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• 1. At 5:59pm on 19 May 2010, Cash Hughes wrote:

  Eddie in Priceless form in the Balls interview - wonderful silences!

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• 2. At 6:02pm on 19 May 2010, Alan_N wrote:

  Balls interview - I wonder if anyone will vote for him now. I Missed the start of it and assumed that I was listening to Eddie interviewing some minor functionary on a phone line that had a huge delay on it.

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• 3. At 6:03pm on 19 May 2010, Ellis P Otter wrote:

  Excellent reporting from Thailand too, particularly the reminder of how the current regime came to be.
  
  Darn fine programme all round tonight!

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• 4. At 6:11pm on 19 May 2010, A Bowman wrote:

  Thanks to Mr Mair's interview I think Ed Balls should be the next leader of the Labour party. He would be an excellent leader of the socialists... right into political oblivion.
  

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• 5. At 6:20pm on 19 May 2010, Looternite wrote:

  Was Eddie bullying Ed Balls?

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• 6. At 6:27pm on 19 May 2010, Sid wrote:

  
  Ed Balls - nailed!
  
  

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• 7. At 6:31pm on 19 May 2010, Cash Hughes wrote:

  5. Looternite
  Only very gently.
  ;-)

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• 8. At 6:57pm on 19 May 2010, Sazmond wrote:

  Great interview with Balls, very much enjoyed by all.
  Classic Eddie.
  

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• 9. At 7:02pm on 19 May 2010, annasee wrote:

  I loved that interview with Ed Balls. So much was said, in so few words...

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• 10. At 7:17pm on 19 May 2010, Big Sister wrote:

  If Balls makes it to the leadership, the Labour Party will be dead meat!

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• 11. At 7:20pm on 19 May 2010, Cash Hughes wrote:

  Boing!
  

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• 12. At 7:21pm on 19 May 2010, RxKaren wrote:

  I'm with the others - I loved the Ed Balls interview.

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• 13. At 7:38pm on 19 May 2010, IMOORE wrote:

  
  " The prime minister is poised to unveil plans which could mean hundreds of millions of pounds of extra funding for Scotland, BBC Scotland understands."
  
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8693250.stm
  
  While Cameron delivers cuts to England.
  
  God we need an English Parliament.
  
  
  
  

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• 14. At 7:53pm on 19 May 2010, Karl Handy wrote:

  *Please* make the Ed Balls interview easily available to listen to again - I know so many people who'd love to hear that wonderful man derail his leadership bid almost immediately! Brilliant radio...
  *Please*

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• 15. At 7:57pm on 19 May 2010, Looternite wrote:

  13. IMOORE
  The BBC will not even discuss the matter. The Lib/Dems and Labour used to be advocates of devolution. However, it seems not for the English. A devolution too far, the English to be second class citizens within the UK.

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• 16. At 8:03pm on 19 May 2010, annasee wrote:

  This isn't to do with tonight's programme (I only heard the EB interview, but it was obviously the highlight!) but on the 6 o'Clock news I heard clips of Nick Clegg promising the world in terms of reform, new broom sweeps clean sort of thing. "Dear oh dear", I thought. Surely the best thing he can do before he opens his mouth again is to watch the entire output of "Yes Minister"and "Yes Prime Minister"?

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• 17. At 8:32pm on 19 May 2010, nikki noodle wrote:

  Wonderful radio!
  
  thanks, PM and Eddie Mair.
  n-n
  xx
  

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• 18. At 8:40pm on 19 May 2010, Cash Hughes wrote:

  Note to self:
  
  If expecting to be interviewed by Eddie Mair, consider what would be most likely to leave you speechless, and prepare yourself for the mildly delivered first question.

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• 19. At 8:58pm on 19 May 2010, GotToTheEnd wrote:

  My Talking Balls:
  
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/pm/2010/05/am_glass_box_107.shtml#P96305684

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• 20. At 9:20pm on 19 May 2010, GotToTheEnd wrote:

  This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the House Rules.

• 21. At 9:33pm on 19 May 2010, annasee wrote:

  Nikki (17) yes it was wonderful radio, but just think, if it had been telly, we could have seen Ed Balls doing his goldfish imitation. Wouldn't that have been worth something? ;-)

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• 22. At 9:39pm on 19 May 2010, vagueofgodalming wrote:

  Yes, excellent Eddie and Ed show.
  
  Mair: Would you like to take this opportunity to distance yourself from some of the worst aspects of the Brown Government?
  
  Balls: No, but please allow me to shoot myself in the foot.
  
  Mair: What policies in particular would you recommend to the Labour Party?
  
  Balls: At this point I feel it appropriate to hole my campaign below the waterline.
  
  Mair: Is there any way in which you are different from your rivals?
  
  Balls: I can think of no reason whatsoever for people to vote for me.
  
  Bloody brilliant.

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• 23. At 9:46pm on 19 May 2010, GotToTheEnd wrote:

  Whoops!
  
  Sorry.
  
  I wonder whether Nick Clegg is right about his reforms.
  
  Women's suffrage, SINCE 1832 (when women were specifically barred from voting) toether with the abolition of property qualifications and the relaxation of age restrictions were surely greater changes than Clegg is proposing.
  
  

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• 24. At 9:56pm on 19 May 2010, GotToTheEnd wrote:

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/pm/2010/05/am_glass_box_107.shtml#P96289779
  
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/pm/2010/05/am_glass_box_107.shtml#P96290369
  
  Given Nick Clegg's historical sense, is there a connection between IQ and qualifications on the one hand and ability on the other?
  

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• 25. At 10:20pm on 19 May 2010, gossipmistress wrote:

  I agree with that lot above - excellent entertainment listening to Mr Balls floundering

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• 26. At 10:58pm on 19 May 2010, GotToTheEnd wrote:

  What is Nick Clegg's Chief advisor talking about on Newsnight?
  
  'Parliament doesn't have the right to vote for a dissolution'
  
  He meant, before the 55 per cent rule.
  
  Whaaaat?
  
  Oh, yes it does/did.
  
  Another lack of nounce from the Clegg camp.
  
  Reading Paine would help.
  
  Whatever was Clegg doing at 14?
  
  (We know what he was doing when he was supposed to be at the lectures)

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• 27. At 11:33pm on 19 May 2010, Big Sister wrote:

  'Parliament doesn't have the right to vote for a dissolution'
  
  Technically he's right, EtE. The right to dissolution resides at Buck House.

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• 28. At 09:22am on 20 May 2010, GotToTheEnd wrote:

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  Nope.
  
  Parliament has the right to vote for a dissolution.
  
  
  The Queen's perogatives are concessions by Parliament.
  
  
  

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• 29. At 09:34am on 20 May 2010, Alan_N wrote:

  The Queen’s prerogatives are not ‘granted by Parliament’. They are to be found in the constitution.

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• 30. At 09:39am on 20 May 2010, Sid wrote:

  
  Parliament has the right to vote for the Queen to stand on her head and clap her feet. Only she has the power.
  
  

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• 31. At 09:59am on 20 May 2010, Big Sister wrote:

  No, EtE, it has the right to carry a vote of no confidence. Following such a vote, the dissolution of Parliament is requested of the Queen.

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• 32. At 10:02am on 20 May 2010, GotToTheEnd wrote:

  Parliament also has that power.

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• 33. At 10:06am on 20 May 2010, Sid wrote:

  
  Be told, EtE - it doesn't.
  
  

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• 34. At 10:57am on 20 May 2010, jonnie wrote:

  Ed Balls interview was a true classic.....

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• 35. At 11:35am on 20 May 2010, Fearless Fred wrote:

  Sid (33) Since when have facts swayed EtE's flights of fancy?

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• 36. At 1:04pm on 20 May 2010, GotToTheEnd wrote:

  So very glad you're not there telling MPs they don't have absolute sovereignty.
  
  Think about it.
  
  What a Monarch or an earlier Parlaiment or the House of Lords or a failed Parliamentary candidate says cannot bound this current Parliament.
  
  You have very little in common with Paine

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• 37. At 1:09pm on 20 May 2010, GotToTheEnd wrote:

  Ah, little sir echo!
  
  Back again.

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