Gavin’s Gaily Gigest

Thank you BBC, thank you. Now if only you could allow me to download programmes in Firefox, all would be good in the world.
That is all.

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Following on from last week’s McCann based joke that never aired, here’s some that didn’t make it into tonight’s Vox Politix:
Top Ten lies about Heather Mills
5. In an ironic twist of fate, touching her fake leg cures leprosy.3. She kidnapped Madeleine McCann.2. Whilst appearing on the US version of Strictly Come Dancing and during a […]

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Rejected by 18 Doughty Street last night for the Top Ten:
Top Ten alternatives to smacking your children
2. Send them on holiday with the McCanns … to California.

Too soon?

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And here’s the link to my second appearance on 18 Doughty Street if you wish to catch it
Couple of follow up things:

I said that in 2005 the Lib Dems stood on a platform of legalising cannabis. They didn’t, although the manifesto is slightly ambiguous in its wording, certainly leaving it open for a Lib Dem […]

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Any relation to topical discussion shows which I may or may not work on is entirely coincidental:

In The Know: Situation In Nigeria Seems Pretty Complex

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At the beginning of this week I was a guest on Vox Politix on 18 Doughty Street and one of topics up for discussion (in fact, the main topic) was the perceived rise in violent crime* in the UK, in the wake of a knife attack on the previous Friday, and ministers’ and Tory plans […]

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Well, they’ve been good. It’s a good office to work in, full of people interested in politics (as you would expect from a political TV channel), making a nice change from my last workplace.
I’ve made my first contribution to their Newsblog* and even appeared on Vox Politix which was a mistake for two reasons:
1. […]

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After six weeks of searching I finally have a summer job, and most excitingly of all, it’s as a researcher with the political internet TV channel 18 Doughty Street.

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Paddy Ashdown, former LibDem leader, being interviewed tonight on 18 Doughty Street on One to One (available for replay after the show ends tonight at 10pm… I’m guessing). Very interesting viewing and a good hour chat without Newsnight/Today Programme interruptions from the interviewer.
PS. Yes, I know I’m becoming a bit of an 18 Doughty Street […]

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In contrast to last week’s Blogger TV on 18 Doughty Street (3 Conservatives/right-leaning individuals to 1 Lib Dem), this week’s edition has 2 Lib Dems, 1 Labour and 1 Conservative. Now that’s the kind of balance I can live with.

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