Hunt The Economist
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@lbc.co.uk what the hell is this second caller on about? This is completely incoherent.
December 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
@lbc.co.uk what the hell is this second caller on about? This is completely incoherent.
@lbc.co.uk this caller is a complete arse.
Well done Ben for challenging him.
If you push him more he will reveal his racism.
Well done Ben for challenging him.
If you push him more he will reveal his racism.
December 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
@lbc.co.uk this caller is a complete arse.
Well done Ben for challenging him.
If you push him more he will reveal his racism.
Well done Ben for challenging him.
If you push him more he will reveal his racism.
December 9, 2025 at 7:51 PM
@lbc.co.uk you are comparing the Canadian and British approaches to America purely from an economic perspective.
Not everything is about the economy.
Take Brexit for example.
Not everything is about the economy.
Take Brexit for example.
December 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
@lbc.co.uk you are comparing the Canadian and British approaches to America purely from an economic perspective.
Not everything is about the economy.
Take Brexit for example.
Not everything is about the economy.
Take Brexit for example.
@lbc.co.uk knife crime is also higher per capita in America than London.
December 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
@lbc.co.uk knife crime is also higher per capita in America than London.
@lbc.co.uk this caller is now making things up to have a pop at London.
December 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
@lbc.co.uk this caller is now making things up to have a pop at London.
@lbc.co.uk this caller sounds like a right arse. All he wants to do is bash the mayor of London.
December 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
@lbc.co.uk this caller sounds like a right arse. All he wants to do is bash the mayor of London.
@lbc.co.uk this isn’t about free speech. This guest just wants people to have the freedom to hate immigrants.
She instantly dismissed the “left wing free speech” as a safeguarding issue.
But she thinks hate against immigrants isn’t a safeguarding issue.
She instantly dismissed the “left wing free speech” as a safeguarding issue.
But she thinks hate against immigrants isn’t a safeguarding issue.
December 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
@lbc.co.uk this isn’t about free speech. This guest just wants people to have the freedom to hate immigrants.
She instantly dismissed the “left wing free speech” as a safeguarding issue.
But she thinks hate against immigrants isn’t a safeguarding issue.
She instantly dismissed the “left wing free speech” as a safeguarding issue.
But she thinks hate against immigrants isn’t a safeguarding issue.
December 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
@lbc.co.uk
He’ll go shortly after the May elections.
I don’t care which Labour MP takes over if they continue to push through mayoral authorities and screwing over rural areas.
They have continued the austerity march on rural areas, crippling us, while flooding urban Labour areas with support.
He’ll go shortly after the May elections.
I don’t care which Labour MP takes over if they continue to push through mayoral authorities and screwing over rural areas.
They have continued the austerity march on rural areas, crippling us, while flooding urban Labour areas with support.
December 8, 2025 at 11:41 AM
@lbc.co.uk
He’ll go shortly after the May elections.
I don’t care which Labour MP takes over if they continue to push through mayoral authorities and screwing over rural areas.
They have continued the austerity march on rural areas, crippling us, while flooding urban Labour areas with support.
He’ll go shortly after the May elections.
I don’t care which Labour MP takes over if they continue to push through mayoral authorities and screwing over rural areas.
They have continued the austerity march on rural areas, crippling us, while flooding urban Labour areas with support.
@lbc.co.uk you literally sat there defending the racist guy from a position of being completely uninformed.
“Journalist” Nick Ferrari.
What a joke.
“Journalist” Nick Ferrari.
What a joke.
December 8, 2025 at 9:42 AM
@lbc.co.uk you literally sat there defending the racist guy from a position of being completely uninformed.
“Journalist” Nick Ferrari.
What a joke.
“Journalist” Nick Ferrari.
What a joke.
@lbc.co.uk I notice you’re presenting one side of the story twice, rather than an opposing view.
The reality: “Online troll being punished now that everyone knows their hateful views.”
The way it’s presented by Nick: “poor dad being punished unfairly for expressing free speech online”
The reality: “Online troll being punished now that everyone knows their hateful views.”
The way it’s presented by Nick: “poor dad being punished unfairly for expressing free speech online”
December 8, 2025 at 9:11 AM
@lbc.co.uk I notice you’re presenting one side of the story twice, rather than an opposing view.
The reality: “Online troll being punished now that everyone knows their hateful views.”
The way it’s presented by Nick: “poor dad being punished unfairly for expressing free speech online”
The reality: “Online troll being punished now that everyone knows their hateful views.”
The way it’s presented by Nick: “poor dad being punished unfairly for expressing free speech online”
@lbc.co.uk Nick: “it sounds like you’re just suggesting we lower the retirement age”
Caller: “Well yes, but I have a solution for that but it’s complicated”
Why did the movies Soylent Green and Logan’s Run spring to mind?
Caller: “Well yes, but I have a solution for that but it’s complicated”
Why did the movies Soylent Green and Logan’s Run spring to mind?
December 7, 2025 at 11:19 PM
@lbc.co.uk Nick: “it sounds like you’re just suggesting we lower the retirement age”
Caller: “Well yes, but I have a solution for that but it’s complicated”
Why did the movies Soylent Green and Logan’s Run spring to mind?
Caller: “Well yes, but I have a solution for that but it’s complicated”
Why did the movies Soylent Green and Logan’s Run spring to mind?
@lbc.co.uk why does every caller who complains about workers, sound like a really shitty boss? 😆
December 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
@lbc.co.uk why does every caller who complains about workers, sound like a really shitty boss? 😆
@lbc.co.uk I usually disagree with Vanessa but on this I agree with her. Having the different options will make people more self-conscious / embarrassed about what they are ordering.
This guest has only ever dealt with people who agree with his position.
He can’t fathom alternatives.
This guest has only ever dealt with people who agree with his position.
He can’t fathom alternatives.
December 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
@lbc.co.uk I usually disagree with Vanessa but on this I agree with her. Having the different options will make people more self-conscious / embarrassed about what they are ordering.
This guest has only ever dealt with people who agree with his position.
He can’t fathom alternatives.
This guest has only ever dealt with people who agree with his position.
He can’t fathom alternatives.
@lbc.co.uk i agree with a lot of what the caller says, but he has a nerve to say council staff have jobs for life.
These lazy tropes linger, but they’re absolutely not true.
These lazy tropes linger, but they’re absolutely not true.
December 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
@lbc.co.uk i agree with a lot of what the caller says, but he has a nerve to say council staff have jobs for life.
These lazy tropes linger, but they’re absolutely not true.
These lazy tropes linger, but they’re absolutely not true.
@lbc.co.uk business rates are not set by the council.
They are set by the VOA (government valuation office).
Councils just collect the money.
They are set by the VOA (government valuation office).
Councils just collect the money.
December 6, 2025 at 8:44 AM
@lbc.co.uk business rates are not set by the council.
They are set by the VOA (government valuation office).
Councils just collect the money.
They are set by the VOA (government valuation office).
Councils just collect the money.
@lbc.co.uk with people like that defending Farage, he’s in real trouble 😆
I disagree with James Hanson on almost everything, but he’s handling this caller brilliantly!
I disagree with James Hanson on almost everything, but he’s handling this caller brilliantly!
December 6, 2025 at 6:23 AM
@lbc.co.uk with people like that defending Farage, he’s in real trouble 😆
I disagree with James Hanson on almost everything, but he’s handling this caller brilliantly!
I disagree with James Hanson on almost everything, but he’s handling this caller brilliantly!
@lbc.co.uk lol the first caller is a racist, phoning in to say Farage isn’t a racist 😆
December 6, 2025 at 6:20 AM
@lbc.co.uk lol the first caller is a racist, phoning in to say Farage isn’t a racist 😆
Reposted by Hunt The Economist
It’s really simple…
- Cap all political donations
- Ban foreign donations
- Strict conflict‑of‑interest & anti‑corruption laws with penalties
- No titles, honours or peerages for donors
- No govt contracts for donors
- Publish every donation/lobby meeting
…that’ll do it.
- Cap all political donations
- Ban foreign donations
- Strict conflict‑of‑interest & anti‑corruption laws with penalties
- No titles, honours or peerages for donors
- No govt contracts for donors
- Publish every donation/lobby meeting
…that’ll do it.
December 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
It’s really simple…
- Cap all political donations
- Ban foreign donations
- Strict conflict‑of‑interest & anti‑corruption laws with penalties
- No titles, honours or peerages for donors
- No govt contracts for donors
- Publish every donation/lobby meeting
…that’ll do it.
- Cap all political donations
- Ban foreign donations
- Strict conflict‑of‑interest & anti‑corruption laws with penalties
- No titles, honours or peerages for donors
- No govt contracts for donors
- Publish every donation/lobby meeting
…that’ll do it.
FIFA are such a bunch of corrupt twats.
December 5, 2025 at 9:28 PM
FIFA are such a bunch of corrupt twats.
@lbc.co.uk wow. Rachel telling callers what THEY think.
Rachel is fucking awful.
She is SO desperate to defend Israel that she creates strawman arguments about her callers and just groans at any relevant points they make.
Rachel is fucking awful.
She is SO desperate to defend Israel that she creates strawman arguments about her callers and just groans at any relevant points they make.
December 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
@lbc.co.uk wow. Rachel telling callers what THEY think.
Rachel is fucking awful.
She is SO desperate to defend Israel that she creates strawman arguments about her callers and just groans at any relevant points they make.
Rachel is fucking awful.
She is SO desperate to defend Israel that she creates strawman arguments about her callers and just groans at any relevant points they make.
@lbc.co.uk Rachel harks back to October 7th and then cries about others saying that it goes back way further than that.
Pathetic.
Pathetic.
December 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
@lbc.co.uk Rachel harks back to October 7th and then cries about others saying that it goes back way further than that.
Pathetic.
Pathetic.
@lbc.co.uk Rachel is absolutely tying herself in knots on this topic.
She is having a phone in on a subject about which she evidently knows bugger all.
She is having a phone in on a subject about which she evidently knows bugger all.
December 5, 2025 at 9:21 PM
@lbc.co.uk Rachel is absolutely tying herself in knots on this topic.
She is having a phone in on a subject about which she evidently knows bugger all.
She is having a phone in on a subject about which she evidently knows bugger all.
@lbc.co.uk Nigel was a “fighting age man” when he is alleged to have made these comments.
I wonder what Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (the hero of Israel) thinks of Farage’s alleged comments about Hitler and Jewish people. 😆
I wonder what Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (the hero of Israel) thinks of Farage’s alleged comments about Hitler and Jewish people. 😆
December 5, 2025 at 10:56 AM
@lbc.co.uk Nigel was a “fighting age man” when he is alleged to have made these comments.
I wonder what Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (the hero of Israel) thinks of Farage’s alleged comments about Hitler and Jewish people. 😆
I wonder what Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (the hero of Israel) thinks of Farage’s alleged comments about Hitler and Jewish people. 😆