To find David Lammy rude, obnoxious and uninformed?

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I tuned into LBC the other day and David Lammy was on , discussing the unrest in the Red Sea region.

There was a caller on , Jack , who was trying to share his opinion but David Lammy continuously shouted over the caller, interrupting and heckling and was downright rude . Including him actually shouting "this is my show Jack, not yours !" , which I thought was absurd .

It made me wonder what the point is of letting the public call in if you are not interested in capturing diverse opinions and voices on discussion topics ?

If I spoke like that to a member of my team or any member of the public there would be serious concerns about my conduct.

AIBU to find David Lammy an arrogant tw*t for speaking to callers like this ? Is this the way that you would facilitate a discussion ?

I am ofcourse BU for listening to LBC in the first place but the car had been for valeting so I blame them for messing with the dials .

He is a dick

This.
not as bad as James O’ Bryan or as sanctimonious as Sheila Fogarty tho.
Only ones worthy listening to are Nick Ferrari and Tom Swarbreck

I think all radio presenters do this to some extent and it does my head in. Let them speak!

David Lammy is a very good constituency MP and he performs very well in the media and in person. Thats his job. On the radio shows he adapts to the style of the show. Which for LBC listeners is to be challenging. He holds his own and doesn’t do vanilla politics.

From what I know of the man he gets things done for his constituents. Rare in a borough continually let down by a shit local authority. I know this because I was commissioned to do work there based on his campaigning. He never let up and I can’t say he made me comfortable but he stopped complacency setting in and got the job done.

There’s a great video of him challenging a racist caller.

Sorry but before you criticise someone find out more.

Totally agree with this

He thinks women are hoarding their rights like dinosaurs. Stopping diddums blokes with special feelings from cheating in sports or getting their rocks off accessing women's spaces.

He's a cockwomble.

He certainly showed himself as not too bright on the subject of 'dinosaur' women and their rights. Tsk tsk.
In addition he asserted that the issue of womens' rights had never arisen when he was campaigning on doorsteps. Only to be directly contradicted by several people who had actually campaigned with him.

Nick Ferrari is the worse. He has his own, fixed opinion on the Israel/Gaza situation and shouts down and interrupts anyone that doesn’t agree with him.

It’s all about him and his opinions. 😗

One of the worse people in the Labour Party. I would be so scare to have him in charge in his current shadow cabinet role. He is a resented and ungrateful person as well.

I'm not a fan of Lammy but he was right to shut down "Jack" who was a terrorist apologiser bent on trotting out old mistruths

I mean I don't know whether Lammy was right or wrong in this instance, but isn't that LBC in a nutshell though ?

Someone with a microphone shouting down the feeble minded idiots who are lined up to phone in and challenge their opinions ?

Then its all ra ra ra aren't we so right and off for a few rounds of backslapping because we showed them.

Yes and he isn't very bright.

I don't find David Lammy obnoxious but I have to turn James O'Brien off most times. He humiliates people and to keep attacking people who disagree with him by labelling them stupid encourages division. People like him ,imo,contributed hugely to the Brexit vote which took us out of the EU. Rather than debate calmly, he shouts them down,mocks them etc.

Dinosaur Dave also believes that it’s possible for a male to ‘grow’ a cervix.

Yes, my least favourite of the potential Labour government.
He has that dangerous combination of ignorance and having no idea how ignorant he is and refusing to be told. Plus the rights hoarding dinosaurs thing was sheer misogyny.

He comes across as utterly dense and very very arrogant. Can’t stand him.

A good read about David Lammy here -

unherd.com/2020/03/david-lammy-and-the-tribalism-of-the-left/

He's like many Lefty's a giant hypocrite.

Sorry but any man who calls women dinosaurs hoarding rights can go and jump in a shark infested sea IMHO

I didn’t hear the call in the op but agree, with pp saying similar too

He's absolutely thick as mince and a misogynist to boot.

Anyone who calls women defending safeguarding of single spaces - dinosaurs who are hoarding rights, believes babies are born without a sex and that someone can grow a cervix is a misogynistic hypocrite as ill informed as it gets, who doesn’t engage brain before speaking.

'not as bad as James O’ Bryan or as sanctimonious as Sheila Fogarty tho.
Only ones worthy listening to are Nick Ferrari and Tom Swarbreck'

Totally agree. I cannot listen to condescending smug James O'Brien at all. Shelagh is marginally less awful, I can manage to listen to her sometimes for short bursts!

Nick and Tom absolutely the best listening!

You can disagree with him, which is why you started the thread, but I don't think he is ill-informed.

I really liked him until I met him in person 🙈 Havent listened to him on LBC as have been sceptical since. Which is a shame as I used to like a lot of what he said, but guess people are different in person. Love James Obrien and Sheila Fogarty. Nick Ferrari does my head in 😅