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Old 21-02-2016, 05:48
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Steve Allen doesn't allow Don Black to get a word in edgeways. How is this considered an interview?
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Old 21-02-2016, 05:59
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Wonder if this will be Steves first story @ 6am ?

Magician and entertainer Paul Daniels has been diagnosed with terminal cancer,
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Old 21-02-2016, 09:14
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Steve Allen doesn't allow Don Black to get a word in edgeways. How is this considered an interview?
I found Steve over-talking Don quite mild in comparison to some of his interviews. Don managed to put Steve firmly in his place about lyrics being able to be transported from musical to musical, Don quietly and firmly reminded Steve that what worked for Sunset Boulevard would not work for all of Lloyd-Webber's other musicals. Steve also had a couple of his own version of musical theatre 'facts' corrected by Don. For someone who has such a love of the theatre you would have that Steve could get at least that right?

The recent interview with Lisa Falconer I found toe-curling, it was 30 minutes of Steve telling her "I can't cook" and her responding "but of course you can .. ".

I purposely did not listen to Marion Keyes, who proclaims herself to be Strictly Come Dancing's biggest fan. She never did it again but the first time she was a guest on It Takes Two she referred to the title of the main show as 'Strictly Ballroom' ... [there is not an emoticon in existence to reflect the depths of this particular gaff .. ]
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Old 21-02-2016, 09:38
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Nick A at his best, last night. Initially, he was discussing The EU - but with his own particular, tongue in cheek, brand of humour. There were some very amusing calls.....

Sadly, I fell asleep towards the latter part of his show.

As he says, there will only be one topic of conversation, until June. Scary thought

Happy Sunday, everyone x
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Old 21-02-2016, 09:38
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I look forward to hearing J O'B's thoughts on the referendum. I think he's made it clear that he's in favour of staying in but he's a big fan of Michael Gove, (yes, I know Gove's a Tory) who has written the best defense of choosing Brexit I've read. It's thoughtful, principled and couched in the kind of reasoned language which will have James' face screwed up in indecision, like a discarded piece of chip paper!

I haven't linked to it because it's easy to find, and any discussion about it and/or related topics not directly involving LBC should be on the LBC politics page.

Morning all.
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Old 21-02-2016, 09:54
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I look forward to hearing J O'B's thoughts on the referendum. I think he's made it clear that he's in favour of staying in but he's a big fan of Michael Gove, (yes, I know Gove's a Tory) who has written the best defense of choosing Brexit I've read. It's thoughtful, principled and couched in the kind of reasoned language which will have James' face screwed up in indecision, like a discarded piece of chip paper!

I haven't linked to it because it's easy to find, and any discussion about it and/or related topics not directly involving LBC should be on the LBC politics page.

Morning all.
An interesting point gurney-slade. I was aware that Michael Gove had intervened impressively in the Brexit debate pointing out how often the EU dictates to UK ministers but was not aware that James O'Brien was a fan. Surely the catch is the hatred James O'Brien has for "Farridge " and Ukip! This seem to make him abandon all self-control and rational thought and means any referendum purdah period will be a problem for him.
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Old 21-02-2016, 10:02
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An interesting point gurney-slade. I was aware that Michael Gove had intervened impressively in the Brexit debate pointing out how often the EU dictates to UK ministers but was not aware that James O'Brien was a fan. Surely the catch is the hatred James O'Brien has for "Farridge " and Ukip! This seem to make him abandon all self-control and rational thought and means any referendum purdah period will be a problem for him.
I don't think it will change J O'B's mind but it might nudge him towards seeing more than one side of the argument and that it's not just about stopping us being overrun by migrants, which is how he seems to see it.
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Old 21-02-2016, 10:06
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Just wondering why a car crash in Manchester is so important it was breaking news (not even in a bulletin, on it's own) this morning?
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Old 21-02-2016, 10:26
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Bev Turner talking about the EU referendum is like having Benny from Crossroads (one for the teenagers) talking about nuclear physics. This is awful, ill informed radio that a 12 year old could improve on. The important question is, what does her Olympic rowing husband think about Brexit and will he appear on the show this week?
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Old 21-02-2016, 10:38
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I don't think it will change J O'B's mind but it might nudge him towards seeing more than one side of the argument and that it's not just about stopping us being overrun by migrants, which is how he seems to see it.
The point JOB makes is that pretty much all his Kipper callers can't ever seem to come up with a single reason to leave the EU other than immigration. It's not him who's seeing it that way...
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Old 21-02-2016, 10:49
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The point JOB makes is that pretty much all his Kipper callers can't ever seem to come up with a single reason to leave the EU other than immigration. It's not him who's seeing it that way...
Brian is in the RACISM! business and is merely acting out the role of a 'metropolitan elite' handwringer. His laughable pamphlet Loath Thy Neighbour is hypocritical as he lives in a million pound property in an 80% white enclave. Why is he frightened of multiculturalism?
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Old 21-02-2016, 10:56
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Have no idea why where somebody lives should affect their views. I live in Windsor and I voted for Yes in the independence ref in 2014. I am a Republican and would like the head of state to be elected instead of relying on a genetic lottery as to who we get.
Am I a hypocrite for holding these views because of where I happen to live?
My point is to keep this LBC related is that JOB is entitled to live where he wants and not change his views.
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Old 21-02-2016, 11:04
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The point JOB makes is that pretty much all his Kipper callers can't ever seem to come up with a single reason to leave the EU other than immigration. It's not him who's seeing it that way...
Well, if he reads the more informed reasons for leaving, he might be able to widen the debate a little.
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Old 21-02-2016, 11:06
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Have no idea why where somebody lives should affect their views. I live in Windsor and I voted for Yes in the independence ref in 2014. I am a Republican and would like the head of state to be elected instead of relying on a genetic lottery as to who we get.
Am I a hypocrite for holding these views because of where I happen to live?
My point is to keep this LBC related is that JOB is entitled to live where he wants and not change his views.
I'm sure Windsor isn't all castles and stately homes. Everywhere has it's less salubrious areas!
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Old 21-02-2016, 11:09
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Some late news. Nick Abbot was 'discombobulated' last night.
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Old 21-02-2016, 11:09
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I'm sure Windsor isn't all castles and stately homes. Everywhere has it's less salubrious areas!
Much as Chiswick. You get my point though? Location is not a barrier to opinion.
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Old 21-02-2016, 11:13
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Well, if he reads the more informed reasons for leaving, he might be able to widen the debate a little.
TBF he has done that several times recently. He had a show a few weeks ago when he asked for callers reasons for staying or going without citing immigration. Was the callers who kept dragging it back to immigration.
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Old 21-02-2016, 11:14
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Zac Goldsmith does realise that EU citizens residing in London do have the right to vote in mayoral elections, right ?
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Old 21-02-2016, 11:15
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Much as Chiswick. You get my point though? Location is not a barrier to opinion.
I get your point absolutely. It's never been my opinion that your lifestyle is defined by your postcode, except possibly in the broadest terms.
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Old 21-02-2016, 11:16
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Well, if he reads the more informed reasons for leaving, he might be able to widen the debate a little.
TBF he has done that several times recently. He had a show a few weeks ago when he asked for callers reasons for staying or going without citing immigration. Was the callers who kept dragging it back to immigration.
My reply would have been the same as Bangla's. In fact, JOB has tried again and again to widen the debate, in the face of the callers. I'm not always very keen on how he deals with callers, but I share his exasperation at those who cannot answer his very, very simple questions, asking people what else about the EU is affecting them.
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Old 21-02-2016, 11:16
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Much as Chiswick. You get my point though? Location is not a barrier to opinion.
No of course it is not.

But i would say pontification from on high when others experiences may be very different to your own does people no favours on LBC.

I know a lot of people with Minimum wage jobs (And yes brits do take them) who have been adversely effected by the word i will not mention.

The trouble with JOB overall is he seems to have little empathy.
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Old 21-02-2016, 11:17
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I get your point absolutely. It's never been my opinion that your lifestyle is defined by your postcode.
Thanks gs.
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Old 21-02-2016, 11:56
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The problem with Brian is that he went from a majority white public school to a job obtained by his father in another majority white profession. He now works for a completely white radio station (he has a Muslim chauffeur though). He moved to a majoritly white area as he disliked the inhabitants of the local council estate. He argues the toss about the semantics of a situation with zero working knowledge and thinks everyone apart from him is a moron.
No wonder he was a public school debating champion, he has managed to make a living as a mass debater to his listeners. He thinks everyone else is a racist and that minorities are so weak and unable to help themselves that they need a public school Chiswick knight to speak up for them. It's laughable. Brian is ridiculously out of touch with real Londoners.
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Old 21-02-2016, 12:01
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Brian is in the RACISM! business and is merely acting out the role of a 'metropolitan elite' handwringer. His laughable pamphlet Loath Thy Neighbour is hypocritical as he lives in a million pound property in an 80% white enclave. Why is he frightened of multiculturalism?
Not one of your best thought out posts, Mike. I live in (royal) Tunbridge Wells...so i must be a snob..but wait...I have lived for 37 years in a housing association property, so i must be a yob! On a more serious note, I'm almost looking forward to the Brexit debates on LBC. At least the presenters will to be free to have an opinion, whether we like them or not. I'm not sure which way to vote, im prob in the stay camp at the mo, but only just. I want to hear the facts for and against not bogged down in immigration etc.
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Old 21-02-2016, 12:01
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I get your point absolutely. It's never been my opinion that your lifestyle is defined by your postcode, except possibly in the broadest terms.
The up themselves wags of the Manchester Utd and City players might beg to differ when it comes to their Wilmslow and Alderley Edge postal codes up here
I remember the company I worked for took over a shop in that area and we were astonished that the couple who treated our head office team as if we were something they'd stood in lived in a pig sty filthy dirty and the place stank
I've always thought it's the way you were bought up not where you live
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