“How can people profess to be more offended by an idiot rapper in Somerset than they are by the continuing carnage in Gaza?” James O’Brien has perfectly dismantled the “double standards and hypocrisy” over Bob Vylan’s anti-Israel military chants from Glastonbury. If you hadn’t heard of rap-punk duo Bob Vylan before, you almost certainly have […]

9 months ago

Another day, another shambles. Radio host James O’Brien is no stranger to a bizarre phone call. He’s also quite familiar with Brexit. Last year, he responded in quite furious tones to a caller who suggested that Irish citizens should be microchipped in order to solve the rather contentious border issue. Some months later, he dealt […]

7 years ago

Quite the idea, and quite the reaction… After proposals from the UK government aimed at avoiding a hard border were subjected to “a systematic and forensic annihilation” by senior EU officials in Brussels this week, radio host James O’Brien took a call from a listener with a quite inventive solution. Fronting his LBC show on Friday, […]

8 years ago

When a caller to his LBC show suggested all Muslims were complicit in terrorism, James O’Brien had the perfect response. The next time you’re met with a blanket statement linking all Muslims with acts of terrorism, you might do a quick Google search and find this clip. LBC and JOE Unfiltered host James O’Brien had […]

9 years ago