I'm 100% behind you on Galloway as without doubt this man is remarkably clued up in his field , but as regards O'brien don't let wit get in the way of intelligence, nothing would suggest to me that the bloke is anywhere near on par as say with someone like Galloway, O'brien is just another one...
I don't like the bloke. he is arrogant bolshie and rude and is incapable of accepting any alternative view other than his own. extremely witty but lacks the ability to compromise..
He reminds me a lot of that other cocky marxist git David Aaronovitch, ...the parallels of their ideology and...