Monday, January 17, 2011

The Daley Dozen: Monday

1. Paul Goodman looks back at the John Bercow he knew.
2. Julia Manning welcomes changes to the NHS.
3. Dizzy reckons Cameron is a bit of an eccentric.
4. Dominic Ponsford has hit a wall of silence from the press.
5. Direct Democracy opposes AV.
6. James Cleverly welcomes driverless trains.
7. Not a Sheep shows how Labour were planning a VAT increase too.
8. David Hughes isn't suprised that Reagan is the only "great" post war President.
9. A Very British Dude reviews Tim Worstall's latest book.
10. Neil Carmichael thinks volunteers enrich society.
11. David Blackburn questions whether it is too far, too fast?
12. Alastair Campbell asks if there are any great speeches any more?

On My LBC Show Tonight From 7pm...

7pm: Is London the most foreigner friendly city in the world? That's what the British Council survey says.

8pm: Do you fear having to sell your home to fund long term care? Or is it something you just don’t want to face up to?

9pm: LBC Book Club with Mark Stevenson, author of An Optimist’s Tour of the Future published by Profile Books at £12.99 in paperback and Tim Bale, author of The Conservative Party From Thatcher to Cameron, published by Polity Press at £14.99 in paperback

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Sunday, January 16, 2011

Podcast: The 7 Days Show Episode 56


The latest edition of the Seven Days Show is now online. In episode 56 of The Seven Days Show we discuss we discuss the ex Labour MP who announced he is standing down from the Commons; the recent by-election in Oldham East and Saddleworth; bankers and their bonuses; whether there could be a snap election; the referendum on AV; the Speaker spat and this t-shirt.

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Friday, January 14, 2011

The Daley (Half) Dozen: Friday

1. Paul Goodman wants to end Rose Garden politics.
2. Andrew Gilligan is backing Boris.
3. James Kirkup reckons Cameron is ready for a fight with the Tory Right.
4. Walaa Idris won't be trusting the polls in the future.
5. Guido doesn't think Miliband is making the numbers.
6. Peter Hoskin shows why some aren't happy with Sayeeda Warsi.

On My LBC Show Tonight From 7pm...

7pm: The Oldham aftermath: If you'd had a vote yesterday, who would you have voted for? Has your voting intention changed since the general election.

8pm: Is London now the world's gastronomic capital?

9pm You know you're middle aged when... And we want your cultural reviews of the week's film, theatre and concerts on 0845 6060 973.

Also between 9 and 10 I will be talking to an Australian friend who has lived through the Bribane floods.

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Thursday, January 13, 2011

The Daley Dozen: Thursday

1. Paul Waugh has the scoop on the Speaker's latest outburst.
2. Aaron Ellis defends Obama over accusations of being "anti-British".
3. Peter Hoskin has 5 things you need to know about Welfare Reform.
4. Michael Harris want Labour to take another look at civil liberties.
5. Big Brother Watch have some distressing footage of British Police.
6. Guido doesn't quite know what the Left were hoping to achieve.
7. Jim Pickard reveals that the Lords will debate from dawn to dusk.
8. Richard Wellings has some bad news for the social democrats.
9. According to Labour Uncut, Nick Clegg has organised an emergency meeting.
10. Daniel Hannan shows us why Cameron was right to leave the EPP.
11. Alex Marsh defends the Quangos.
12. Norman Tebbit looks at this week in Parliament.

On My LBC Show Tonight From 7pm...

7pm: Public sector workers are to be asked if they are gay or straight. Good idea to encourage equality, or an unnecessary intrusion?

8pm: Instead of closing prisons, shouldn't we be building more of them?

9pm LBC legal hour with Daniel Barnett. Phone in your legal questions on 0845 60 60 973.

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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

The Daley Dozen: Wednesday


1. No2AV launch their new website.
2. Sam Macrory looks at the top ten political tests for 2011.
3. Fraser Nelson reveals that Lord Adonis backs Gove on schools policy.
4. Nick Robinson shows the attitude Eric Illsley had to expenses.
5. Ed West on the death of an ethical English Socialist.
6. Archbishop Cranmer asks when will state multiculturalism end?
7. High Tory doesn't think a far left NUS President is that bad.
8. Keir Hardie is back and voting Yes for Wales.
9. A Stratford Conservative thinks Labour hindered education, not helped it.
10. Direct Democracy agrees with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall on one thing.
11. James Corum isn't so sure Barack Obama is as clever as he thinks he is.
12. Sam Bowman helps us to measure freedom.

On My LBC Show Tonight From 7pm...

7pm: David Miliband is about to collect 4 jobs. Is it time to ban MPs from having outside interests?

8pm: Tottenham Hotspur have said that they will demolish the Olympic Stadium if they win the bid to take it over in 2012. Is this a massive PR gaffe? Guest: David Lammy MP and hopefully Karren Brady.

9pm LBC Parliament with Mark Field MP, Caroline Pidgeon AM and Stephen Alambritis, leader of Merton Council.

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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

The Daley Dozen: Tuesday

1. John O'Sullivan remembers David Hart.
2. Dizzy Thinks doesn't sneeze on people. How kind.
3. Sally Thompson won't be paying her interns.
4. John Redwood declares that he will be voting against the government.
5. Sunder Katwala looks at how to expel an MP.
6. Mark Wallace does not want to hear Labour's violent language.
7. Neil O'Brien worries about the rise of the "street Left".
8. Jim Jepps has no sympathy for the fire extinguisher boy.
9. Harry's Place report that the support for AV is falling.
10. James Cleverly doesn't think Palin had any effect on the Tucson shootings.
11. Mike Smithson on the effect of a "local" candidate.
12. The TFA wants you to tune into Channel 4 this evening.

Monday, January 10, 2011

The Daley Dozen: Monday

1. Iain Martin has the David Miliband TV ideas document.
2. Guido wants the Guardian to practice want it preaches.
3. Stephen Tall writes that the Lib Dems DON'T want an electoral pact.
4. Eamonn Butler thinks it is madness to crush uninsured cars.
5. Norman Tebbit reckons votes for criminals is an affront to demcoracy.
6. Adam Boulton reveals that Stuart Wheeler has defected to UKIP.
7. Left Foot Forward take advice from Tim Montogomerie.
8. Darrell Goodliffe wants Jack Straw to apologise.
9. Matthew d'Ancona says "there is no pleasing some people".
10. Political Scrapbook isn't happy with Lib Dems leaflets.
11. Phil Cane says No2AV.
12. Rene Kinzitt says Yes2AV.

On My LBC Show Tonight From 7pm...

7pm: A former top cop has branded violent demonstrators as "not far removed from terrorists" and has suggested future demonstrations must be policed more toughly. Guests: Kelvin MacKenzie and Roger Smith, Director of Justice.

8pm: Our roads are full of potholes yet road maintenance budgets are being cut by 20%. The congestion charge has gone up to £10. New road building is at an all time low. And so is spending on roads. Why do British drivers just accept the hand they're dealt?

9pm LBC Book Club with Peter Conradi, co-author of THE KING'S SPEECH and Wilbert Rideau, author of IN THE PLACE OF JUSTICE. Wilbert spent 44 years in a Louisiana penitentiary, some of it on Death Row.

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Sunday, January 09, 2011

Podcast: 7 Days Show: Episode 55


The latest edition of the Seven Days Show is now online. In episode 55 of The Seven Days Show we discuss the jailing of David Chaytor; whether the Tories have thrown the towel in for the forthcoming by-election; should the coalition continue on a more formal footing after the next election; Jack Straw, and whether a Conservative could get away with what he said; George Monbiot wanting us to live in smaller houses; Greens and the congestion charge; and the terrible shootings in Arizona.

The smut quotient is higher than normal this week :)

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Friday, January 07, 2011

The Daley (Half) Dozen: Friday

1. James Kirkup is celebrating a victory for British juctice.
2. Public Bar Wisdom teaches us how to decode a Telegraph Obituary.
3. Max Atkinson thinks Labour have replaced the Welsh Windbag with the Doncaster Droner.
4. The Rational Optimist looks on the brightside of Co2 emmisions.
5. Alastair Campbell wants to know more about Coulson.
6. Slugger O'Toole wonders what ever happened to ministerial responsibility.

On my LBC Show Tonight From 7pm...

7pm: I think David Chaytor should have been punished heavily, but not by sending him to prison. What good will it do apart from appease parts of the media?

8pm: Do you welcome the imminent return of Technical Colleges? Shouldn't we provide more vocational training?

9pm Honesty: If you found a wallet would you hand it in? Or might temptation get in the way?

And also between 9 and 10 we're asking you to call in and review a play or film or concert you've been to in the last couple of weeks. 0845 60 60 973.

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Thursday, January 06, 2011

The Daley Dozen: Thursday

1. Cicero's Songs doesn't like the direction that Biritsh politics is going in.
2. David Campbell isn't sure that climate change policy is delivering.
3. Mark Thompson reckons Labour are incapable of being in a coaliton.
4. Daniel Hamilton has concerns about Hungary's media laws.
5. Chris Daniel welcomes stronger freedom of information powers.
6. Ed Balls wants control orders to stay.
7. Katharine Birbalsingh will do everything to stop the NUT getting their way.
8. Stumbling and Mumbling thinks looks count in politics.
9. Mark Wallace reports that Europhiles want the USA to bail them out now.
10. Stephanie Lis is against editing out racist words in "Huck Finn".
11. Political Scrapbook has Two Jags Prescott doing the Rocky routine.
12. And finally Jonathan Isaby brings us the good news Conservative Spring Forum is in Cardiff.

On My LBC Show Tonight From 7pm...

7pm: Should the congestion charge rise to £50, as the Greens are suggesting?

8pm: Squatting: Do our property laws make Britain a soft touch?

9pm LBC Legal Hour with Daniel Barnett.

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Wednesday, January 05, 2011

The Daley Dozen: Wednesday

1. Aaron Ellis on Afghanistan, the Conservatives and the national interest.
2. High Tory thinks the BBC doesn't understand rural Britain.
3. Charlie Elphicke asks do small businesses really matter?
4. Chris Tarquini doesn't think things are looking good for the Lib Dems.
5. James McKeekin looks at where Labour stand on the AV referendum.
6. Alex Singleton wants a vote on the NHS.
7. David Blackburn reports that central government are at war with councils.
8. Tim Montgomerie takes Ian Birrell to task.
9. Guido has an idea to solve the IPSA problem.
10. Labour Uncut reckon AV is a sham.
11. Tim Worstall has some advice for Oxfam.
12. Adam Collyer wonders if Facebook's bubble will burst.

On my LBC Show From 7pm Tonight...

7pm: What should the top rate of tax be? Should we consider adopting a flat rate of income tax?
8pm is homeopathic "medicine" quackery or a valuable addition to our medical resources?
9pm LBC Parliament with Colonel Bob Stewart, Mike Tuffrey AM and Ellie Gellard.

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Tuesday, January 04, 2011

The Daley Dozen: Tuesday

1. Mark Pack takes a look at the future of election expenses.
2. No2AV wishes ippr would stay on message.
3. Matthew Sinclair gives George Monbiot a good fisking.
4. Working Class Tory has a must read document for you.
5. Paul Flynn remembers David Taylor.
6. Michael Heaver isn't too hopeful for the Lib Dem's in Oldham.
7. Welcome back Mike Rouse!
8. Walaa Idris reckons it's IPSA vs MPs.
9. A Very British Dude analyses Miliband's first 100 days.
10. Slugger o'Toole wants a Yes vote for Wales.
11. The ASI look at what Keynes would have thought of the Laffer Curve.
12. Sara Bedford sends her condolences to Rachel Smith's family. She willl be missed.