Newsnight - with James O'Brien

Thanks for the warning.

I knew he was your fave.

Come back Paxman - all is forgiven! Did you notice that he had a dig at Farage without actually naming him with his loaded questions with that black author that he interviewed?

If O'Brien worms his way in to being the Newsnight anchor, then I for one will never watch it again. The BBC love this guy - anyone who hates Farage and what he stands for, the leftish BBC would be glad to employ!

Ah - my post before this one hasn't appeared - I wonder why!

Ah, they have now - took about 3 minutes to appear!

Everything is in treacle mate, thick  thick treacle

his radio show is boring

Jabbers on for ages at the start of his show on LBC giving his own leftish views on a subject, completely uninterrupted of course.

Then invites people to phone in and give their views. Only he doesn't allow them to give their views if they differ from his.

The second he detects any lack of agreement in anything they say, he pins them down on a trivial point to discredit their argument, and at the same time to stop them from presenting the rest of their case.

He's basically a coward, because he won't let anyone who opposes him speak freely through fear of losing the argument himself.

^^Probably the rudest presenter on radio in that respect.

Dr. Crippen - spot on. Couldn't have put it better myself!

I really hope they keep him away from the BBC, particularly from any TV presenting roles.

And yet you tune in every time to be outraged by him. Therein lies the lesson.

I don't actually - I just saw him last night to see how he would handle the show compared to his LBC presenting 'skills'. I didn't see the whole show. I was not impressed, so won't be watching it again if he's presenting it.

After the Farage interview on LBC, I was so disgusted at the way O'Brien treated Farage that I had no desire to watch/listen to any of his interviews ever again.

porky supports rude presenters - shock horror

porky - part of the 'shouty shouty  shout them down if they disagree with you'  brigade

And yet you tune in every time to be outraged by him.

What do you mean by every time PP?

porky, and the crew he supports, do not brook any opposition

hope this helps

their goddess the commie merk is their champion

open gates is their policy

moysey - you do love to rush to judgments don't you?



I hardly ever watch Newsnight, don't think I've listened to/watched LBC. Have seen clips of him online. While I will more often than not agree with the general tone of what he says he comes across as a bit of a pub bore to me. Never been interested in that radio channel though; just seem to want to get the most extreme views on and have a barney about it. Like the Today show on roids. Can do without it thanks.

shock horror!!!

porky backtracks - reversing as fast as he can go

PP .....try listening to James O'Brien and you will quickly come to the conclusion he is a good guy.

These right wing knuckle-draggers are well scared of him.....that's why they attack him.

He could be a future Labour PM if he wanted to go down that road.

He was adopted; his own mother could see he was going to be a treasonous cünt.

I want his babies - but are any of you coming to Pride with us?

Leopard fawning over the discredited Brown, now O'Brien gets the black spot.

^ Long John Silver

Hop it !

Your stump smells a bit gangrenous

Leopard - don't doubt he's a good guy etc. I just find the format of this type of thing a bit dull. Seem to be more interested in generating 3 minute highlights that can fit on Facebook and generate advertising revenue. All a bit cynical for me.

Political discourse though is quickly going the way of football fandom. All about winners and losers now and jeering at the opposition. QT looks like it's on its last legs. Too many people are out there with too many ill-informed opinions but are convinced me they're right due to the echo chamber they inhabit.

You have to try and listen for an hour...then you can judge him

Dr Crippen sums him up well, an intellectual bully with his finger on the mute button in case he feels threatened.

He should do a late night tv debate prog with about 6 people