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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBest take on Don-Old yet!
Paraphrasing James O'Brien of LBC: "We've sat here for the best part of a fortnight trying to unravel events but it's like the pigeon playing chess, who struts over the board, pooping and knocking pieces over before claiming victory and doing a lap of honor while we all playing 'Rook 4 to Knight 2.'
Paraphrasing James O'Brien of LBC: "We've sat here for the best part of a fortnight trying to unravel events but it's like the pigeon playing chess, who struts over the board, pooping and knocking pieces over before claiming victory and doing a lap of honor while we all playing 'Rook 4 to Knight 2.'
— Tim Board (@timboard.bsky.social) 2026-03-13T23:49:28.594Z
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Best take on Don-Old yet! (Original Post)
sheshe2
3 hrs ago
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Grokenstein
(6,337 posts)1. (cue TruthSocial rant hurling invective at O'Brien)
"Your majesticness, O'Brien didn't actually say that. It's paraphrasing."
"I KNOW WHAT THAT WORD MEANS! I KNOW ALL WORDS! I PASSED A COGNITIVE TEST! IT WAS A PANDA! THEY SAID IT WAS A HORSE BUT I PROVED THEM ALL WRONG!! O'BRIEN'S A LOSER! YOU'RE GONNA GET TIRED OF ALL THE WINNING!! NOW CHANGE ME!!"
niyad
(131,874 posts)2. What is LBC?
LoisB
(12,860 posts)3. Leading Britain's Conversation. I think that's the name of O'Brien's media company.
sheshe2
(97,220 posts)4. British Radio
sheshe2
(97,220 posts)8. U R welcome.
Martin68
(27,586 posts)5. Yup.
SunSeeker
(58,196 posts)9. K & R