James O’Brien
Broadcaster @lbc.co.uk
Author: waterstones.com/book/how-they-broke…
- The government’s abject surrender in the immigration conversation will not necessarily lose them votes. But it won’t win any either because a) for good or for ill, the small boats are the really emotive issue & b) people who simply resent immigrants will always favour Farage. He’s one of their own.
- Today on James O’Brien Daily: - Habemus Papam - we have a new Pope! - The new UK-US trade ‘deal’ - Two men found guilty of felling the Sycamore Gap tree tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx
- Free speech latest.
- Pete Hegseth’s culture war hits West Point. Books banned, syllabuses scrubbed, two professors resign in protest, the librarian quit. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/u...
- Today on James O’Brien Daily: India’s missile strikes on Pakistan; Can the police prevent online lies-inspired events like last summer’s Farage riots? www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...
- Reposted by James O’BrienPresident Donald Trump’s meme coin is already a thing that shouldn’t exist, much less as a vehicle for foreign entities to funnel money to the sitting president, yet here we are.
- Another classic from the Queen of gaffes…
- Reposted by James O’BrienI suppose President Biden’s critcial interview about Trump does “break with previous former Presidential convention” if you just ignore the orange hulk who spent 4yrs criticising Biden fiercely, repeated his “stolen election” lies and claimed Biden was responsible for his convictions.
- He’s right. Journalists should also be pointing this out.
- Reposted by James O’Brien@mrjamesob.bsky.social great to hear Harry Shukman. I'd recommend this Channel 4 doc of last October, which covered his work and is still streaming @ www.channel4.com/programmes/u...
- Reposted by James O’Brien@mrjamesob.bsky.social 'Daniel Hannan Day is coming'
