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Gavin:
i hope the show goes off great..

Gavin:
think positive and everything will go off great...

Save the best till last ! They are letting Miliband out by himself ? Or will there be a 'media handler' chipping in from 'off camera'.

I wonder if Charlie Whelan will be in the vicinity, or if he will be watching, mobile in hand, down at the 'Old Red Lion'..

Fascinating stuff..

hey gavin,

how about doing some real and honest journalism to really relaunch the show.

i would start with an honest look at the anointed one. Obama.

Well more a look at his mentor, foreign policy advisor and power behind him Zbigniew Brzezinski.

If Obama gets in he is going to make George W Bush seem like a peacemonger.

or

Maybe start fessing up about the state of the economic collapse that we are beginning to see happen. Still at best i can only see the word recession used to describe it, when it is going to make the depression of the 20's look like a picnic.

If you are looking for a starting point try the end of the publishing of the m3 index.

or

Just do your usual left right paradigm reporting.

It's positive that you aspire to be 'a politics show for the many not the few'

But to be honest the opinions of a 'youth worker' from Brixton or the life of a granny who needs to worry about 'her family's citizenship' are a long way from the lives of most ordinary people.

How about something a bit more mainstream?

Another programme relaunch? Glad there's no news to report on. Good old ±«Óătv, just keep your eye on your own belly-button!

I am always a bit suspicious about pre-relaunch hype - good programmes with healthy success seldom need relaunching especially those dealing with politics.

I am sure Mr Miliband will receive the usual luke warm treatment and not the biting, incisive third degree that is so lacking from the ±«Óătv.

You already have a post here suggesting an in depth look at the deep economic crisis facing the western world at the moment - is there any chance that the ±«Óătv might start taking this a little more seriously?

And will the ±«Óătv ever burst the bias bubble over Obama?

Oh goody, another relaunch.

Does this mean an end to the usual tactics:

1. Produce a one sided report about something.

2. Ask a studio guest to respond to the report.

3. Immediately interrupt any answer that might provide a useful explanation for the viewers.

4. Cut short the interview just as it gets interesting because you run out of time.

5. End the segment with some glib comment because you always have the last word.

Serious political discussion is an important part of public sector broadcasting. It loses its value when you present it as entertainment.

More POLITICS, less SHOW.

Gavin, while you're at it can you have someone organise a re-launch of the 10 o'clock news, please?

I take a peep every couple of weeks in the hope that the gruesome noisy intro has been ditched, the mid-way BOOM BOOMS silenced, the dreadful colours changed and that someone might be doing something about the pervasive sense of amateurism. Yet, if anything, it gets worse. And who was that awful woman ruining the piece on Cern's LHC switch-on? Was she brought in to make Robert Peston sound normal? To employ someone with a voice resembling a strangled frog is an insult to the audience. She simply couldn't speak properly. Dear God, it's bad. I mean, it's REALLY BAD. I fear it's so bad, the ±«Óătv can't be seen to admit it. Yet I can't be the only one making an effort to avoid the program, can I?

#8.

At least commercial broadcasters have a reason for running out of time.....

The ±«Óătv seems to believe that it is better to copy the format of its competitors rather than concentrate on quality production values. Content should matter much more than visuals but that entails employing cute interviewers and producers who can make a table and a couple of chairs with careful lighting as dramatic as the interviews should be.

By take it back Today at 12:32 am EDT (Updated Today at 12:32 am EDT)
McCain – Palin and The Oil Industry

In 2006 , Bp Alaska, Exxon Mobile, Chevron and Conoco Phillips gave over 1.7 Million dollars to AK First Org. Inc. and to Alaska Oil and Gas Association to repeal Measure 2 of the Alaska Constitution. They succeeded with the help of Palin. By spreading the wealth their 1.7 Million dollar Investment created a windfall of profits only rivaled by Mr. Buffet himself.

With Palin’s help and under the watchful eye of the Bush. Cheney and Mc Cain administration the Oil Emirates will also receive credits against future taxation worth even more billions of dollars. It appears that Palin and the Bush administration are paying the oil companies back all the taxes they have paid since the inception of Measure 2.

These Cowboys, Mavericks and Hockey moms are and will continue be in the best positions to help the Oil Industry. Just as Cheney helped Bush it appears that Palin will help Bush help Cheney by helping McCain take on the world as he attempts to make sure oil maintains market share as the world finally wakes up to the need for alternative energy.

What do we know about Palin? Not much according to the Media. We do know Governor Palin is the Public Member for the Alaska Oil and Natural Gas Conservation Commission. What you should know is that the mission of Alaska Oil and Natural Gas Conservation Commission is to work hand in hand with the oil industry to help maximize production, improve resource recovery and to reduce the rights of land owners through its correlative rights mandate. They are task with overseeing the disposal of all toxic waste produced by companies such as Alaska Oil, Chevron, Exxon and BP Alaska.

According to the “ Inlet Keeper” these companies are “legally” pumping 2 Billion Gallons of toxic waste into the fisheries of Cook Inlet annually. Governor Pain is one of three controlling members of this group comprised of One Geologist, One Petroleum Engineer and one public member, ie Palin.

Three people with absolute power and the full authority over our own Environmental Protection Agency.
You wonder why the Ice is melting maybe it’s the Billions of Gallons of toxic waste compliments of our own greed.
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All sounds good so far, but why just Downing Street to your street? It's catchy but not everything you cover... unless that's changing?
As long as you keep a regular EU politics section I'll be happy.(Paola Buonadonna in particular is excellent)
We are after all constitutionally part of the EU, and discussions and decisions taken there - which involve UK representatives whther Ministers or MEPs- affect us just as those in Westminster and the local council do.

A revamped show which is a real boon to all interested in sharpening their political awareness and knowledgeThe Politics Show aims at stimulating informed discussion; educating the voting public on the choices before them and above all making politicians realise their full responsibilities towards the electorate. All this is done by getting the actual Members of Parliament to face the glare of television cameras and skilful questioning by seasoned journalists. Some politicians squirm uncomfortably while others manage to come out of the exercise smelling of roses. But politicians need to be kept on their toes!

Why not stimulate a debate amongst politicians and us voters about the "convergence of catastrophes" we seem to be witnessing and experiencing right now. The end of cheap energy, unprecedented levels of public sector and personal debt, the over-mining and use of precious metals and minerals, soaring commodity prices, population growth, the dearth of other natural resources (not least fresh water), rising food prices (creating social unrest in several countries recently), climate change and the onset of mass migration in response to all of the above. When will our political leaders take this situation seriously and start to prepare the UK for what lies ahead? At this rate, Mad Max may be just around the corner.

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My worry about all ±«Óătv political shows is that they all lean towards Labour. MPs from other parties are rigorously questioned when interviewed but Labour MPs are given free reign to come out with the political spiel about the previous government etc instead of answering the relevant question. Lets hope there will be a level playing field now.

Gavin I asked if you were ever going to come clean about the state of the economy. As of yet you haven't.

Today lehman brothers, tomorrow meril lynch what next week. Alan Greenspam says the economy is in the most dire condition in 100 years. Which i guess includes the depression of the 20's

My real worry how is it that from basic research and a simple understanding of economics I could see this collapse happening. I have blogged and commented on your site about it for a year or so. I have even mentioned the end of the M3 index as the critical moment in the allowing of this to all happen.

Yet still you are pretending that this is all natural, part of the 'economic cycle, you are still calling it the 'credit crunch', you are still failing to do your job.

I guess you really get paid not to report on the world around us.