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For one second I thought Eddie had forgotten the Glassbox.
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j 1, I thought Eddie had forgot it.
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Why do you ask or allow Campbell to come onto pm? I thought he had no time for the BBC'; that's certainly how he portrayed it and himself during Hutton/Kelly etc. etc.
What an awful person he is; talks about evidently sharing power with Blair and yet not a vote was cast for him.
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I did like the optimist who said that politicians ought to have blogs 'so that they could sidestep the mainstream media' and not have their words subjected to media interpretation all the time!
So how many nanoseconds would a politicoes' blog be up before someone from the media was reading it, and if s/he wanted to interpreting it in the worst possible light? For an example of how a really quite innocent blog can be twisted into a condemnation of the blogger, see thread 'Cushy' day before yesterday.
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Listening to the piece about political blogs, I was surprised no one mentioned some people's perception that the media is left-wing. This may explain the lack of left-wing blogs, as people already feel that their beliefs are being represented, while people with more right-wing views feel they need to speak louder in order to be heard (I consider myself to be left-wing, in case that makes a difference).
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Did I really hear someone from the games industry saying that sitting on your own with your computer playing games with someone else sitting on their own with their computer increases your socialisation?
I was driving home, so perhaps I misheard, but I don't think so ........
Try going down the pub! I'm off to talk to someone now.
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Now McCain is dead, can we expect an intensification of Contractionist thinking from America?
With Obama President, tough minded finance may feel it has nothing to lose.
There were signs in the last few days (the FTSE and the Dow) that the Contractionists had lost ground (and so the danger of bubbles was looming (whatever markets do, they do it to the detriment of the have nots and the benefit of the haves)).
Today's falls do not bode well.
Why, why, why, did we not take all the banks and finance houses into public ownership last month? It is still the right thing to do and to press for.
We can only hope that Bush is a truly lame President for the next 100 days.
(If it looks like a dead duck, talks quack like a dead duck then... lets hope... it is)
Catch Mervyn King on BBC Parliament, Treasury Select Cmtte hearing video.
How not to answer a question!!!
How do we get proper CEO's?
By public ownership and government appointments, is the answer he seemed so unwilling to give. But SHOULD have.
His anti-Marxism seems more like simple short sightedness as time goes on.
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chimerasfc @6 I too only half heard - but thought he said that *everyone* now plays games. Well I have news for him, everyone does not, some of us who are not remotely technophobe would rather talk to real people. You and me both!
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Re; Kipperuria,
Although I personally don't mind Alistair Cambell he *does* seem to be wheeled out a lot recently. - and popping up in lots of places in the medai.
I'm sure other people could have been approched today.
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What about ?Nils and Spills??
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chimerasfc (6):
Do you think socialisation can only happen face-to-face?
If that's true, why do I walk past scores of people on the street every day who have telephones clamped to their ears?
If it comes to that, why are blogs and fora so popular if they don't allow people to socialise?
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jonnie, re AC, perhaps he needs the money?
DiY:-)
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TssC, 11.
Well put!
Since discovering blogs (and this on in particular) my social circle has widened. I have now gained and met a whole new bunch of friends.
The same with Fracebrook, we were 'forced' into using it as son # 3 has moved to Melbourne so it is a really good way to stay in touch. Not only that, via his circle of friends I have rediscovered people that I first met over twenty years ago.
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We reached saturation point with the US presidential elections. By contrast, it reminded me of when I was in the US at the time of the 1970 General Election. I scoured newspapers, listened to news bulletins, but there was not a mention of the result. In the end I telephoned a TV station. They didn't know, but said they would find out, which they did about an hour later. I doubt whether things will have changed by the time our next General Election comes along.
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Hello Folks...
Thanks for your postings.
I predict the American elections will not be the lead this evening (Thursday). I wouldn't have led with it on Tuesday, if our main interview had been available to do us as the lead instead of at half past (the private drug payment story).
About Wednesday's programme, I can't decide whether we did too much, too little or the right amount. I liked the Iraqi take provided by Andrew North in Baghdad... and I was pleased with the discussions on whether we should have a transition period before taking up office here in the UK and on political engagement and blogs.
I don't really see what the problem is with interviewing Alastair Campbell. He was in a pretty unique position to see how governmenttal changeover worked in 1997, he is articulate and coherent and a good broadcaster. I can't remember the last time we did him on PM, months ago at the very least, and I don't buy into the notion that we should not interview him because he had a go at the BBC a few years back. He was the best person to talk to about what we wanted to talk about. I thought he was pretty candid and engaging.
All the best
Rog
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Roger,
I don't usually like A. Campbell but I found the piece about the differences in political handovers between the UK and the US fascinating. I'd never thought about the fact that a potential PM basically has his staff already set up and in training before the election, while the US Presidential candidate only seems to have the Vice President on hand.
Very good.
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SSC @ 16, for some reason, probably a programme on radio 4, I did know that there were people whose business it was to 'shadow' in order to ensure a smooth takeover in the event of the Prime Minister changing after a General Election. And of course, the Civil Service remains the same!
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