Good heavens. Does no one teach journalistic etiquette these days? This afternoon James O’Brien caused a stir on social media after he delivered a rather bizarre handover on air about, er, one of his station’s own guests. Not long before O’Brien jumped behind the mic, Nigel Farage had joined LBC’s Nick Ferrari for a phone-in – in which he was quizzed on why he had not hosted constituency surgeries in Clacton, whether he had helped to trigger the recent riots and his own personal security. But while the station’s loyal listeners might have been interested in listening to what the Reform leader had to say, it seems that one of the outlet’s own presenters had other ideas…
After the Clacton MP had come off the airwaves, O’Brien stepped up to take over from Ferrari. Clearly unable to put his personal politics aside for even a second, the lefty show host promptly launched into a blistering attack on the parliamentary guest. ‘The time is approaching 10 o’clock and, well, there’s a lot to get through today,’ O’Brien began – before descending into his tirade:
Have you ever had violent race riots named after you, or indeed been accused by the head of the Met of emboldening the racist thugs responsible? Has your vile and ignorant rhetoric ever helped instigate attempts to burn people alive in their beds? Have you ever cited a self-described misogynist facing rape and people trafficking charges in Romania as a trustworthy news source for events in the UK, or described yourself as part of a similar phenomenon to him? Have you ever helped a convicted woman-beater get elected to the UK parliament? And have any newly elected MPs spent more time in America getting binned off Donald Trump than they have in their own constituency? And what would you call someone who answers ‘yes’ to all those questions?
Someone’s had an extra shot of coffee today, eh? Farage wasn’t even out of the studio before O’Brien started to rant, timing his tirade rather conveniently for after the MP had finished his interview and was, um, unable to fight back. Charming…
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