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Once again the SA detractors are out. I remind everybody that he has the highest listening figures in London at that time
(I am not one of them as I am not normally awake to hear him!).. |
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Once again the SA detractors are out. I remind everybody that he has the highest listening figures in London at that time
(I am not one of them as I am not normally awake to hear him!)..
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Just because you are awake you don't have to listen to him
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Once again the SA detractors are out. I remind everybody that he has the highest listening figures in London at that time
(I am not one of them as I am not normally awake to hear him!).. but it is also worth remembering the daily star out sells by far the ft... it doesnt say much for the bigger audience |
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Once again the SA detractors are out. I remind everybody that he has the highest listening figures in London at that time
(I am not one of them as I am not normally awake to hear him!).. I've come to think of him as the Stewart Lee of talk radio. One is never quite sure where the real Steve Allen stops and the masterfully created "Fanny Allen" character takes over. Never being quite sure whether he really means what he says, whether you're supposed to laugh, that uncomfortable queasy feeling when you're not sure how to react. It is truly brilliant. He even carries it into his "in conversation" persona; a sort of Mrs Merton for the radio. This morning's trailer of the forthcoming "conversation" with Mark Curry was wonderful. There was Mark praising Yvette Fielding's skills as a wonderful presenter and if you listened carefully you could hear Steve in his "Fanny" character grinding his teeth in exasperation. Of course there's a chance it was set up but as ever it felt perfectly real. |
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Once again the SA detractors are out. I remind everybody that he has the highest listening figures in London at that time
(I am not one of them as I am not normally awake to hear him!).. |
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Wonder how much its its costing the government to advertise the marriage allowance tax break on LBC.
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Wonder how much its its costing the government to advertise the marriage allowance tax break on LBC.
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Exactly would not mind if it was for a big sum but do they really need to advertise a two hundred odd pound tax break.
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Handy bit of subtle advertising for the govt (disguised as a public information ad) during a period of purdah, though, isn't it?
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A question for Boris next time he is on LBC would he be peddling higher congestion charges if he was standing for mayor again.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/trans...-a3210831.html Boris Johnson: My successor as Mayor will have to raise congestion charge ![]() Mr Johnson said “doing nothing” was not an option, with road delays worsening, London’s population increasing by 10,000 a month and cheaper fuel attracting people back into cars. |
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oh dear .. ian collins .. yet more anti immigration & islamophobia from his callers .. which apparently doesnt exist unlike anti semitism .. and iain dales love affair with ukip continues ..
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oh dear .. ian collins .. yet more anti immigration & islamophobia from his callers .. which apparently doesnt exist unlike anti semitism .. and iain dales love affair with ukip continues ..
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A question for Boris next time he is on LBC would he be peddling higher congestion charges if he was standing for mayor again.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/trans...-a3210831.html Boris Johnson: My successor as Mayor will have to raise congestion charge ![]() Mr Johnson said “doing nothing” was not an option, with road delays worsening, London’s population increasing by 10,000 a month and cheaper fuel attracting people back into cars. |
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A question for Boris next time he is on LBC would he be peddling higher congestion charges if he was standing for mayor again.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/trans...-a3210831.html Boris Johnson: My successor as Mayor will have to raise congestion charge ![]() Mr Johnson said “doing nothing” was not an option, with road delays worsening, London’s population increasing by 10,000 a month and cheaper fuel attracting people back into cars. Cheaper fuel means that it reduces the cost of living for those that use their cars. It also reduces transportation costs which if it doesn't mean prices will reduce, it will hopefully prevent them increasing. |
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I look forward to hearing your call and his response.
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Cheaper fuel means that it reduces the cost of living for those that use their cars. It also reduces transportation costs which if it doesn't mean prices will reduce, it will hopefully prevent them increasing.
Luckily i have no car so that expense i am spared from running one that is. If the congestion charge increases in London that Boris seems to want do take place it will not reduce costs at all rather it will put them up!. |
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but it is also worth remembering the daily star out sells by far the ft... it doesnt say much for the bigger audience Quality over quantity - everytime. |
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A better anology would be The Sun newspaper. It's by far Britain's best selling newspaper but personally, it is not fit to wipe my a*#e.
Quality over quantity - everytime. ![]() ![]() ![]() A very good analogy indeed. |
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If the congestion charge increases in London that Boris seems to want do take place it will not reduce costs at all rather it will put them up!. |
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But it could be balanced out with cheaper fuel.
Any rise will have to outstrip the cheaper fuel price to have any impact in London. Otherwise it would not make any sense. |
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I am going to try and get on if i am available that morning and not called on for other duties such as work or representing a member in my role as a union steward. Luckily i have no car so that expense i am spared from running one that is. If the congestion charge increases in London that Boris seems to want do take place it will not reduce costs at all rather it will put them up!. |
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Boris has only a few weeks left in office, so I doubt if he'll have time to implement any changes. The polls are currently giving Mr Khan a slight lead, so it'll be up to him to decide.
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He has honed to such perfection what I am continually assured is an act that I'm not surprised that a lot of people besides me find him uniquely entertaining. There aren't too many other presenters / entertainers capable of being their own straight man. Setting himself up and then giving himself the proverbial "pie in the face" and often in the same sentence.
I've come to think of him as the Stewart Lee of talk radio. One is never quite sure where the real Steve Allen stops and the masterfully created "Fanny Allen" character takes over. Never being quite sure whether he really means what he says, whether you're supposed to laugh, that uncomfortable queasy feeling when you're not sure how to react. It is truly brilliant. He even carries it into his "in conversation" persona; a sort of Mrs Merton for the radio. This morning's trailer of the forthcoming "conversation" with Mark Curry was wonderful. There was Mark praising Yvette Fielding's skills as a wonderful presenter and if you listened carefully you could hear Steve in his "Fanny" character grinding his teeth in exasperation. Of course there's a chance it was set up but as ever it felt perfectly real. |
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