Tuesday's Glass Box.

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• 1. At 5:04pm on 31 Mar 2009, smee wrote:

  Nice photo.

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• 2. At 5:05pm on 31 Mar 2009, Lady Sue wrote:

  Hurrah! A new photo for the Glass Box!

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• 3. At 5:17pm on 31 Mar 2009, shadowmac wrote:

  I wonder exactly what kind of "family values" were at play during "Shock&Awe" in Iraq in 2003?

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• 4. At 5:19pm on 31 Mar 2009, David_McNickle wrote:

  What happened to that story about the journalists brawling in the House of Commons, or did I miss it? I guess it is OK for journalists to spill the beans about MPs, but not about each other. Names, I want NAMES! Maybe Simon Carr in The Indy tomorrow....unless he was one of them.

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• 5. At 5:32pm on 31 Mar 2009, Dr_Hackenbush wrote:

  Someone just mentioned the no smoking ban. Is that the opposite of a smoking ban? Are some hospitals only going to admit staff and patients who are smoking?!

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• 6. At 5:36pm on 31 Mar 2009, David_McNickle wrote:

  Did I hear right, Chris Longbottom. CHRIS LONGBOTTOM!.

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• 7. At 5:42pm on 31 Mar 2009, capncapncapn wrote:

  re the tv license deabte...
  "the public have told us they do not want freeloaders" yeah right....

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• 8. At 5:48pm on 31 Mar 2009, wmykura wrote:

  
  
  TV licence - very simple.
  
  Just watch all the best programmes on iPlayer, and listen to BBC radio (especially fab Radio4) and you DON'T need a licence!
  
  Simple; sorry BBC.
  
  
  

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• 9. At 5:50pm on 31 Mar 2009, wmykura wrote:

  
  
  Smoking ban at hospitals -
  
  Anyone who smokes should not be eligible for NHS services. We should not be spending precious public money on people who are trying to kill themselves.

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• 10. At 5:53pm on 31 Mar 2009, wmykura wrote:

  
  
  TV licence evasion - I had the 'pleasure' of sitting through a day at my local Sheriff Court as a witness. Most of the offenders up before the Magistrate were TV licence evaders, being pursued by the BBC.
  
  None were fined, all let off with a warning. Presumably at great expense to the BBC.
  
  So the message is - don't bother to buy a licence, there's no penalty.

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• 11. At 5:54pm on 31 Mar 2009, pstallwood wrote:

  I got a request for licenc details after I bought a new TV.
  
  The letter said something along the lines of "our database shows that you do not have a TV licence..."
  
  I just wrote across it "Your database is wrong" and sent it back in the envelope without a stamp.
  
  I usually get a bit fed up with the letters - they seem to have difficulties with a number of properties round here with similar addresses - and throw them away.
  
  No big men have appeared at the door yet.

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• 12. At 5:56pm on 31 Mar 2009, Chris_Ghoti wrote:

  About the noose headlines: when did "ruse" stop rhyming with "booze" and start to rhyme with "mousse"?

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• 13. At 6:01pm on 31 Mar 2009, makeitclear wrote:

  Anyone know what an "Ethnic restaurant" is?
  
  "What you doin' tonight?"
  
  "Me an' Dave's goin out for an ethnic..."
  
  Prize!
  
  (Has this comment got any chance at all against the thought police....?)

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• 14. At 6:05pm on 31 Mar 2009, normanmugabe wrote:

  In the Twentieth Century, the Germans did what the British and Americans told them too. At this G20, the boot is going to be on the other foot.
  Mr. Obama's promise "yes we can", is not going to impress Mrs. Merkel who has said she will not be taking advice from "Anglo-Saxons".

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• 15. At 6:08pm on 31 Mar 2009, Kac1967 wrote:

  TV licence
  
  I have not had a TV for a couple of years the last time I had to ring them up I suggested they take me to court cos the judge would laugh at them and probably fine them for wasting his time.
  
  Smoking in hospital grounds
  
  We had this one come up when I worked in Bristol, as a nurse and life long non smoker I disagreed with it. My argument was I wanted to know where my patients who smoked were and I wanted somewhere to be able to send my stressed relatives. Hospital admission is not the time to force someone to stop. As a result Staff go and smoke in their cars and I regually saw patients out on the road side (in bus shelter) smoking one day a woman in hospital gown with a drip containing blood. Made me want to scream it is so dangerious. They also stopped smoking in the grounds of Bristol College campuses because it was not good for the students, they should not be seen as encoraging it and did not look good (they had shelters inside grounds out of sight of road) now they smoke just outside the gate and they have had to provide bins for this.

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• 16. At 6:12pm on 31 Mar 2009, wittgenfrog wrote:

  Is Eddie Mair really so credulous that he could not entertain the notion that the Chairman of RBS might have a vested interest in bashing the poor old Minister?
  
  Is it not possible he might be in line for a few ill-gotten bankers' millions (I'm psychic - go with me!) and so might have some vested interest in a degree of economy with the verity?
  
  Why did he accept Toryperson's various broadsides as though they were neutral comment?
  
  Who do you believe: Government Minister, or the Chairman of a failed Bank who paid his pals a few million quid, possibly with the expectation that he might share the trough?
  
  

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• 17. At 6:21pm on 31 Mar 2009, makeitclear wrote:

  "...so are you an' Dave comin' for a pint after?"
  
  "Naaaa, me an'' Rita's gonna watch a pay to view porn film...she 's a teacher so she can claim it back under extra curriculla activity...no wot I mean...?"
  
  Jackie, if you're out there, we really don't care...just pay for it yourself (and none of this "I've never paid for it in my life" business.)

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• 18. At 6:56pm on 31 Mar 2009, funnyJoedunn wrote:

  MP's Expenses;
  
  Give to TV licensing, they'd sort them out!
  
  

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• 19. At 6:57pm on 31 Mar 2009, funnyJoedunn wrote:

  The G20 are having a summit.
  
  They must have summit to talk about then.

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• 20. At 8:27pm on 31 Mar 2009, makeitclear wrote:

  "...isn't Dave gonna watch it then?"
  
  "Naaaa, ee objects...reckons Rita an't got any integrity...pubic money and all that.."
  
  "Whadayou reckon?"
  
  "Dunno".

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• 21. At 11:43pm on 31 Mar 2009, skintnick wrote:

  Gordon Brown is meeting his buddies at the G20 summit, but they have decided that climate change is not on the agenda!
  
  I propose a forum initiated by PM to put forward one question which listeners would like the big cheese to answer. Mine would be:
  
  "Please think for a few seconds before answering and then say just 'yes' or 'no'... If you had to stake the one single thing in your life that you treasure the most on being correct, do you think that history will observe the moment at which climate change passed the critical point of no return as being during the term of your government?"

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• 22. At 09:13am on 01 Apr 2009, philtblog wrote:

  FJD 19 - that joke was done yesterday. In fact, wasn't it you who made it?
  
  SN 21 - Good question.
  
  Eddie - I guess you'll cover the G20 tonight, I'd be very interested to hear what the Old Europe leaders have to say in the press conference today, particularly if there's any reaction from US or UK spokespeople...

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• 23. At 11:52am on 01 Apr 2009, Roger_Sawyer wrote:

  Hello All,
  
  Thanks for posting. Bit of a struggle, the programme... in that what was meant to be our lead story didn't happen until about 5.45pm, as we were waiting for George Osborne to emerge from the Commons. He didn't emerge in time for us in the end, so we ended up with another interview.
  
  There's been a big response, both on email and on a separate Blog strand, to the BBC Licence Fee collection report.
  
  Wall-to-wall G20 today.
  
  All the best,
  
  Rog

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• 24. At 12:09pm on 01 Apr 2009, Dennis Junior wrote:

  Roger:
  Thanks for the update regarding the lost of the interview due to technical issues..
  
  ~Dennis Junior~

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