LBC Chit Chat #12

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Ndrangheta said:
I just saw that there a rumblings in Germany about leaving the EU ... dubbed, 'Dexit'. Is there a German version of James? Jurgen Ö'Brian? :ROFLMAO:
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Anti-Brexiters like Jobby are always asking what benefited us by leaving the EU but we don't seem to be in as much financial trouble as Germany.
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Germany on track for two-year recession as economy shrinks in 2023

‘Multiple crises’ contributed to 0.3% fall in GDP, says national statistics office
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Maggie Moggy said:
Anti-Brexiters like Jobby are always asking what benefited us by leaving the EU but we don't seem to be in as much financial trouble as Germany.
www.theguardian.com

Germany on track for two-year recession as economy shrinks in 2023

‘Multiple crises’ contributed to 0.3% fall in GDP, says national statistics office
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There have obviously been problems for the UK since Brexit but to listen the likes of James you would think Europe is like some sort of Utopia. You don't have to scratch very far below the surface to see it's not.
 
FenellaTheWitch said:
There have obviously been problems for the UK since Brexit but to listen the likes of James you would think Europe is like some sort of Utopia. You don't have to scratch very far below the surface to see it's not.
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Jobby and co always skate over the pandemic when it comes to talking Brexit and the UK down. No matter how much anybody dislikes Boris, they surely realise that when he became PM he thought all he had to do was sort out leaving the EU. Then, a few months later half the countries in the world, including this one, came to a near standstill and Brexit had to be put on hold.
 
FenellaTheWitch said:
There have obviously been problems for the UK since Brexit but to listen the likes of James you would think Europe is like some sort of Utopia. You don't have to scratch very far below the surface to see it's not.
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I know Southern Italy fairly well and youth unemployment is off the scale, the black-market is absolutely booming, nobody uses (or trusts) banks. It's a real basketcase. The only saving grace for them is that hardly anyone uses credit cards, so personal debt isn't much of a problem. Not sure where I'm going with this ... :ROFLMAO:
 
Ndrangheta said:
I know Southern Italy fairly well and youth unemployment is off the scale, the black-market is absolutely booming, nobody uses (or trusts) banks. It's a real basketcase. The only saving grace for them is that hardly anyone uses credit cards, so personal debt isn't much of a problem. Not sure where I'm going with this ... :ROFLMAO:
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Southern Italy?
 
Did you see that dreadful picture of the GC and her dog in a restaurant with the dog sitting on a chair eating from a plate on the table, luckily the restaurant have said they welcome dogs but on the floor on a lead.

 
Fledgling Psycho said:
@Moley1 You gave your identity away with the word "gammon". 🤣
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The word “gammon” does its job perfectly. I find it mildly amusing that those who take offence at the word “gammon” are quite happy to label others as “woke” or “snowflakes”. 😉
Let’s face it, there is a group of people in this country to whom the totally unhinged section of the Tory Pary (the likes of Braverman, Patel, Rees-Mogg, Truss, Anderson etc. etc.) just have to blow their dog whistles and they all fall in line. The editorial teams at the Mail, Express, Telegraph, Sun, Spectator and Times know their demographic very well. Perhaps we should just get rid of all of these titles, accept our fate and have one national newspaper, The Daily Gammon? 😆
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Ndrangheta said:
But what pleasure can you possibly get from listening to someone who has had the benefit of a great education belittling people who probably haven't and thus struggle to articulate themselves live on national radio across a dodgy phone-line? It's just tit.
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I might have agreed with you once upon a time. Trouble is, when you see what the people who voted for Brexit and the likes of Johnson and hear the reasons why, I don’t think it is unreasonable to have their (usually) very weak arguments picked apart.
I might have agreed with you if this country had not been run into the ground for the last 14 years.
I might have agreed with you if the majority of the media in this country wasn’t propping up those responsible and running down those (few) who speak out against it.
I don’t disagree with the fact that he has a privileged education, that he is well versed in debate and uses his position to his advantage when dealing with less experienced callers, but isn’t that his job? It’s exactly the same as those hosting current affairs programmes. They are supposed to challenge those who they are interviewing, not to give them an easy ride.
I have only been listening to LBC since last year and hear the likes of Ferrari and Dale doing the same as O’Brien and Fogharty but not getting the same amount of grief. What I like is to hear people standing up to the bullshit we are fed daily but understand that those who like to hear the bullshit will disagree strongly.
I heard his comments about the Israeli soldiers. I have also heard him call out the actions of Hamas. As he has said numerous times, it is entirely possible to be critical of both sides. It seems as those who are polarised just hear what they want to hear.
I have heard him challenge Khan. I have heard him challenge Starmer and Labour policies. I don’t doubt that, should Labour win the next election and start behaving in the same way this government is and has done, he will give them the same kicking. I guess we will find out.
I am not going to apologise for enjoying listening to people who call out the lies told to us by those who sold us Brexit and who highlight the incompetence of the various governments we have had to endure over the last 14 years.
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Ndrangheta said:
But what pleasure can you possibly get from listening to someone who has had the benefit of a great education belittling people who probably haven't and thus struggle to articulate themselves live on national radio across a dodgy phone-line? It's just tit.
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I might have agreed with you once upon a time. Trouble is, when you see what the people who voted for Brexit and the likes of Johnson and hear the reasons why, I don’t think it is unreasonable to have their (usually) very weak arguments picked apart.
I might have agreed with you if this country had not been run into the ground for the last 14 years.
I might have agreed with you if the majority of the media in this country wasn’t propping up those responsible and running down those (few) who speak out against it.
I don’t disagree with the fact that he has a privileged education, that he is well versed in debate and uses his position to his advantage when dealing with less experienced callers, but isn’t that his job? It’s exactly the same as those hosting current affairs programmes. They are supposed to challenge those who they are interviewing, not to give them an easy ride.
I have only been listening to LBC since last year and hear the likes of Ferrari and Dale doing the same as O’Brien and Fogharty but not getting the same amount of grief. What I like is to hear people standing up to the bullshit we are fed daily but understand that those who like to hear the bullshit will disagree strongly.
I heard his comments about the Israeli soldiers. I have also heard him call out the actions of Hamas. As he has said numerous times, it is entirely possible to be critical of both sides. It seems as those who are polarised just hear what they want to hear.
I have heard him challenge Khan. I have heard him challenge Starmer and Labour policies. I don’t doubt that, should Labour win the next election and start behaving in the same way this government is and has done, he will give them the same kicking. I guess we will find out.
I am not going to apologise for enjoying listening to people who call out the lies told to us by those who sold us Brexit and who highlight the incompetence of the various governments we have had to endure over the last 14 years.
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This morning O’Brien points out that the front page of The Times talks about the bloodiest day of the war so far as 21 IDF soldiers died. This seems to ignore quite blatantly that 25,000 mostly completely innocent Palestinians have already been murdered. Is he wrong to do so?
 
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Seems as though Jon Sopel will be the 'expert' commentator on the US elections on the breakfast show. He did a half hour phone in that this morning. Reading up on him, he seems to have parted from the BBC with Jobby Syndrome - wanting to breech their neutrality.
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Moley1 said:
The word “gammon” does its job perfectly. I find it mildly amusing that those who take offence at the word “gammon” are quite happy to label others as “woke” or “snowflakes”. 😉
Let’s face it, there is a group of people in this country to whom the totally unhinged section of the Tory Pary (the likes of Braverman, Patel, Rees-Mogg, Truss, Anderson etc. etc.) just have to blow their dog whistles and they all fall in line. The editorial teams at the Mail, Express, Telegraph, Sun, Spectator and Times know their demographic very well. Perhaps we should just get rid of all of these titles, accept our fate and have one national newspaper, The Daily Gammon? 😆
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Newspaper live or die by the revenue they get, not just from sales of copy but by whether the number of people who buy their rag impresses the advertisers who buy space.
 
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Maggie Moggy said:
Seems as though Jon Sopel will be the 'expert' commentator on the US elections on the breakfast show. He did a half hour phone in that this morning. Reading up on him, he seems to have parted from the BBC with Jobby Syndrome - wanting to breech their neutrality.
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Jon was loathed at the BBC by all who worked with him. This is a man who used to rock-up into the carpark riding a Harley-Davidson on occassion. Look at MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Awful bloke and decidedly average as a politcal analsyt . Simon Marks on the otherhand is absolutely FIRST RATE. If you're interested in US politics or the US election I would strongly suggest listening to Marks and not Sopel.
 
Ndrangheta said:
I just saw that there a rumblings in Germany about leaving the EU ... dubbed, 'Dexit'. Is there a German version of James? Jurgen Ö'Brian? :ROFLMAO:
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Well we did have a James Mac Brien phase when he gave his thoughts on Scotland. Of course that has now gone rather quiet as he contemplates fingers singed up to his elbows.

As to Jurgen O'Brian I am up for it. On a lighter note I would learn the German for Gammon and Racists.
On a more serious one Jurgen O'Brian would have to face up to the struggles the German economy is having rather than giving a rose-tinted one.
 
Moley1 said:
The word “gammon” does its job perfectly. I find it mildly amusing that those who take offence at the word “gammon” are quite happy to label others as “woke” or “snowflakes”. 😉
Let’s face it, there is a group of people in this country to whom the totally unhinged section of the Tory Pary (the likes of Braverman, Patel, Rees-Mogg, Truss, Anderson etc. etc.) just have to blow their dog whistles and they all fall in line. The editorial teams at the Mail, Express, Telegraph, Sun, Spectator and Times know their demographic very well. Perhaps we should just get rid of all of these titles, accept our fate and have one national newspaper, The Daily Gammon? 😆
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I actually despise all those stupid names and expressions. Gammon, snowflake, woke ... they're all meaningless and do nothing to enhance or improve a discussion. I find it very juvenile. James is particularly bad at giving people childish names. I remember he tried referring to Andrew Tate as 'potato' because he didn't want to say his name. It was idiotic and tone deaf because he was having a very serious conversation at the time.

It's the same with Farage. 'Beery flatulance' , 'skid mark on society' ... James gets the most flack because he is the worst offender. I've never heard Shelagh use language like that to refer to people. Ferrari is a bit of a dinosaur so it is of no surprise that he uses terms like woke and snowflake.
 
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