As a grandad who has only ever voted labour, I would like to offer my heartfelt thanks to Boris for exposing the Tory party for what it truly is, as he could never have gotten away with his corrupt behaviour without the rest of the Tories aiding and abetting him.
Why don't you take off those rose tinted glasses and look at what Labour really are. Starmer's allegiance to the WEF won't mean a better standard of living for you! He is just another version of Boris.
Dont compare the 2 . Trump is all fir america and fighting against the elite when he neednt but hates what america has become . The world literally needs trump. Dont compare the 2 whrn boris just took pi ss during covid and the whole party
I'm from Brazil and I live in Brazil. I would never in a million years have imagined how UK politics would resemble our third-world politics. It's actually bewildering.
"You don't have a 'balanced' discussion about dentistry between a licensed, university trained dentist and some bloke who removes his own teeth with string and a door." -- Dara Ó Briain
@@chatham43 your masochism is worrying You watch James religiously and yet apparently abhor him. So why do you watch/ listen? Self harm on a chronic scale. If you offered salient or even basic criticism, we may care if you played in traffic
Yes, there were people in the world who knew Boris is a liar. Unfortunately, we didn't get a say in him becoming PM. It was the people who knew what he was like that got him in. Same with Truss and Sunak. They're all corrupt.
Er, just speaking from NZ, its not so much people in "the world". Frankly, from here we've been wondering what you guys saw in that bloke for more than a decade.
One of the saddest and most terrible thing about this is that you have people defending him. These are the people who would say they are on the side of law and order and decency. Hypocrites . They have the tendency to be criminals
Not in the slightest. We would just like to see consistency and equality before the law. Johnson's crimes were infinitely less serious and infinitely less consequential than Tony Blair's lies and Blair got knighted.
Even though the report is definitive Rees Mogg and his other cronies many of whom were rewarded in the honours list are still saying he's innocent. How can they be allowed to do that without facing criminal charges. It's just the belief that if you keep telling lies for long enough people will believe the lies. The people telling the lies should also be held accountable
I don't know what is worse - the lying former PM or those coming to his defence. Why the BBC finds it necessary to give these fools airtime is beyond me. I used to be an advocate and supporter of the BBC, but no more.
Because they're biased to any current cabinet. In the last general they broadcast Alan Sugar telling people not to vote for Labour the night before elections, but Linnaker criticizing a specific policy was deemed unacceptable. Hypocrisy to a T.
The BBC is supposed to be Independent, but that relies on the government not abusing its de facto power to control it. However, the modern right wing has realized that it can abuse its powers without limit, so what's left of the independent BBC is running scared of being shut down if it stands up to the Tories.
Well said, James. What a shame that Britain has become a place where a rant such as this is absolutely justified. We need a complete overhaul of political institutions and media standards.
It is terrible, but you can take some small crumb of comfort from the fact that this Parliamentary Committee new how the press would respond and used that. They played a blinder. And it had to be that majority of Tories on that panel, who knew Johnson well enough to predict his actions. They knew exactly how to give him enough rope to hang himself. They knew that giving him a copy of the report early (which they were NOT obligated to do) would trigger him into railing in the press and he would commit more, compounding offences and nail down his own coffin. And, sure enough . . .
The Political institutions and the Media standards in Britain are corrupt to the core. Until we get rid of the corruption nothing will ever change in this country. But if we do get rid of the corruption then you will see much more democracy for the greater benefit of all the people within that democracy.
Only one of the "court" in question has been found to have breached lockdown themselves, and the head of the "court" was part of a kiddy prons club called PIE back in the day.
@@1inchPunchBowlAt the last election the voters had a simple choice, on one hand an habitual liar and the other hand a Communist. Who, in their right mind would vote for the Communist?
When thinking about the green discharge of a man that Boris Johnson is. I believe F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote it best when describing some of the rich & powerful in our society. "They were careless people, …they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made."
One of the most memorable passages from The Great Gatsby. And, yes, like you, those words often come to my mind when I survey the damage wreaked upon the country by this cohort of venal crooks and liars - the Tory party and their powerful enablers.
One of the most articulate, passionate, damning pieces of radio I have ever heard. An incredible summary of what Boris Johnson is, the damage he has done and along with his enablers, continues to do.
Boris does what Boris wants without fear of any consequence. The thought of anyone else getting hurt as a result of his actions doesn't even enter his mind.
"I think he honestly believes that it is churlish of us not to regard him as an exception, one who should be free of the network of obligation that binds everyone else." His school report from 1982.
The BBC carried a quote from someone called Jen this morning - "I think it's a big stitch up. I'm so annoyed about it because they're all liars, I'm sure they are, apart from him." Even now people who claim everyone is a liar except the proven liar, fired for lying in the past, and now resigned for lying to parliament.
@@ozzie2612 nope. The public stitched him up by making him popular. Most people will have been in an environment where being popular counts against you and a Harriet Harman type will plot against you.
She was 100% right and you are too thick to ever understand it. You can't understand what is happening right in front of you right now all over the news and the media.
The worst aspect of Boris Johnson isn't that he's a liar, it's that he doesn't seem to feel a sliver of guilt. A man with a clear personality disorder.
@@tanja9364 the classic thing is it's never their fault. People are out to get me, you didn't pay enough attention, my aid didn't do their job correctly etc.
I think the vast majority of the tories have a personality disorder to be honest, people like them are not normal with the amount of lies and gaslighting they undertake and constantly deny.
What a relief to finally and at last, see Bojoke HELD ACCOUNTABLE for what he has done. It's NEVER happened to him in his life before. The Eton Housemaster who said, all those years ago, that Boris cinsiders rule to only apply to others, but not himself - saw it even then. The commitee has done a grand job - and I feared they wouldn't. FInally, accountablility!!
But even with this simplified example it can still result in a subjective debate as to what constitutes rain. There are various definitions as to the separation between rain and drizzle, let alone other precipitation types e.g. when does sleet become rain in both a spatial and temporal context? If I say it was raining when I looked out the window, is it still raining now? If there's rain out my window, what's to say there's rain on the other side of the building. What duration does it need to rain for it to be considered raining? Over how large an area should it rain for it to be considered raining? Even if such specific, and likely impractical, definitions were agreed upon, by simply looking out of the window, it is unlikely that objective evidence to satisfy rigorous definitions would be practical to obtain. For example, one definition between the cutoff between rain and drizzle is that the drops should be larger than 0.5mm. Is it possible to determine this objectively by looking out the window? This may seem ridiculous, but these differences become magnified when the issues under discussion are emotions and beliefs that warp apparent 'facts'. In the end, journalism should attempt to portray a 'balanced' view of the beliefs and equip its audience with the tools to make their own 'objective' opinion knowing that even then our inherent biases will taint our perceptions. Unfortunately due to other inherent human biases, e.g. confirmation bias, the long-known truth that a media outlet's audience tend to cluster around certain demographic, political and social stereotypes and a leaning of most outlets towards a certain inclination, it is far less profitable to provide a balanced presentation of the opinions ... Best to get your news from a number of different sources; not only within your own country but from others who have less 'skin in the game' ... Anyone can say it's raining - chances are it is somewhere at some time ... Anyone can tell their truths which is to another a lie. Anyone can lie, which to another person becomes their truth.
@@DarkHelixiaExcept that it isn't the journalists job to determine the weather. It is to report the facts from the people who study it. When they print opinion as fact, they are deliberately misleading the public.
BBC have given voices to numerous loons today who support Boris . Just like they have to give 50/50 balance when it comes to the Russian invasion of Ukraine , they always have to give Russias lies and propaganda, similar weight. Why ?
He’s a millionaire but the British taxpayers are paying for his legal expenses, that’s exactly why I keep saying that the British political system is completely corrupt. This shouldn’t be happening in a true democracy but as I say it’s pure corruption at the highest level of government.
This is a smaller version of what is going on over here in the US with Trump. The unchecked lying is what has escalated these people's malfeasance to such a high level. We, the governed, need to stand up and put an end to these politicians before it's too late!! Thank you for this, James!
@@zippymufo9765 Trump's followers are extremely entertained by Trump and find him charismatic-that's why they are a cult! Boris is MUCH smarter than Trump, though.
The man is a complete disgrace, and so are the cronies supporting him. Strange how 7 of the 8 to have come out in support of him, denigrating the report, are people who he has given honours to. Wonder what that's about 🤣🤣🤣
She hold her constituents hostage trying to get what’s she wants given that said like a MP ego works for Local people she should have the Tory wipped removed now
Actually, his optimism is rather sickening. Now matter how bad it is, I tell you, it can always get worse. And if the Tories are willing to sink this low, they'll be willing to sink even lower.
@@grahamheathcote5914 No, he's advancing the argument that you debate facts, not if facts actually exist. Johnson is a liar. He got booted for lying. He is no more the victim of a conspiracy than someone driving 130 mph along a flat road past a speed camera.
@@grahamheathcote5914 How in any way is he suggesting that? JoB is saying that we shouldn't allow objectively, flagrantly, morally bankrupt crooks any airtime. This applies to all parties, just so happens the Tories are stacked to the rafters with 'em.
and what do truth and eloquence do to change anything? We all knew this was going to happen, so telling us what we already know isn't productive. we need public unrest.
Why is the automatic presumption that because I don't like the state of something I have to leave? What about trying to change it to make it better? I didn't vote for the lying windbag that is Borris Johnson.
Totally agree…..The sad truth is that the same thing is happening here in the USA with Trump…….I fear for the future of both countries😢 Thank you James and please keep speaking the truth!
These monologues just get better every day - and not for want of new material, which continues to come in abundance. Putting "Daily Mail" and "newspaper of record" in the same sentence was today's masterstroke.
Don't blame Donald Trump that's the way the USA rolls, unbelievable that the UK has gone down the corrupt greedy road it's traveling, led by a Tory Government, that stiff upper lip and sense of fairness has long departed the Conservative's.
This is mostly because Boris Johnson has made it seem normal to lie at all times and the rest of the Tories have seen just how he’s never held to account or made to face any consequences for his downright lies. So people like Braverman are just copying him and the more that do this just makes the situation even worse in a democracy.
This broadcast from James should be played on every TV channel 4 times a day at peak viewing times . Only this will put the real truth into the public realm.
Technically, there are two sides to this: 1. Those that recognize the problem, want to see it addressed and those involved punished, and 2. Those who have decided to be a part of the problem and keep the grift going for as long as possible
Problem is there is no consequence for lying, there isn't even consequence for criminal behaviour and it has the shelf live of unrefrigerated milk within the public consciousness
I wonder how much money the tax payer have forked out for this enquiry, which wouldn’t have been necessary if Johnson had admitted in the House of Commons when questioned.
I have a question on Boris's honours list. Should the handing out of Boris's honours and peerages to his cabal of corrupt, cronies have been put on hold until after the publishing of the "Partygate" scandal report? Surly, now that we have the commitee's findings, one would think that any titles given should be stripped away. How can a MP facing such heavy charges be allowed to do such things? The mind boggles.
Boris Johnson is now completely discredited and yet they are seemingly going ahead with his disgusting and ridiculous honours list. This just proves my life long belief that the British Political System is completely corrupt to the core and while the corruption continues it always will be unfortunately for the British people and taxpayers.
The problem with liars is that the people they are lying to, who do not realise they have been told false information, then cannot make rational decisions.
Too many people know Boris Johnson is lying but have calculated that it isn't in their best interests to say so. The colleagues, who got cabinet roles and peerages. The journalists, terrified of losing their readership. Johnson is enabled, not by the true believers, but by the scared, unprincipled enablers. The Emperor has no clothes, yet they tell us he is dressed in the finest silks because he won't give them a job if they speak the obvious truth.
Spot on James. Sometimes i feel like I'm in a Sims game or the Truman show. How else could someone so corrupt and inept get anywhere near the echelons of power? "Turn on the ridiculous leader mode and see how they deal with that!!" Its just so bizzare
You can fool some of the people most of the time. He fooled most of the people some of the time , but he wasn't able to fool all of the people all of the time.
All MPs lies there is not one out there that as not. And they have done so for centuries its only because we have more access to them that we have times like this. Churchill lied and every PM ever in the house. The worst being Tony Blair who Lied and took us into a war that killed Thousands and destablised the Middle East.
There need to be an end to personal ownership of the big media companies and newspapers, The billionaires and their owner corporations should be forced to sell shares to create minority shareholders. All corporate lobbying should be registered and openly listed for shareholders so all the fake news/stats they generate and mony spent can be sourced . No MP should be allowed second jobs or to receive any second income they weren't receiving before elected or any income above Average Wage. I cant see it happening but their assets should be seized while in office and returned with interest at deposit account rate when they leave office. Too many are working with hedge funds that bet against the economy. They should not be allowed any gifts meals or trips that are not gov or self funded. The BBC should outsource its news to independents and rotate their input. It should focus politically not on balance but on holding politicians to account. Ideally it should rag every poltician to the limit whether opposition of govt, If any have too much in their wallet we should know about it.
The British media is overwhelmingly controlled by the Tories and is undoubtedly pro Tory. They are nothing more than a propaganda machine for the Tories and they don’t deal with facts, they deal with misinformation, disinformation, falsehoods and downright lies. Please everyone don’t believe the British media, think for yourself on the facts involved in all the issues, as the media are biased and against people thinking critically on the true facts.
It's the same thing here in the States. And I'm as furious about both governments in both of these countries (British born, live in USA). Remember they were both born in the USA.
He resigned as they were going to get the money back from him , as he was getting free lawyers paid for by us to represent him , he’s a criminal he should be in prison 😡
Now that the laws regarding the right to protest have been changed is there any way we can get them to apply to the Mps protesting Boris's innocence and have them arrested. Or locked up by the people in white coats.
Thank you for highlighting the complicit shameful enablers. All narcissists thrive on the enablers who seem to devoid of any moral compass. It is hard to understand why....but we/ the nation deserve better.
The BBC had one of his mates on the other day, a former advisor, who defended his partygate lies by claiming that he shouldn't be expected to know what's going on in parliament.
Hello, James! I have never listened to anything more truthful. I have never listened to anyone speak with such heartfelt passion. I never again expect to listen to someone opening his soul as magnificently as you do in this vid. I wish you the very best in life! Your ardent fan, Paul
As a grandad who has only ever voted labour, I would like to offer my heartfelt thanks to Boris for exposing the Tory party for what it truly is, as he could never have gotten away with his corrupt behaviour without the rest of the Tories aiding and abetting him.
Yeah and the Labour Party are squeaky clean.
@@paulpurves484Whataboutism. You are exactly the kind of person that encourages the damage to our democracy that Johnson and his cronies represent.
Why don't you take off those rose tinted glasses and look at what Labour really are. Starmer's allegiance to the WEF won't mean a better standard of living for you! He is just another version of Boris.
Bill, in much the same way that Trump has done with his Republican party 👍🏻
@@paulpurves484 a tad cleaner than this corrupt Tory government. You are being conned buddy
Boris should be in prison, along with half the Tory party
Yeah and Tony Blair
And the other half doing community service in a hi-vis jacket.
Along with every other politician that has let the people down
....and Tony Blair.
What for having a glass of wine?
Watching James tear Boris Johnson to shreds is always satisfying to watch.
😂 love my weekly dose of O'Brien getting angry at Daily Mailers
I'm addicted to watching James doing this😂
@Slam....which you've never read...excellent comment...😊
@Thomas King...pity you're not as addicted to doing a little more work...😊
@@chatham43I'm self employed and choose my own hours. Furthermore, I don't claim benefits like you do.😊
Brilliant summary from James regarding the right-wing media circus who are consistently rolled out to defend the likes of British Trump
Dont compare the 2 . Trump is all fir america and fighting against the elite when he neednt but hates what america has become . The world literally needs trump. Dont compare the 2 whrn boris just took pi ss during covid and the whole party
bRitiSh tRuMp" 🥴
This was cathartic and so necessary. Thank you for articulating how the majority of the world feels James
The rest of the world doesn’t give British internal politics a second thought.
I'm from Brazil and I live in Brazil. I would never in a million years have imagined how UK politics would resemble our third-world politics. It's actually bewildering.
It's the voters (a percentage of them voted for him) 52 percent of the UK electorate voted for a clown
We are Brazil politics without the big snakes and piranha fish in the rivers. Ours has turds.
@@huwzebediahthomas9193 So do some of ours, mate.
@@Soraviel fewer than 52%. 52 was Brexit not Boris
This is what happens when political persecution becomes acceptable. This happened in Germany, Russia and China. Didn't turn out too well.
"You don't have a 'balanced' discussion about dentistry between a licensed, university trained dentist and some bloke who removes his own teeth with string and a door." -- Dara Ó Briain
I've never heard James being this angry. And I agree with every single word.
....saves the hassle of having to think for yourself Roger.....
@@chatham43 Please explain how agreeing with someone demonstrates an inability to think independently.
@@chatham43 non-responsive AGAIN, eh?
@@chatham43 your masochism is worrying
You watch James religiously and yet apparently abhor him.
So why do you watch/ listen?
Self harm on a chronic scale.
If you offered salient or even basic criticism, we may care if you played in traffic
@@chatham43 said by someone who’s opinions are exclusively shaped by daily mails headlines.
What's incredible to me is that there are people in the world who didn't 100% know this was what he was always like.
Yes, there were people in the world who knew Boris is a liar. Unfortunately, we didn't get a say in him becoming PM. It was the people who knew what he was like that got him in. Same with Truss and Sunak. They're all corrupt.
Er, just speaking from NZ, its not so much people in "the world". Frankly, from here we've been wondering what you guys saw in that bloke for more than a decade.
@@akadacat Same here from Holland.
The Sun, Dailly Mail & Express readers amount to quite a number...
One of the saddest and most terrible thing about this is that you have people defending him. These are the people who would say they are on the side of law and order and decency. Hypocrites . They have the tendency to be criminals
AND WHAT DOES THAT MAKE YOU.? KARMA.
Do you mean Tony Blair.
Yeah, Just like when O'Brein defended Carl Beech and Oh ' Darren. 😂
Your no better
Not in the slightest. We would just like to see consistency and equality before the law. Johnson's crimes were infinitely less serious and infinitely less consequential than Tony Blair's lies and Blair got knighted.
Even though the report is definitive Rees Mogg and his other cronies many of whom were rewarded in the honours list are still saying he's innocent. How can they be allowed to do that without facing criminal charges. It's just the belief that if you keep telling lies for long enough people will believe the lies. The people telling the lies should also be held accountable
I don't know what is worse - the lying former PM or those coming to his defence. Why the BBC finds it necessary to give these fools airtime is beyond me. I used to be an advocate and supporter of the BBC, but no more.
Well said 💯💪💪💪
Listening to Fabricant on this morning's Today programme .....unmentionable!
Because they're biased to any current cabinet. In the last general they broadcast Alan Sugar telling people not to vote for Labour the night before elections, but Linnaker criticizing a specific policy was deemed unacceptable. Hypocrisy to a T.
The BBC is supposed to be Independent, but that relies on the government not abusing its de facto power to control it.
However, the modern right wing has realized that it can abuse its powers without limit, so what's left of the independent BBC is running scared of being shut down if it stands up to the Tories.
BBC is official Govt propaganda network
Well said, James. What a shame that Britain has become a place where a rant such as this is absolutely justified. We need a complete overhaul of political institutions and media standards.
using the french method for preference
Yes. Media is the key. He never would have lasted so long, or maybe even gotten anywhere without a right wing biased media across the board.
It is terrible, but you can take some small crumb of comfort from the fact that this Parliamentary Committee new how the press would respond and used that. They played a blinder. And it had to be that majority of Tories on that panel, who knew Johnson well enough to predict his actions. They knew exactly how to give him enough rope to hang himself. They knew that giving him a copy of the report early (which they were NOT obligated to do) would trigger him into railing in the press and he would commit more, compounding offences and nail down his own coffin. And, sure enough . . .
And well said Terry!
The Political institutions and the Media standards in Britain are corrupt to the core.
Until we get rid of the corruption nothing will ever change in this country.
But if we do get rid of the corruption then you will see much more democracy for
the greater benefit of all the people within that democracy.
Don’t forget the members of Boris’ party that were prepared to on the news programs daily and tell the audience that Boris wasn’t a liar.
James my friend. I salute you. A brilliant summation of the body politic and the media as a whole. Thank you 🙏
It's like being found guilty in court then accusing the judge is his fault I blame the voters for enabling this mess
The right wing press & some LBC broadcasters also played a big part.
Johnson thinks he is a mini trump with his antics
Only one of the "court" in question has been found to have breached lockdown themselves, and the head of the "court" was part of a kiddy prons club called PIE back in the day.
@@1inchPunchBowlAt the last election the voters had a simple choice, on one hand an habitual liar and the other hand a Communist. Who, in their right mind would vote for the Communist?
@@malcolmmckinlay2143 He's a trump gone wrong after one too many lagers with a Vindaloo.
When thinking about the green discharge of a man that Boris Johnson is. I believe F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote it best when describing some of the rich & powerful in our society. "They were careless people, …they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made."
I’ve screen grabbed and going to share your excellent comment on Twitter. Hope that’s ok!
One of the most memorable passages from The Great Gatsby. And, yes, like you, those words often come to my mind when I survey the damage wreaked upon the country by this cohort of venal crooks and liars - the Tory party and their powerful enablers.
Incredible. James absolutely nailed this one
One of the most articulate, passionate, damning pieces of radio I have ever heard. An incredible summary of what Boris Johnson is, the damage he has done and along with his enablers, continues to do.
You were fantastic James. You said the whole truth and nothing but the truth, well said !!
Boris does what Boris wants without fear of any consequence. The thought of anyone else getting hurt as a result of his actions doesn't even enter his mind.
.....yep....he is culpable for the disastrous lockdown and it's repercussions to the vulnerable in our society...no doubt about that...totally agree
It's literally a mirror image of what's happening to Trump. How did the UK and the US let these two criminals lead their countries.
Cry
@@mikedown1250 Probably because the electorate wasn't smart enough to see these two clowns for what they are.
@raymondo6665 Seek help.
"I think he honestly believes that it is churlish of us not to regard him as an exception, one who should be free of the network of obligation that binds everyone else." His school report from 1982.
The BBC carried a quote from someone called Jen this morning - "I think it's a big stitch up. I'm so annoyed about it because they're all liars, I'm sure they are, apart from him."
Even now people who claim everyone is a liar except the proven liar, fired for lying in the past, and now resigned for lying to parliament.
The same people stitched up Jeremy Corbyn.
@@clivet3252 boris stitched himself up
@@ozzie2612 nope. The public stitched him up by making him popular. Most people will have been in an environment where being popular counts against you and a Harriet Harman type will plot against you.
She was 100% right and you are too thick to ever understand it. You can't understand what is happening right in front of you right now all over the news and the media.
We're an absolute shitshow
I live in NI I'm not a royalist but they partyed while the Queen was in mourning by HERSELF, the Queen abided by the rules Boris set.
Agreed. What a shower!
The worst aspect of Boris Johnson isn't that he's a liar, it's that he doesn't seem to feel a sliver of guilt.
A man with a clear personality disorder.
I would say he is the epitome of a narcissist! I looked it up and HE FITS! (So does Trump!)
@@tanja9364 the classic thing is it's never their fault. People are out to get me, you didn't pay enough attention, my aid didn't do their job correctly etc.
I'd say a sociopath fits pretty well. But defo a narcissist!
@stephenbain389 yeah there is never any responsibility taken for anything at all
I think the vast majority of the tories have a personality disorder to be honest, people like them are not normal with the amount of lies and gaslighting they undertake and constantly deny.
And I thought our right wing in America was batshit crazy, sorry it spread back across the pond, James.
Johnson comes from the establishment going back centuries. Not new, only know.
Where do you think your right wing crazies learned their tactics? 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇲😉😉🤪
Trump and Johnson are both "advised" by Steve Bannon.
Crony corruption is as old as civilization itself. As long as there’s been the accumulation of wealth, there’s been government and civil corruption.
@RDE401 and who is advising Biden?
What a relief to finally and at last, see Bojoke HELD ACCOUNTABLE for what he has done. It's NEVER happened to him in his life before. The Eton Housemaster who said, all those years ago, that Boris cinsiders rule to only apply to others, but not himself - saw it even then. The commitee has done a grand job - and I feared they wouldn't. FInally, accountablility!!
We'll have to wait and see what this purported accountability really means
@@carvoloco4229true that, but at least it’s printed black and white 103 pages. And downloadable for everyone who’s interested.
@@carvoloco4229resigning is potentially much worse for him. Sitting MPs cannot be imprisoned for lying but strangers to the house can.
Well, those recommendations still have to be approved by Parliament...
He’s never going to be held accountable that’s why he resigned
Journalism isn't about getting two people to argue over the weather. Journalism is looking out of the window and reporting on whether it is raining.
*THIS! THIS! THIS!* 👏👏👏
But even with this simplified example it can still result in a subjective debate as to what constitutes rain. There are various definitions as to the separation between rain and drizzle, let alone other precipitation types e.g. when does sleet become rain in both a spatial and temporal context? If I say it was raining when I looked out the window, is it still raining now? If there's rain out my window, what's to say there's rain on the other side of the building. What duration does it need to rain for it to be considered raining? Over how large an area should it rain for it to be considered raining?
Even if such specific, and likely impractical, definitions were agreed upon, by simply looking out of the window, it is unlikely that objective evidence to satisfy rigorous definitions would be practical to obtain. For example, one definition between the cutoff between rain and drizzle is that the drops should be larger than 0.5mm. Is it possible to determine this objectively by looking out the window?
This may seem ridiculous, but these differences become magnified when the issues under discussion are emotions and beliefs that warp apparent 'facts'.
In the end, journalism should attempt to portray a 'balanced' view of the beliefs and equip its audience with the tools to make their own 'objective' opinion knowing that even then our inherent biases will taint our perceptions. Unfortunately due to other inherent human biases, e.g. confirmation bias, the long-known truth that a media outlet's audience tend to cluster around certain demographic, political and social stereotypes and a leaning of most outlets towards a certain inclination, it is far less profitable to provide a balanced presentation of the opinions ... Best to get your news from a number of different sources; not only within your own country but from others who have less 'skin in the game' ...
Anyone can say it's raining - chances are it is somewhere at some time ... Anyone can tell their truths which is to another a lie. Anyone can lie, which to another person becomes their truth.
@@DarkHelixiaExcept that it isn't the journalists job to determine the weather. It is to report the facts from the people who study it. When they print opinion as fact, they are deliberately misleading the public.
BBC have given voices to numerous loons today who support Boris . Just like they have to give 50/50 balance when it comes to the Russian invasion of Ukraine , they always have to give Russias lies and propaganda, similar weight. Why ?
That sounds lovely but journalism is about selling advertising and getting paid. 📰💩💩💩🇬🇧🤦♂️💩
I wonder how many of us would like to meet him face to face & have the opportunity to tell him exactly how we feel towards him. Count me in.
That is why I love listening to you James for honesty and truth, two words that could never be used when referring to Boris Johnson.
Thank you James for putting into words what I have been feeling for very long time.
And we the taxpayer foots the bill for his legal team.
you'd think after all those public speaking deals he could afford it himself.
@@jibjub2121 He can ...
And that is plain wrong
@@HelenaMikas that was my point.
He’s a millionaire but the British taxpayers are paying for his legal expenses, that’s exactly why I
keep saying that the British political system is completely corrupt. This shouldn’t be happening in
a true democracy but as I say it’s pure corruption at the highest level of government.
This is a smaller version of what is going on over here in the US with Trump. The unchecked lying is what has escalated these people's malfeasance to such a high level. We, the governed, need to stand up and put an end to these politicians before it's too late!! Thank you for this, James!
The difference is that Boris is massively charismatic and entertaining whereas Trump is a dud.
..."a smaller version...."?
@@patrickgray6571 Smaller in scale since things are REALLY out of control over here and we also have nutbags armed to the teeth.
@@zippymufo9765 Trump's followers are extremely entertained by Trump and find him charismatic-that's why they are a cult! Boris is MUCH smarter than Trump, though.
It’s very very lazy and amateurish to compare the U.K. and the USA political landscape
The parallels to Trump here in the USA are uncanny.
It’s quite bizarre isn’t it?
same history stream
No surprise to me. He has followed Trump's playbook since the day he got elected.
It’s propaganda
The press are against trump, they are with boris....
Brilliant and accurate analysis James O'B. Many thanks I enjoyed listening to this riveting diatribe
The man is a complete disgrace, and so are the cronies supporting him. Strange how 7 of the 8 to have come out in support of him, denigrating the report, are people who he has given honours to. Wonder what that's about 🤣🤣🤣
You're quite right but Nadine Dorrise is even worse. She cares more about her political career than her constituents and needs to be called out for it
She hold her constituents hostage trying to get what’s she wants given that said like a MP ego works for Local people she should have the Tory wipped removed now
I think that 90+ % of Tory MPs care more about their political career than their constituents.
Leave her alone she's just a poor working class woman trying to get by. 😂 😂
AG 😂😂😂😂
Love how he name dropped Kuenssberg after the Daily Mail rant. Perfection 😊
You James are an absolute legend! if only there were more like you 👏👏👏👏👏
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
James O’Brien 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 a rant so inspired, appropriate, justified & glorious, I’m listening to it twice!
All he does is rant. He and his alter ego on the right, Piers Morgan, would do well to watch how measured Iain Dale is.
@@grahamheathcote5914 Dude. Whatever your smoking, share 😅
Did you listen to the Carl Beech fiasco twice,?😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Final disgrace? I admire your optimism james
yeah wait until Labour win the election, then it'll get shockingly worse
Actually, his optimism is rather sickening. Now matter how bad it is, I tell you, it can always get worse. And if the Tories are willing to sink this low, they'll be willing to sink even lower.
Johnson will coast on a wave of right wing media until the wave has dried up.
This rant reaches Christopher Hitchens levels of truth and eloquence.
Really? He seems to be advocating the abolition of a free press to me.
@@grahamheathcote5914 No, he's advancing the argument that you debate facts, not if facts actually exist.
Johnson is a liar. He got booted for lying. He is no more the victim of a conspiracy than someone driving 130 mph along a flat road past a speed camera.
@@grahamheathcote5914 How in any way is he suggesting that? JoB is saying that we shouldn't allow objectively, flagrantly, morally bankrupt crooks any airtime. This applies to all parties, just so happens the Tories are stacked to the rafters with 'em.
and what do truth and eloquence do to change anything?
We all knew this was going to happen, so telling us what we already know isn't productive.
we need public unrest.
@@grahamheathcote5914 Then you need to go back to school and learn how to think.
Wow. That was really quite stirring. What a sad state this country is in
...but you're still here...
@@chatham43And so are you. Your point?
Why is the automatic presumption that because I don't like the state of something I have to leave? What about trying to change it to make it better? I didn't vote for the lying windbag that is Borris Johnson.
Totally agree…..The sad truth is that the same thing is happening here in the USA with Trump…….I fear for the future of both countries😢 Thank you James and please keep speaking the truth!
Facts
Boris should be told to direct any issues or complaints to his local MP
He’s committed Perjury so haul him in front of a judge and answer for his crimes.
The biggest question is can the country ever fully recover from Johnson's legacy?
Thimasking you mean the whole torie party plus Boris
no
Not Until we have a General Election Remember Richi Rich Stuck up for him last year when he misled parliament and the nation! They are all culpable
@@miakeogh6844 Tory
...yep...the cost of lockdown will be with us for many years...plus his disastrous green agenda...and doing nothing about the boats....
These monologues just get better every day - and not for want of new material, which continues to come in abundance. Putting "Daily Mail" and "newspaper of record" in the same sentence was today's masterstroke.
...new material...where?....unless you mean he's wearing a clean shirt...😊
Who knew that the man that lied all his life would be kicked out for lying.
Thank you James, whatever happens don’t ever stop doing what you do.
...it's not clear to me what he does either...😊
Bullying people, you mean? O' Brien and Johnson are both trash.
Boris Johnson was the British version of Donald Trump and I can't insult anyone more.
@Raymondo666 What will your reaction be when he isn't re-elected?
@raymondo6665Trump will join Johnson on the scrap heap of historical Liars.
Not only that, but he was a pound shop Donald Trump.
Don't blame Donald Trump that's the way the USA rolls, unbelievable that the UK has gone down the corrupt greedy road it's traveling, led by a Tory Government, that stiff upper lip and sense of fairness has long departed the Conservative's.
@Raymondo666 in jail?
Suella Braverman lies to the House virtually everytime she gets on her feet and yet no-one does anything about her 😕😕😕
I expect the Israelis will get her when she's outlived her use. And I mean this seriously. Check out her mysterious half hidden husband
No compassion no integrity out of her depth completely
As yet , give it time
Most of all BJ lies to himself , so very sad and pathetic.
This is mostly because Boris Johnson has made it seem normal to lie at all times and the rest of the
Tories have seen just how he’s never held to account or made to face any consequences for his
downright lies. So people like Braverman are just copying him and the more that do this just makes
the situation even worse in a democracy.
This broadcast from James should be played on every TV channel 4 times a day at peak viewing times . Only this will put the real truth into the public realm.
James O'Brien - you are the gift that keeps on giving! 11 minutes 36 seconds of pure quality.
The analogy with Billy Bunter MUST have come from a sub-concious confusion between the two. Younger people probably don't know who BB was though.
I feel exactly as you do James. Anyone with a right mind, ought to.
What about Rees-Mogg being in contempt of Parliament for his attacks on the privileges committee and in particular Harriet Harman.
Oh, I was looking forward to James's comments on today's news about Boris, and James as always has not let me down 👍
Thank you James for expressing so passionately what we all feel.
Technically, there are two sides to this:
1. Those that recognize the problem, want to see it addressed and those involved punished, and
2. Those who have decided to be a part of the problem and keep the grift going for as long as possible
Many of the “ordinary people” who fall into group two are, I believe, victims of gaslighting on a grand scale.
1. but compromised by 2.
Excellent breakdown of the situation. How anyone can defend him is utterly beyond me.
Problem is there is no consequence for lying, there isn't even consequence for criminal behaviour and it has the shelf live of unrefrigerated milk within the public consciousness
I wonder how much money the tax payer have forked out for this enquiry, which wouldn’t have been necessary if Johnson had admitted in the House of Commons when questioned.
Ask David Pannick KC but over £250k at a guess from his normal bar fees.
....and the lockdown....and the hotel bills.....it's adding up....
Why do I get the feeling that Johnsons ego will not let him stay out of politics,?
He could sign up with farage two ball bags together
Uh, because an ego that big is hard to camouflage? Not that he even tries to...
He will join up with farage And trump
@@johnvansing5527 Maybe they could start a new party and govern the old Epstein island. They all know how to get there anyway..
Thanks for all your great work James!
I have a question on Boris's honours list. Should the handing out of Boris's honours and peerages to his cabal of corrupt, cronies have been put on hold until after the publishing of the "Partygate" scandal report? Surly, now that we have the commitee's findings, one would think that any titles given should be stripped away. How can a MP facing such heavy charges be allowed to do such things? The mind boggles.
Yes these guys were his collaborators and just as guilty
Boris Johnson is now completely discredited and yet they are seemingly going ahead with his
disgusting and ridiculous honours list. This just proves my life long belief that the British
Political System is completely corrupt to the core and while the corruption continues it always
will be unfortunately for the British people and taxpayers.
The honours list of this awful man should be torn up immediately, and the would-be recipients should be investigated by the police
Excellent commentary. Should be used in schools to demonstrate techniques in rhetorical speech and writing!
Excellent. 10 out of 10!
and in using a scandal to sneak in under the radar sinister authoritarian reductions of speech and platform
The problem with liars is that the people they are lying to, who do not realise they have been told false information, then cannot make rational decisions.
The biggest problem is those that know they are lying, are then condemned to the same fate as the idiots that voted for the liars.
Too many people want to believe the lies even when they know, because the lies affirm life long beliefs.
that sums up most of the UK who blindly follow this goverment. Even having the IQ to see them for what they are still follow the goverment like sheep
Too many people know Boris Johnson is lying but have calculated that it isn't in their best interests to say so. The colleagues, who got cabinet roles and peerages. The journalists, terrified of losing their readership.
Johnson is enabled, not by the true believers, but by the scared, unprincipled enablers.
The Emperor has no clothes, yet they tell us he is dressed in the finest silks because he won't give them a job if they speak the obvious truth.
"He'll lie just to keep in practice," said someone about Trump....but I'm sure it applies BoJo.
I watch you often from the Pacific NW. I appreciate your views and I'm thankful for you and your program.
I literally stopped the car this morning and clapped at the end of your monologue. Bravo!
What a great rant, fantastic 👍👍
As an American, this all sounds eerily familiar
Cousins
One of your best, James. Thank you for saying it how it should be!
Just to note though, that Nigel Lawson is dead, -thankfully
It's a performance, its not journalism.
Spirited and thought-provoking stuff - very well done James! *****
I hope everyone will eventually see the mainstream media for what it really is
You mean bent?
@@mikedavis-kp1sx exactly
Spot on James. Sometimes i feel like I'm in a Sims game or the Truman show. How else could someone so corrupt and inept get anywhere near the echelons of power? "Turn on the ridiculous leader mode and see how they deal with that!!" Its just so bizzare
Billy Boris lying about lying even when caught lying 😂😂😂
Interviewer : "So Mr Johnson.. What is your favourite lie?"
BJ: "I don't tell lies"
Interviewer : "Yeah.. that's my favourite as well"
Boris DID NOT DO IT ALL ON HIS OWN. They should all be brought to account.
Brillaint summary James. Please keep going the UK id desperately short of journalists like you with integrity
You can fool some of the people most of the time. He fooled most of the people some of the time , but he wasn't able to fool all of the people all of the time.
Thank you for speaking the truth.
End of his political life. The BBC are probably creating a Boris talks about Trains, series as we speak.
Worked for Michael Portillo!
Boris would do a series on London Buses perhaps?
Buses.
@@1inchPunchBowl combine the two in a true modern concept.
The bus replacement services program.
He'll probably say F* trains..
Unfortunately people do fall for these people throughout history lies become the truth ..if repeated long enough
All MPs lies there is not one out there that as not. And they have done so for centuries its only because we have more access to them that we have times like this. Churchill lied and every PM ever in the house. The worst being Tony Blair who Lied and took us into a war that killed Thousands and destablised the Middle East.
It can be addressed, at school , if we were determined enough. Critical thinking lessons should be in the curriculum
The media needs to be called out directly. If they don't change, nothing is going to change.
There need to be an end to personal ownership of the big media companies and newspapers, The billionaires and their owner corporations should be forced to sell shares to create minority shareholders. All corporate lobbying should be registered and openly listed for shareholders so all the fake news/stats they generate and mony spent can be sourced . No MP should be allowed second jobs or to receive any second income they weren't receiving before elected or any income above Average Wage. I cant see it happening but their assets should be seized while in office and returned with interest at deposit account rate when they leave office. Too many are working with hedge funds that bet against the economy. They should not be allowed any gifts meals or trips that are not gov or self funded. The BBC should outsource its news to independents and rotate their input. It should focus politically not on balance but on holding politicians to account. Ideally it should rag every poltician to the limit whether opposition of govt, If any have too much in their wallet we should know about it.
The British media is overwhelmingly controlled by the Tories and is undoubtedly pro Tory.
They are nothing more than a propaganda machine for the Tories and they don’t deal with
facts, they deal with misinformation, disinformation, falsehoods and downright lies.
Please everyone don’t believe the British media, think for yourself on the facts involved in
all the issues, as the media are biased and against people thinking critically on the true facts.
Thank you, for saying so well what needed to be said.
Did he really just say “covered in pie juice” 😂 Brilliant take down as always 👍 love this man
😂 love my weekly dose of O'Brien getting angry at Daily Mailers
...which you've never read...so the ideal candidate to comment on it...😊
James uses a sock
To all those people who called me an anti 'vaxxer'and a covidiot........these are the people (Johnson/Sturgeon) you expected me to trust and obey....
It's the same thing here in the States. And I'm as furious about both governments in both of these countries (British born, live in USA). Remember they were both born in the USA.
But both had a British parent.
He resigned as they were going to get the money back from him , as he was getting free lawyers paid for by us to represent him , he’s a criminal he should be in prison 😡
James, we needed you on Question Time last night.
Now that the laws regarding the right to protest have been changed is there any way we can get them to apply to the Mps protesting Boris's innocence and have them arrested. Or locked up by the people in white coats.
Thank you for highlighting the complicit shameful enablers.
All narcissists thrive on the enablers who seem to devoid of any moral compass.
It is hard to understand why....but we/ the nation deserve better.
The BBC had one of his mates on the other day, a former advisor, who defended his partygate lies by claiming that he shouldn't be expected to know what's going on in parliament.
Proud to be one of your listeners
A magnificent performance., James. Rarely do we hear such passion defending such truth.
4:40 that Harold Shipman analogy had me laughing 😂
Absolutely brilliant,,, thank you 👏👏👏👏
Pure fire. Brevity and integrity from O' Brien.
Hello, James!
I have never listened to anything more truthful. I have never listened to anyone speak with such heartfelt passion. I never again expect to listen to someone opening his soul as magnificently as you do in this vid.
I wish you the very best in life!
Your ardent fan,
Paul
James, I bet you know of the genius of George Carlin. He would have adored you!
Absolutely well said, pity it couldn't be shouted in the House of Lies/Commons.