James O’Brien absolutely nailed the state of Brexit – again
When the Brexit-supporting parties – particularly UKIP and the Conservatives – took a pasting in the local elections, whilst the anti-Brexit parties made record gains, it was interpreted by the government and some of the media as a sign that the UK wants Brexit more than ever.
LBC presenter, James O’Brien turned his analytical mind to providing his listeners with a sort of Brexit State of the Union, and laid it bare – warts and all.
“Either I am some sort of all-seeing prophet with a weapons-grade crystal ball, or every single syllable of this whole sorry saga was predictable, discernible and inevitable.”
“Theresa May chose to put her fingers in her ears, to cover her eyes, to ignore Cambridge Analytica, to ignore Vote Leave’s cheating, to ignore the Electoral Commission’s findings, to ignore the mystery of where the £8m for Leave.EU came from, to ignore the fact that people’s Facebook pages were full of lies of an unprecedented and unbelievable scale, she chose to ignore all that.”
When LBC shared it on Twitter, not everybody agreed with the analysis.
Who does this bloke think he is??? Why do all re-moaners think they’re better than everyone else? And if they are so clever, why do they not believe in democracy???
— Pete Schmidt (@PeteSchmidt78) May 4, 2019
I hear a posh boy who is stamping his feet along with the other upper middle class Waitrose shoppers who have had their noses knocked out of joint by a decision the working class has taking for the first time in 30 years.
— Unsociable Socialist (@Scottish_Lefty) May 3, 2019
But it really hit home for a lot of people.
A tour de force commentary by James O’Brien @mrjamesob on the lies, deceptions and shambles of Brexit – a giant con that was crafted and manipulated by political grifters, hucksters and spivs.
Please watch and retweet.pic.twitter.com/65hO0thlcy— James Melville (@JamesMelville) May 4, 2019
This.@mrjamesob being far more eloquent and incisive than I could ever be.
If this doesn’t get you questioning your leave vote… nothing ever will. https://t.co/6dH3TVQ8xf— Reece Dinsdale (@reece_dinsdale) May 4, 2019
Wow, just wow @mrjamesob
Respect. https://t.co/CGbve60O6l— Lynn Nikkanen (@lynnnikkanen) May 3, 2019
https://twitter.com/TheAeronut/status/1124438879875031040
Such a damning and truthful synopsis of events.
— Naseer Khan (@L4AH4N) May 4, 2019
One Twitter user summed up the general reaction with depressing clarity.
Spot on. Depressing but utterly on the money.
— WJD (@WjohnDavidson) May 5, 2019
Source: LBC
