Watch: James O’Brien attacks Nigel Farage in scathing rant

Good heavens. Does no one teach journalistic etiquette these days? This afternoon James O’Brien caused a stir on social media after he delivered a rather bizarre handover on air about, er, one of his station’s own guests. Not long before O’Brien jumped behind the mic, Nigel Farage had joined LBC’s Nick Ferrari for a phone-in – in which he was quizzed on why he had not hosted constituency surgeries in Clacton, whether he had helped to trigger the recent riots and his own personal security. But while the station’s loyal listeners might have been interested in listening to what the Reform leader had to say, it seems that one of the outlet’s own presenters had other ideas…

After the Clacton MP had come off the airwaves, O’Brien stepped up to take over from Ferrari. Clearly unable to put his personal politics aside for even a second, the lefty show host promptly launched into a blistering attack on the parliamentary guest.