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I may go along… but only to ask where I pick up my cheque.
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By Guy Gooberman January 7, 2005 - 12:14 pm
Sorry for being dumb but I presume you didn’t sell them the idea and they stole the hell out of it?
By Manic January 7, 2005 - 1:13 pm
Something like that. Or they had exactly the same idea before me and kept really, really quiet about it. Or they had exactly the same idea as me all on their lonesome after I blogged it an sent it to two major channels.Actually, to be fair, it’s not exactly the same idea. Theirs is open to all sorts of criticism regarding equal time and media/fairness in elections. Mine isn’t.
By Scott Matthewman January 7, 2005 - 3:38 pm
“Lets help to make Britain a true Democracy”?How about making Britain able to use apostrophes?To be honest, anything involving Jonathan Maitland is going to be a bit suspect, in my experience (cf. my experience of Tonight with Trevor McDonald):http://www.matthewman.net/archives/2004/11/10/the_tonight_with_trevor_mcdonald_film_festival.php
By Manic January 7, 2005 - 5:40 pm
I’m still getting over the choice of Lorraine Kelly as a panellist (please note correct spilling). Will she be advising contestants on their couch/interview technique perhaps? Or maybe how to deal with the unexpected release of revealing pictures…?
By cedric January 8, 2005 - 1:36 am
“Lets help to make Britain a true Democracy”?Yeah, by having an unrepresentative panel. Once again, the Scots are vastly over-represented. Programme makers? Mentorn SCOTLAND!!!Nothing new here then.