this is an extraordinary canary in the coal mine

The government is swimming in citizens' data already. Who is this moron? @shelaghfogarty.bsky.social

Oh I get it. Caller's a nutter. @mrjamesob.bsky.social

Any law could be abused by future governments. Future governments could always bring in abusive laws if they wanted to. @mrjamesob.bsky.social

You don't have to have brown skin to feel fear at the far right march, @mrjamesob.bsky.social.

Aaaaaarrrrgghhh! Ski jackets? Boring!! @mrjamesob.bsky.social

If Fagash isn't sure about the science then how on earth does he get to make all those trips across the Atlantic in a bloody aeroplane? @mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk #LBC

Great caller this. Good man. Spot on. @mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk #LBC

There's that bloke that precedes your programme as well, @mrjamesob.bsky.social. @lbc.co.uk #lbc

@lbcnews.bsky.social is determined to regurgitate the fascistic lies of Nigel Fagash all morning then without any challenge. All too typical these days. @mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk #LBC

Newsom: "People ask, 'Are you being hyperbolic?' Bullshit we're being hyperbolic. If you're Black or brown, it's here in this country. And so I'm deeply proud that I had the privilege of signing the nation's first bill to address masking ... these are authoritarian actions by an authoritarian govt"

On the blatant double standards the media - BBC included - deploys while showcasing Nigel Farage. He is constantly given a free pass not granted to other politicians. bylines.scot/news/the-far...

Perhaps the international should isolate Israel in the same way as other apartheid regimes in the past. No more sporting events. No more song contests. No more trade. No more direct flights. All until they change from the policy of occupation and genocide. @mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk #lbc

That doctor talked a lot of sense. I suspect most GPs would agree with him. @mrjamesob.bsky.social

On the issue of Pres Trump allegation that paracetamol can cause autism, it’s worth noting that, as the Health Secretary Wes Streeting says, a major study carried out last year in Sweden, involving 2.4 million children, didn’t support this suggestion.

Interesting. In the last hour we're asked to trust doctors. In this hour the question is whether we should trust GPs. 🤨 @mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk #LBC

Nick Ferragi having a chummy chat with his far right fascist mate tomorrow is certainly one to miss. @lbc.co.uk #LBC @mrjamesob.bsky.social

This is why we need a proper press regulator in the UK. This Daily Express piece is one of the clearer examples, but the Daily Mail & the Sun, in particular, have spent decades spreading bigotry and lies for political purposes, and in ways that undermine our democracy. This must stop. #r4today

Kamala Harris: "It feels chaotic, but what I would offer you is what we are witnessing is the swift implementation of a plan that was decades in the making. Project 2025 didn't just drop out of thin air. That's a product of decades of work. Federalist Society, Heritage Foundation ... "

Forced repatriation of legal migrants (and their offspring) is a policy of the National Front (a far right party with which a schoolboy Nigel Farage reportedly was proud to say he shared the same initials). #Reform #Racists #PoliticsLive

Farage is more dangerous and extreme than most of us thought as he pledges to end settled status (migrants legally settled here)👇🏼👇🏼 1,000’s of Drs, Surgeons, Nurses, Dentists etc would be deported inc those treating me in hospital each year❌ #NHS waiting lists would rocket❌ Deaths would rocket❌ 😡

Looks like Nigel Fagash has been practising his goose-steps over the weekend.

Just 2 gun rights advocates sitting behind a wall of bulletproof glass while enjoying a memorial for a gun rights advocate who got murdered by a gun.

Small boats: TV coverage - day after day after day after day.... PPE scandal: TV coverage - let's stick this powerful, enraging documentary on at quarter past ten on a Sunday night.

'The Conservative party leader, Kemi Badenoch, has said the UK’s recognition of a Palestinian state is “absolutely disastrous” and a decision that rewards Hamas for its terrorism.'. Typical of BadEnoch to side with the violent, genocidal, expansionist, colonialist regime of Israel.

"Speaking shortly before Keir Starmer’s announcement, a spokesperson for the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said he viewed the recognition as “absurd and simply a reward for terrorism”." No mate. Wasn't Israel was a reward for terrorism? www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

This does not look like “impartiality”. It looks like propaganda. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/how...

Good. Next job is to end all trade and cultural links with the expansionist, violent, genocidal state that Israel has become. No trade in goods. Stop all flights. No more sporting relations. No more song contests. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

On most issues, most of us disagree with Farage: Brexit, leaving ECHR, paying Taliban for refugees, Trussonomics, tax breaks for the wealthy, huge welfare cuts, binning NetZero, scrapping workers’ rights, arselicking Trump… Our politics should reflect us, not him. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Has to be Nigel Fagash then. @mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk #LBC

More dodgy dealing involving Fagash's oleaginous outfit. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Has #FarageStampDuty paid the right amount tax yet? Just asking the question because the media seem to have forgotten all about it. Angela Rayner never got a minutes peace. Is this because she’s a Northern woman and not a privileged a$$hole like Farage? #Manofthepeople my arse.

There is another country. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog discussing the thuggery, sanctimony and hypocrisy of the last fortnight, and how Starmer should lead in articulating an alternative version of patriotism to that of the far-right: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/ther...

LOST writer-producer Damon Lindelof says he won’t work with Disney unless Kimmel js reinstated. I’m hearing other talent weighing similar pledges.

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

So predictable that there'd be a split over the level of purity required in opposition. Wolfie Smith has more of a chance of forming a government. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Is Andrew Tate "really that bad" asks the Spectator, while giving him and his brother the opportunity to blankly deny the countless charges of rape and sexual trafficking against them, before concluding that "I can’t help believing them"

I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore. So I wrote a blog about ten things you can do *right now* to help defeat Farage, Musk, and rightwing populism. From scrutinising Reform councillors to demanding the UK Govt leave X - get involved: guyshrubsole.substack.com/p/ten-things...

Boring! @mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk #LBC

Not more live commentary of helicopters and bagpipes please. 😩 @mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk #LBC

Any thoughts on Downing St banning ABC from the press conference today? The knee is being bent right here in the UK. @mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk #LBC

I’m beginning to think they lied about liking free speech…

Wonder how Trump would have reacted to Spitting Image. Thatcher and Tebbitt were Nazis, Ken Baker was a slug, David Steel was tiny and ineffectual, The Queen Mother had a fish in her mouth and spoke like Beryl Reid. It wasn't banned. It was accepted as part of the political Sturm and Drang.

I’m old enough to remember when a lot of people on social media told me that Vance’s remarks in Munich about free speech were to be taken very seriously.

If there's any group that's denying you the freedom to say what you want then guess what - it isn't those on the left of the political spectrum. Wake up! 🤐 www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

It’s like parents indulging a spoilt child, who’s so badly behaved they can’t be let out in public - staying in a fairy tale castle; riding around in a golden carriage; lots of dressing up; toy soldiers; courtiers bowing and scraping; parades and banquets. Nauseating and excruciating. #statevisit

More obsequious trash on @lbc.co.uk. Off button engaged. @shelaghfogarty.bsky.social #LBC