Too late Nick ?

[Flosshilde]

When politicians come under such typically ignorant attacks from both the Right and Left the rest of us can be pretty sure these same politicians are broadly on the correct path.

Uh, no, as it's different politicians being attacked by different people. As you say, the Tory back-benchers are complaining that Cameron has gone soft (only because they are off the scale of rabid right) & the more 'liberal' LibDems, & some Labour, are complaining that Clegg is a closet Tory (rather supported, much to Clegg's embarassment, by Cameron's comment.)

Together, they are going to hell in a hand-cart, & dragging us with them. If that's the 'correct path' for you you're welcome to it.

[amateur51]

As an addict of cookery programmmes, I have heard of 'wilted greens' but never 'north wilted greens', so I'm not surprised!!

[amateur51]

its to do with the toxins released on the plain.
back to the BBC...I really wish they would teach their presenters not to interrupt answers. It used to be considered bad manners.

Of the Today bunch I think that Julian Webb is by far the best interviewer - he interrupts but because he's listening to the argument and always does so quietly & politely unlike Humphreys who starts baying at the moon at the first sign of inconsistency these days

Evan Davies stumbles along so much it's not clear if he's interrupting or just having a mouth moment

[teamsaint]

At the risk of sounding churlish, i do my very best to avoid hearing any of them, though it's hard to do so all the time.
I find that having 300 years of music, most of which I have ignored for far too long, to catch up on keeps me occupied , and I am really grateful for this.
This year i have "discovered" Bruckner, Bliss,Bridge, and a load of other great stuff.....a bloody sight better than listening to politicians lies, or pointlessly arguing with Resurrection Man.....oops !!

Every time I hear a news bulletin, this pops into my head !!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Drf7k7JT_7U

A great tune by some of the good guys.

[handsomefortune]

Julian Webb is by far the best interviewer

dyou mean justin amatuer51?

Evan Davies stumbles along so much it's not clear if he's interrupting or just having a mouth moment

a (slippery)? robert peston in the making?

i can't bear 'toady' personally, although it's good when featured as part of 'the secret world' comedy series, especially 'john humphreys', in fact highly recommended.

[amateur51]

Julian Webb is by far the best interviewer

dyou mean justin amatuer51?

Evan Davies stumbles along so much it's not clear if he's interrupting or just having a mouth moment

a (slippery)? robert peston in the making?

i can't bear 'toady' personally, although it's good when featured as part of 'the secret world' comedy series, especially 'john humphreys', in fact highly recommended.

Course I mean Justin, handsome - thanks for the gentle reproof

[ahinton]

If ever I heard a more inept interview on Toady, it was Ms Moontague's of Nick Clegg this morning. Our Sarah got her knickers completely twisted as Nice Man Cleggie barnstormed any attempts a futile questions attempted by her ladyship.

A mutual inarticulate slanging match made in hell

Was "Moontague" a mistype or was it deliberate?

I have to admit that I disagree entirely; Sarah M doesn't usually put anyone on the rack as she did our Clegless one and every time Clegg opened his mouth he seemed unable to add to an already distinct impression of ineptitude that might have seemed beyond the bounds of possibility during that pre-election stunt The Three Candidates show less than 2½ years ago; indeed, had Sarah M said just a little less, that ineptitude on Clegg's part would have been exposed even more and that's my only criticism of the interview.

Clegg's days as LibDem leader are beginning to look even more numbered than Cameron's as Tory ditto and the only visible damage limitation aspect of the present parlous state of the Labour party is arguably that Ed Miliballs currently appears somehow to have held on to more credibility as a party leader than has either of his "rivals". If the LibDems and Tories can't find seriously credible and persuasive winners for party leaders and if the Labour party doesn't pull up its no longer red socks (or, worse still, if such leadership abilities as Ed seems so far to have contrived to retain start to fall apart) by the time of the next General Election, there will be some who see all of this as an unwitting laying out of the (apolitically!) red carpet for UKIP - and if the prospect of a coalition government comprising UKIP and any other party or parties has the remotest appeal to anyone here, I'd be very surprised indeed...

[ahinton]

Course I mean Justin, handsome - thanks for the gentle reproof

And it's John Humphrys, too, boyo; it's interesting, incidentally, that what appears to be regarded by some as a kind of bastion of institutional Englishry in newscasting (i.e. Today) has as its three longest serving presenters a leek, some Guernsey cream and a wee dram o' Speyside malt...

[ahinton]

a (slippery)? robert peston in the making?

How do you make a "slippery Robert Peston"? I doubt that Nigella will be seen attempting one, I've never witnessed a Masterchef contestant or a Great British Bake-off hopeful preparing one and I'm sure that the delectably comely Signorina Ciappa wouldn't even give one casa room...

[teamsaint]

How do you make a "slippery Robert Peston"? I doubt that Nigella will be seen attempting one, I've never witnessed a Masterchef contestant or a Great British Bake-off hopeful preparing one and I'm sure that the delectably comely Signorina Ciappa wouldn't even give one casa room...

if you were the government,you could start with some half baked economic data.....then cook the books ...not that RP would do such a thing , obviously

[ahinton]

if you were the government,you could start with some half baked economic data.....then cook the books ...not that RP would do such a thing , obviously

That's as maybe but, fortunately for us all, I am not - and I'm sure that I'd be roasted or possibly sous-vided by the electorate after being grilled on Today by Sarah Montague; Teflon Tony really did start something, didn't he?...