James O’Brien
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Broadcaster @lbc.co.uk
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Watched the two Godfathers again this holiday and man, John Cazale could act. There’s a strong case for arguing that he’s the best thing in both films.
January 2, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Watched the two Godfathers again this holiday and man, John Cazale could act. There’s a strong case for arguing that he’s the best thing in both films.
Just saw Hamnet. It's sublime.
December 30, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Just saw Hamnet. It's sublime.
Seasonally speaking, I fear it is no longer too early to declare that my first attempt at growing sprouts has been an unmitigated disaster.
This pain, alongside the walking boots & tennis kit bag that delighted me on Christmas morning, would leave younger me quite baffled about what’s become of us.
This pain, alongside the walking boots & tennis kit bag that delighted me on Christmas morning, would leave younger me quite baffled about what’s become of us.
December 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Seasonally speaking, I fear it is no longer too early to declare that my first attempt at growing sprouts has been an unmitigated disaster.
This pain, alongside the walking boots & tennis kit bag that delighted me on Christmas morning, would leave younger me quite baffled about what’s become of us.
This pain, alongside the walking boots & tennis kit bag that delighted me on Christmas morning, would leave younger me quite baffled about what’s become of us.
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Chatted to my great uncle yesterday – a northern, working-class guy, not that political. I told him my job involved exposing Farage.
His first question was: “who funds him?”
Investigations into Farage’s donors can have a major impact on Reform’s support – as this research has already shown 👇
His first question was: “who funds him?”
Investigations into Farage’s donors can have a major impact on Reform’s support – as this research has already shown 👇
New research reveals the best attack lines to use against Reform
How to stop Farage...
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December 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Chatted to my great uncle yesterday – a northern, working-class guy, not that political. I told him my job involved exposing Farage.
His first question was: “who funds him?”
Investigations into Farage’s donors can have a major impact on Reform’s support – as this research has already shown 👇
His first question was: “who funds him?”
Investigations into Farage’s donors can have a major impact on Reform’s support – as this research has already shown 👇
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“Accepting the jumbo jet from Qatar was huge in terms of what it breached. But he loved it. So he took it. Now he says it's going to be part of his presidential library. Meaning, as far as I can tell from Trump's intellectual life, that it will contain one plane and no books.” @mrjamesob.bsky.social
NOTHING TO SEE YEAR: PART 2!
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2025 reviewed Pt2: This was fine... with James O'Brien
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December 28, 2025 at 12:58 PM
“Accepting the jumbo jet from Qatar was huge in terms of what it breached. But he loved it. So he took it. Now he says it's going to be part of his presidential library. Meaning, as far as I can tell from Trump's intellectual life, that it will contain one plane and no books.” @mrjamesob.bsky.social
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Double James is always a delight. 🎧👇
NOTHING TO SEE YEAR: PART 2!
Join us with @mrjamesob.bsky.social for:
📈 ‘25 stories that should’ve been bigger
📉 the ones that shouldn’t have been huge but were
🟠 POTUS’ maddest moment 🔮 What we’d change to improve ‘26
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Join us with @mrjamesob.bsky.social for:
📈 ‘25 stories that should’ve been bigger
📉 the ones that shouldn’t have been huge but were
🟠 POTUS’ maddest moment 🔮 What we’d change to improve ‘26
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2025 reviewed Pt2: This was fine... with James O'Brien
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December 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Double James is always a delight. 🎧👇
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NOTHING TO SEE YEAR: PART 2!
Join us with @mrjamesob.bsky.social for:
📈 ‘25 stories that should’ve been bigger
📉 the ones that shouldn’t have been huge but were
🟠 POTUS’ maddest moment 🔮 What we’d change to improve ‘26
open.spotify.com/episode/7JQ0...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Join us with @mrjamesob.bsky.social for:
📈 ‘25 stories that should’ve been bigger
📉 the ones that shouldn’t have been huge but were
🟠 POTUS’ maddest moment 🔮 What we’d change to improve ‘26
open.spotify.com/episode/7JQ0...
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2025 reviewed Pt2: This was fine... with James O'Brien
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December 28, 2025 at 8:58 AM
NOTHING TO SEE YEAR: PART 2!
Join us with @mrjamesob.bsky.social for:
📈 ‘25 stories that should’ve been bigger
📉 the ones that shouldn’t have been huge but were
🟠 POTUS’ maddest moment 🔮 What we’d change to improve ‘26
open.spotify.com/episode/7JQ0...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Join us with @mrjamesob.bsky.social for:
📈 ‘25 stories that should’ve been bigger
📉 the ones that shouldn’t have been huge but were
🟠 POTUS’ maddest moment 🔮 What we’d change to improve ‘26
open.spotify.com/episode/7JQ0...
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Good interview in the paper, this. I think Sadiq is right: London 'needs' to be less successful than it is for a bunch of political arguments here in the UK to work, hence the fictions being invented about it:
Populists attack London because it is ‘progressive and successful’, says Sadiq Khan
Rightwing attacks on one of the world’s most visited cities at odds with reality, says mayor
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December 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Good interview in the paper, this. I think Sadiq is right: London 'needs' to be less successful than it is for a bunch of political arguments here in the UK to work, hence the fictions being invented about it:
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Catch up on Part I of our Review of 2025, with James O'Brien. Part II is out first thing tomorrow. xx
🔔 Nothing to see Year... with James O'Brien ☃️
Who's up? Who's down? Who's in and who's out?
🎅🏽 Join us for a review of 2025 🛷
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Who's up? Who's down? Who's in and who's out?
🎅🏽 Join us for a review of 2025 🛷
Part I of a @sturdyalex.bsky.social, @pimlicat.bsky.social & @mrjamesob.bsky.social special.
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December 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Catch up on Part I of our Review of 2025, with James O'Brien. Part II is out first thing tomorrow. xx
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Love a good end of year summary. Thanks @mrjamesob.bsky.social for getting us through an almost unbearable 2025. @lbc.co.uk
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James O'Brien reacts to his best bits from 2025 | LBC
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December 27, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Love a good end of year summary. Thanks @mrjamesob.bsky.social for getting us through an almost unbearable 2025. @lbc.co.uk
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Deep joy to have James in the studio for this mammoth political review of a year that was pretty devoid of joy. Whether you're trimming sprouts, enjoying the solitude, or trying to digest while walking the dog, let us share the day with you. x
🔔 Nothing to see Year... with James O'Brien ☃️
Who's up? Who's down? Who's in and who's out?
🎅🏽 Join us for a review of 2025 🛷
Part I of a @sturdyalex.bsky.social, @pimlicat.bsky.social & @mrjamesob.bsky.social special.
🎁
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
🎄 open.spotify.com/episode/2dbS...
Who's up? Who's down? Who's in and who's out?
🎅🏽 Join us for a review of 2025 🛷
Part I of a @sturdyalex.bsky.social, @pimlicat.bsky.social & @mrjamesob.bsky.social special.
🎁
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
🎄 open.spotify.com/episode/2dbS...
December 25, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Deep joy to have James in the studio for this mammoth political review of a year that was pretty devoid of joy. Whether you're trimming sprouts, enjoying the solitude, or trying to digest while walking the dog, let us share the day with you. x
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Martin Shaw....A working class Brummie that people overlook!
Brilliant interview !
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Martin Shaw....A working class Brummie that people overlook!
Brilliant interview !
James O'Brien meets Martin Shaw | Full Disclosure
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December 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Martin Shaw....A working class Brummie that people overlook!
Brilliant interview !
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Martin Shaw....A working class Brummie that people overlook!
Brilliant interview !
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James O'Brien meets Martin Shaw | Full Disclosure
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December 21, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
December 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
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So everything is redacted except bill clinton in a jacuzzi?
December 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
So everything is redacted except bill clinton in a jacuzzi?
Jeffrey Epstein & David Walliams leading all the bulletins but Kemi Badenoch knows that only men from ‘different cultures’ pose a threat to women.
December 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Jeffrey Epstein & David Walliams leading all the bulletins but Kemi Badenoch knows that only men from ‘different cultures’ pose a threat to women.
The final show of 2025:
Kemi Badenoch’s hideous response to the misogyny crisis.
The biggest moment of the year.
Thrillers on the literature curriculum.
And @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social.
Ho Ho Ho!
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Kemi Badenoch’s hideous response to the misogyny crisis.
The biggest moment of the year.
Thrillers on the literature curriculum.
And @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social.
Ho Ho Ho!
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December 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The final show of 2025:
Kemi Badenoch’s hideous response to the misogyny crisis.
The biggest moment of the year.
Thrillers on the literature curriculum.
And @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social.
Ho Ho Ho!
tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx
Kemi Badenoch’s hideous response to the misogyny crisis.
The biggest moment of the year.
Thrillers on the literature curriculum.
And @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social.
Ho Ho Ho!
tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx
What they are releasing tonight is expected at 8pm GMT.
Well colour me staggered.
Breaking: The Trump administration announces that they will not be complying with today’s deadline to release the full Epstein Files.
They insist the files will be released in the next “couple weeks.”
They insist the files will be released in the next “couple weeks.”
December 19, 2025 at 6:22 PM
What they are releasing tonight is expected at 8pm GMT.
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One of the world’s most interesting thinkers, the Dutch historian Rutger Bregman, says citizens need to form a modern day protest movement modelled on the 19th century ‘Temperance Crusade’ to bring Big Tech to heel before it’s too late.
I couldn’t agree more.
My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column
I couldn’t agree more.
My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column
New ‘Temperance Movement’ is needed to tame the social evil of Big Tech
MI6 issues warnings, great thinkers call for action, and Australia lands the first blow on social media giants. Our Writer at Large says 2026 must…
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December 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
One of the world’s most interesting thinkers, the Dutch historian Rutger Bregman, says citizens need to form a modern day protest movement modelled on the 19th century ‘Temperance Crusade’ to bring Big Tech to heel before it’s too late.
I couldn’t agree more.
My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column
I couldn’t agree more.
My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column
Well colour me staggered.
Breaking: The Trump administration announces that they will not be complying with today’s deadline to release the full Epstein Files.
They insist the files will be released in the next “couple weeks.”
They insist the files will be released in the next “couple weeks.”
December 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Well colour me staggered.
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@mrjamesob.bsky.social Full Disclosure with Martin Shaw! What a fabulous Christmas present! I’ve been a huge admirer since The Professionals & enjoyed all his subsequent TV roles and have recently seen him in A Man For All Seasons. Thank you James. Happy Christmas! 🎄Jx
December 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Full Disclosure with Martin Shaw! What a fabulous Christmas present! I’ve been a huge admirer since The Professionals & enjoyed all his subsequent TV roles and have recently seen him in A Man For All Seasons. Thank you James. Happy Christmas! 🎄Jx