LBC Chit Chat #8 Steve Allen has left the building

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Yel said:
He's let her on air when it was obvious she's quite clearly not stable enough. It made for uncomfortable listening.

Then he never questioned her on bonkers conspiracy stuff that she peddles out. He drops all critical thinking and lets her say nonsense unchallenged. I'm sure there's clips somewhere.
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That's because he either swallows it all hook line and sinker or he's too afraid to offend her. He doesn't want to be cancelled by Jack Monroe. 🤪
 
Maggie Moggy said:
Jobby has a knack for backing wrong 'uns. I see another one of his favourites, Carole Cadwalladr, lost an appeal against Arron Banks suing her for libel yesterday. She could find herself with a massive fine and expenses bill. Brace yourselves, Crowdfunders!
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I can't quite remember the exact details about that case, but I think it's pretty bad news imo. :( Nick just had a sly dig ... something like: "I do think it's time for those who talk about Brexit all the time to give it a rest" ... :ROFLMAO:
 
thewittowoo said:
God help me, but I tuned in this morning to see if he had anything positive to say about Sunak's deal.

I was out by 10.10.
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If you'd listened for a little longer you'd know he had positive things to say about Sunak's deal (but only if you're in Northern Ireland!).

If you're looking to invest or start a business in the UK then NI has a huge commercial advantage over the rest of us poor buggers in England, Scotland and Wales
 
Maggie Moggy said:
Jobby has a knack for backing wrong 'uns. I see another one of his favourites, Carole Cadwalladr, lost an appeal against Arron Banks suing her for libel yesterday. She could find herself with a massive fine and expenses bill. Brace yourselves, Crowdfunders!
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So just like another of James's heroes Jolyon Maugham who also keeps dipping into the wallets and purses of the crowdfunders.
 
Redvers36 said:
So just like another of James's heroes Jolyon Maugham who also keeps dipping into the wallets and purses of the crowdfunders.
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The difference between funding Jolyon Maugham's legal fees and Boris Johnson's legal fees is that with Boris we don't get a choice.
 
neroli said:
He's a huge fan of the Harkles too. The much wronged racism victim and the war hero.
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That's clearly a wind-up on his part. Surely. I can see people disliking The Harkles or being indifferent, but to actively be a fan is just odd.
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Sarah Vine getting attacked today. There's a definite pattern forming here. Someone tell James that Sarah is a columnist for a tabloid, it's her job to write bollocks. Poor woman was married to Michael Gove, I think she's suffered enough. :ROFLMAO:
 
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Ndrangheta said:
That's clearly a wind-up on his part. Surely. I can see people disliking The Harkles or being indifferent, but to actively be a fan is just odd.
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Sarah Vine getting attacked today. There's a definite pattern forming here. Someone tell James that Sarah is a columnist for a tabloid, it's her job to write bollocks. Poor woman was married to Michael Gove, I think she's suffered enough. :ROFLMAO:
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Any woman more successdul than James seems to be fair game in his opinion. In the case of Sarah Vine it is probably because she is a successful columnist at a newspaper where James was unable to progress beyond reviewing computer games.
 
Redvers36 said:
Any woman more successdul than James seems to be fair game in his opinion. In the case of Sarah Vine it is probably because she is a successful columnist at a newspaper where James was unable to progress beyond reviewing computer games.
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Ndrangheta said:
That's clearly a wind-up on his part. Surely. I can see people disliking The Harkles or being indifferent, but to actively be a fan is just odd.
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Sarah Vine getting attacked today. There's a definite pattern forming here. Someone tell James that Sarah is a columnist for a tabloid, it's her job to write bollocks. Poor woman was married to Michael Gove, I think she's suffered enough. :ROFLMAO:
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He's in the Ginger/Whinger camp because she's mixed race and suffered appalling racism from the British press and public. 🙄
Were she a blonde Honorable she would be a good digging harpy taking advantage of Harry, who deserves it for being a Royal!
 
FenellaTheWitch said:
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A couple things that have occurred to me on the Steve Allen situation now that the dust has settled.

1. His show transitioned in 2012 from a guests, features, interviews and magazine show to a just him speaking only show. That means he's had ten year run of talking b*ll*cks. That's a pretty good run really.

2. There was often criticism on here of the way he used to treat the young producers on his show. Accusations of bullying even (although I never agreed with that), pure speculation of course, but maybe there were complaints to H.R. or his his boss about that. Maybe this led to his downfall?
 
I never knew Oakshot was shagging Richard Tice (who founded 'The Reform Party') and who James had a spat with in Soho last year ... No wonder Jobby was spitting bile this morning over Isabel. :ROFLMAO:
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Lambeth Walk said:
2. There was often criticism on here of the way he used to treat the young producers on his show. Accusations of bullying even (although I never agreed with that), pure speculation of course, but maybe there were complaints to H.R. or his his boss about that. Maybe this led to his downfall?
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Asking a 'junior' to make cups of tea everyday is probably seen as bullying. :rolleyes:
 
Lambeth Walk said:
A couple things that have occurred to me on the Steve Allen situation now that the dust has settled.

1. His show transitioned in 2012 from a guests, features, interviews and magazine show to a just him speaking only show. That means he's had ten year run of talking b*ll*cks. That's a pretty good run really.

2. There was often criticism on here of the way he used to treat the young producers on his show. Accusations of bullying even (although I never agreed with that), pure speculation of course, but maybe there were complaints to H.R. or his his boss about that. Maybe this led to his downfall?
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Interesting thought 🤔 Re point 2, I have never heard him bullying his producers but I have always thought the way he sometimes speaks to them (they always seem to be male) was rather creepy and quite often full of innuendos. It often made me question whether he was genuinely being kind or was he kind of grooming. It was particularly bad with the producer a while back called Thomas who he started calling Scottish Boy and more recently Jack.
 
I don't know about bullying but I wonder if he's really nice to the people in his clique or those who he wants to be in his clique (hence the type of producers) and less so to others.
 
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