The PM Glass Box.
The Glass Box is where the PM team meets in at 18.00 every weeknight to discuss the content of the programme.
We try to be honest with each other, but not hurtful, as we talk about what worked and what didn't...what met our expectations and what fell short.
This virtual glass box is where you're encouraged to take part in the same spirit. Tonight's editor Eloise Twisk will read your comments and may well add her own.
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Awful to hear what's happening in Belfast.
It is particularly ironic when you consider how many millions of Irish have emigrated to make a new life for themselves in hundreds of welcoming countries around the world.
Shame on those bigoted few causing such terrible upset.
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LS 1, I'm glad my family got out in the 1800s. (So is TIH.)
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AM I the only one who is horrified by the utter hypocrisy of Martin McGuinness? He complained on the programme tonight about people being driven from their homes by fear of the local community. How on earth did this man gain his present undeserved position of power, except by instilling fear in a large section of the Northern Ireland Community?
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Are 6 Iranian footballers declaring their ambition to play for Celtic?
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AtTB 4, And here I thought they were all Muslims.
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I see Eddie got the table fixed. Or is that an old photo. Must get busy...
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A further irony for Lady_Sue to ponder; the shock/horror expressed by our 'Deputy First Minister'(Martin McGuinness, retired IRA chief) at the attacks on the Roumanian 'romanies', and his concern for the effects on defenceless young children; has he forgotten the two children who died in Warrington? and the other children who died during the 'Troubles' as a result of IRA action?
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It is very sad to hear about the flight of the Romanians. It reminds me of a similar incident some years ago when the home of a couple of Filipino agency nurses was attacked. It is encouraging to hear from the police, however, that paramilitaries are not behind this attack. The words used by Martin McGuinness clearly showed his changed role!
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I missed the lead-in, but why an American Clinical Psychologist to comment (on a bad line) on the departure of Michael Martin? It is an important event, it seems, given the coverage PM is giving to the broad topic of The Speaker this week. Pity the lady wasn't cut off earlier - or rather, that there had been someone more competent, and British dare I say, to match Matthew Parris.
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Hugh wasn't reporting from Iran. Eddie, please can you reassure us that he is all right?
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Martin McGuinness complaining of unrepresented minorities causing trouble in Belfast...I must be in a parallel universe, unbelievable!
This unwarranted, unwanted immigration will cause far more problems in the long run, even, dare I say in the short run, than the IRA ever caused.
More power to their elbow.
Vive la revolution....
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Missed Nils piece, sadly. No doubt he cleared up the discrepancies in the unemployment numbers. Jobs and survey data suggest bigger numbers than the benefit count.
And that interesting similarity in numbers between the amount Mervyn King has eased the banks' way, and the amount they are putting, as new net loans, in the pockets of the hedge funds!
And then again, the amount that the hedge funds are shifting into off shore havens.
And him on the estimable Tibbs. Surely TRANSPARENCY, how the multinationals pay derisory tax by clever clogs pricing theough international company front.
No doubt Nils got it all sorted.
When B'ham Library restores head phones to this machine. I'll listen to it.
Sadly missed too, Hugh from Iran.
I know what he'd have said. That the Twitter/FaceBook brigade are middle class and against Ahmedinejad on social class grounds.
That he was a great Major of Teheran who genuinely helped the poor, on whose side he still clearly is, despite economi mistakes/middle class meddling.
That he in all probability DID win the election and only the usual sort of middle class oligarchy would think they can get away with saying anything else.
Check the BBC Radio 4 1.30 today, media show. (Right wing enough to give Anne McKlroy a minute all to her Tory self to slag off Gordon Brown last week)
The Opposition, according to their correspondent is a MINORITY, middle class, better educated (that follows if you've got money that shuold go to the poor to spend on your kids' education), speak English, take up all the University places, are Twitter etc savvy and pro West.
At the end of the list, the BBC host/announcer/com-ere suggested 'Young?' too.
Bless. There are probably proportionately more poor pro Ahmedinijad young!!
Trust the BBC to follow it's own 'meddle in Iranian politics' tradition. Remember Mosedeq and British oil.
I've said all that, 'cos I know Hugh couldn't get all that in a Twitter twitter.
Keep safe.
And then the stuff about China. Did I miss that too?
How the credit crunch has caught China every which way.
Her new-found factories are producing exports fro the West we aren't buying.
The surplus she has built up already isn't enough to justify both the infrastructure she needs** and extra consumption to keep those factories producing.
That's why she is still lending to bankrupt Britain and bankrupt America.
The political turmoil between unemployed industrial workers and infrastructure engineering employees would be too painful fro her.
So the credit crunch is working eh! Putting China in her place, disciplining hte poor workers here with unemployment etc.
As has been said here, again and again and more.
Anyway, I'm sure there was a bit on how falling food prices are keep inflation down. Where DOES the ONS shop? And for what? Coes it think we are all alcoholics on South African wine - the only thing cheaper that I can find.
Try cheese, fish, fruit etc etc
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Seconding Chris @10: where's Hugh? Is he still there?
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I prefer Less and Never.
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@11: Hello mac :)
How many more nicknames are you going to get through before the year's out?
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12. MoreAndAgain
Ever thought of editing your pieces? Ever wondered if anyone has the time to read them?
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3. At 5:28pm on 17 Jun 2009, Charmbrights wrote:
'AM I the only one who is horrified by the utter hypocrisy of Martin McGuinness? He complained on the programme tonight about people being driven from their homes by fear of the local community. How on earth did this man gain his present undeserved position of power, except by instilling fear in a large section of the Northern Ireland Community?'
Ever heard of democracy? He gained his position by being voted for by lots more people than his rivals, it's how it works.
But no one has mentioned the problems NI has experienced with Romanies; shoplifting, begging, pickpocketing etc. When people try to point this out they are labelled racist - see no evil, hear no evil. With all the sympathy being doled out by middle class Christians, this little fact seems to have slipped their attention. I don't condone throwing bricks through windows, and terrorising children is always wrong, but there's more to this story than the simplistic racist explanation. London also has had its share of East European Romany criminals - working the tube all day long, Oxford Street etc. They have problems in the countries they come from for the same reason, but in this multicultural heaven we now inhabit, we aren't supposed to mention that.
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