Eddie Mair Joining LBC

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DaveR said:
See my highlighted section......pretty much sums up all your posts on the entire Brexit discussion. You have absolutely no idea what our future holds but those in favour of leaving have seen all the wasted money, corruption and feathering of beds that has taken place in Brussels and they are fed up with it.

When we leave, do you seriously think Europe will refuse to trade with us? The Germans won't sell us cars? The French won't sell us cheese and wine? The Italians won't sell pasta and fashion items? Come on, get real. They will do more damage to their own economies than they will to ours.

Open your eyes mate and embrace a whole new world of opportunity.
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You do know that askin SILH about the future of the EU is a no no.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
You don't need to look further than Wensleydale and Cheddar for your cheese :D. Neither can be beaten. Wine comes in from Australia, New Zealand, California, Chile amongst many others already. I suspect most pasta sold in the UK is made in the UK. It is a cheap and simple product.

No need to buy any of those products from the EU if you don't. If you want keep buying stinky cheese from France then I can't help you but as I don't like that stuff I don't care :whoo:
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And this is exactly my point! I can't think of anything off the top of my head that we can't source from elsewhere apart from possibly some of the financial services. I'm more than happy to eat Wensleydale, drink Aussie wine and drive a Japanese car :D
 
Lord Tyrion said:
You don't need to look further than Wensleydale and Cheddar for your cheese :D. Neither can be beaten. Wine comes in from Australia, New Zealand, California, Chile amongst many others already. I suspect most pasta sold in the UK is made in the UK. It is a cheap and simple product.

No need to buy any of those products from the EU if you don't. If you want keep buying stinky cheese from France then I can't help you but as I don't like that stuff I don't care :whoo:
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There’s a 5% (EU)tariff on wine from Oz and NZ. And even higher on US wines, and that’s before the recent hike. Wonder if there’ll be a reduction in price post-Brexit?
 
Please - I am not talking about Brexit in this thread - I am talking about Eddie Mair joining LBC and the existing presenters who deliver a fairly balanced range of opinion - especially in respect of Brexit - but in respect of many issues.
 
DaveR said:
See my highlighted section......pretty much sums up all your posts on the entire Brexit discussion. You have absolutely no idea what our future holds but those in favour of leaving have seen all the wasted money, corruption and feathering of beds that has taken place in Brussels and they are fed up with it.

When we leave, do you seriously think Europe will refuse to trade with us? The Germans won't sell us cars? The French won't sell us cheese and wine? The Italians won't sell pasta and fashion items? Come on, get real. They will do more damage to their own economies than they will to ours.

Open your eyes mate and embrace a whole new world of opportunity.
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Really - and you know that that new world of opportunity will compensate for what we lose. You know that do you? Your statement is just the sort of stuff that James O'Brien quizzes callers on in detail...and in general he leaves them floundering around in aspirational stuff and grasping at predictions that the EU will collapse and so we are better out no matter what.

Its what O'Brien does.

Iain Dale does the same for Remain supporters.

Though you might be interested if you listen to Dale right now. A staunch Brexit supporter - he is being pretty severely critical of the government and the PM about the state the government and the negotiations are in.
 
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SwingsitlikeHogan;1860239- with the Sun and The Mail expressing fury - not really looking at the full background;[/QUOTE said:
You claim the Sun and Mail to be authoritative newspapers? I class them as toilet roll.
If you want real journalistic news then at least use the Times, Indiependant or Guardian,but no doubt they are too serious for the likes of fake news radio.
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SwingsitlikeHogan said:
Really - and you know that that new world of opportunity will compensate for what we lose. You know that do you? Your statement is just the sort of stuff that James O'Brien quizzes callers on in detail...and in general he leaves them floundering around in aspirational stuff and grasping at predictions that the EU will collapse and so we are better out no matter what.

Its what O'Brien does.

Iain Dale does the same for Remain supporters.

Though you might be interested if you listen to Dale right now. A staunch Brexit supporter - he is being pretty severely critical of the government and the PM about the state the government and the negotiations are in.
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Excuse me but you opened this thread by talking about 2 Brexit commentators.

Do I have all the answers post Brexit? No I don't. But I'd be interested to know your answers to why we are all going to be worse off. Enlighten us with a few of your facts?
 
DaveR said:
Excuse me but you opened this thread by talking about 2 Brexit commentators.

Do I have all the answers post Brexit? No I don't. But I'd be interested to know your answers to why we are all going to be worse off. Enlighten us with a few of your facts?
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Here we go ......... another Brexit thread 😣😣
 
chrisd said:
Here we go ......... another Brexit thread 😣😣
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It's not - it's a thread about Eddie Mair joining LBC - when some here completely rubbish LBC. I pointed out that LBS has some very good journalists and presenters that span across both the political and the Brexit spectrums. O'Brien and Fogarty centre left and Ferrari and Dale centre right (with Farage somewhere on a planet of his own). I suggest that LBC is far from the 'rant radio' that some suggest - indeed some do without ever really listened to any great extent. Certainly there are 'ranters' who phone in - but the presenters do a good job defusing the ranters and do not in general join in the ranting (except you know who)
 
chrisd said:
Mention child abuse in the church !
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Oxfam - child abuse in the church? This is about Eddie Mair joining LBC and my suggestion that it is worth a listen. And you guys feel it clever to bring up Oxfam and Child Abuse in the church as if it scores points against me or whoever - but please continue slapping each other on the back.
 
Bunkermagnet said:
You claim the Sun and Mail to be authoritative newspapers? I class them as toilet roll.
If you want real journalistic news then at least use the Times, Indiependant or Guardian,but no doubt they are too serious for the likes of fake news radio.
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No I don't - Ferrari and O'Brien both picked up on the dramatic headlines in these papers and asked whether their fury was justified? And why might they do that? Because the Mail especially is the font of knowledge and understanding for quite a number of our fellow citizens and so what it's headlines say actually do matter - because a lot of people read them.
 
DaveR said:
Excuse me but you opened this thread by talking about 2 Brexit commentators.

Do I have all the answers post Brexit? No I don't. But I'd be interested to know your answers to why we are all going to be worse off. Enlighten us with a few of your facts?
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Because the governments analysis of all scenarios tells us that we will...? That we are moving from having tariff-free access to the largest free trade trading group outside of the WTO (of which Trump is threatening to leave) for what? - at the moment we are moving to nothing - and we will lose all the trade deals that the EU has in place and that the UK can take advantage of. There is not one serious commentator now suggesting that we will be better of for leaving the EU for quite some time.
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
It's not - it's a thread about Eddie Mair joining LBC - when some here completely rubbish LBC. I pointed out that LBS has some very good journalists and presenters that span across both the political and the Brexit spectrums. O'Brien and Fogarty centre left and Ferrari and Dale centre right (with Farage somewhere on a planet of his own). I suggest that LBC is far from the 'rant radio' that some suggest - indeed some do without ever really listened to any great extent. Certainly there are 'ranters' who phone in - but the presenters do a good job defusing the ranters and do not in general join in the ranting (except you know who)
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Naw, it's clearly another Brexit hijack 👍
 
LBC is in the entertainment industry as are most of the independent radio/TV stations. The presenters want to create controversy to 'establish'/market themselves as personalities and seek only to compete for viewing figures and hence fee leverage.

You'll find enough trash broadcast on both sides of an argument so as not to reduce the potential punter base.

Don't kid yourself this is about LBC's communication quality - Mair is simply following the cash.
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
- and we will lose all the trade deals that the EU has in place and that the UK can take advantage of.
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You're wrong on that front as we're transposing a number of those FTAs; and then any additional elements that both we and the respective country wants, or elements that we want removed, can be done so easily and quickly.

And there are a significant number of countries that cannot wait to sign trade agreements with us; and the sooner the better.

Probably wasn't reported in the media but China has lifted its ban on imports of British beef so a massive market has opened up for our producers.
 
drdel said:
Don't kid yourself this is about LBC's communication quality - Mair is simply following the cash.
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Can't disagree with that. Mair leaves a radio station with 11.4 million listeners to go to one with 2 million listeners, and does so because of a request by the BBC to take a substantial pay cut.

He is a good presenter/interviewer and will be missed by the Beeb, and is a good acquisition for LBC, but to say its for some high and mighty reason... no it isn't. He's miffed at the pay cut.
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
Because the governments analysis of all scenarios tells us that we will...? That we are moving from having tariff-free access to the largest free trade trading group outside of the WTO (of which Trump is threatening to leave) for what? - at the moment we are moving to nothing - and we will lose all the trade deals that the EU has in place and that the UK can take advantage of. There is not one serious commentator now suggesting that we will be better of for leaving the EU for quite some time.
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If you want to carry on propping up failing foreign economies then you crack on. I'd rather spend the money in the UK.
 
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