Double standards comes to mind actually. Lab politician receives £106k, a Con £6 million but hay that's all ok👌Keep on being a Turkey voting for Xmas 😅@@kaseycornflakes1234
I don’t understand James’ attitude to this. Nobody is saying any rules were broken - the point is that the rules stink. If this were Johnson, Truss, or Sunak he’d be talking about this in a completely different light
Fine, if they ban gifts and freebies, it will hurt the Tories and Farage a lot more than Labour. I say Starmer should do it. Bring in a 100% complete ban on freebies. Watch the rhetoric change from the Tories, Farage, Tice and the rightwing press!
@@Sam88-l4k I agree, but Johnson did a whole host of stuff ranging from immoral to illegal. The point I’m making is that, if this same scandal happened under Johnson, O’Brien would be talking about it as yet another example of his sleaziness. Yet, because it’s Starmer, it’s all OK because the rules technically say so
@danrattigan96 not sure I agree, I've listened to James over many years, and it's more difficult to distinguish between morale and illegal in the last government, as their was daily reports of illegal activity and ill-moral ones. This will be best judged when/if that day comes from Starmer and/or the labour party of any illegal activity. If his stance is the same, then I would definitely agree with you. But until we see anything like the same scale, it's difficult to judge. Don't get me wrong, the way to get rid of this ongoing story is for Starmer to introduce policies to make it illegal for any personal donations as gifts. He does have a big enough majority, but i have a feeling it might not get through on a parliamentary vote as a lot of MP's across the house will lose out on this. That's why Conservative mp's haven't been really up in arms about it because unless they are completely silly, they haven't got a leg to stand on to attack Labour. Based on their own problems What I do see, though, most news outlets, paper form, and tv have made this a much bigger deal than they did with Conservatives, for their own biase
I used to like James but now im just starting to hear him on repeat where he doesnt really engage with the people calling and ends up belittling them. I dont agree at all with the caller with Reform but he doesnt really attempt to sway them without just making people feel bad. Starmer and the Tories are the same and cut from the same cloth. It doesnt matter if he takes 100k vs Boris with millions I still dont want a politician being bought out. Im sorry but if the story was about Tories JOB would be literally screeching from the stands about the corruption.
@@EchoPandaGaming that's exactly what I'm saying when it comes to politics. The amount doesn't matter when they are bought out the same exact way. What other job do you get gifts of fancy clothes, food, football tickets? Think before you speak.
They haven't "done" anything??? They've received donations - like all political parties in Parliament often receive - and they've disclosed them completely. If you have an issue with it, you have an issue with the whole lot of them doing it, which I support - not just Starmer and/or Labour MPs. And you wouldn't be moaning about it if the media weren't telling you to moan about it. Same way you wouldn't have noticed illegal immigration if the media didn't keep repeating "STOP THE BOATS" like a cult mantra. Grow up, be an adult, form your own opinions.
They haven't "done" anything??? They've received donations - like all political parties in Parliament often receive - and they've disclosed them completely. And you wouldn't be moaning about it if the media weren't telling you to moan about it. Same way you wouldn't have noticed illegal immigration if the media didn't keep repeating "STOP THE BOATS" like a cult mantra. Grow up, be an adult, form your own opinions.
They haven't "done" anything??? They've received donations - like all political parties in Parliament often receive - and they've disclosed them completely. And you wouldn't be moaning about it if the media weren't telling you to moan about it. Same way you wouldn't have noticed illegal immigration if the media didn't keep repeating "STOP THE BOATS" like a cult mantra. Be an adult, form your own opinions.
I hate to tell you this O'brien, but the Tories are no longer in power, so most of your program has gone. By the way, where is the self respect of a multi millionaire who lets another man buy clothes for his family? Lots of people in this country and others are ashamed to go to a food bank, yet here we have a multi millionaire with no shame going to the millionaires clothes bank.
Starmer didn't quite declare his "gifts' though, did he? He set off declaring his Savile Row suits as office expenses. He then changed his declaration to clothing at a later date. He then provided the excuse that he was unable to go to the tailor's shop due to his fame and security concerns (do remember this man is a multi-millionaire and could call shops to come to him). In the meantime, he failed to declare his wife's clothing gifts, the payments made to a luxury shopping assistant provided for her, and even the cost of alterations. Curiously he seems to have been able to attend an optician in order to get the prescription needed for new glasses which were also paid for by his friend. His friend then received a pass for number 10 Downing Street. It's all a bit grubby really.
James thought he had a gotcha-moment because Labour announced the freebies. That's not how morality and optics works James. But, you already know that. You're just doing everything you can to avoid walking back your misjudged support for Labour.
James is a million miles off on Starmer. The issue about clothes and gifts only a side issue which hurts more due to him targetting the least broad shoulders in pensioners just above UC, Long term Sick, Unemployed all the most vunerable whilst leaving the richest alone. It is without doubt Starmer lives to be made to feel important and to be fussed over. if you look into him as head of Public Prosecutions his expenses were double his predecessor including chauffer driven rides back n forth to the office, first and business class flights and travel the list goes on. I havent heard OBrien talk of the punitive policies coming in. Comparing him to the last lot of crooks is not a reason to give him a pass for being a Tory lite austerity party. He did tell us thats what he was gonna do in fairness he didnt hide it and sicafants like JOB who is so self delusional, arrogant and unable to take his blinkers off until its rammed home will continue to be his knight in shining armour
We haven't even had the first budget yet, so how do you know who they will be "targeting"? The only reason they announced the winter fuel payments change was so that those entitled to pension credit could make sure they claimed it before the deadline to still get a winter fuel allowance.
They've received donations - like all political parties in Parliament often receive - and they've disclosed them completely. You don't seem that concerned about other parties doing it. And you wouldn't be moaning about it if the media weren't telling you to moan about it. Same way you wouldn't have noticed illegal immigration if the media didn't keep repeating "STOP THE BOATS" like a cult mantra. Grow up, be an adult, form your own opinions.
I think he's trying (and I would, suggest, succeeding) to defend reality, actually. Facts matter, and this gentleman's completely inability to grasp that means his arguments fall apart like (somewhat ironically) a cheap suit.
it is gross how people like james are trying to gasslight the public into this narrative that 'declaring something automatically makes it kosher'. the whole point of declaring it is so the public can see the dodgy going on and hold people to account.
The donations should be directly to the party rather than the person, I agree there. Starmer and other MPs declaring everything is a step in the right direction, but also had the unintended consequence of highlighting a poor practise that has been going on for decades (which may be part of why they did, to start this conversation) - consider the scandals of the past with other high profile politicians receiving huge donations (in services, cash or other material items) and NOT declaring them.
Funny that, the mainstream media machine was fine with the conservatives being in the pockets of the Kremlin… nowhere near the same uproar as there has been with this 😂
I swear they screen these people so O' Brian looks intelligent. The simple fact is that something can be immoral without being illegal. Being a hypocrite isn't illegal either. Starmer however, is both of these things and the fact that he took the moral high ground yet has proven to be just as bad as the tories means that he should be held to account. Dressing someone else's flat to look like your own is an obvious sign of this. James O'Brian would scream "no rules were broken", which is possible but why go to lengths to hide it? The same with using his son as some kind of excuse when the dates don't add up.
The Tories 'lost' £37bn with test and trace. That's a bit more than a few clothes and a pair of specs. Bozo received gifts and made the givers Peers, that's corruption.
Why is James so obsessed with comparing everything to the Tories. Like I get it they were bad. But you don't compare bad athletes with other bad athletes you compare them to the best athletes in whatever sport you're looking at. The last Torie government was bad but in the end Boris bad behavior caught up with him Truss got the boot and Sunak was bad and got voted out. The system worked as intended. James has fallen for his fotballafication but it's hatred for what the Tories did. It's time to move on and compare Stamer to the best politicians in history.
It didn't really catch up with him he's now making a fortune doing after dinner speeches to "thinktanks" when he should be in jail ,but yes O'Brien is a hypocrite
is he fit to be Prime Minister ? He should be strong enough to sack Reeves for the insane policy of freezing pensioners to death to ''save'' a piddling amount of the total budget.
Starmer declared it late, didn’t declare his wife’s clothes until he was caught out and as usual spins it like he informed them to check if it was the right way to declare it. Reeves declared her clothes as office support, Starmer gave three different versions of why he was in Allis flat. Raynor had a holiday for her and her boyfriend that she didn’t declare until found out. Keep defending them but if it was Tory you would be all over it
@@davidfisher3273two things can be wrong at the same time. If there’s a crime - prosecute it. If there’s a moral bankruptcy - point it out. Has anyone said that nepotism or corruption shouldn’t be rooted out in the Tories? Wish people would get over tribalism - and just this political elite for what it is.
@The_Silent_Carpenter, who opined, "It should be illegal for anyone in a position of power to accept financial gifts or otherwise, they are obviously given to influence." What the current government did was not illegal, they were transparent about receiving gifts, and, last Wednesday, Downing Street said that Mr. Starmer had repaid more than 6,000 pounds to cover gifts he received since becoming prime minister. All taken together, none of these issues add up to much. Case dismissed.
@@perspicaciouscritic Nobody is saying it is illegal but it may well have had significant influence on Government policy . . . Lord Alli is a shrewd and very successful businessman who will expect a return on his investment - that is the hazard here
It should be illegal, but politicians make the laws... the same politicians who receive the gifts. So it is not going to happen. Even if it did happen, the next government would simply pass a bill to repeal them.
Starmer thinks like the lawyer he is and clearly hasn’t done anything technically ! Cmon James his lack of emotional intelligence is damning - So stop defending Starmer and accept the empathetic and more emotional agenda of the fact that as our leader he should be putting himself in the shoes of the general public - where his service rather his freebies is supposed to come first!
The vast majority of these freebies were while he was in opposition. By the way, parliamentary rules are that ministers do not have to declare gifts. So chances are that the Tories who served in the cabinet of the past 14 years, in particularly the Johnson cabinets onwards, did a lot more gift acceptance than stated. I say Starmer should ban 100% all gifts...just watch the change in tune from the Tories, Farage, and the rightwing press! It will hurt them a lot more than Labour.
James is out of touch on this issue. The suits are one thing, indicative of Starmer liking his position and the perks, the sense of entitlement he gives off when questioned on it. The bigger story however is Labour being bought by a hedge fund.
@@adaml8827 Quadrature Capital was the hedge fund. Based in the Cayman Islands. They are hold shares of fossil fuels, private health, and arms manufacturing companies. Finding the benefit is not easy to pin down. Hence the reason people don't like a political party taking donations from monied interests. Hedge funds have a fiduciary duty to gain the highest returns possible for their clients. A hedge fund giving political donations by default has to be in an effort to gain increased returns.
No he's not, You don't agree with him because he's 100% correct on his assessment of the Tories 14yrs of mismanaging the UK government and were tossed out on their ear for it!🤨get over it!!🤔
@mjcats2011 Yeah, totally agree. The Tories don't hide who they are, but the hypocrisy from Labour is staggering. Starmer's alienation of certain groups has only fueled tensions. Taking money from OAPs while enjoying freebies himself is a terrible look. And let's not forget his overreach into people's lives-it all adds up.
Must be really hard for somone as intelligent as James O'Brien to realise that after telling everyone to vote labour they turn out to be just like the tories. Shame
I used to respect O Brien , I disagree with his policies but he spoke a lot truth but now he's defending BS..Starmer fked over the uni students today and they look up to Labour, what a prat..
@@nattytom7777 Johnston was upfront but Starmer still criticised, now he's doing what he criticised Johnston on, how thick do you have to be not to see that..
From a press report: ''Over recent years, a key commitment of the Labour party has been to scrap or cut university tuition fees in England. During his Labour leadership campaign in 2020 , Sir Keir included it in his list of ten pledges. '' Labour have now just announced they are going up!
I think there is a difference between the law and ethics. Imposing unacceptable cuts on the weak in society whilst taking thousands in donations for suits - that's unethical. Who I vote for is dictated by their ethics, and their actions in power - not their BS and this is BS.
this isn't the first time starmer has been caught out, and the usual excuse is to blame 'advice' he's been given, seems pretty clear starmer is routinely hiding his expenses, (e.g. he's clearly undervalued his accomodation freebies) and only telling us about them properly when he's caught out by somebody, despite the nature of them being clear to any sensible person
James has confused what is illegal and what basic human morals are. For Keir to have the gall to punish pensioners then openly declare he has received hundreds of thousands of private donations and spent them lavishly on himself is beyond the pale. Not to mention, what exactly is Lord Ali is getting out of this? The whole situation is highly unusual and I wouldn't be surprised if Keir has been compromised either willingly or unwillingly.
All they had to do was show some integrity and not accept free stuff , whether it’s within the rules or not the optics of it stink . What man needs someone to buy his glasses for him ffs
James I enjoy your show, but at times you tend to bully and patronise callers, and you are better than that. You know the point the caller was making, but you just tried to override him rather than discuss things with him. I've heard you do this a number of times and it's a bit cringe to listen to.
Strange that you should comment several times on different videos of an actual show to which you claim never to have listened. Closed caption reading, perhaps?😂😂
I'm aligned politically with O'Brien but I find him a little dishonest in the way he sets up callers like this. He likes to give the impression that his skillful questioning leads the caller into an embarrassing cul-de-sac but it doesn't really.
What people don't like about Starmer is he takes money from struggling pensioners saying they shouldn't get free money and then thinks it's ok for him to get loads of free luxury goodies.
It may be within the rules. But accepting bribes as gifts is despicable when you think Starmer earns £130,000 is too tight to buy his wife a frock? Come on!
This is the thing though: While Keir Stalin may well have declared his gifts and donations, he has lied about how much they were and what they were for. The £16,000+ he was given for clothes turns out to be £32,000+ and that was after it was quietly recategorized to 'appear' to be for clothing.
I don't supose it has occured to anybody commenting on here that the suits, and the dresses, were gifts from a man in the media business for PR image management to present Starmer, his cabinet and his wife as a party of government, as opossed to the Wurzel Gummidge and rent a dress embrrassments that Carrie and Johnson presented to the world. Did he also gift Starmer with cashmere hoodies, or Gucci slides to wear in his spare time.? I think not. And does King Charles not fund Kates wardrobe for the same reason?
I thought James O'Brien's position would be that although the donations were declared and within the rules, he would ponder the political relationship with Lord Alli, Sue Grey and her son and so on.
There's an analogy in American football that "If you (the head coach) start listening to the fans,you'll soon be sat next to them" and I can see how this applies to politics although Farage is telling his fans what they want,he won't be able to provide it in power,although he hopes to never be in that position, heckling from the sidelines is his favourite position.
On old woman wanting to keep her winter fuel payments, despite her house now being worth a few bob that she can't access: 'Greedy!!' says James O'Brien. Multi millionaire Starmer taking tens of thousands of pounds to buy suits. 'Perfectly legit' says James O'Brien.
@Chad-kk5oz Yes, literally by James O'Brien. Who said the old lady in question should go to an equity release shyster and get some of her capital. Meanwhile, Starmer grabbing every single perk and gift he can is just fine.
@Chad-kk5oz I've literally told you that TH-cam doesn't allow links to be posted. It automatically deletes the comment. It's really easy to find if you had the wit, but to be honest, I don't really need to waste my time trying to convince a Starmer fanboy of anything.
@philipwookey599 All that tinnitus made you into a Karen 😂 you spelt a word wrong oh dear never mind,something a bit more constructive next time Mr Tinnitus.
I'm listening to o brien every day because it's fun watching the pennys dropping as he juggles the piggy bank trying to keep his cognitive dissonance intact
I know, why they keep O'Brien at LBC is a joke. Completely pointless calling in when O'Brien is educated above his intelligence level, clearly face deep in Labours Backside. Cheeks wide open.
Rules need to be changed! In most businesses you have to follow anti corruption and bribery rules. The gifts mentioned wouldn’t be allowed! If that’s in business then clearly politics has bigger chance for corruption? Most of have to fund our own eye wear, clothes etc. rules my not have been broken but it stinks. Expected better
It’s pathetic this guardian of moral standards now wants to defend the very thing he’s been accusing others of year on year. Now it suites his agenda and he’s actually realizing that his moral compass is totally askew and his only answer is to revert to Boris. By the way Mr O’Brien the simple definition of a law breaker is an individual the enters a country illegally but of course you have different standards for your definitions of illegal
@@miker3039 i understand corrupt behavior and that is what this is no matter what your political leaning is. But this guy will excuse it when it suites him and deny it when it doesn’t. He’s an archetypal socialist typical Labour Party member rich elitists that have hijacked the party that I voted for many times when it belonged to the actual working class man. It started with Blair and now you have another spineless sycophant in Starmer surrounded by his own hypocrisy and hypocrites.
Wow! Applauding a rude little hypocrite who would've wiped the floor with Sunak had he been caught with his snout in the trough. I daresay you would've had something to say about it too. Your hypocrisy is breathtaking. BTW, Murray would annihilate O'brien (without resorting to cheap patronising put-downs, rudeness, or by hanging-up)
I love Keir too. He can take all the freebies and tickets for Coldplay and dresses for his wife that he wants. I love Keir. He’s a fantastic leader …. Commendable ….. righteous …. Strong …. Someone the country can really get behind.
@LBCOfficial - don’t understand why you keep James around. He was amusing when the Tories were in power. Now he is just out of touch, even us Labour supporters mostly think Starmer is doing a terrible job. Read the room.
Trouble is that Starmer has tried to triangulate and appease the right wing press. He also has failed to deliver a vision to the majority of people who aren't or rabid xenophobes. He bought it all on himself.
The thing with leftwing James is he is hyprect wen was it was boris was doingit he was al overhim now its steamer doing the same ting .he defended him.
@@darrenerskine8050 no... It's completely different. Keir Starmer declared it all straight away. Boris Johnson took over £1 million of tax payers money (not donations, TAX PAYER money) and purely to redecorate his house. Did he declare it? No. Did he lie about it when caught? Yes. Did he keep denying and lieing about it until it was proven? Yes. Lol, Keir has some integrity.
@Chad-kk5oz yes I question what any political donor gets for his gifts. Can you think of a reason why any one of them would give gifts worths thousands of pounds and not expect anything in return?
@Chad-kk5oz No I cant. I just know it’s wrong for them all to accept gifts of such magnitude. Gifts which are bound to affect how they react when a favour is asked in return. It’s disgusting, and I thought Starmer was claiming to be better than that.
Taking gifts from people is immoral - Looks like I'm not allowed to accept any gifts for Christmas! Dare I put myself in a position where people would question my morality for keeping a pair of socks gifted from my nan!
The host of this show appears to be in excruciating pain, perhaps he needs some help! This James O'Brien fella is almost singlehandedly destroying LBC radio, perhaps LBC Radio don't care about the quality of their presenters or the harm that some of them are doing! I honestly think his ears must be entirely broken because they very obviously don't work!
Kier declared many items late (he has even said himself he had to check and then added items), no doubt because he was worried it was about to come out, lol. If he is claiming he didn't know whether he needed to declare expensive dresses donated to his wife and making use of expensive accommodation then he is either an idiot or a liar!
It's not a sin to ask questions when filling in your declaration. He was unsure, so he asked for advice. When the advise came back he made a declaration. He didn't try and hide anything.
The challenge in these discussions often stems from an ‘us vs. them’ mentality. Too many people focus on proving the other side wrong, dismissing opposing views as ignorant or misguided-similar to labeling someone a ‘Brexit voter’ and assuming they must be uninformed. This attitude only deepens the divisions within the country, contributing to an increasingly polarised society
Of course it's a polarised society, while in 2024 we still have to swallow a monarchy, lords and ladys and other aristrocracy, why wouldn't it be polarised
JOB gives impression that he loves the sound of his own voice and uses listeners to make himself seem more intelligent! Has he ever admitted he is wrong about anything?
Finally your listeners are waking up to your antics JOB. How about going back to journalistic roots - some quality non biased journalism holding the government to account. Would love to see you debate Douglas Murray - someone who would give you back what you give out!
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Jenrick took 75k from a firm with no employees 😮 ??? Lol
We are not discussing Jenrick at this point - red herring comes to mind.
Double standards comes to mind actually. Lab politician receives £106k, a Con £6 million but hay that's all ok👌Keep on being a Turkey voting for Xmas 😅@@kaseycornflakes1234
@@kaseycornflakes1234 you don't think a tory doing worse than starmer isn't relevant, oh bless
Reeks of covid contracts
@@renmanincltd9965 Farage has one of the biggest snouts when it comes to freebies!
I don’t understand James’ attitude to this. Nobody is saying any rules were broken - the point is that the rules stink. If this were Johnson, Truss, or Sunak he’d be talking about this in a completely different light
Exactly!! Kier Angela Bridgette when they got exposed used the same excuse.
I understand your principle of it, but you can't use Johnsons name, as his was "illegal"
Fine, if they ban gifts and freebies, it will hurt the Tories and Farage a lot more than Labour. I say Starmer should do it. Bring in a 100% complete ban on freebies. Watch the rhetoric change from the Tories, Farage, Tice and the rightwing press!
@@Sam88-l4k I agree, but Johnson did a whole host of stuff ranging from immoral to illegal. The point I’m making is that, if this same scandal happened under Johnson, O’Brien would be talking about it as yet another example of his sleaziness. Yet, because it’s Starmer, it’s all OK because the rules technically say so
@danrattigan96 not sure I agree, I've listened to James over many years, and it's more difficult to distinguish between morale and illegal in the last government, as their was daily reports of illegal activity and ill-moral ones. This will be best judged when/if that day comes from Starmer and/or the labour party of any illegal activity. If his stance is the same, then I would definitely agree with you. But until we see anything like the same scale, it's difficult to judge.
Don't get me wrong, the way to get rid of this ongoing story is for Starmer to introduce policies to make it illegal for any personal donations as gifts. He does have a big enough majority, but i have a feeling it might not get through on a parliamentary vote as a lot of MP's across the house will lose out on this. That's why Conservative mp's haven't been really up in arms about it because unless they are completely silly, they haven't got a leg to stand on to attack Labour. Based on their own problems
What I do see, though, most news outlets, paper form, and tv have made this a much bigger deal than they did with Conservatives, for their own biase
That caller perfectly illustrate why the predatory class can do anything they like and why the UK is in such a mess.
Absolutely, these are the people who help create dictators.
I used to like James but now im just starting to hear him on repeat where he doesnt really engage with the people calling and ends up belittling them. I dont agree at all with the caller with Reform but he doesnt really attempt to sway them without just making people feel bad.
Starmer and the Tories are the same and cut from the same cloth. It doesnt matter if he takes 100k vs Boris with millions I still dont want a politician being bought out. Im sorry but if the story was about Tories JOB would be literally screeching from the stands about the corruption.
He spins it every time
It's called ego...
@@ibexdnb2879 in my world it's called being a pillock 😂
Saying thousands is the same as millions?
@@EchoPandaGaming that's exactly what I'm saying when it comes to politics. The amount doesn't matter when they are bought out the same exact way. What other job do you get gifts of fancy clothes, food, football tickets? Think before you speak.
O'brien desperately trying to make what Starmer and Co have done seem acceptable
You should phone him up and explain to him why he is wrong and why what Starmer and Co have done isn’t acceptable.
What have they done?
@Nickbaldeagle02 the same standard thing every MP has ever done. Only they didn't lie about it.
Watched football and got dressed grrrr 🤬 crooks @@Nickbaldeagle02
Luckily, you can actually give him a call and explain your feelings, the numbers even on the video, I’m sure he’d love to hear it and so would we.
O Brien sticking up for his beloved 2 tier, free gear Keir Starmer yet again, won't have a bad word said about his boyfriend.
If the Tories had done all this James would be all over it. And no I'm not a Tory I'm a lifelong Labour supporter.
They haven't "done" anything??? They've received donations - like all political parties in Parliament often receive - and they've disclosed them completely. If you have an issue with it, you have an issue with the whole lot of them doing it, which I support - not just Starmer and/or Labour MPs.
And you wouldn't be moaning about it if the media weren't telling you to moan about it. Same way you wouldn't have noticed illegal immigration if the media didn't keep repeating "STOP THE BOATS" like a cult mantra. Grow up, be an adult, form your own opinions.
Why would he criticise DECLARED gifts?
They haven't "done" anything??? They've received donations - like all political parties in Parliament often receive - and they've disclosed them completely.
And you wouldn't be moaning about it if the media weren't telling you to moan about it. Same way you wouldn't have noticed illegal immigration if the media didn't keep repeating "STOP THE BOATS" like a cult mantra. Grow up, be an adult, form your own opinions.
They haven't "done" anything??? They've received donations - like all political parties in Parliament often receive - and they've disclosed them completely.
And you wouldn't be moaning about it if the media weren't telling you to moan about it. Same way you wouldn't have noticed illegal immigration if the media didn't keep repeating "STOP THE BOATS" like a cult mantra. Be an adult, form your own opinions.
@Chad-kk5oz he did it last week kept harping back to wallpaper etc he sounded really desperate defending kier it was really funny
I hate to tell you this O'brien, but the Tories are no longer in power, so most of your program has gone. By the way, where is the self respect of a multi millionaire who lets another man buy clothes for his family? Lots of people in this country and others are ashamed to go to a food bank, yet here we have a multi millionaire with no shame going to the millionaires clothes bank.
Breaking News: Starmer suggests food banks close and people look for food elsewhere.
If this was a Reform MP - O’Brien would be having a meltdown 😅
Starmer didn't quite declare his "gifts' though, did he? He set off declaring his Savile Row suits as office expenses. He then changed his declaration to clothing at a later date. He then provided the excuse that he was unable to go to the tailor's shop due to his fame and security concerns (do remember this man is a multi-millionaire and could call shops to come to him). In the meantime, he failed to declare his wife's clothing gifts, the payments made to a luxury shopping assistant provided for her, and even the cost of alterations. Curiously he seems to have been able to attend an optician in order to get the prescription needed for new glasses which were also paid for by his friend. His friend then received a pass for number 10 Downing Street. It's all a bit grubby really.
He is very biased and very patronising whenever somebody has an opinion which is different to his.
James thought he had a gotcha-moment because Labour announced the freebies. That's not how morality and optics works James. But, you already know that. You're just doing everything you can to avoid walking back your misjudged support for Labour.
What rules broken? None
Well said.
@@nicks4934doesn't matter or the fact it was declared, people who give politicians something almost never want nothing in exchange.
James is a million miles off on Starmer. The issue about clothes and gifts only a side issue which hurts more due to him targetting the least broad shoulders in pensioners just above UC, Long term Sick, Unemployed all the most vunerable whilst leaving the richest alone.
It is without doubt Starmer lives to be made to feel important and to be fussed over. if you look into him as head of Public Prosecutions his expenses were double his predecessor including chauffer driven rides back n forth to the office, first and business class flights and travel the list goes on. I havent heard OBrien talk of the punitive policies coming in. Comparing him to the last lot of crooks is not a reason to give him a pass for being a Tory lite austerity party. He did tell us thats what he was gonna do in fairness he didnt hide it and sicafants like JOB who is so self delusional, arrogant and unable to take his blinkers off until its rammed home will continue to be his knight in shining armour
We haven't even had the first budget yet, so how do you know who they will be "targeting"? The only reason they announced the winter fuel payments change was so that those entitled to pension credit could make sure they claimed it before the deadline to still get a winter fuel allowance.
Also he lived 4 miles from the office and this cost £2k a week.
How tightly he grasps onto his "beliefs" is why these videos are so funny to watch.
Starmer lives for power but Boris didn't and Farage doesn't? Give me a break pal 😂
Yep, well said
O’Brien talking down on a normal person 👍so you can make the normal joe look silly on your show take a bow James TAKE A Bow
Anyone likely to get the better of JOB doesn't make it through the screening process.
@@msa-tt4bg 👍
Oddly enough, declaring it doesn't stop him from being a hypocrite
They've received donations - like all political parties in Parliament often receive - and they've disclosed them completely. You don't seem that concerned about other parties doing it.
And you wouldn't be moaning about it if the media weren't telling you to moan about it. Same way you wouldn't have noticed illegal immigration if the media didn't keep repeating "STOP THE BOATS" like a cult mantra. Grow up, be an adult, form your own opinions.
@@Gulantik And you wouldn't be moaning about it if the media weren't telling you to moan about it. Irony 🍰
@@ukqwerty999 ...moaning about what?
@@Gulantikwhere do you live?
@@garymellor5100 On what planet do you live on if you think I'd tell you where I live
O'Brien defending Starmer's freebies well there's a surprise from the biggest hypocrite
Spot on
iTs oK wHeN wE dO iT
wot about farages half a million freebie.
@@FRANKIECULLEN-r3gTry to stay on topic.
@@FRANKIECULLEN-r3gHave you been triggered sweetie
James trying his best to defend starmer
What exactly has Starmer done wrong??? He's broken no laws or parliamentary rules. It's a complete nothing burger whipped up by the right wing press.
@@zak2509 he was stating fact!
I think he's trying (and I would, suggest, succeeding) to defend reality, actually. Facts matter, and this gentleman's completely inability to grasp that means his arguments fall apart like (somewhat ironically) a cheap suit.
not defending Starmer, just shellacking ANY props for Farage.
@@simeonpaskell JOB hides behind these type of calls
it is gross how people like james are trying to gasslight the public into this narrative that 'declaring something automatically makes it kosher'. the whole point of declaring it is so the public can see the dodgy going on and hold people to account.
James a pe do supporter
The donations should be directly to the party rather than the person, I agree there. Starmer and other MPs declaring everything is a step in the right direction, but also had the unintended consequence of highlighting a poor practise that has been going on for decades (which may be part of why they did, to start this conversation) - consider the scandals of the past with other high profile politicians receiving huge donations (in services, cash or other material items) and NOT declaring them.
😅😅
@@cheeseburgerbeefcakeFree clothes shouldn't be going to the party either
"gross" 😂
Is James auditionsing for a position as Kier starmers personal PR guru or spin doctor 😂😂😂
Like the right are trying to spin DECLARED gifts?
Why is it bots can never spell?
I think he got the part around 2 month ago.
@@gerrabathwhy is it that sturmeroids never use gramma!
@@terrysmith5168 He's not rich enough!!!
Stop defending establishment gift grabbing.
Of course the media class see no problem with it. They are the only other profession where accepting free stuff for the sake of it is allowed.
Funny that, the mainstream media machine was fine with the conservatives being in the pockets of the Kremlin… nowhere near the same uproar as there has been with this 😂
James is pe do
@jgtemperton he is
@@SpencerCooper-ne6kz true but doesn't make this right tho
What a smug person, stuck in rich London with his rich cronies doing each others bidding, but talks down to normal people..
It took me 4 years to realise that JOB is a condescending wannabe, whose got a very high opinion of himself. Sad but true. All the best!🤜🏼😁
@@ed.banger same to you buddy 👍
I swear they screen these people so O' Brian looks intelligent. The simple fact is that something can be immoral without being illegal. Being a hypocrite isn't illegal either. Starmer however, is both of these things and the fact that he took the moral high ground yet has proven to be just as bad as the tories means that he should be held to account. Dressing someone else's flat to look like your own is an obvious sign of this. James O'Brian would scream "no rules were broken", which is possible but why go to lengths to hide it? The same with using his son as some kind of excuse when the dates don't add up.
Freebie Freddie Starmer wants to save sausages and fill a black hole with frozen pensioners. He's more unpopular than Sunak ever was.
The stench of hypocrisy is overwhelming.....
Worse than that all's coming to light, get the popcorn in.
@@Pear-zo4em how damaging could this be?
Had this been the Tories or Corbyn O'Brian would be screaming from the roof tops.
O'Brien?
Who?? Corbyn O’Brian??? 🤷🏽♂️
@@andrewrobinson2565 n O'Brain
@@ukqwerty999 how do you manage to type then?
The Tories 'lost' £37bn with test and trace. That's a bit more than a few clothes and a pair of specs. Bozo received gifts and made the givers Peers, that's corruption.
Why is James so obsessed with comparing everything to the Tories. Like I get it they were bad. But you don't compare bad athletes with other bad athletes you compare them to the best athletes in whatever sport you're looking at. The last Torie government was bad but in the end Boris bad behavior caught up with him Truss got the boot and Sunak was bad and got voted out. The system worked as intended. James has fallen for his fotballafication but it's hatred for what the Tories did. It's time to move on and compare Stamer to the best politicians in history.
It didn't really catch up with him he's now making a fortune doing after dinner speeches to "thinktanks" when he should be in jail ,but yes O'Brien is a hypocrite
Why do people keep picking on Starmer? Accepting a 'free lunch' isn't a crime.
is he fit to be Prime Minister ? He should be strong enough to sack Reeves for the insane policy of freezing pensioners to death to ''save'' a piddling amount of the total budget.
It's a bit more than just a free lunch.
What's wanted in return for his gifts is the issue.
@@dalek604 So what you're saying is, there is no such thing as a free lunch?
@@msa-tt4bg not in politics
Not the sharpest tool in the box, are you?
Starmer declared it late, didn’t declare his wife’s clothes until he was caught out and as usual spins it like he informed them to check if it was the right way to declare it. Reeves declared her clothes as office support, Starmer gave three different versions of why he was in Allis flat. Raynor had a holiday for her and her boyfriend that she didn’t declare until found out. Keep defending them but if it was Tory you would be all over it
Amazing breakdown
Billions in covid money from tax payers your ok with vs free clothes not from the public purse and your not persuaded
@@davidfisher3273two things can be wrong at the same time.
If there’s a crime - prosecute it.
If there’s a moral bankruptcy - point it out.
Has anyone said that nepotism or corruption shouldn’t be rooted out in the Tories?
Wish people would get over tribalism - and just this political elite for what it is.
@@LaPtiteAnglaise starmer was the person who brought it to the public attention. I have no loyalty to the labour party
@@davidfisher3273 Who said anybody wasok with what you stated. Obviously nobody was but it's Labours time now. We can only move forward...
James has his head stuck so far up Starmers backside that he is blind as to what is going on. I can't believe the double standards he has.
It should be illegal for anyone in a position of power to accept financial gifts or otherwise, they are obviously given to influence.
Exactly - Not Rocket Science is it . . .except if your name is James O'Brien
@The_Silent_Carpenter, who opined, "It should be illegal for anyone in a position of power to accept financial gifts or otherwise, they are obviously given to influence."
What the current government did was not illegal, they were transparent about receiving gifts, and, last Wednesday, Downing Street said that Mr. Starmer had repaid more than 6,000 pounds to cover gifts he received since becoming prime minister. All taken together, none of these issues add up to much.
Case dismissed.
@@perspicaciouscritic Nobody is saying it is illegal but it may well have had significant influence on Government policy . . .
Lord Alli is a shrewd and very successful businessman who will expect a return on his investment - that is the hazard here
It should be illegal, but politicians make the laws... the same politicians who receive the gifts. So it is not going to happen.
Even if it did happen, the next government would simply pass a bill to repeal them.
Starmer thinks like the lawyer he is and clearly hasn’t done anything technically ! Cmon James his lack of emotional intelligence is damning - So stop defending Starmer and accept the empathetic and more emotional agenda of the fact that as our leader he should be putting himself in the shoes of the general public - where his service rather his freebies is supposed to come first!
Wrong technically
The vast majority of these freebies were while he was in opposition. By the way, parliamentary rules are that ministers do not have to declare gifts. So chances are that the Tories who served in the cabinet of the past 14 years, in particularly the Johnson cabinets onwards, did a lot more gift acceptance than stated. I say Starmer should ban 100% all gifts...just watch the change in tune from the Tories, Farage, and the rightwing press! It will hurt them a lot more than Labour.
@@mikestiles3007 that's right. Starmer has no political nouse. He's a lawyer.
James is out of touch on this issue. The suits are one thing, indicative of Starmer liking his position and the perks, the sense of entitlement he gives off when questioned on it.
The bigger story however is Labour being bought by a hedge fund.
Which hedge fund? Based on what evidence? How has labour provided benefit back to the hedge fund? Please give details.
it’s a known fact that reform are being bankrolled by billionaires and hedge funders.
@@adaml8827 🤦🏻it’s all over the news!!!
@@adaml8827
Quadrature Capital was the hedge fund. Based in the Cayman Islands.
They are hold shares of fossil fuels, private health, and arms manufacturing companies.
Finding the benefit is not easy to pin down. Hence the reason people don't like a political party taking donations from monied interests.
Hedge funds have a fiduciary duty to gain the highest returns possible for their clients. A hedge fund giving political donations by default has to be in an effort to gain increased returns.
No he's not, You don't agree with him because he's 100% correct on his assessment of the Tories 14yrs of mismanaging the UK government and were tossed out on their ear for it!🤨get over it!!🤔
4.26 James O'Brien doesnt like people taking bad about the labour party does he.
No he does not.
@@edwinflower For goodness sake. Really Labour are not saints but the blasted Tories?
or anyone mentioning Corbyn
Depends who the leader is, if they’re neofascist, he’s cool but if they’re progressive or on the left then they’re cannon fodder!
@mjcats2011 Yeah, totally agree. The Tories don't hide who they are, but the hypocrisy from Labour is staggering. Starmer's alienation of certain groups has only fueled tensions. Taking money from OAPs while enjoying freebies himself is a terrible look. And let's not forget his overreach into people's lives-it all adds up.
Must be really hard for somone as intelligent as James O'Brien to realise that after telling everyone to vote labour they turn out to be just like the tories. Shame
They're not though, are they. Unless you believe the false equivalence garbage spewed out by outlets such as the Daily Mail
I used to respect O Brien , I disagree with his policies but he spoke a lot truth but now he's defending BS..Starmer fked over the uni students today and they look up to Labour, what a prat..
Starmer has been up front from day one. How thick do you need to be that you can not see the difference.
@@nattytom7777 Johnston was upfront but Starmer still criticised, now he's doing what he criticised Johnston on, how thick do you have to be not to see that..
@Vegansharks Johnson hid e the cost to decorate his flat, he took money from the Russian, his MPs cheat us during covid. Shall I go on?
Nobody sane puts any worth on this unhinged dribbling nonsense from probably one of the most despised people in the country after Starmer
the man who is always right defending the man who is never wrong.
JB once again basically a human bidet for the slime in new labour.
James I found you annoying and patronising this time 99% of the time I think your spot on but not this time
Really , only this time??? 😂
The bloke is unbearable, so smug and self satisfied 🤢
The hypocrisy is borderline nauseating!!!
From a press report: ''Over recent years, a key commitment of the Labour party has been to scrap or cut university tuition fees in England. During his Labour leadership campaign in 2020 , Sir Keir included it in his list of ten pledges. '' Labour have now just announced they are going up!
I think there is a difference between the law and ethics. Imposing unacceptable cuts on the weak in society whilst taking thousands in donations for suits - that's unethical. Who I vote for is dictated by their ethics, and their actions in power - not their BS and this is BS.
What is unethical about taking stuff from donors who support your party?
@@TS-hr7nv That you do not need donations.
Respectfully, only an unethical thinker would ask that question.
@Chad-kk5oz I don't vote, haven't done in years. I'd like to, but there are no decent, ethical politicians to vote for.
Millionaire pensioners are not weak
James thought Labour would be the goody goody party and is now trying to defend the indefensible.
What’s indefensible?
@@nick260682 The Hypocrisy and lies of Labour. The party that keep giving... I mean taking. lol
@@pataleno Yeah like what? All pretty vague so far.
@@nick260682do you not understand the meaning of hypocrisy.
@@colinpoole7653 Of course I understand it. I want examples though, not just vague insults.
this isn't the first time starmer has been caught out, and the usual excuse is to blame 'advice' he's been given, seems pretty clear starmer is routinely hiding his expenses, (e.g. he's clearly undervalued his accomodation freebies) and only telling us about them properly when he's caught out by somebody, despite the nature of them being clear to any sensible person
James has confused what is illegal and what basic human morals are. For Keir to have the gall to punish pensioners then openly declare he has received hundreds of thousands of private donations and spent them lavishly on himself is beyond the pale. Not to mention, what exactly is Lord Ali is getting out of this? The whole situation is highly unusual and I wouldn't be surprised if Keir has been compromised either willingly or unwillingly.
All they had to do was show some integrity and not accept free stuff , whether it’s within the rules or not the optics of it stink .
What man needs someone to buy his glasses for him ffs
O’Brien - Starmer’s shiller in chief.
If you've voted Tory all your life, you haven' been paying attention.
If you remember the 70s it's understandable.
Agree with the above and would add that if you've been gullible enough to vote ReformUK then you really are dafter than the day is long.
@@paulro4 I think the Gillible are the tor and labour voters, but hey there ou go
@@paulro4nonsense.
And if you’ve voted Labour neither have you.
James is right.
Hypocricy is not illegal.
James I enjoy your show, but at times you tend to bully and patronise callers, and you are better than that. You know the point the caller was making, but you just tried to override him rather than discuss things with him. I've heard you do this a number of times and it's a bit cringe to listen to.
Totally agree , he’s slipping !
He really IS NOT ‘better than that’. The rest of your comment is bang on the money.
I've never listed to this show. Can I assume the presenter is not impartial and possibly has an agenda?
Strange that you should comment several times on different videos of an actual show to which you claim never to have listened. Closed caption reading, perhaps?😂😂
@@franciscollingwood7372 I'm profoundly deaf, so I just read the comments.
I'm aligned politically with O'Brien but I find him a little dishonest in the way he sets up callers like this. He likes to give the impression that his skillful questioning leads the caller into an embarrassing cul-de-sac but it doesn't really.
Asking people questions you know the answer to instead of making your point is patronising. Pretty cheap trick. 6th debating team tactics.
James is confusing legally with morality
You're confusing culture wars, charade and reality 🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️
What people don't like about Starmer is he takes money from struggling pensioners saying they shouldn't get free money and then thinks it's ok for him to get loads of free luxury goodies.
Lbc= labour broadcasting corporation
It may be within the rules. But accepting bribes as gifts is despicable when you think Starmer earns £130,000 is too tight to buy his wife a frock? Come on!
This is the thing though: While Keir Stalin may well have declared his gifts and donations, he has lied about how much they were and what they were for. The £16,000+ he was given for clothes turns out to be £32,000+ and that was after it was quietly recategorized to 'appear' to be for clothing.
I don't supose it has occured to anybody commenting on here that the suits, and the dresses, were gifts from a man in the media business for PR image management to present Starmer, his cabinet and his wife as a party of government, as opossed to the Wurzel Gummidge and rent a dress embrrassments that Carrie and Johnson presented to the world. Did he also gift Starmer with cashmere hoodies, or Gucci slides to wear in his spare time.? I think not. And does King Charles not fund Kates wardrobe for the same reason?
Hypocrisy and corruption- you are the bad guy.
@@jimmyb79 Obviously you don't get it.
"I don't want to be put in a box" says the caller that has just placed himself in a well labelled box.
I should watch O'Brien more over the next 5 years to see him doing backflips to defend the indefensible.
Yes James because no rules have been broken there is nothing wrong with it. Might as well apply that to virtually all corporations and politicians.
Just because bribes are declared by MP's, doesn’t make them right.
Starmer is not Johnson. No law has been passed as a result of these donations, therefore not bribes. Johnsons donations were bribes.
I thought James O'Brien's position would be that although the donations were declared and within the rules, he would ponder the political relationship with Lord Alli, Sue Grey and her son and so on.
HAHA Yes and the Cognitive dissonance manifests itself, This guy is and always has been a hypocrite.
Usual one sided drivel from Mr obrien.
So he voted for brexit then for Johnson and to make it an hat trick for reform!!
A three times loser.
Sounds like a normal bloke to me.
That would be his democratic right would it not?
Hows the rejoin the EU campaign going?
@@JwayT As badly as Brexit I reckon
@@adampeckham8541 is that all you've got?
There's an analogy in American football that "If you (the head coach) start listening to the fans,you'll soon be sat next to them" and I can see how this applies to politics although Farage is telling his fans what they want,he won't be able to provide it in power,although he hopes to never be in that position, heckling from the sidelines is his favourite position.
sounds like labour
@@deadcert it would do when you look at everything through the pages of the Daily Mail.
So, all who are MPs in parliament, whatever colour, are `heckling from the side-lines.` Farage and hundreds of other MPs will be amused to hear this.
Now Stalin promises to sort the tuition fees, by increasing them by £10k. Happy now OBrain?
"I voted Brexit but nothing changed." What universe does this bloke live in? Brexit has changed almost everything - for the worse.
In what way has your life changed because of Brexit? Have you lost a job, lost your home? Are you unable to travel to Europe?
@@rb1062You lost your vote in the European Parliament so now you are a rule taker.
@@evleenmulloy6356 Your reply makes no sense whatsoever! 🤪
On old woman wanting to keep her winter fuel payments, despite her house now being worth a few bob that she can't access:
'Greedy!!' says James O'Brien.
Multi millionaire Starmer taking tens of thousands of pounds to buy suits.
'Perfectly legit' says James O'Brien.
@Chad-kk5oz House Value's have INDEED been used to underpin and justify OPINION on the topic though.
@Chad-kk5oz Yes, literally by James O'Brien.
Who said the old lady in question should go to an equity release shyster and get some of her capital.
Meanwhile, Starmer grabbing every single perk and gift he can is just fine.
@Chad-kk5oz TH-cam doesn't allow links to be posted.
It's right here on TH-cam over the past 48 hours, who don;t you do your own homework?
@Chad-kk5oz I've literally told you that TH-cam doesn't allow links to be posted.
It automatically deletes the comment.
It's really easy to find if you had the wit, but to be honest, I don't really need to waste my time trying to convince a Starmer fanboy of anything.
@Chad-kk5oz Hmmm... Funny you've suddenly gone quiet.
Oh the excuses from jame
James O’Brien so ridiculously bias it’s beyond reason… I’m surprised his isn’t blaming the Tories or Brexit for Mancheter Uniteds current plight.
It's not a question of laws being broken, it's about the integrity of our politics.
The HYPOCRISY of champagne socialist James “public school” O’Brien 😮
How can he justify what Starma has done another one in Ali pocket.
Starmer, even you should be able to spell someone's name.
@philipwookey599 All that tinnitus made you into a Karen 😂 you spelt a word wrong oh dear never mind,something a bit more constructive next time Mr Tinnitus.
I'm listening to o brien every day because it's fun watching the pennys dropping as he juggles the piggy bank trying to keep his cognitive dissonance intact
Awful shame James, you belittle people, it’s poor and shameful to do this to people.
These people should think twice before they come onto the radio and make complete fools of themselves
This guy has not got clue. Why do people like this phone in😮
Because they are not brilliant enough to have a job so they have the time available to call in.
I know, why they keep O'Brien at LBC is a joke. Completely pointless calling in when O'Brien is educated above his intelligence level, clearly face deep in Labours Backside. Cheeks wide open.
@@artistreality Do you really think he is "educated above his intelligence level"?
I saw what you did there. Don't wear it out. 😂
I'm glad that the man called in to give "his opinion," which MPs want to convert into votes for them.
James O’Brien, the Labour apologist.
Rules need to be changed! In most businesses you have to follow anti corruption and bribery rules. The gifts mentioned wouldn’t be allowed! If that’s in business then clearly politics has bigger chance for corruption?
Most of have to fund our own eye wear, clothes etc. rules my not have been broken but it stinks. Expected better
James O’Brien: a living, breathing demonstration of the Dunning Kruger effect.
No. That would be the callers and yourself.
Interesting theory. Holds no weight as everything he said regarding Brexit and the Conservatives came to pass
So .. maybe your the example?
@@patarciepaul oh dear upset a fan boy 😅
@@jezcorrigan651 Just because you keep saying something happened, doesn't mean it did.
@@ukqwerty999 oh sorry I forgot what a roaring success Brexit has been.
Thanks for making the country the worse 👍
Very patriotic.
Nice one
It’s pathetic this guardian of moral standards now wants to defend the very thing he’s been accusing others of year on year.
Now it suites his agenda and he’s actually realizing that his moral compass is totally askew and his only answer is to revert to Boris.
By the way Mr O’Brien the simple definition of a law breaker is an individual the enters a country illegally but of course you have different standards for your definitions of illegal
You clearly don’t understand the difference between telling the public something. And lying and hiding something from the public do you 🤦♂️🤡🤡
@@miker3039 i understand corrupt behavior and that is what this is no matter what your political leaning is.
But this guy will excuse it when it suites him and deny it when it doesn’t.
He’s an archetypal socialist typical Labour Party member rich elitists that have hijacked the party that I voted for many times when it belonged to the actual working class man.
It started with Blair and now you have another spineless sycophant in Starmer surrounded by his own hypocrisy and hypocrites.
Jimmy is the ultimate champagne socialist
Too kind
He's not even that. At this stage he is basically a Tory, which is what Starmer is.
He isn't, he's a Liberal and this is always how liberals behave when they get power.
James doing what he does best.
Taking people who haven’t got a clue apart.
Just waiting for Douglas Murray to call him.
O'Brien would never dare tackle someone of that calibre in a debate. He likes low hanging fruit or giving pre rehearsed rants.
You think Douglas would come off worse?? Bless you.
@@shaneroberts2492 Yes Douglas would loose hands down. He's no match for a leftist like James.
Douglas would wipe the floor with that creep O'Brien. O'Brien wants easy targets anyway, which Douglas is not.
Wow! Applauding a rude little hypocrite who would've wiped the floor with Sunak had he been caught with his snout in the trough. I daresay you would've had something to say about it too. Your hypocrisy is breathtaking. BTW, Murray would annihilate O'brien (without resorting to cheap patronising put-downs, rudeness, or by hanging-up)
Suddenly all the right-wingers agree that we should take money out of Politics 😂
I love Keir too. He can take all the freebies and tickets for Coldplay and dresses for his wife that he wants. I love Keir. He’s a fantastic leader …. Commendable ….. righteous …. Strong …. Someone the country can really get behind.
@LBCOfficial - don’t understand why you keep James around. He was amusing when the Tories were in power. Now he is just out of touch, even us Labour supporters mostly think Starmer is doing a terrible job. Read the room.
He was, and continues to be, the only one talking sense.
Don't believe the hype that everyone is against kier. We're not all swayed by the rhetoric.
Well said
@@nathijomac How anybody can defend Starmer at this point is beyond me.
Labour supporter? Yeah, right.
@suartgilmour4540 how some people are so outraged over so little, especially after the catastrophes we've had as leaders recently is beyond me.
You don’t have to follow rules to be ethical
Trouble is that Starmer has tried to triangulate and appease the right wing press. He also has failed to deliver a vision to the majority of people who aren't or rabid xenophobes. He bought it all on himself.
The thing with leftwing James is he is hyprect wen was it was boris was doingit he was al overhim now its steamer doing the same ting .he defended him.
He actually hasn't
@@darrenerskine8050 no... It's completely different. Keir Starmer declared it all straight away. Boris Johnson took over £1 million of tax payers money (not donations, TAX PAYER money) and purely to redecorate his house. Did he declare it? No. Did he lie about it when caught? Yes. Did he keep denying and lieing about it until it was proven? Yes. Lol, Keir has some integrity.
Will we know what Lord Ali will get in return for his “gifts”.? Or will we have to wait until Starmer tells us.
@Chad-kk5oz yes I question what any political donor gets for his gifts. Can you think of a reason why any one of them would give gifts worths thousands of pounds and not expect anything in return?
@Chad-kk5oz No I cant. I just know it’s wrong for them all to accept gifts of such magnitude. Gifts which are bound to affect how they react when a favour is asked in return. It’s disgusting, and I thought Starmer was claiming to be better than that.
@Chad-kk5ozWhy would one rich man spend his money buying luxuries for another rich man? I don't believe this is how rich people become rich.
@Chad-kk5ozThe problem is that the gifts were not properly declared.
@Chad-kk5oz No confusion here just read my post at the top of the page.
how did a party that won 5 seats cause the tories to lose
Taking gifts from people is immoral - Looks like I'm not allowed to accept any gifts for Christmas! Dare I put myself in a position where people would question my morality for keeping a pair of socks gifted from my nan!
Do you get 20k of clothes at Christmas??? Santa obviously likes you!
If you described them as "office expenses" I would question your sanity.
The host of this show appears to be in excruciating pain, perhaps he needs some help! This James O'Brien fella is almost singlehandedly destroying LBC radio, perhaps LBC Radio don't care about the quality of their presenters or the harm that some of them are doing! I honestly think his ears must be entirely broken because they very obviously don't work!
The lack of critical thinking from the caller 🤦♀️
The host with his tongue stuck up Starmers back passage is far worse.
@@JAWS-qj1rjin his dreams
Kier declared many items late (he has even said himself he had to check and then added items), no doubt because he was worried it was about to come out, lol. If he is claiming he didn't know whether he needed to declare expensive dresses donated to his wife and making use of expensive accommodation then he is either an idiot or a liar!
It's not a sin to ask questions when filling in your declaration. He was unsure, so he asked for advice. When the advise came back he made a declaration. He didn't try and hide anything.
The challenge in these discussions often stems from an ‘us vs. them’ mentality. Too many people focus on proving the other side wrong, dismissing opposing views as ignorant or misguided-similar to labeling someone a ‘Brexit voter’ and assuming they must be uninformed. This attitude only deepens the divisions within the country, contributing to an increasingly polarised society
Not wrong.
Until brexit voters start to admit that brexit was bad for all aspects of the country, they shall always be labelled as uninformed or gullible
Of course it's a polarised society, while in 2024 we still have to swallow a monarchy, lords and ladys and other aristrocracy, why wouldn't it be polarised
But people were misguided, though only by Boris', Nige's and the media's dishonesty.
Sometimes rules and the law is less important than morals. Odd that hey?
These Farage and Trump people loose me
lose?
JOB gives impression that he loves the sound of his own voice and uses listeners to make himself seem more intelligent! Has he ever admitted he is wrong about anything?
The man is beyond arrogant. He would rather die than admit he was wrong. He has a book titled 'How to be right' for God's sake.
Frequently, if you listen regularly to the whole show. Which you don’t.😊
Jacob Rees-Mogg made him look very unintelligent.
Finally your listeners are waking up to your antics JOB. How about going back to journalistic roots - some quality non biased journalism holding the government to account. Would love to see you debate Douglas Murray - someone who would give you back what you give out!
They can both debate on the same side when it comes to defending Israel's Gen side
3:12 "you're trying your best now" 🤮 O'Brien is one of the best emetics available.