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Psst! Wanna see a dead body? James O’Brien’s response to following Nigel Farage on LBC pulled not a single punch

Oonagh Keating. Updated September 19th, 2024

While a hefty portion of the UK media were still tiptoeing around the facts about Brexit – both before and after the vote – LBC’s James O’Brien was sharing facts, and laying the blame for the spread of misinformation at the feet of its main architects – particularly Nigel Farage.

The fact that they were radio station colleagues for some of that time didn’t stop him.

Carole will be on my show on Wednesday to discuss whatever facts this despicable belch of beery flatulence was too frightened to let her raise this evening. Is there a stronger word than ‘cowardice’?

With Farage now an MP – the eighth time’s the charm, as they say – and the self-described friend of Donald Trump, he has been popping up all over the place to share his controversial opinions on anything and everything from Hawk Tuah to Trump’s racist dogwhistling.

One of those Farage pop-ups was on the Nick Ferrari show, immediately before James comes on air at ten o’clock. Farage addressed the fact that the recent race riots had been tagged the Farage Riots.

His comment – about James O’Brien was absolutely not true. We know – shocker! The term had been coined on Twitter/X – where else?

It made for a savage and memorable handover.

It’s important to appreciate every word, so here’s what he said –

“There’s a lot to get through today. For example, have you ever had violent race riots named after you? Or, indeed, been accused by the head of the Met of emboldening the racist thugs responsible?

Has your vile and ignorant rhetoric ever helped instigate attempts to burn people alive in their beds?

Have you ever cited a self-described misogynist facing rape and people-trafficking charges in Romania as a trustworthy news source for events in the UK, or described yourself as a similar phenomenon to him?

Have you ever helped a convicted woman-beater get elected to the UK Parliament?

And have any newly elected MPs spent more time in America getting binned off by Donald Trump than they have in their own constituency?

And what would you call someone who answers yes to all those questions?”

It ticked a lot of boxes for listeners, and quickly went viral. Here’s how people have been reacting.

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The Right Rev Francis the W⭕ke had a far more polite answer to James’ question than many others would have offered.

We’d very much enjoy watching this play out.

We’re not holding our breaths, though.

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James O’Brien trolled (his LBC colleague) Nigel Farage and it’s gripping stuff

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