James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 16hRachel is absolutely brilliant. But don’t take my word for it, buy a ticket & find out for yourself! 926684
Reposted by James O’BrienGraemeCP 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🐸 @graemecp.bsky.social · 16h😂 sacking too good for him make him suffer. Keep him. 0452
James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 16hKeith’s on holiday. He just sent this with the caption ‘Thinking of you’. Might sack him when he gets back. Too cruel to do it now. 2829317
James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 17hNo doubt all the people who printed, posted or broadcast this now disproved story respect their readers/viewers/listeners/followers enough to correct the record asap… www.theguardian.com/news/2026/oc...theguardian.com‘I reside in Monaco’: billionaire said to have quit UK over potential wealth tax had already leftTaxWatch contradicts claims about David Reuben’s departure and questions stories of super-rich exodus 30670208
James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 19hToday’s episode! Spotify is bugging and not letting me share the link - will message if that changes: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...podcasts.apple.comInheritance tax is the price of being luckyPodcast Episode · James O'Brien Daily · 7 October · 55min 4363
James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 19hInheritance tax & the cushioning of the already comfortable. open.spotify.com/episode/08nl...open.spotify.comInheritance tax is the price of being luckyJames O'Brien Daily · Episode 2125463
Reposted by James O’BrienDave Haslam @davehaslam.bsky.social · 19hLondon people, please note there are two events there next week - Hatchards Piccadilly and the Rock n Roll Book Club in E17 1175
Reposted by James O’Brienigyphoto @geoffyoungphoto.bsky.social · 19hThe worst part about that awful speech by Kemi 'no gaffs' Badenoch was the eating into of 90 (yes, 90) minutes of @mrjamesob.bsky.social show. I want a refund... 4898
Reposted by James O’BrienOdd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Almost forgot: happy That Tom Hollander Interview Day to all who celebrate 1339685
Reposted by James O’BrienRob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 22hThis is a positive development, full stop. Anti-racism norms matter, elite cues on anti-racism norms matter, a broad political consensus on anti-racism norms matter so a strong signal from the leader of a party which has been blurring red lines lately is good news. 1738166
Reposted by James O’BrienSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 22hKemi Badenoch accurately notes that the common sense consensus that black people can be Englsh was pretty settled by the early 1990s. It was being contested vocally by the NF in 1984 (when Barnes scored in Brazil) with the Daily Mail vocal against the NF but much less by 1993 (when Ince was captain) 311322
Reposted by James O’BrienPeter Kay @theonlypeterkay.bsky.social · 23hThis bit is genuinely good. Badenoch on Reform scandals and identity: any prospect of an electoral pact on the right now looks dead in the water. A genuinely impassioned defence of her right, and her children’s, to identify as English with pride. Standing ovation. @mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk 219818
James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 23h“Whether policies, polls or performances, the gulf between the reality I think I inhabit and the world according to Kemi seems almost inconceivably enormous, and yet so complete is her belief in her own brilliance that I frequently find myself checking whether my own memory of events is accurate.” 53609126
Reposted by James O’BrienThe i Paper @theipaper.com · 06/10/2026The Conservative Party has quietly been losing touch with reality, writes James O'Brien. Read more: trib.al/ZMoqhjG 1515623
James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I don't write the headline... (But please don't make me therefore review the fairness of our 'Unhinged Headline' feature.) 1180
Reposted by James O’BrienPrivate Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Archer’s resignation from the London mayoral race after it was revealed he lied in court was the thing that got Paul Foot up from his sickbed and contributing again, having first started chronicling Archer’s lies and misdemeanours in 1969. From the Private Eye archive. Issue 992, December 1999. 321468459
James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Well maybe. If by ‘Finnish’ you mean ‘in Finland and available for work’ then no. But if they exercise some sort of Braverman-style ethnic test then yes, absolutely. 150
James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Sensational. Can’t believe it dropped just after I filed a column about her epic ridiculousness, though. 82591110
Reposted by James O’BrienAdam Macqueen @adammacqueen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Just as a counterpoint to some of the obituaries this morning, here's the start of the Archer chapter in my history of political lying, The Lies of the Land: 29400103
Reposted by James O’BrienHenry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · 06/10/2026Come say hello on Friday if you're in Carmarthen! 0205
Reposted by James O’BrienSimon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Mine earlier today with @mrjamesob.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk 📺: youtu.be/7eltBhn7WV4?...youtu.beTrump suggests he'd let Iran 'take out' Los Angeles or San DiegoYouTube video by LBC 2016139
Reposted by James O’BrienLBC @lbc.co.uk · 05/10/2026'It is rooted in absurd defence of Adolf Hitler!' @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social and @mrjamesob.bsky.social dissect the 'childish' questions that Tucker Carlson asked Jacob Rees-Mogg. 1618249
James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Even reading it here waters the eye a little. Take care. 130
James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 05/10/2026open.spotify.com/episode/1JWN...open.spotify.comThe Green Party vote that has alarmed Jewish membersJames O'Brien Daily · Episode 4251
James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Zionism, racism & the Greens. Shabana Mahmood & the myth of the unemployed welders. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.comThe Green Party vote that has alarmed Jewish membersPodcast Episode · James O'Brien Daily · 5 October · 1hr 1812824
Reposted by James O’BrienJames Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The pitch here seems to be, ‘we’ll build the houses and infrastructure we failed to build during the 14 years we were in government, but we’ll do it in the most damaging and lowest quality way possible’. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comTories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural EnglandShadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth 771392441
Reposted by James O’BrienPeter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I'm told that some Greens are already looking at legal action over worries that the 'Zionism is racism' motion is likely to be illegal under equality laws. This is a view shared by some lawyers. More soon. 2318230
Reposted by James O’BrienYair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 04/10/2026What people fail to understand is also that Zionism was not just a plan/ideology for Jews in Palestine, it was also a vision for Jewish *diasporic* identity. Much of Zionist activity has always taken place outside Palestine/Israel and was about communal identity and politics. Hence the attachment. 625351
Reposted by James O’BrienJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 04/10/2026passing the "zionism is racism" motion on the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street is a bit on the fucking nose isn't it 37632109
James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 03/10/2026No. Will check him out. Might be a new career for me. 4140
James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 03/10/2026My Mum forgot the code to her key safe. I just opened it after watching a lock-picking tutorial on YouTube & will henceforth only answer to the name ‘Fingers’ O’Brien. 127149656
James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 03/10/2026We’re normally stronger in the second than the first this season. Fair result. 110
Reposted by James O’BrienJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026🔴 Reform UK Mayor Has Firm Struck off as Another Files No Accounts in Six Years Exclusive: Reform UK’s Sam Journet branded “Britain’s worst councillor” as opponents demand he be suspended as Mayor of Basildon Council bylinetimes.com/2026/10/02/r...bylinetimes.comReform UK Mayor Has Firm Struck off as Another Files No Accounts in Six YearsExclusive: Reform UK's Sam Journet branded "Britain's worst councillor" as opponents demand he be suspended as Mayor of Basildon Council 7351154
Reposted by James O’BrienAngry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 02/10/2026FARTGATE: Tomorrow’s Lancashire Telegraph is an absolute joy to behold. Buy it. Treasure it. Leave it to your grandchildren. #BuyALocalNewspaper 39487149
James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Just put down Charlie Higson’s new James Bond novel and M literally just said: “We need a dog walker”. Spooky! 270
