Another stellar journalistic contribution by Ferrari to the news agenda :


https://twitter.com/NickFerrariLBC/s...08163237097473

And his myrmidons here will assure us right on cue that this is simply uproarious.

So she woke up one morning and decided to take the Eurostar to campaign here uninvited ?

Really ?

Not sure why. Steve Allen is light entertainment - he's not supposed to be taken seriously. He's been contradicting himself for as long as I can remember and thats part of the charm of his shows.

I couldn't care less if the silly moo was invited, it doesn't mean a thing....it just says that she's another outsider poking her unwanted nose into our business.

What she believes in and what Brexit is all about are very different things...but those who wish to undermine the Brexit campaign will of course make something out of this and suggest unpleasant and untrue things about those who rightly want to leave the EU...but thats the dirty tricks the Remain people (including James O'Brien) will pull of course.

Theres nothing right wing about wanting to leave the EU, seeing as people from all backgrounds support leaving.

The fact is, the likes of O'Brien is meant to be in purdah for the duration of this EU campaign, and he's already breaking those rules.

The only important question is, does James O'Brien give his pro EU Remain contributors and callers as hard a time as he does the Brexiters? Answer, NO...meaning he is breaking the journalistic rules about purdah...that for the likes of James Whale in the past has meant getting the sack.

I dont see the problem here. Nick Ferrari clearly favours the out vote, JOB,is clearly for the in. Its all quite nicely balanced. Again Obama favours in ,Putin favours out. They are all entitled to an opinion, we dont have to take any notice.

It is interesting to note that you seem markedly more relaxed about Ferrari 's 'tell us what you did with the Government's EU leaflet' little effort earlier?

Ps: why is it that Brexiters ALWAYS mention "Labour MP Kate Hoey"? You are beginning to sound a little insecure here. Are you short on legitimacy or something ?

Fair point of course, but I don't think Ferrari is as hostile to callers who are in favour of the Remain campaign...O'Brien just rants and shouts over people.

Purdah might as well be scrapped, but as long s it's there it should be respected.

But you are right we can ignore them and mostly do. lol

Ok, I could mention George Galloway if you like....nothing insecure about me, I'm just pointing out facts, as we brexiters have an annoying habit of doing.

I notice you overlooked my remarks about the right wingers in your mob that include George Osbourne and Mr Islamaphobic David Cameron...oh the scaremongering from those clowns is fantastic BTW.

Nick Ferrari's thing about the EU leaflet was aimed at the unfairness of it and the public money spent on this piece of faction...that's why he was against it.

It's possible she's coming to support the Brexit campaign but she won't be here as a guest of the Government, or be having dinner with the Queen, as will Obama. And because the Remain campaign has the support of the PM, it is touted as having 'official' government support, when In fact a large number of Tory MPs and several cabinet members support Brexit.

We really should shift these type of discussions to the Politics thread. It's difficult, I know, because they segue from presenters talking politics to our chat becoming solely about politics.

Imagine if Cameron went over to the States and told the American people that they should let non elected by the American public overseas governments make decisions that effect them and that it's a good thing for them, I wonder how they'd react seeing as they value their freedom and liberty to self govern themselves more than anything else, and here is their leader coming over here telling us that we should be happy to carry on with that kind of system...the double standards here is stunning.

Is there a purdah on reporting the EU Referendum? Not according to the Electoral Commission's Media Handbook

News reports, features and editorials in print or online media are not subject to electoral law, and the law does not require them to be impartial.

Political impartiality in broadcast media is covered by the editorial guidelines relevant to that particular broadcaster:

Ofcom says 'Meaning of "due impartiality":'

"Due" is an important qualification to the concept of impartiality. Impartiality itself means not favouring one side over another. "Due" means adequate or appropriate to the subject and nature of the programme. So "due impartiality" does not mean an equal division of time has to be given to every view, or that every argument and every facet of every argument has to be represented. The approach to due impartiality may vary according to the nature of the subject, the type of programme and channel, the likely expectation of the audience as to content, and the extent to which the content and approach is signalled to the audience.

The BBC states -

They will not be obliged to make sure that the views of the two official campaign groups are given equal exposure at all times, but will be required to focus on “finding ‘broad balance’ between the arguments”.

The guidelines read: “There may be circumstances in which other voices, beyond the formal representatives, are relevant to the arguments: these too should be weighed in terms of the broad balance.”

While daily programmes must achieve a balance over the course of a week, rather than in each individual edition, one-off programmes face tighter restrictions.

Basically, over its whole output I am sure LBC balances the two views, even taking into account listeners comments.

It's not uproarious, but it's a legitimate form of protest. However, I know some people don't like freedom of expression, unless it supports a left-wing agenda.

Perhaps there's a new or different ruling in place for the referendum. Several broadcasters, not just LBC presenters, have grumbled that for ten weeks prior to June 23rd, they are bound to maintain impartiality. J O'B mentioned it this morning!

Ken Livingstone is off the air during this EU referendum, as he's a sitting MP and also has radio show, that's due to purdah.

Ken hasn't been an MP since giving up his seat to become London Mayor. He's got some sort of job on a Shadow defense committee.

Double standards are part of the US character and defacto government policy regardless of party. They've been practicing it since before the war of independence and certainly used it to screw the UK over after WW2. The 2 facist states Germany and Japan were nicely rebuilt at yank expense, meanwhile Britain - a supposed ally - had to repay its full wartime loans until the 21st century. Ditto with their "war against terror" while at the same time supporting saudi arabia - a major funder of terrorist groups.

Either they haven't been listening to the station for long, or with a few exceptions they are not the sharpest knives in the drawer. Black cab driver kippers (and many of them phone in) clearly want to push their agenda whether to tell us how wonderful they are, or Farage is, or moan about Uber or minicab drivers in general.

What is he 'protesting' against actually ?

That this elected Government has a position on the referendum ?

I for one am glad that this country is not to be completely ruled by right-wing oligarchs, Russia-style (many of them foreign btw) - although I can see why Ferrari would not mind that.

Not a neo-nazi. Nothing like her Dad with whom people still mistakenly assume she shares similar views.

Is that the same David Cameron who was supporting Turkey's accession to the EU until the recent deterioration in human rights there ?

As for calling people Islamophobic, I suggest you peruse the sayings of Mssrs Farage, Nuttall, Helmer, Hannan or whichever member of your scintillating leadership on these matters before finding faults elsewhere.

I think it's good that LBC has presenters who are biased in favour of and against our EU membership, and who as far as possible within the rules, are prepared to indicate their views. Those of you who don't want to hear presenters expressing opinions you disagree with have mistaken the "L" for a "B".

Imagine how dull listening to LBC would be if Nick Ferrari and James O'Brien were replaced by bland Shelagh types.


It's about time people who repeatedly turn what is supposed to be a thread about LBC into a thread about their personal politics and attacking the politics of those they disagree with were permanently banished. I'm sick of it. It is deliberate and premeditated. If it was accidental it wouldn't keep happening.

It has made this thread a complete bore.

A lot of posters have disappeared and the fun in this thread had completely disappeared.

There is an LBC politics thread and a politics section on this site but still this thread get bogged down in petty political squabbles.

Tedious.

Yes, well said. I used to post a lot more but for various reasons over the years became disenchanted and/or fed up, too much digging out other posters and point scoring

I pop in from time to time with an ever-hopeful heart, occasionally there are some sound observations about LBC and its presenters but not too often. When I've mentioned this before I have been told in no uncertain terms that if I started off a different kind of topic no doubt others would pick up the ball and run with it. Well, I tried, did that happen, did it heck.

Thats sadly not correct, this is the case normally so long as the ouput of the station is balanced thoughout the day then ofcom are happy. However during Purdah the host cannot be seen to be biased towards one side and must remain imparcial like the BBC usually is.