Is this LBC’s best ever caller?
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Shelagh Fogarty could listen to caller Darren 'for hours', as he tells of his mentality around multiculturalism in Britain, shutting down fears over immigration as 'absolute nonsense' and adds that it has only 'enriched' his life.
Shelagh proclaimed the call 'the best call of my entire career', encouraging other to 'be more Darren'.
Aggressive protests have broken out across the UK this week following a stabbing attack in Southport which left three little girls dead and others critically injured, but the Southport community have condemned the violence displayed.
The riots were sparked after misinformation spread online - possibly orchestrated by Russian trolls - that the suspect in the killing was a Muslim asylum seeker.
Keir Starmer said on Thursday that he was launching a special unit to tackle the violent disorder, that would share information across forces and use facial recognition software to identify criminals.
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Darren, I'm a 33 yr black man, my parents immigrated here and growing up in this country was the best thing ever until the last 7 years. Your voice gave me hope that there are people that can see what the media is doing.
Thank you
Media doing what? What invented tripe have you got in store for us ?
A lot of us see it
It’s not about you personally - British people are on the whole pretty fair and tolerant and take people as we find them but it’s about numbers and about clashing cultural values. The demographic change - and consequent effects - is unprecedented in history. Britain has its own identity, culture and yes ethnicity. We’re not some global marketplace open for everyone. Surely you can understand why so many people are hacked off about it? Lee Rigby, Manchester Arena, Salman Rushdie, teachers in hiding, mobs running around in the streets with machetes, shoplifting gangs, organised crime gangs trafficking their workers over. You’re maybe not old enough to remember what Britain used to be like. We didn’t know what jihad meant, we didn’t see women waking around in burqas, we didn’t see kids armed with machetes in broad daylight. Can you really not understand at all???
Please keep that hope going because the majority of people in this Country would definitely agree with this man, he certainly deserves a pat on the back.
I'm a 45 yr old white male, born in Spain, no Spanish bloodline, all family messed up because of WW2 (parents born in Argentina) but I have Norwegian and German bloodlines. I ditto the rest of your words. I immigrated here with my parents in 1993 as a 14 yr old lad with no English language. During covid I freely risked my life and continued to do my job for my community working in suicide prevention as well as GP surgeries that were designated a "hot" centres. I love the United Kingdom and all it's people regardless of where they are from. I care the people around me that have the same struggles as everybody else.
Now THAT is a Patriot. And he speaks for THIS 59 year old Bald Bloke.
And this 54 year old father of three.
And me
And this 62 year old 👍
Darren is a ⭐
And any sensible bloke anywhere....
Also a 55 year old white, English man here.
I couldn't love this more.
This is what the working class in this country really stand for.
We back each other, regardless of race, creed, colour and religion.
Hope you read this, mate.
Beautiful
Indeed! 👏👍
Also consider this. Even when the empire was at large, the IWW still sides with colonised people like my family for instance, despite never even having seen them
Even back then, people knew the issue was the super rich exploiting everyone. A lot of so called "Patriots" don't know their own history, or even know that most British Pakistanis in the UK also have relatives that fought against the fascists too.
Then you'll get mugged off son
Thankyou
The caller is a passionate cosmopolitan and he sounds uplifting and inspiring and he hasn't realised that other races don't think like that, far from it and if you let the rest of the world into your homeland guess what, its not your homeland anymore and you yourself become the unwelcome one in now somebody else's new homeland. Very basic stuff, Craig wake up quickly.
I’m a brown woman in Namibia and this made me cry. May the world be more like Darren’s World
I am a Black woman and I am in tears of gratitude inspiration and humility , What a wonderful human being who reminds us we are all together,
ME TOO!!!!!!!
This is great! You are amazing!
Thankfully Darren speaks for the majority. This is what Great Britain is, and has been for decades. The minority faction has gained share of voice through social media, but they are a fringe faction. The media gives them too much oxygen to amplify their vitriolic message because, sadly, that is how media corporations and social media behemoths make their money. Clickbait headlines are their biggest moneyspinners. Here’s to amplifying love and humanity instead! ❤
@@vb1816 Well said - celebrate shared humanity rather than those that try to sow division.
Asain here me 😭
The true British patriot. The true British values. This is it.
Lol yh let's import millions upon millions of people who aren't British and then champion the policy as pro British and quintessentially British. What are you talking about ?
😂😂😂 absolute mug.
This is what we fight and die for
@@deadlyfremen7447 you see these people go on about defending their british values but if you then ask them what their british values actually are their a bit stuck.judgement,condemnation and not making some people welcome dont sound like values to me.
@@timthegallantwhat are British values then?
I was walking my fairly large but soppy dog the other day when a mother in a hijab passed with her children. One of the children was nervous of my pooch, the other clearly wanted to pet him. I calmly walked over and said my dog is fine and both children ended up stroking my dog. Got chatting to the young mother, commented on her very beautifully designed headscarf and asked about her heritage. She told me she was Afghan and fled the Taliban and whilst loved the UK felt a bit lonely as most people ignore or avoid her. I then said if you ever see me or my wife with the dog, come and say hello. Ended with as salam alaykum and she smiled and replied Alaikun Salaam. Can't imagine how difficult being a young mother alone in a new country must be and kindness knows no race or creed
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much. I pray you and your wife are always healthy and happy and blessed with all the best in your lives. Truly I respect you 🙏❤️
Bless you kind soul ❤
You will get on with your life not knowing you have helped these kids beyond what you can imagine.
Amazing 👏
I'm in California and I've always been impressed by the British people and culture. The UK is the best place in the world. Please do not let the haters win.
🇺🇲❤🇬🇧
I'm a white bald 65yr old bloke, my heart swells with pride listening to this man . Absolutely fantastic caller
Your baldness does not matter, i'm asian 51 and Bold. 🙂 You have a wonderful kind heart thats open.
Me too and i am Pakistani Muslim
@@lottogaz8573 and you don't pull the ladder up after you either
🤣did you have to say bald 😂😂
Bald is cool
So am I 😂
Bless you and your bald head mate
When a random stranger speaks for millions.
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I'm guessing you haven't experienced Turkish gangs get out and fight each other with machetes in your street, groups of Somalian drug dealers leering and grabbing women as they go past, etc.
@Pabsie1974 100%
@@c.karnstein3299 What the - are you talking about?
Where do you get all your information from? Rupert Murdoch's tabloids written exclusively for the narrow minded and ignorant?
Now this is a real British man , not like those cowards who destroyed Southport , terrific caller
Ok pops.
This is a true HUMAN.
Thank you for calling in, you made mine & teddycross8549 day!
I'm British with Afro-Carribbean grandparents. My grandparents celebrated their birthplace in music, food, and sports. I celebrate my own birthplace, the UK. Immigration is the same around the world. The children and grandchildren integrate deeper into their birthplace. The same thing happened to British and Irish immigrants who went to the USA and Australia 200 years ago.
@@AB-zl4nh British Irish here and my parents instilled it in me very early, their friends were Jamaicans and Caribbeans as they arrived pretty much together and faced the same issues (although TBH the black guys had it far, far worse). One Love, ALWAYS!
Just say you don't care about them 3 kids
My Mum died very recently, and its been really hard as there are so many things to sort out.
I had her phone (latest iPhone) with loads of sentimental pictures on and lost it, and it wasnt locked. I had little hope of getting it back.
It was found in the street by a Muslim man who called me from her phone to tell me and held onto it for a few days.
When I went to pick it up, he offered my children fruits and sweets. What a lovely old gent.
We had a nice chat... He emigrated here from Egypt, and he was telling me about his grown children... A lawyer, a GP doctor, a police man and a nurse all in the UK.
AND PEOPLE THINK HE IS A PROBLEM! 😔
No, you are twisting things. People are fed up with the boat folk coming and invading and getting given everything. They are allowed on the streets with machetes, knives etc and nothing is done
@rosemarie-karma you got your information wrong.
Also, do you think they are risking their life travelling on a boat to come here and live on government money?! No, no ones come for that... they come for a better life and opportunities...
Majority of them are living in countries where there is war...war for which England is contributing. How little minded can you be?!
I'm a Muslim bloke born and raised in England... Thank you. We all need to be a bit more like this
As a white christian bloke stay strong brother in the face of all this lunacy we musn't listen to the people that try and sow division. We need to celebrate what unites us.
As a Muslim woman who grew up loving my white, British neighbour, I identify as British and love my country. I can’t help the criminals that come from our community, but I know my role is to call them out and remind them how privileged we are to live I. Such a great country. Thank you @caller
@@fatimabintmuhammed6444agree with you as a muslim. 💯
And I'm an atheist and I'll stay with you aswell
@@user-qf1zg4zz8jUnited we stand Divided we fall. This is exactly what the establishment are trying to do.😊😊
I teared up listening to this caller. Real man right there, real patriot, real Englishman, real human being.
You can be all rainbows and sunshine as you like, what happens when those cultures that hate us move here? Many do
@@c.karnstein3299 fair point but at this moment in time, I am more fearful of the far right riots. I am a mixed race Individual and could be targeted.
@@c.karnstein3299 You reap what you sow. They will only hate you if you hate them...!?
@@stanh9521 Thank your parents.
@@stanh9521Have you spoken to anyone on these so called far right protests? Most, I except not all, but must think the same way as this gentleman, that's what sad about all this, we probably have more in common than you think? But there are some serious concerns about a big majority of people that are coming into this country now. We don't know who they are or what their intentions are? We have lost control and is that's dangerous thing.
When my kids go out to concert or to hang out with there friends it's not the so called far right I'm worried about, and there is genuine reasons for that. In my city close the where I live we've have multiple murders in recent weeks, I myself have been stabbed and had a knife put to my throat on a two separate occasions, let's just say that it wasn't done by the far right.
This guy made me cry as a black British woman born to Nigerian parents who one is a nurse and another a bio chemist in this country, I felt the realness from this man ❤
Made me cry as a white British woman too ❤. I hope he has had loads of children ❤
@@dottyp137 as a Muslim he made me cry Too. I really felt his emotions I wish he is always safe and happy 🙏❤️
Chinekie na wow
@@carlmason4153 😂😂😂😂😂
@@tottifreeman You like , Wahala day dare oheebo.
Darren is an absolute legend. THIS IS PATRIOTISM! No hate, no xenophobia, just love and mutual respect. Simply amazing.
Oooooooh ducky
What a breath of fresh air this young 55 year old man is !
@@dunya_memories but he isn't is he ? He's perpetuating a myth from his London elite betters that mass immigration is a wonderful thing..by doing so he stands in the way of the necessity to confront that it isn't. He's betraying his community and he's betraying his class.
Great energy.
👏🏾👏🏾👍🏾
Absolutely breathtaking x
He's delusional. What happened in India in 1948?
Brilliant caller. I listened twice. As a black man who was born in this country, I’ve never really felt part of it. There was always an underlying feeling of not really being British because of how I was treated. Being around people like Darren would have changed that. I’m so glad he exists. Had me in tears and challenged me to be a better man in my community.
You belong here 🇬🇧
@@definitely.not.Longmaze I agree @JJN15 you belong here
I'm terribly sorry you've been made to feel that way.
When we were little my oldest friend & me were playing outside in a small park. A woman came up to us & screamed at my friend that she had to go back to the country she was born in. Me being an idiot* tried to tell that bigot that she was born in the hospital in the city nearby, which of course was useless, because bigots are going to bigot.
What kind of grown woman goes to shout at a couple of little girls in a park?
Yes, the bleeebs are vocal, but they aren't the majority. Perhaps we should speak up more... I'll try to do that, because the feeling that it's going backwards is too horrific to contemplate.
* i claim youth as an excuse
Mate, you will always be welcome here as far as I am concerned! I'm sorry you haven't felt as at home as you deserve to!
@@LeafHuntress I don't believe you. I think people actually lie about these things and experiences to enhance their argument,but It wouldn't surprise me if it was a shameful lie.
Such a decent, kind, principled, intelligent man. Absolute best of this country.
@@50sense50what on Earth gave you that impression. He sounds like the kindest man but not afraid to tell people what he thinks of them if they give him any nonsense. Sounds like the kind of person we need more of.
As a British born Pakistani woman working as a secondary school teacher, this man has won my heart and is the true essence of a British person. We are all proud to be British and love our country just as much as the average white person. We want our country to grow and prosper.. let’s carry on working together and hope for better days❤️
Agreed. Let's focus on inclusion and reject the division that islamism brings.
Absolutely. ❤
He's an immigrant ??
Being roughly the same age as this man and as a black man you brought tears to my eyes.
I know this nation is full of men like this so bless you my brother.
Bless you too! You are a star!
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It is - and women! I don't care where anyone is from as long as they have a big heart for everyone. ❤
Finally, a man who speaks for the majority of this country couldn't have said it better myself
It's about time someone put it as it really is. It's just factual and self evident that mass immigration helps the poorest in society,and we need more Darren's to let it be known.
BRAVO. 😃😃😃...............
Gullible is not a trait to be proud of.
@@voodoochile333 Ironically, you're completely correct.
@@voodoochile333 And what about rascism and white supremecy.
First time I have felt proud to be British in a very long time. Thanks Darren 🇬🇧
Sad. Britishness is not a list of values whomever agrees with. Nationality is not an abstraction. The caller, the men in Southport you deride and everyone in between are British. What is Britishness? That which British people do. What is a British person? A person born in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
@TheDeathSquad-jd9gmThanks for your well thought out and reasoned opinion. Great contribution 😂
And be proud! I'm PROUD FOR YOU. I'd stand behind you regardless of colour race or religion because you are my neighbour and this is our home 🏠🏡
We shouldn't need a Darren to feel this. We shouldn't wait for affirmations.
@@AB-zl4nh There’s been a lot to be ashamed of recently. Darren served as a reminder that it’s not all bad
I'm a black woman and I don't usually let this stuff get to me, but this time my heart is breaking. These ignorant rioters have no idea what they are doing to humanity. Darren's comments make me feel there is hope for us❤🙏🏾
I'm black but can't say I'm surprised.
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@@m.i.c3😂stop.
I heard Darren live on LBC and couldn’t believe what I was hearing, No politician or journalist or social commentator has EVER put the feelings of the majority of British people so beautifully. In an era of toxicity this man was a breath of fresh air. Well done Darren. 👏
How many more children will be killed before you stop virute signalling? There's probably no number is there?
I mean, corbyn did, and he was treated exactly as minority people are by the msm, with lies & misinformation. Unfortunately, people believe what they are told, without questioning it
My late white working class dad who fought in WWII had the same mindset as Darren-it’s not culture war it’s class war.
Its the people in the super yachts and their tax avoidance schemes we should be protesting about
Darren-you are a true patriot
No, it really is about culture
@@Ophelia2474No it really is about class. Who is funding Farage? His supporters with Reform memberships? Or big donors spending millions. Same for Robinson. Same for GB news. Very wealthy people driving an agenda. Why do they want us to leave the ECHR when it’s not standing in our way on immigration? Oh yeah that also gets rid of your rights as an employee. That stops them making the UK the sweatshop of Europe. The ownership class want to divide and get people to vote against their best interests.
@adriftinaboat3452 you silly boy..do you think those people with super yachts aren't also majorly pro migration?
The super rich love the untold hoards and masses entering Britain, it's cheap labour for their corporate mates. Housing, NHS and the changing street for the everyday Brit? They couldn't give a toss. Is Britain really just a car park for the world? An open air refugee camp for the globe?
For me it was it was my great grandfather who was working class and fought in WWII, but he would have been cheering Darren on, apart from being a republican that is. He raised five lovely children who knew where to put the blame, and it wasn't immigrants, who raised their children with those values. This idea that these thugs get to speak for everyone, including the three generations of my family is deeply offensive. They might think they're the majority in their little online bubbles but they just lost an election because they are not the majority, not even close. They don't get co-opt the language of patriotism and unity and pretend there's a silent majority behind them because they're just wrong. I have three generations of British family all varying levels of furious to sickened right now who all agree with my late great grandfather's British values and the Darrens of this world.
58 YO Scotsman just discovering a brother from another mother 👍. Brilliant Dan, brilliant. 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻
Imagine growing up in a country all your life, only to be continuously told, 'Go back to your own country, you're not wanted here.' Keep in mind, you have done nothing wrong-just trying to live your life as an ordinary person in these challenging times. As a Black British Jamaican man, I agree wholeheartedly with this gentleman and welcome his sentiment. The racial divide is a diversion from the real perpetrators who construct systems that lead to the misfortunes people complain about. We are ALL the same, regardless of skin colour. I’m not ashamed to admit I shed a little tear after hearing this. Salute to bro.
Darren you are a legend . I'm a black woman now 65 years old I've been here all my life born and breed . And all the things he said reminded me of my childhood. My parents came here in the late 50s. My best friends we're white and are still to this day. Me mixed, we partied, ate at each other's houses. We we're neighbours and friends and the colour of our skin didn't matter. We had each others back.
You gave me a warm hug - thank you
This man is a true representation of British people. As a British Muslim this is what I needed to hear today! Thank you - this is the voice of the majority and needs to be amplified! Instead of the hate and racism being spread.
Darren we couldn’t love you more. You make the world love Britain and its people.
The memory of men like you makes Britain great. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
I have been an immigrant in the UK for ten years now. I am a product designer with a master's degree. When I came here, I barely spoke English. I am a proud British citizen who takes a bullet for this country anytime. Living in the UK is the best thing that has happened to me. I am here to contribute to and celebrate British culture. I am here to be part of this beautiful country. I don’t care what the media say; I met the most beautiful and caring people like this man in the UK. British people were nothing but pleasant to me, and I am forever grateful and happy for it ❤️ I will try to give back what this country gives to me till I take my last breath 🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴🇮🇪❤
It is people like YOUfaraz who are more than welcome to come live & have a great life here, IF ONLY those arriving today, saw the great advantages they could have living here, instead of trying to turn it into the countries they’ve just FLED 😢😢😢😢
Am an old Muslim lady and have tears in my eyes . Love this man so much! Bless him
As someone who was born here, parents came from Pakistan, I needed to hear this today.
There are many Darrens out there.... And we got your back, Suffian.💪
We won't put up with it Suffian. They are the minority. Stay strong - this will pass and hopefully more people will wake up to what needs to be done. In the meantime sending love and light to you. ❤
As a 55 year old white man from Rochdale I agree with this man 100%.
I couldn't put it better myself
I live in a 99.9% white area and it’s great, we don’t want change so why should it be forced on us?
People like you are absolutely lovely and make me less despondent 💚🩷
Thankyou
As a 66yr old black british woman from Rochdale I totally agree!❤
Totally unrelated, but if you're a James Bond fan, you've been blessed.
It's not just what this wonderful man said, it's also the number of upvotes he got. Thank you Darren for making me proud to be British again!
I am middle Eastern and i am a taxi driver i have been in over 18 countries the British people are the kindest people on earth . Every nations have some idiots its nature but the majority of British people are amazing. I always have massive respect to this country and i am very proud to be British.
Just wanted to say, this country is all the better for having you! Take care 😊
@@rachelmatthews3070 What a great thing to say. Appreciated. Bless
As a Brit with Christian Palestinian heritage I always think we do better when we celebrate what unites us - You just have done - Thank you brother.
Thanks for being part of our country
Couldn’t agree more 👏🏼
Imagine how great britain could become if all of us share his attitude.
I trust that the vast majority do. It's the fringe factions that generate the most media coverage and clickbait headlines as they make money. They are not indicative of the majority.
Yes totally overcrowded!
Imagine thinking multiculturalism worked. If it worked the world wouldn't have ever been to war.
In London I believe this is how a lot of people think
I'm a doctor who immigrated and worked in the NHS for the last few years, and my kids were born there. It was a long journey to move, but listening to this guy gave me some hope that I made the right decision.
You made the right decision mate. 99% of the population are like me and Darren and welcome you with open minds and hearts.
Thank you. Im a muslim doctor who wears a hijab. This is the first time i felt scared.
Sadly the country is taking a nose dive but still have decent people around. My sister worked in the NHS but left as she does not want her kids to be scared anymore. We are born her third generation and struggle so can imagine how difficult it was for you to move and have certain experiences here.
Why did you move? Why didn't you just stay home?
@@iloveyoushima for the weather.
I am a Muslim, got a beard, wear a thobe at times and regardless of what you think I love this country and if anything ever kicked off I would be the first to defend this country. I can be Muslim and a proud Englishman aswell. I was born in this country and so were my parents.
The British need to remove Rupert Murdoch press from the country, they have caused the problems in your country
Murdoch is a scourge on the US as well.
Press reform needs to happen for this country to heal.
1000%
Yes, yes, yes. Whilst I’m here for Darren to run for parliament I think this is our biggest threat to democracy all in all! 👏 Spot on!
Exactly! Rupert and his crew have ruined this country.
I just happened to tune into LBC this afternoon and heard this bloke's call. I think I'll remember it for the rest of my days. He is the epitome of what a proper working class Brit should be. A wonderful human being.
Me too, was just by chance I tuned in just in time. I’ll listen to this again and again when the current events get too much
me too, we can say we were there witnessing one of the finest phone ins ever
And myself. I genuinely had tears running down my cheeks driving through Loughborough Junction. Everything I want to stand for
Me too. So frustrating this week with the poison, the vitriol, the misdirected anger and the violence that has occurred this week. Brought tears to my eyes too. Open minded - a willingness to understand people and get to know people. The sort of violence that we've seen and the threatened behaviour and rallies are uncomfortably reminiscent of the east end in the 1930s.
Mate, I’m an expat living in NZ. And this guys attitude is what I really hope my children grown up to be. He’s absolutely spot on. Hope to hear more from him. A true Brit! 👌👌
As a 55 year old white man from Essex you totally speak for me Darren!
American White Male U.S. Veteran and this man is Brilliant! He is a grace to our world!
"He is a grace to our world!" He is indeed. and it's interesting to think about why that's the case. It seems to me that the people who are real blessings to the world are those, like Darren, who vividly understand that the people around them are blessings too. Not 'others' to be feared or to be paranoid about, but brothers and sisters with whom to share the adventure of life.
We are Together!! I'm a Muslim man born and bred in London.. And I can honestly say I love Britain and this country from the bottom of my heart ♥ it has given me so much, a job, a family, two beautiful kids, and a wife who I love more than myself and two cats!! Hand on heart if this country is ever in trouble and I have to give my life to protect Mother Britain, I will not hesitate for a sec.. And I can't do that for any other country on this planet.. Not where my parents were born or my grandparents were born.. I am a son of mother Britain and that it!!
Bless you 🙏
@user. How many white English grooming gang did you expose?
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You don't want sharia in UK??
@@user-jp2ji4lh8rhow is he supposed to expose them? Is he Batman?
That's a patriot.
Not the hooligans attacking our police, people and property.
Yes the Leeds riots were a disgrace
It was OK for people to riot over the 100s of years of oppression though wasn't it? It's just not allowed now. The last thing i read about was the Irish riots........very violent and the mob against the establishment. But there was no other way for the Irish people to gain back their independence.
@@ashleighellison9509National liberation movements =/= what these guys did
You said it better than I could.
Anitifa government agents
As a white bloke who lived in an Asian area for a decade, I was accepted and made the women feel at ease, I used to have a shaved head in the summer. Even in the dodgy areas show a smile and be genuine and people just leave you to your day. It's how it should be...
You get it on with the women, did ya?
@@keifer7813 jealous are ya?
I'm British with Afro-Carribbean grandparents. My grandparents celebrated their birthplace in music, food, and sports. I celebrate my own birthplace, the UK. Immigration is the same around the world. The children and grandchildren integrate deeper into their birthplace. The same thing happened to British and Irish immigrants who went to the USA and Australia 200 years ago.
@@criticalthinkingcap4196 Nah, you misunderstood me lol wasn't trying to be hostile
@@AB-zl4nh this is how it should be, share culture and experiences. I worked with a couple of old Jamaicans years ago and I will never forget them as they just had the best outlook on life. A few of my life lessons were taught to me by them.
I'm a 64 year old "childless cat lady" from the USA and you brought me to tears. Thank you Darren, for your deep and true words❤❤❤
Not surprised at all 🤣😂🤣
Darren is the best
Well, if JD Vance does become VP, come over here! And bring the cats - they can socialise with mine!!
This caller speaks truth, reality & soul. He is 1000% more of a man and British than those thugs that roam the UK. Total respect.
Ok pops.
@@MarkHutchinson-ry9szWhy the sarcasm?
@@MarkHutchinson-ry9szwhy dont you come up with a comment that means something
Then how comes the Tories win so often
He's nothing better to do Jeff. Shame, when the caller made me proud
I wish I could buy Darren a pint, he is a legend. He made me cry, he reminded me of my childhood, when this country was multicultural *and* great. I'm a Muslim who doesn't really practice anymore but that won't stop people from judging, blaming and attacking like we're seeing in these "protests". I might not go to the mosque anymore but I can't do anything about my skin colour.
Thank you Darren, for making me feel safe.
A gallon... or two. Cheered up my day no end, not just his attitude, but also the fact that he doesn't give a toss who doesn't like his opinion; he's gonna tell 'em anyway, whether they like it or not! Bravo!
As the son of an immigrant who grew up in Kings Cross during the 80s and 90s, when the NF were rampant and we were treated like criminals every single day...this literally brought me to tears 😢
I am not surprised it brought you to tears. It was so so poignant. And I was hanging on every word, nodding and agreeing. I love meeting different cultures and finding out more. It opens up my world and enriches it. ❤
I am so so sorry. You are incredibly brave. Life sends us these lessons for a reason - we just have to work out why.
But it should not be this way.😢 😢😢😢
This guy has made me cry I'm a Pakistani British 69 year old anx I love this country but what has been happening here Palestine just gave me depression, but, listening to this man has brought back my belief in humanity
I worked in a textile mill in the early 70’s and befriended a lad who’d recently arrived from Bangladesh. Sadly he was treated badly by the vast majority of his fellow workers. He followed me like a shadow because I was the only one who treated him with respect. All he wanted was to work hard, pay his taxes and send some of his wages back home. Huge respect for this lad. Hate to think what happened to him after I left. He was very vulnerable.
😢 thank you for looking out for him. May you see the fruits of your kindness towards him in heaps. Ameen
We need more beautiful people like you on this planet and less of the ignorant haters.
I'm sure he remembers the kind stranger/friend who was caring towards, I should imagine it's a story he would've told to his own children. Children of immigrants often here stories of their first experiences and you would be part of that!
Can we knight this man? People have received knighthoods for less!
I THOUGHT THE SAME THING!!!!!!
For being a thoroughly nice chap who rang a radio station? No thanks, but I understand your point.
Given that he is an example of a lot of the real people out there, I would support that.
Absolutely yes ❤he gets my vote allday everyday
That man is truly British, with true British hart and soul.
Is that a 'heart' with an 'E'... ?
My Grandfather immigrated to the UK in the 1960's, he was born in 1939. After his country Cyprus gained independence, he left his home, he left his family and everything he knew to come to the UK.
He worked 70 hours a week to build his tailoring business so my family could be comfortable and happy.
However last year he went to his old home for the last time (due to a back injury shortly after) and on the way back he an 86 year old man was questioned why he had an english passport when he had a greek accent and name. It spoiled what was a wonderful holiday.
64 years of being a british citizen and that was the first time he was ever spoken to like that. Infact during the Cypriot emergency he was treated with more respect from the british army when he was one of the people pushing for Cypriot independance.
He crawled so me and my family could run and I know for a fact there are thousands if not tens of thousands of other immigrants who are doing the same thing for their communties and families right now even when under the threat of violence.
What a bloke!! Darren speaking with such heart, grace, and conviction. You're the epitome of what it means to be, not even British, but just a great human being and soul. Thanks for reverberating and giving words to my thoughts which I often struggle to eloquently put forward
I listened live. It was like some sort of ‘Historic event’. I was outside repairing our back door step and bricks on the drive. And my hearing tuned in. Absolutely best I’ve heard in 7 years. Politicians need written speeches or autocue. This guy? From the heart with no rehearsal.
Magic.
The Silent Majority Speaks . The Vocal Minority Needs To Listen .
change your picture plz, making cruyff look bad
You think the silent majority love mass immigration? Cruyff(deceased) is more in touch with people than you.
@@andrewlee-py9zm pipe down bollockchops
100% agree, he sounds like most white England Londoners
What majority. The inhabitants of London, Birmingham, Leicester?! Why is knife crime so prevalent among blacks in London? Grooming gangs, etc etc.
As the son of Asian immigrants, I've always thought that this country is the best country in the world. The advent of an Asian prime minister and the admission of a mixed race woman into the Royal Family were landmark moments which I thought would support the notion of a 'post racial society'. But the events of the last few weeks have shaken me to the core and have made me doubt all the progress that has been made. I really needed to hear this. Thank you my man, you have restored my faith that the majority of people in this country are generous, tolerant citizens.
That call just moved me to tears. What a hero. A true patriot in every sense of the word.
And me,the man’s name might be Gary but perhaps it should be hope.
Patriot wants to keep their culture and heritage. Not have it wiped away by an multiculturalism ideal that has never worked
This man's a rockstar! So much love from British born West Indian from Brixton. Love to you!! 🩸🔥🕊
Love to you too! ❤️❤️
He is fabulous isn't he! I agree 💯. Big love back Sweetie. 🥰
Bless you and big love to Brixton! Lived there growing up! ❤❤❤
@@lindamaygreg love to you toooo babe 💛
@@kitty16vcat11 fellow Bricky girllll. Lol loads of Love babe 💛
Caller literally had me in tears. 😢I feel his words with all my heart. Praying for his health and long life and wish him all the happiness in the world.
My London ❤
My England ❤
My UK ❤💙❤️
1st generation born in the UK
Raising our 2nd generation in the only home they will ever know
After all of last week's riots, it's nice to hear what being a Londoner is all about 😘
Somebody give that man a medal. Thank you, Darren You lifted my heart.
Darren is worth 10,000 Lee Andersons.
What a man!
£3000? I'd say he's worth a lot more than that :)
Then you should watch this short video : wondering Englishman
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@@upbeatsarcastic8217 I see what you did there, well played lol.
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A TRUE BRITISH MAN WITH A HEART OF GOLD .
Get this man on TV spreading his stories of love and friendship. Darren we are the same age and we share the shame stories and principles. You are not alone my friend.
As a British born Muslim, this was so wholesome to watch. Thank you Darren!
Do you want sharia for the UK? Legit question
@@ASMRyouVEGANyet what’s sharia according to you?
I am a foreigner living in UK , raising my foreigners children to become the best UK citizens, by working hard and participating in the growth and prosperity of the UK , to help everyone else even they are not muslim it doesn't matter the religion the race or the color because we are all human beings and we should treat eachother with respect and love. UK is our home and we care about it's stability.
My children don't know any other country apart from UK when we visit our family in my country of origin I feel sorry for them because they fell like foreigners.
You are British!
Welcome, you're one of us now.
@@iABY2959 Glad you and your children are found a home here in the UK. You sound like you are teaching them great values
"Color". Yeah proper Brit.
@@tombartram7384 I see so many brits spell things wrong. No ones perfect
I love Darren..salt of the earth!!
The media should be focusing their time and efforts on the many people like Daren out True patriotism. Shame there is no Daren’s in the media profession who can report and highlight the positive narrative of multiculturalism 👏👏👏
I heard this live, and it made me cry. I've heard the clip several times since and it's made me cry each time. Now it's come up in my suggestions and I'm crying again. Darren is exactly what it should be to be British . Not these yobs running around under the cover of darkness robbing, looting, damaging property and frightening already frightened people, not the Tommy Robinsons, not the Nigel Farages. The British people are Darren. At a time when I felt hopeless after those beautiful little girls were murdered in Southport and I watched as my country went up in flames because of hateful, mindless, opportunists, and I couldn't have felt more ashamed, Darren let me know I'm not alone, gave me back my hope and made me proud again. Then, just when I thought I couldn't get more emotional, a Muslim man who felt he had to take his family and leave Britain - the country of his birth - because of the hatred, phoned in and wanted to buy Darren and his family dinner. That's what it's about. That's Britain and the British.
That's a wonderful post. Thank you so much for it. We're all here for such a short time, and we can all be gifts to each other. Why waste time on hate and bile and lies? Why not be like Darren and find that others can immeasurably enrich our lives?
Hello from the US! Thank you to the caller! I feel the same way🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸
Trump2024🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧
@janluke4076 then you're obviously too insulated,too rich,too privileged to know any different so pipe down.
@@tictacmac530But what about people who aren't total morons; who should they vote for?
@@Edward-cv2gw none of the above. Some people are about community, some are more selfish. I relate to the caller because I believe diversity is beautiful and we should embrace each other.
@janluke4076 And do you honestly think mass immigration, which leads to the quick transformation of communities and binds together disparate cultures lends itself to a feeling of community? Do you really believe that sincerely ?
Beautiful. Got me right choked up. I'm also a 50 year old, bald, white man and I make sure to smile at anyone I meet in the street. I makes my day and it makes strangers welcome.
This is who I would want as the prime minister of the 🇬🇧 uk.
A beautiful soul. Makes me proud to hear a true British man expressing real British values.
As a London born Caribbean black woman who works in the Nhs I loved this❤
I work hard for what I want, I pay my taxes and I treat everybody with respect regardless of where they’re from, just the way I was raised.
Clearly raised wonderfully & thank you for your hard work in the NHS, we need & appreciate you ❤️
So you dont want to live in a safe country for our children then? Just keep sacrificing them to cultures that dont share our values or intergrate?
This man speaks for the real Brits
But he simply doesn't does he. Poll after poll for the last twenty years has revealed the public want immigration reduced even with pro left propagandists like lbc telling them otherwise
Britishness is not a list of values whomever agrees with. Nationality is not an abstraction. The caller, the men in Southport you deride and everyone in between are British. What is Britishness? That which British people do. What is a British person? A person born in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
@@jonathandnicholson true but some people will vigorously disagree with you
@@robeenkhan326 Those people would be vigorously disagreeing with the truth as you agree and/or disagree given your original comment.
@@jonathandnicholsonAnd?
Love you mate, from a Muslim British man, your my people too 👍🏽
Faith in humanity restored. This is what it means to be British.
That is real British values not rioting and looting shops
What were the Toxteth (Liverpool) and the Brixton (London) 1981 riots about then? Were they about real British values?
@@user-gu9pb5iy8n Bringing up examples of the “other side” rioting doesn’t prove what you think it proves. All it proves is that anyone rioting, regardless of colour or creed, is pointless and harmful.
I love this from Darren! I feel exactly the same way. I'm a Christian and I live in the heart of a Muslim community in Northampton and I have had nothing but kindness from everyone. Immigration has enriched both my life and our communities and the anti-immigration rhetoric from politicians and small-minded cowards is sickening.
Big up Northampton heads, we’re from all over
I live in London and i never, ever, ever hear anything from the mayor, Sadiq Khan! We need a voice like this guy on the phone!
I heard it live yesterday afternood, i was in my van doing my job and this guy almost bought me to tears!
A true Englishman, an absolute diamond and a REAL PATRIOT.
We absolutely need more like him, which we do have, but they need to speak up, his is the kind of voice that needs to be amplified!
Best caller ever. He embodies what it means to be British. I say this as a second gen Muslim immigrant. 🇬🇧 is probably the best country to grow up in terms of culture and we are more fair & tolerant society. This is the reason we attract a lot of talented people around the world.
Absolute Legend, this is what community and society is about, people like this lovely fella.
Darren, I am a black muslim raised in the Uk after my parents fled a war and I really needed to here this today.
My parents had 6 children who are doctors, teachers, NHS workers and theres not a single member of my family who doesnt work or help our community. Both my parents unfortunately weren’t educated and didnt go to school as they also grew up in war and famine but they learned to speak English and worked from the day they came here.
Darren, from a British Muslim brother to another brother from another mother ❤❤❤. I feel you in everything you’ve said and more.
I heard this live. Darren is a touch of class. Well said. Thanks Shelagh for letting him speak at such length.
@alangray6961 you nailed it…”Darren is a touch of class”.
Yeah didnt challenge him at all if he cares about childing dying for the sake of virtue signalling about diversity.
As a british muslim woman I needed to hear this. What an amazing caller.
We don’t hear enough of this type of talk and I have a comparable outlook as the caller, I’m a similarly aged Scottish white guy who used to be a punk (so some people back in the day might have looked at me and crossed the road), but honestly I love meeting people from different backgrounds and cultures as it enriches my life. My mates and I never missed the annual Muslim fair in Leith (Edinburgh) as you’d meet great people from all walks of life (not just Muslim) - great music, food and company. I kind of feel sorry for the people who are frightened to get to know people that are different from what they think is ‘their own people’ as they are definitely losing out. P.s. I think there are lots of people with a similar outlook on life to this caller (certainly almost everyone I know is that way despite what the media might have you believe)
@@MrArchie800👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
And we love you too Darren ✊🏾❤️😢 Black British to Caribbean parents
I so wish I heard this attitude more often. I'm a white male, mid 30's, super working class upbringing, and this brought a bit of a tear to my eye. I think it's the passion with which he spoke.
We all have to open our mouths when we hear this awful stuff said
There are plenty of us around that think like Darren. We need to speak up more.❤
What a wonderful human being. I hope we get to hear more from people like this. It’s during hard times the real heroes come out. Thank you to this caller.
We're just like you Darren mate, there are a lot of us, thank you for being the best caller EVER!!!
I am in tears.. 💔
People say the ‘online’ is ‘not real world. So can someone explain to me why this caller has healed me in a thousand different ways?
The riots have been damaging mentally and spiritually.
Please if you have a friend, a neighbor, or anyone who you think may feel unsafe these times, reach out to them. Your support would mean the world ❤
What a treasure... almost made me cry... and I'm male and 74.
Did make cry!
Love him! This is the attitude I am raising my kids with. It's so refreshing to hear this it all seems so obvious to me but often seems like the whole world has gone mad!
My best friend, who ive known since i was 3, was exactly like this man. When it was quite normal to hear racial slurs and bullying in school in the 80s, he would put his arm around me and stick up for me. I was bigger than him, but i was a timid kid and he had the heart of a lion, even at that young age. Were still the closest of friends at 43 years old and i love him like hes my own brother. His family are east london cockney and my family is ghanaian. It breaks my heart that voices like his, and the man who called into this show, are being drowned out by ignorant and mislead people.
The East End breeds them differently! Never met a better group of REAL people with the biggest hearts. Salt of the earth. My step-grandfather was from the east end and when he returned from the war he brought my grandmother with him from Berlin (ie a German after the war)! The family welcomed her and then arranged to bring my mother from Berlin. They knew my grandmother was not telling the truth about her having a ‘young sister’!
That side of the family always was tolerant and supportive and just kind! Later on they welcomed an Asian husband and a West Indian husband! They weren’t saints, but close enough for me!
This caller speaks for me - thank you.