IC, last night, likened JO'B's programme to, 'The North Korean show.'

No love lost there, then

Happy Tuesday to you all x

A tad OTT but he's got a point. It's refreshing to hear TS listening to callers without interrupting and pushing his own point of view.

Morning all.

It's so nice not to feel the need to switch off your radio at 10am because you just can't bear the annoying anecdotes, mindless rants and rudeness to callers. it's quite relaxing listening to Tom.

I presume JOB is back next week?

Ps ICs comments were quite uncalled for and very unfair - on North Korea.

I think he said he was off for a fortnight.

Fantastic call to Tom Swarbrick from that young woman just now (describing her anguish about her feelings of depression). My heart goes out to her.




My first reaction was: Bit Harsh.
My second reaction is: Yes you are right. I had such high hopes for TS after his broadcast from Lesbos which was a stunning piece of radio.

I am enjoying Jon Holmes in the afternoon - I never really 'got' him on LBC. Iain Lee is a welcome relief from the heavy news. I like Ian Collins, but after Nick Ferrari, Iain Dale, the TV news at 6 and the free newspapers I've had my fill of news for the day. Having said that, once the novelty has worn off, I will probably alternate between talkRADIO, BBC London and LBC for the 10pm slot depending on my mood.

The weekend has the potential to be a real alternative to LBC. Its not quite there yet though.

I've given it a really good go since the launch and have been impressed actually. Was slightly concerned to being with about the lack of callers but their numbers do seem to be slowly increasing.

It has drawn me away from LBC but primarily because I only really listen to JOB's show and he is on holiday over the Easter break.

Otherwise I do take time to download Nick Allen's LBC shows and I also listen again to Iain Lee (I usually go to bed at 10pm). These last two I have been listening to at work at various times depending on how the topic on live TR interests me.

I'm sure there will be a shuffle before long in the daytime schedule as I don't think some of the presenters quite fit the time (for example JH who should be on drive with his dip-in comedy style).

Some right old nasty lbc callers right, Ian tory boy Collins needs to shut up, Kevin Maguire and or some lefty needs to be with him and put him to task. Ian Collins showing his true colours conservative party fan boy. Yasmin from Chislehurst shut your tory mouth vile scum caller.

What a charming, eloquent and rational post! You sound very tolerant of other people's views. (Are you sure you're not from Gorton?)

NF not doing himself any favours this morning - behaving like the childish oaf he portrays too often IMO.

Was curious when I heard Steve refusing to discuss the front page of the Daily Star . Turns out to be a story about Vernon Kaye. Meat,drink and two veg (sprouts included) for Steve usually, unless of course the subject is working for a radio station that's part of the Global group.

It all a bit vague; 'it was claimed' and 'it has been reported' type of stuff. Bit of a legal minefield perhaps? And, yes, he works for Global's Radio X.

Morning all.

Just spotted - J H-B will be covering it over on TALKradio!

Listened to a 5 minute rant as steve badly confused how the world works on the back of a newspaper "shock column writer piece" adding his own poor understanding of things. (I was waiting for the weather report as yesterday I got caught in a downpour - and 160z cloth suits do not like being drenched)

Seems he knows all about airport security - and seems to expect a dog sniffing everyones crotch while a bazooka is shoved in their face as they enter and walk through an airport post Brussels.

But security is far more "invisible" than that... eg

http://fortune.com/2016/03/22/biometric-sensors-banks/
Something wasn’t right. An uneasy feeling swept over the security specialists watching activity at the bank. A sensor in the branch, located in a port city on the East Coast, had detected unusual heartbeats and body heat patterns from new customers who had come to open an account.
"...the biometric sensors installed at the bank branch detected patterns that pointed to telltale signs of stress, tipping off the bank to the ruse.This episode, which took place last year, is one of the more dramatic examples of how the financial services industry is deploying various types of biometric technology to rebuff sophisticated criminals...."

If you think the banks were first and not the security services to these types of scanner... mannerism spotting cameras have been in use across London for a decade in stations etc.

The guy just talks rubbish to people who then repeat it as fact - it is fine when he says irrelevances about irrelevant z-listers... but actual "news" rants he bases on what he knows from watching a reality tv show or fly on the wall "sensationalist" police camera shows and it is pathetic.

BIB: Not unusual at airports, I imagine, given that a lot of people are nervous about flying.

If the exchange above is true (apparently took place this morning according to the LBC tweet I copied) it must be hard to find a more inane host on national radio.

I do realise some easily-amused soul somewhere will find the above hysterical but surely it must be time for Ferrari to go.

It did take place and prompted my earlier post - I was truly amazed that he stooped so low and it made me seriously question his intellect, I am glad you appear to agree.

i used it as an example of 101 different solutions they will have in play that Steve is blissfully unaware of in his rant

i could have used another even more what the hell! as an apt example "....Almost 30 percent of retailers in the U.K. are already using the technology, says Computer Sciences, an IT consulting firm that works with stores" --- 30% of UK's larger store groups are already testing in store face tracking linked to targetted sale pushing software!!
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...used-by-police

So again... those airports are crammed full of these things, lots of different types... you don't need the sort of "knee jerk talking with no knowledge" ranting solutions of Steve's... as people will accept his simplistic view and repeat his rubbish.

this is spot on.


exactly this.


dipped in and out. could do without jhb, a misfit who really needs to be on lbc.
delaney is a bore.
not a fan of paul ross nor ferrari or vanessa ..


he wont upset the apple cart.

Which apple cart would that be?

Morning all.

At a time when the news agenda is overwhelmingly about the loss of jobs in the UK Steel Industry, what is Ferrari discussing with his callers?
The Burkini.

People complain if the same subject is discussed repeatedly. When a different subject is discussed .. people complain.

Yes, three hours on British Steel would have been a bit much. He also covered animal cruelty, the Menezes shooting, dying in hospital and a couple of other things I can't remember. More shade than light but plenty of variety.

Wasn't steel covered at least thrice yesterday?

It's what's called an ongoing story. In this case, it'll probably be going on and on and on.....

He's a tabloid hack with a strongly Murdoch bias. What do you expect? Some of us have learned that he's never going to change from enlightening us with his shallow tosh and moved on to better informed and more intelligent presenters. There is still a decent choice of listening at that time.