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• 1. At 08:08am on 30 May 2009, FloridLanguage wrote:

  At what point are we going to start seeing criminal charges brought against MPs for defruading the public purse ? There has been a disconcerting lack of movement over this proposal. These people are guilty of a criminal act and it is to be hoped that if, as is supposed to be the case, nobody is above the law in this country then let's put that theory to the test shall we ?

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• 2. At 12:22pm on 30 May 2009, newlach wrote:

  I enjoyed this morning's programme. I was struck by the false sense of security that cameras can bring. The man who had his arm broken in a car accident was confident that cameras in the vicinity would have recorded the incident, but by the time the police accessed the cameras (6 weeks later, I think) any record of the incident had vanished. Also, many cameras are "dummy" cameras and the criminals seem to know which ones these are.
  
  Did the man who reminded you of cake remind you of exceedingly good cake?

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• 3. At 5:39pm on 30 May 2009, redheylin wrote:

  Children on stage, on TV - good idea, if they want to, helps you a lot. Nerves worse for kids? No. Being famous? Not so great unless you really want any kind of attention that's going. You only find out afterwards, then it's too late. Picking winners? Most classical musicians think that "Young Musician of the Year" is very destructive. Competition helps focus, perhaps, but art and entertainment are intrinsically non-competitive and judgment actually puts most people off the enjoyment of singing and dancing (I'm not good enough), which is really mass repression of a key participatory instinct. Now that's sick and has far more to do with the ills of society than many realise. Not much to do with kids tho.

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• 4. At 5:42pm on 30 May 2009, redheylin wrote:

  (Imagine if all the kids were made to feel they should not do PE at school unless they were good enough for the Olympics, and one kid was picked every year as the only good one - it does not happen, yet that IS a competition!) Personal experience, yes. The stuff that really matters to people is never in the news......

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• 5. At 10:46am on 31 May 2009, lordBeddGelert wrote:

  I would love to pass comment on the show, but the idea that anyone would want to wake up before 9am on a Saturday is baffling to me.
  
  Couldn't you go on air at 9am, so we are spared 15 minutes of that hideously pompous witch Fi Glover, and her smug self-satisfaction ??

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• 6. At 2:35pm on 31 May 2009, newlach wrote:

  Whenever opposition political parties come up with suggestions to save money I often hear the following two:
  
  1. the cancellation of ID cards;
  2. the cancellation of Trident.
  
  What I never hear is the likely response of the US Authorities to the cancellation of the Trident programme. I have heard the American phrase "to play hardball" and I wonder what exactly it would mean in this case. When "invited" to clarify things, what would the British Ambassador to the US say and what contracts/trade would we lose?

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• 7. At 1:07pm on 01 Jun 2009, Gillianian wrote:

  My mother had her purse stolen from her shopping bag in a supermarket, in spite of CCTV covering all the aisles. The incident was caught on camera, but no-one could identify the thieves. We believe the cameras were there as a deterrent but as no-one was watching what was going on, and the thieves were unknown, we were left wondering what use they were.

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• 8. At 3:04pm on 01 Jun 2009, radio_monitor wrote:

  I trust PM will be providing some coverage of the disappearance of a French airliner over the Atlantic. Your sister programme, WATO, was very slow to react to what was clearly a major story. It was the third item in their headlines, after trails for reports on General Motors and Alistair Darling, and the sixth item in the news bulletin. There was nothing else on the story until 1327...and only then after a piece about Susan Boyle, as if we needed any more on that subject. Responding to a breaking story is a challenge for any news programme; WATO's running order was clearly set in concrete.

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• 9. At 10:57pm on 02 Jun 2009, honestOnceuponatime wrote:

  Correct me if I am wrong, but as for decades I have lived in a constituency of a safe seat (for the wrong side i.e. Mr. Conway for example), I have always thought that the 'seat' in Parliament and in Local Elections should be just that 'a seat' which, like musical chairs, should alternate so that local councillors and MPs should share the role so that a type of shadow councillor/MP is facilitated without duplication. It would work like this. You visit 'your voting choice' of local councillor and/or MP and they book time to represent your views in a shared 'seat'. That way, your view has a 'better chance' of getting through the system and presented with supporting passion. The seat, like the role of Monarchy, should be facilitated only when occupied. The only other way of ensuring true democracy would be if we could all stand up in Parliament ourselves, put a question forward, and get the answer 'there and then' without notice. OK not practical so unattainable, but the option I have outlined herein is attainable. What does everyone think ?

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• 10. At 05:48am on 04 Jun 2009, MrsEffingham wrote:

  Eddie - I think you should talk about Milk floats. When did you last see one? I've just seen one...

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