FLASHBACK: When James O’Brien Praised “Breathtaking” Courage of Man With Paedophilic Desires

Over the weekend, two titans of British political radio faced off on Twitter – in the blue corner was Mike ‘concrete growing‘ Graham and in the red corner was James ‘boisterous boozer‘ O’Brien. In a now deleted tweet, Graham accused O’Brien of being a “paedo apologist and a plank” – James responded by threatening legal action. Co-conspirators may have thought that Graham was referring to James O’Brien’s promotion of convicted child abuser Carl Beech’s now discredited allegations. For which James still hasn’t apologised.

The whole affair did remind Guido of an “astonishingly illuminating” discussion James previously had on LBC. In a sensitive heart-to-heart, James questioned a man called John who spoke of his paedophilic desires. Over the course of the interview, O’Brien praised John’s “breath taking” courage, said he should take “pride” for not acting on his fantasies. He also compared John resisting his desires to a husband resisting the urge to cheat and agreed there should be less stigma around offering psychological help. Co-conspirators can watch the full phone-in here.

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Live with Littlewood!
On tonight’s Live with Littlewood, we’ll be discussing:
  • Hey big spender: Is this government addicted to splashing taxpayer cash?
  • COPping out: Without China or Russia, is it time to reset our expectations for COP26?
Host Mark Littlewood will be joined by Conservative MP Dehenna Davison, talkRADIO’s Mike Graham, Eamonn Ives of the Centre for Policy Studies, and the IEA’s own Dr Kristian Niemietz.
Tune in, from 6-7pm, here
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Mike Graham Bizarrely Claims “Concrete Grows”

This morning, TalkRadio veteran Mike Graham interviewed carpenter and Insulate Britain spokesperson Cameron Ford, clearly hoping for an easy win and a funny clip for Twitter. After interrogating the campaigner for all of 30 seconds and failing to get a rise out of the perpetually calm activist, Graham became visibly frustrated. Graham’s final mode of attack was accusing the carpenter of harming trees for a living. An unfazed Cameron quickly pointed out that his job was sustainable because trees grow back. Graham’s response was to insist you can grow “other things” too – claiming, bizarrely, that you can even grow concrete. Who knew? Following an unbearable and incredibly awkward silence, the TalkRadio presenter cut the interview in a huff.

The embarrassing exchange might have gone away unnoticed if TalkRadio had left well enough alone, yet for some unknown reason they posted the humiliating clip on social media. For the eco mob this was the ‘gotcha’ moment they’d long been hoping for. Does someone at TalkRadio have it in for Mike?

They subsequently published a cartoon of Mike presiding over a crop of cement with the caption ‘let it grow’. The only thing that should be growing is Mike’s embarrassment… 

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Beth Rigby versus Mike Graham

TalkRadio’s Mike Graham took to twitter last night to slam Sky News’ coverage of Afghanistan by questioning the credibility of former sports presenter Martha Kelner.

Beth Rigby was quick to jump to her colleague’s defence, commending her superb “analysis of Biden’s speech”.  

Things escalated pretty quickly when goading Mike insulted Beth’s journalistic skills:

Mike wouldn’t let the issue drop, and continued to insult those rushing to tweet in Beth’s defence. Beth attempted to hit back with a sassy retort:

However, it was Mike who managed to get the last laugh, slamming Beth for her suspension from Sky News last year:

Guido wonders if there will be any hope for #PositiveTwitterDay which this year will be taking place on Friday, August 27th… 

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LIVE at 6PM: SACRED COW?

In tonight’s LIVE with LITTLEWOOD:

  • SACRED COW  In the current climate, is it possible to critique the NHS?
  • LEVEL PEGGING  How do we rebalance the UK economy?
  • UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE  Can government protect free speech on campus?

Join host MARK LITTLEWOOD for 60 minutes of scintillating discussion with talkRadio’s MIKE GRAHAM; The Independent’s Chief Political Commentator JOHN RENTOULDEHENNA DAVISON MP, the Conservative member for Bishop Auckland, and KRISTIAN NIEMIETZ, Head of Political Economy at the Institute of Economic Affairs, and author of the IEA report Viral Myths: Why we risk learning the wrong lessons from the pandemic.

Be sure to join in the debate, LIVE – TONIGHT at 6PM – here or on YouTube.

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LIVE at 6PM!

On tonight’s LIVE with LITTLEWOOD:

  • Rishi Sunak’s plan to protect jobs – will it work?
  • 10pm curfews and £10,000 fines – can they defeat the virus?
  • Keir Starmer  how has he measured up during the crisis?

Host Mark Littlewood will be joined by talkRADIO’s Mike Graham; Centre for Policy Studies Director Robert Colvile; former MEP Patrick O’Flynn; Spiked’s Joanna Williams; politician Suzanne Evans; economist Andrew Lilico, the IEA’s Steve Davies, and free speech champion Toby Young.

JOIN IN THE DEBATE – LIVE at 6.30 – HERE or on YouTube.

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