Today on James O’Brien Daily: - Habemus Papam - we have a new Pope! - The new UK-US trade ‘deal’ - Two men found guilty of felling the Sycamore Gap tree tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx
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"To fight a Trumpesque future we should abandon the useless straight jacket of ‘Left vs Right’ and replace it with the more powerful, crystal-clear moral axis of right vs wrong." By Claire Jones for WEB - westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/its...
may 10, 2025, 10:01 am • 1 0 • view
Re "the tree". I've walked Hadrian's wall and it does have good memories. But... The idea the tree itself is special is ludicrous. Replace it with an oak. As to the pair of idiots. Make them learn all about Hadrian and his wall. Plus 10 years with no phone or Internet access.
may 9, 2025, 6:01 pm • 0 0 • view
The tree was very special due to its position and age. You can't just supplant it with an oak.
may 9, 2025, 6:14 pm • 1 0 • view
The scene was "special" I agree. The tree was not. It was an invasive non native species It's gone...presenting an opportunity to replace it with a better, more appropriate tree.. Oak, ash, elm, beech. Many candidates. I wonder how " iconic" it would have been without Hollywood?
may 9, 2025, 6:27 pm • 1 0 • view
It was a celebrated tree long before the Robin Hood film and emblem of the North. A 150 year old piece of our heritage, which we can't easily replace.
may 9, 2025, 6:44 pm • 1 0 • view
This is highly subjective. What seems like just a tree to you might hold much deeper meaning for someone else. If someone proposed burning old books for heat, there would be outrage, because while they are merely paper, they are also much more than that.
may 9, 2025, 10:03 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes, but I'm not saying it was ok that it was cut down. It wasn't, it was stupid, selfish and senseless. But... It's done. Now opportunity to improve. Would you want to clone a cat if it died, because it was special? So why clone a tree that was not the best choice of tree for a special place?
may 10, 2025, 7:56 am • 0 0 • view
I'm sure it was, however was it more important than the ancient trees felled in the name of HS2 much of which will never materialise. Who's in the dock for that shenanigans
may 9, 2025, 6:25 pm • 0 0 • view
Those tree feller fellas? No prison time. They should just walk the plank.
may 9, 2025, 7:54 pm • 0 0 • view
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may 10, 2025, 7:03 pm • 0 0 • view
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may 10, 2025, 7:02 pm • 0 0 • view
There once was a woke Marxist pope Whose president likes an unwanted grope. He's evil and mean but he wants to be seen as a genius... The whole thing's a joke.
may 9, 2025, 5:21 pm • 1 0 • view
There once was a fellow named Mark, Who tried writing limericks with spark, But his lines didn't rhyme, And so failed him this time, As he forgot the basic AABBA rhyming scheme, which sort of ruined it...
may 9, 2025, 6:20 pm • 4 0 • view
Hands up - it triggered me too
may 9, 2025, 7:56 pm • 2 0 • view
I'm easily triggered these days 😂😂
may 9, 2025, 9:09 pm • 3 0 • view
There once was a chap Brian P, Who'd "tweet" on Bluesky with such glee, But he posted some lines, About non-scanning rhymes, And almost sparked off World War 3 Waheeey!
may 9, 2025, 9:28 pm • 3 0 • view
Javier is all adither A crap poem pulled his trigger "An admission" he wrote "I'm calling out this bloke." I blame social media.
may 9, 2025, 9:25 pm • 0 0 • view
There once was a man called Mark Lawrence, Who's limerick were met with abhorrence, As much as he tried, His rhymes were pie-eyed, Missing gimme putts just like Sam Torrance (that was challenging 😂)
may 9, 2025, 9:37 pm • 3 0 • view
It's becoming clear to me why James doesn't read out listener's poems... 😄
may 9, 2025, 10:44 pm • 1 0 • view
Thanks for letting me know 👍
may 9, 2025, 9:00 pm • 0 0 • view
Haha!
may 9, 2025, 6:24 pm • 1 0 • view
Noticed the other day re: India trade deal little was mentioned about the Freeport’s and why Starmer has not rid us of them. The so called US trade deal is nothing but a tariff reduction deal and Trumps tariff policy is falling apart.
may 11, 2025, 11:58 am • 0 0 • view
Listened live today and it was good craic👍
may 9, 2025, 6:14 pm • 0 0 • view
Since UK left EU we have cut our cloth to a much smaller suit & really have not much power in the world - we don’t have any leverage any more as your caller just said. UK like a sulky toddler sucking its thumb in the corner...
may 9, 2025, 6:38 pm • 2 0 • view
I'm not sure that the faux X-Factor emoting by the millions of people who were utterly unaware of that tree before its demise is as convincing as they seem to think it is.
may 9, 2025, 5:04 pm • 0 0 • view
I remember when the news broke about the Sycamore tree being cut down in 2023. I was deeply upset, it felt almost sacrilegious, even though I'm neither from the UK nor a religious person
may 9, 2025, 9:54 pm • 0 0 • view
iam sick of people thinking that udens deserve special treatment .eddiefowler3663@gmail.com
may 12, 2025, 11:39 am • 0 0 • view
james we the people can't do nought the politicians can't do nothing . the problem lies rgt at any Jewish feet owners of news papers money men the people who suffered more than udens were the polish .
may 12, 2025, 11:38 am • 1 0 • view
so Gaza has gone We may have the words of rabi tht says oh no its not ah genocide . its ah war that they caused . I disagree with that . why ? because if they could bring the net like down in the 7th thy would do it more often . eddiefowler3663@gmail.com
may 12, 2025, 11:24 am • 0 0 • view
Regarding the trade deal… the US needs your steel and British Sterl needs a buyer.
may 9, 2025, 5:34 pm • 0 0 • view