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When O'Brien said "A Corbyn government would be no better than a Johnson Government" (2020) He couldn't possibly know how the future would prove him wrong.
Ha yes. Touché
Ha yes. Touché
And we'd have won the 1978 World Cup with Cluffie.
Yeah, the liberal fear of the left is paralysing and they always end up helping the far right to power.
Nick Abbot on LBC is more realistic concerning Corbyn. The UK domestically and internationally would be a better place had Corbyn become PM, brexit notwithstanding.
Talking about the deaths of thousands of children who don’t ask to be born and can’t help being born in Palestine who now will never grow up. Which I think is absolutely evil.
I agree, and the same thing is happening in Sudan, where 24 million children have been displaced. Kicked off their lands, homes, no school; all the things we take for granted, and they don't understand why. They didn't ask to be born.
Did the children of the southern parts of Israel asked to be murdered or kidnapped to gaza?
@@sutuljno they didn’t and those 100 or so Israeli kids didn’t deserve to die. What a crying shame, and I pray the parents have strength to cope with such awful loss. Of course those 10,000+ Palestinian kids didn’t deserve to die either. It’s a shame to think that there those out there who believe that it’s justified for 10,000 Palestinian children to pay for Hamas killing 100 Israeli kids. It’s all wrong. But it becomes a different story altogether when one puts some perspective on it.
@@sutulj No, their government did that for them by relentlessly oppressing the Palestinians, incarcerating them without trial, which is just a fancy way of saying hostage taking, stealing their homes by force and not allowing any Palestinians (about 5 million of them) to return because that would make them outnumber the Israeli again after all the effort they put in to become the most numerous. Propaganda will have you believe the Israeli justifiably respond to 7/10. Hamas justifiably responding to events prior to 7/10 is far closer to the truth.
@@Dollyicious thank you. You put perspective on just now. Really beautifully said.
James, I'll make it easier for you. Assume that with their initial positions, the UK and The US are in the wrong. ESPECIALLY the US. They are, consistently
Even if the US was consistently wrong, it doesn't mean always wrong. In this case, we're not. The Houthis are a terrible, Iran backed/non-organic group, pro-slavery, bunch who decided to be pirates and attack boats that have nothing to do with Israel or Gaza. And even if they did, that doesn't give them just cause to commit attacks in International Waters. At least not without consequences. Which they were warned of repeatedly. They were attempted to be contained, and the Houthis decided not to stop.
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So allowing a rogue guerilla group backed by Iran to attack civilian ships in the Red Sea should just be allowed?
Thank you Houthi rebel for your insight
@@anonomous8719History is pretty clear on this - he's right.
@@thomaswikstrand8397 thankyou zionist for your response. NOT
So... let me get this right... we paid Rwanda £50million (and counting) per person so we could give refuge to six of its citizens?
I don't understand James' blind confidence in Keir Starmer
James is out of touch. He does not live the reality of most people in Britain. He actually benefits from more of the same he would just like for it to all be more pleasant.
Stalmer has nothing to offer..his removal of the tories will be the highlight of his tenure!
Because LBC is sponsored by the Labour Party
@@anonomous8719not sure how that is possible as labour are skint (allegedly)
@@anonomous8719I thought that when I was listening to Nick Ferrari 😂😂 they like to have mix of all views, just that at the moment Mr O’Brien’s point of view is very very popular.
The extra cost of a longer journey around Africa is about £1 million per ship but this is only an extra £250 per container. This is easily absorbed by the traders. However, the escalation has increased oil prices by 4% which will make a difference.
Time to frack and extract our own oil
@@anonomous8719 Time to invest in solar and hydrogen. I'm not supporting those who benefit from a rise in oil prices, thank you very much.
How does the UK getting involved in a single attack on the red sea help the UK. It is the opposite, the Houthis will now target UK ships which they were not doing before. If Sunak wants to get involved, he has to be all in on defending the red sea area, or not get involved. By a single attack, Sunak has put crosshairs on every UK bound or owned ship. Who advises these people. Shocking.
It’s a political statement that we are a national of do-ers instead of the UN of just weak condemnation.
a signal to do what? That our ships are now complete targets in the red sea when they weren't a week ago. We now have to spend £100million per mission trying to protect our ships. We don't have enough heavy artillery to last two weeks. Why on earth would we get involved and attack Yemen. Do you have any idea of the consequences. We are now in the middle of this and we dont have a penny in our coffers. Sunak has doubled national debt since he came to power from £1.8 trillion to £3.7 trillion. Do you have any idea what is going on.@@anonomous8719
If people are taking a view on Gaza to end it, recognition that the Houthi position is that they will end their blockade of the Red Sea when Israel ends the Gaza action.
Follow the money. Always about the money and hiding it
Yep.👉
I do appreciate what James is saying about the attacks on trade, but I think that armed involvement shouldn’t have been the first answer. The attacks are supposed to be done in order to stop Israel genoside, I believe that they should have tried stopped Israel first
Who?
@@mobsiesixsixsix9785 Biden, instead of putting pressure on Israel to stop slaughtering Palestinians, he decides to escalate the conflict.
Exactly
I agree they shouldn't have been so quick with a military response, but let's be honest, the Houthis don't care about the people of Palestine, this is opportunism.
The world's shipping lanes can't be held at ransom to local rebel groups and governments.
@@jameslyons532 Gosh you should work for the government seeing you know it all.
For 100 years, the military theorists and the military industrial complex have successful sold conventional strategic bombing as the business end of modern total warfare. HOWEVER, conventional strategic bombing has NEVER persuaded a nation or its population to change their strategic posture.
It has ALWAYS made a nation stand its ground collectively.
It has ALWAYS dramatically expanded the economic and human cost of warfare.
It has ALWAYS expanded dramatically the length of conflicts.
It has ALWAYS expanded the geographic scale of conflicts.
It has ALWAYS made huge profits for the military industrial complex.
Not only to I believe strategic bombing is wrong in EVERY context. I believe conventional strategic bombing should be banned internationally.
Alternatively, outlawing the MIC making a profit would not only solve this issue, but every related one as well.
Let me ask you a question. What is the tactical goal of the operation? I doubt houthi will stop attacking with few air strike from the coalition. So what next? Ground invasion to yemmen? Isnt the aim to avoid escalation of conflict?
As far as i am aware of the intervention of houthi are aimed at any ship designated to go or related to israel. With UK recent intervention, it will only justufy them to target ship affiliated or designated to UK germany etc. UK simply dug a hole not only escalation of the conflict but also economic preasure that come as consequence.
You were incorrect, the Houthis were not confining their attacks to ships that had any Israel connection at all. Which is why other countries got involved militarily. Trying to stay out of it, was accomplishing them nothing.
@@WedgeOfSpite you sure about that? A Panamanian flagged container vessel travelling between China and the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk had been allowed to pass the Bab el-Mandeb Strait after clarified their route. That just one example. You can check cargo shipping log for more detail.
The one that was attacked are the one refused to reply to the warning or classified to be related to Zim or heading to israel.
And as i expected. Ive just recieved a news about US cargo ship "Gibraltar Eagle" being attacked yesterday, as respond to the attack. The houthi also claim responsibility for the attack.
It totally baffles me that we are defending the Shipping off the coast of Yemen, these containers vessels are owned by Billionaires and could easily afford to defend themselves, the days of Captain Phillips are over it’s not practical to squirt a water cannon at drones and rockets, however why are we paying to defend the property of Billionaires for free.
You like the cost of living is so high? I hope so, because let this happen and watch everything skyrocket even more. You’re uncomfortable with government militaries protecting private citizens on the high seas but you’re ok with unaccountable mercenaries doing it for a fee?
...what a dumb post..!
@@chatham43 and your a real bright spark in your own mind💥
Nothing wrong with defending ‘billionaires’
Because you need the stuff those ships carry. Like food, medicine, fuel, spare parts and everything else. Think before you post
If you’re haunted by opinions past, James, distance yourself from Starmer. He is guaranteed to be your next ghostly nightmare. He’s in full agreement with Sunak after all.
Have you been letting tiktok do your thinking for you again 😂
@@thedeadmoneyallstars I’m not on TikTok, you? I guess you must be if you know what opinions are expressed there.
@@Ken-sx6sl Isn't it strange that generally right wing trolls are now trolling for Starmer?
@@mobsiesixsixsix9785 Most think Starmer isn’t actually ‘real’.
@@lestrem11 Well he's not really a Labour man, that's for sure.
Wondering what creative "bothsidesism" james will deploy when discussing South Africa's case against israel at the ICJ?
Or if he'll discuss it at all given the scant coverage in MSM?
How many "convenient distractions" will resign the damning South African case against israel to the MSM back burner? 🤔
Lastly, if anyone wants to drag the US into another middle east regional conflict it's israel.
israel has wanted the US to "militarily engage" iran for years.
If you attack international shipping you will be retaliated against. Its been that way for centuries.
It’s even more amazing that people living on island that is a net importer of goods would have left wing nutters questioning the benefits of safe and freedom of navigation.
Depends on who is doing the blocking and attacking
@michellenorris8471British goods are on those ships - of course we have a right to protect British interests
@michellenorris8471 protecting British interests is in international law - nobody is condemning it
Mmmm, another chicken or egg comment. Retaliation on retaliation. In my opinion the real question is who is right to retaliate.
Suppose you see a woman discipline a kid who definitely did something wrong. Do you; a) pretend your nose is bleeding, or b) call a few mates and pound some sense into her?
u.s. legacy media is wacko but u.k. legacy media is truly next level. making me even slightly sympathize with a noxious lump like keir starmer is truly a feat
Sunak has the hilarious cheek of suggesting that oil and amonia will effect our high stree😊
Ammonium nitrate has the potential to have significant impact on the high street. See Beirut.
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As a Syrian, I can confirm the white hats conspiracy wasn't a conspiracy
It was in fact a conspiracy, and Assad was and is, a butcher of his own people who engaged/engages in chemical warfare. He also killed lots of Palestinian refugees. Which would matter if people cared about them beyond Gaza.
As James keeps having to mention...they did fire missiles at civilians in the Red Sea. They're not being bombed out of nowhere. The bombs dropped are targeted, unlike Russia's or Israel's, at locations where they're storing / launching these missiles from. People keep seeming to remove the entire part where the Houthis began this by attacking ships from all over the world day after day.
I've heard conflicting stories and when that happens I tend to go with the ones not coming from Israel and friends:
The Houthi's only attack ships that don't inform them of their route (likely because they assume they will ship goods to Israel if they're unwilling to say where they're going) and those that are known to ship goods to Israel.
Feel free to prove me wrong.
I do think when we started to not engage with the UN under Blair leading to the Iraq war was when we lost most of our moral authority and leadership so ever conflict and international situation that has sparked since has been because the very process we say we believe should manage the world "the rule of law" we abandoned in a heartbeat for our own interests.
Man come on ! The right thing to do? I can guarantee you that fewer boats will use this straight from now on.
Strait. Straits.
You are WELCOME.
I admire how you just stand with truth and not biased at all.. thanks James 😊
He is not with the truth - he is full of biases!
@@S.Mir786 I think you mean, he doesn't agree with me so he must be biased. If not, then I suspect your hearing needs to be checked.
so you don't want your livelihood affected? At least you have your life. Human lives are more important than our comfort! Don't you think?
So a war would make the shipping channels safer? And how long will this war last? During the duration of a war; ships won't use the red sea, so costs and trade will still be affected.
99% of Yemen are in full support for Gaza and ships targeted are Israel bound.
Kuennsberg should have concentrated less on the amount of money he received, more on why he received it, and the circumstances around it. Her line of questioning on the matter turned into a pointless exercise.
O'Brien you are factually point on that the challenges in the middle east are manufactured by western imperialism and interference in sovereign states and the direct post conflict interests that America pursues globally, many of the challenges historically and now of the world are a direct result of self serving political leaders at some point within the politically and economically strong global states. BREXIT was a mistake which served nationalist protectionist ideologies serving egocentric interests centered on racism and anti-globalization narrative sweeping the world today.
Regarding Brexit, don't confuse the way they sold it to the undereducated with the goal. Taking the UK out of a power block made it vulnerable to those wanting a slice of the pies that before Brexit were not on the table.
What would the UK do if Yemeni ships were sailing in its waters?
Are you one of those short bus slow people that think UK isn’t a maritime nation that is a net importer of goods from shipping?
Those waters don't belong to Yemen, and the Houthis aren't the official Yemen government. They're a rebel group fighting the Yemeni govt. And if the UK started shooting at/trying to take over commercial vessels going in waters around it, they would face huge negative repercussions from the international community.
That comparison makes literally no sense.
@@WedgeOfSpitewho calls them a rebel group and why? They are 85-90% of the people.
Here, I'll fix it for you:
What would the UK do if Yemeni ships were trying to supply France, knowing France is carpet bombing Belgian civilians, and the UK and Belgium happen to be friends?
There, now it works.
You just know that deep down James is a tory at heart.
Regarding the first half: 1. Yes self-defense and protecting civilians matter, but, the concern is that that is not the priority, self-defense and etc. is the excuse to... 2. Take part in an ally US-led Israel/Palestine-related operations where the country's reputation and actions have proven damaging given the current support. The ideal solution is to JUST patrol and protect ships in the Red Sea and not pursue the Houthis. Conclusion: Tell the US yes to shipping lane prosperity, no to chasing Houthis, the Middle East situation is already complicated and poorly handled enough.
Alternatively, get the US to stop supporting genocidal war criminals and solve the conflict. Pretty sure that would stop the attacks on ships as well.
Don't you remember Blair calling the SFO's off their solid case on the KSA arms deal.
I couldn't help thinking , being around the same age group as JB. What would peacemaker Mo Mowlam have done? I really admired that woman, in my younger days. Plain speaking and full of humanity. Daughter of a postmaster too, she would have had a few wise words to say.
Not sure if its just me but the audio is clipping on the mic today @LBC
Glad you mentioned that, I thought my laptop speakers were failing.
I am so interested in the reaction to the ICJ court rulings,
Hard to guess.
I think Israel would just ignore it .
Like it did with the ruling on west bank statement and gaza wall
Yup, they'll use it as another propaganda opportunity and know the US has their backs if any of them ever get dragged before the court. Look up the den Hague invasion act.
Not having that, I voted remain. I'm 65. My, since 91 inception, Diconal/Dipipanone script has just been put NAv by my local Boots, again.
Check how many pennies it donks the NHS each week, it's an horrendous rip off.
The Middle East became vital to Britain in 1904 when Churchill changed the Navy from coal fired boilers to oil. That's when our attitude to a Jewish homeland in Palestine Transjordan changed prior to that in 1903 Theodore Hezl originally chose a part of Uganda to become the Jewish state, he met with Chamberlain and agreed to it in principle.
I don't know. I suspect that if they had done debate on whether to attack or not then the same people complaining about them not debating would be sitting there claiming that the very fact those in charge felt there was anything in question/to debate means they not only shouldn't have responded with force but shouldn't have even considered/debated it.
For me, it's the geography. There's Yemenis, hungry, watching ships go past for obese people to guzzle down.
Perhaps if the global traders had been more generous as they sail past, sharing the goodies, the local citizens might not resent them so readily.
the first 2 callers were spot on and i fell in love with Lucy's accent. Great show!💯👍
Who owns the telegraph now, let alone reads it. It’s always been a tory paper however it can only appeal to NF & BUF sentiments now.
you don't have a parliamentary debate about striking an emeny. then they'll know u gonna do it
No one is ever on my side. 😂😂😂
It's simply too toxic a place to go.
I wonder how long James has been interested in African international legal disputes ? 😂
And you how long..
@@user-id6bu4ib2s about 10 seconds after James mentioned it
Own the Libs.
That is valid if someone is attacking anyone around the worlds shipping they must be prepared as to what will come!!!.
Economic growth is not dependant on employment or human productivity, because 99% of productivity is totally automated. Human labor is irrelevant. Most automated production, it is normal for the average piece of capital equipment to replaces AT LEAST labor of a thousand people.
In many cases, capital equipment does work that is impossible for humans to do, either practically or at an absolute level. There are not end of machines that do tasks that could not be done manually in any conceivable context, especially in the areas of sensory input and information processing. Many industries could not exist without superhuman automated productivity.
my Meds Marinol have been ruptured maybe end of the month or February
Su h a shame no one has spoken to me for ages 😂😂😊
Yes you’re wrong! Turn around and go the other way problem solved or change ur behavior to Palestinians lol ur never going too but simply don’t come through my backyard to starve my neighbor after I just won the right to not be starved anymore after 10 years - probably a huthi idk
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James, you are no Ghandi.😉😃
The French Resistance.
An increase in migration increases GDP.
In the last three years our net migration has grown by 1,800,000 equal to circa 6% more in the working population. Has their been a 6% growth in GDP, this year 0.5%.
To be a global powerhouse you need an affordable workforce .. The UK doesn't have this workforce... Maybe you'll offer to start picking cucumbers at your local cucumber farm?
Not GDP per capita it doesn't. And GDP increases with interest, rents even for the owner-occupied housing stock, inflation, defaults, repos. GDP is the measure that serves global financial capital. It doesn't reflect the tangible world for the average citizen, quite the opposite.
@@astroflyinsights GDP per capital will fall with more migration
@@greamespens1460 exactly. Median and mode will.
@@astroflyinsights We're not looking for growth from forfeiture or seizures .. We just want to be out of the red on a daily baisis.. The tories are borrowing £140BN annually to pay for their clusterf*ck and to salt the earth for Labour.. The UK needs affordable workers who are willing to do the jobs that we refuse to do or are unable to do for whatever reason... It's hardly rocketscience
James gaslighting that caller with "what ifs" was a bit fuked up.
The results of one the biggest ever scandals this country has faced were released today yet JOB deliberately chose to ignore it .he simply looked the other way . Thank you for confirming to me that your moral superior complex is utterly false .
What scandal are you talking about?
@@mjcats2011
Grooming gang scandal, the reason you need to ask speaks volumes 😢
JOB is not a news station. He's got one topic per segment and claiming he's ignoring everything else is utterly absurd.
@@Warentester
He had three hours , 99% of the time he speaks of three different topics within in that time period , he deliberately chose to ignore the story completely. Basically he bottled it .
@@Warentester He covers a wider spectrum than most, agree. Often addresses issues involving vulnerable children and abuse.
James, you’re LBC’s greatest. Thank you for your humility
Size of that mug 😮
which one
Your Private Education was Wasted.
You Might Benefit from It! Knowing when and if a word should be capitalised is an indication of your own education.
When I sailed through the suez, each side paused whilst we passed through
Its got to be the Moggy "smear keir"!
Some times I tend , to follow the money in wars, and I always come to the same conclusion , I like your show , & podcasts especially late at night , as I dose off , seriously 😂
32:44 your are pretty wrong on that
I find James commentary extremely hilarious.
The attacks had to be done simply because our trade would be effected example we buy 10% of our oil and the EU from the middle east now after stopping oil imports from Russia. Oil would go up.
We didn't stop importing from Russia voluntarily, btw. We were forced to at the behest of the almighty fiat dollar.
Would you rather; a) Pay more for imported goods, or b) indirectly support a genocidal regime and friends?
I say let them blockade Israel.
@@mgc7199 you know it's just not oil right. Its semi conductors from Taiwan fruits from East Africa east Asia i mean i could go on.
@@genesis1765 Those goods could still get here safely if they go around Africa. It would cost about a million more per shipment but that is a relatively small increase per product. In return we can allow Yemen to continue its blockade against genocidal war criminals. That's got to be worth something?
@@genesis1765 Besides, I am not convinced the ships with destinations other than Israel can't still make use of the Suez canal if they simply announce their destination to the Houthi's. Some ships did make it through unmolested and considering who's side the UK are on, in order to protect ships going to Israel, the government may not be entirely honest about them attacking all ships regardless of destination.
All and any tab, cap, whatever in a registered medical setting is a resolving agent. That very same whatever, from amphetamine to, say Dipipanone, MST, take your pick, if waking up on the street, suddenly becomes a D r u g.
How come ¿?
Poor old Bill! His basis for voting Tory and Brexit is torn to shreds, yet he leaves the phone call with "hmmm.." after being asked a simple, basic question on how a 21st century economy works.
Another ‘ journalist’ who ignored the Post Office scandal for years. What a Pratt.
1:06:39 in that case i'd prefer not to have a modern economy lol
James doesn't realise it's the debt that's growing and thus needs more taxes. What is the debt for? Not the taxpayer who has to cover it.
Whaaaat??????? Omg
Not cargo, tankers.
Captain Phillips no one acted on that.
It's about Maggie and Blair creating support for an 2024 election
I'm 52 and sailed on garala and mv garinda up until I was 14.
My dad was paid war money so they could sail to the Persian gulf 50 year's ago. Wake up.
Sunak is hugging the Ukraine and creating a war that was utterly ignored when my dad was on liquid ammonia tankers
Its a to b.
If you haven't sailed on a gas tanker via the Persian gulf, suez or Panama then you should defer to my first hand knowledge
We dont rely we sell.
The piracy has been ongoing for years. Have you watched Captain Phillips
‘The whole show’ eeeekkkkkk, please. No more!🫣🤪