 lety +23

    Love the "three-pin plug" caller. Has obviously spent too much time with his finger in a plug.

  • @boogiel01
    @boogiel01 Před rokem +3

    Too many brown people in Harrow lol

  • @DavoidJohnson
    @DavoidJohnson Před rokem +6

    Getting people to listen to their own ideas is a kind of therapy. It gives them a chance to reconsider. They may not take it immediately but given time they may get to churn over what they think. The desire to make more sense can grow. James is a first class practitioner of this art.

  • @KarchK
    @KarchK Před 3 lety +196

    This should be a Netflix special 😂😂👍🏻👍🏻

    • @FattyOn2Wheels
      @FattyOn2Wheels Před 3 lety +1

      🤩

    • @timneal675
      @timneal675 Před 3 lety +2

      would it be classed as fiction or documentary? And is there a Horror Section in documentary?

    • @ShidaiTaino
      @ShidaiTaino Před 3 lety +1

      @@timneal675 comedy

    • @1Ma9iN8tive
      @1Ma9iN8tive Před 2 lety

      From Aotearoa New Zealand I’d love a serious 10 episode Documentary on it all narrated by James O’Brien. Can we just get it done already. Or just stitch every LBC report across the timescape of pre-Brexit to a year or two later.

    • @cashnelson2306
      @cashnelson2306 Před 2 měsíci

      …why? It literally already exists, it’s right here to be watched and shared. What possible benefit would Netflix add

  • @inportugal2
    @inportugal2 Před 3 lety +262

    the gentleman who spoke to apologize crying, put tears in my eyes, I felt the pain of this poor fellow to take the blame as if it were totally his. As a Portuguese in Portugal, I mean that this man is a true patriot and a perfect gentleman. a hug to him from a Portuguese and move on with life.

    • @Tudor356
      @Tudor356 Před 2 lety +7

      👍😥

    • @kellyjay7448
      @kellyjay7448 Před 2 lety +8

      The motivation for Brexit was xenophobia and racism, excusing anyone who championed this as a "gentleman" isn't a noble action. He should be condemned for perpetuating British racism.

    • @inportugal2
      @inportugal2 Před 2 lety +11

      @@kellyjay7448 is a gentleman yes, this man realized their mistake and apologise for that. The pain in the soul of this man is enormous. He don't cry began to be apologise he cry because he follow the wrong people. England need a new referendum a d admit to need European union like the union need England.

    • @stellaboulton9531
      @stellaboulton9531 Před rokem

      inportugal I believe he's involved in the wholesale export and import of PLANTs.

    • @Frserthegreenengine
      @Frserthegreenengine Před rokem

      @@kellyjay7448 no, you're wrong, it's very rare to see people admit they are wrong and want to make amends. I respect that man for coming clean and realising he made a massive mistake. People can change and I everyone should welcome that.
      People who still insist that they were right and are in denial is a different matter.

  • @temerson2
    @temerson2 Před 11 dny +1

    Constantly imitating the “Palpatine” guy really made James look petty. It was obvious to everyone that he sounded like a cartoon villain, the irony and optics of which would have been more poignantly felt if it wasn’t pointed at

  • @funkydinosaur
    @funkydinosaur Před rokem +10

    LOVED it when Emperor Palpatine called in from UKIP HQ 🤣!
    (Massive thanks and well done James for all that you do. That call from the poor chap saying sorry is proof that people's minds can be changed and that we are not bound to lunacy so long as we dare not to choose it)

    • @thomasweir2834
      @thomasweir2834 Před rokem

      “Voting for Brexit is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be.....unnatural”

  • @terjoe6643
    @terjoe6643 Před 2 lety +127

    The way James handled the regretful leaver was brilliantly and unbelievably touching. Here's a guy who knows his stuff.

  • @scaulbywithans6748
    @scaulbywithans6748 Před 3 lety +273

    I can't believe that people call in when they are on such shaky ground. Where does their confidence come from?

    • @Isonomic
      @Isonomic Před 3 lety +62

      Confidence and arrogance can appear similar 😅

    • @tymonster183
      @tymonster183 Před 3 lety +46

      ignorance.

    • @oneman5753
      @oneman5753 Před 3 lety +31

      Watching TV and radio with sound bytes that make very complex issues seem simple to folks who refuse to question their sources or listen to alternative viewpoints

    • @patriciahiggins9188
      @patriciahiggins9188 Před 3 lety +14

      Ignorance is bliss

    • @Seba-jq9zm
      @Seba-jq9zm Před 3 lety +2

      Winning a pub quiz? :D

  • @paulmakinson1965
    @paulmakinson1965 Před 11 měsíci +7

    "You cannot reason someone out of a position he did not reason himself into" Jonathan Swift.

  • @smahier
    @smahier Před rokem +3

    The Sandbach Ukipper HAS to be someone doing a character!

  • @JustHereForPopcorn
    @JustHereForPopcorn Před 3 lety +77

    "It''s half past ten on a monday morning mate" Priceless :D

  • @skatergurljubulee
    @skatergurljubulee Před 3 lety +98

    Britain: colonizes the planet
    Also Britain: mad when people they colonized return the favor

    • @UPTHETOWN
      @UPTHETOWN Před 2 lety +4

      A little oversimplified but fair point

    • @jonnawyatt
      @jonnawyatt Před 2 lety

      @@UPTHETOWN
      A bit of extra detail.
      Colonises, massacres and enslaves indigenous peoples, destroys and ridicules their culture, pollutes and destroys the environment.

    • @seanvales391
      @seanvales391 Před rokem

      Pure bigots like the white nationalist of america.

  • @Amelia_Lisette
    @Amelia_Lisette Před rokem +14

    The caller starting at the 49:42 mark, actually sounds like Davros, the father of the Daleks and it has to be said, that the sentiments expressed by this caller are not so terribly far off from that Doctor Who villain and his creation. Great show, as always.

    • @TimvanderWeyden
      @TimvanderWeyden Před 11 měsíci

      + "What should we do with the UK?"
      - "Exterminate... exterminate... exterminate." 😂
      That was in my head after hearing the audio and reading your comment.

  • @julielevinge266
    @julielevinge266 Před rokem +6

    Lives with his mum😂😂goes with territory for brexiteers, went straight over his head😂😂

  • @sincerelyyours9246
    @sincerelyyours9246 Před 2 lety +27

    Him mocking the Ukip candidate is hilarious 🤣

  • @thomasarnold6744
    @thomasarnold6744 Před 2 lety +83

    James, we need more like you in America, thanks for showing the World.

    • @yuna1971
      @yuna1971 Před 2 lety

      He would rip Ben Shapiro to shreds

  • @misslynds
    @misslynds Před 9 měsíci +5

    I'm in actual tears listening to that caller. I respect him so much. And am continuously impressed with James. 38:52

  • @TalesOfWar
    @TalesOfWar Před rokem +5

    I half expected the guy at around 41:00 to shout out "This is a LOCAL country for LOCAL people! We'll have no trouble here!"

    • @asasdsaasda
      @asasdsaasda Před rokem +1

      Well, its ironic to consider that Uk himself has a decent number of Uk immigrants outside the UK , more then half million for example where in Spain before brexit, hypocrisy in english man is quite high

  • @NG-cf7zh
    @NG-cf7zh Před 2 lety +22

    40:26 this guy's voice is funny AF, he's like a caricature of an English dude. Picturing Ebenezer Scrooge shaking a cane