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The Glass Box for Tuesday

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1. At 04:44 PM on 28 Aug 2007, wrote:

   genius, pure genius.....having the Glass Box BEFORE the broadcast!

   it's good to have Eddies steady hand upon the tiller once again.....that Paddy chappie could learn a thing or two....or perhaps?

   DIY

2. At 05:10 PM on 28 Aug 2007, Dr Hackenbush wrote:

   Are you ripping up telephone directories yet again?

3. At 05:27 PM on 28 Aug 2007, Big Sister wrote:

   Whatho Dr. H - How nice to be running around after you today!

   Listening to the Armed Forces Minister just now made me want to rip up the electoral register. Finger on the pulse? I think not.

4. At 05:30 PM on 28 Aug 2007, Tony Volpe wrote:

   I am positively sickened hearing Ainsworth wriggle over the despicable offer of money to poor Ben Parkinson.

   What kind of a country is this when we fail to properly care for the young men that WE as a nation put so far into harm's way? Of course we never have properly taken care of our maimed soldiers in spite of all the jingoistic nonsense talked by our supposedly 'appreciative' politicians. Clap trap and lies, just like their reasons for sending our troops half way around the planet to meddle in business that doesn't concern us. I'd really like to see a few of these politicians serving in an Afghan ditch for a few weeks under heavy, close quarters fire from the Taliban, rather than making a ten minute appearance like they usually do. We might then see some changes.

5. At 05:37 PM on 28 Aug 2007, CJ McAuley wrote:

   With a volunteer armed forces, there come certain responsibilities. The volunteer must agree to go wherever he/she is posted and do their best. The state must provide proper training, equipment and medical care for those injured. It is a MORAL responsibility of the state to provide the best care possible for those who are the first line of defence for any nation! It is simply not good enough to remember veterans once each year. To have those injured feel required to sue for the facilitation of better care is literally adding insult to their injuries!

6. At 06:04 PM on 28 Aug 2007, Dr Hackenbush wrote:

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   2) I don鈥檛 believe that clouds ever 鈥榖ubble up鈥�, as the weather presenters often say.

   
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7. At 06:26 PM on 28 Aug 2007, adrian salter wrote:

   What a choice of shameless items for the times tonight! First, a government robot hiding behind the weasely promise of a 'review' of a gross injustice in the armed forces that disgraces us all. Next, a pussy-footing discussion of whether it might just be wrong - without of course being judgemental - to give a major pop award to a hopelessly drug-addicted 'artiste'. Then, the football manager whose new 'remorseful' protege had only just been released for manslaughter while drunk, and asked those present please to confine their questions to football. It makes you weep.

   Keep 'em coming.

8. At 06:57 PM on 28 Aug 2007, wrote:

   DIYman -

   Eddie forgot to give Paddy and the team the blog password!

   'Is it any wonder'! -- to coin some song lyrics.

9. At 07:07 PM on 28 Aug 2007, Belinda wrote:

   1) Did that Diamond guy say, 鈥渞eally, really unique鈥�?

   Yes, it was a highly highly significant statement

   ;-)

10. At 07:59 PM on 28 Aug 2007, Humph wrote:

    Mr Salter (7) I would like to point that the footballer had not been released for manslaughter. He had killed someone whilst driving a motorcar. That counts as driving without due care and attention and is a much lesser crime in the eyes of the law. Some people who kill by this method do not even see the inside of a prison cell. The motorcar, as a god in today's society, is allowed to take life in this way without it being seen as being anything wrong.

    H.

11. At 08:14 PM on 28 Aug 2007, adrian salter wrote:

    Actually it was causing death by dangerous driving, not careless driving - I used 'manslaughter' as shorthand since that's what it is - killing by gross negligence. Yes, people who kill by car don't always go to prison. But your last sentence is quite absurd, except perhaps where football managers are concerned...

12. At 10:06 PM on 28 Aug 2007, Amanda Lewis wrote:

    I was the duty editor for today's programme. The item that still sticks in my mind is the interview with the parents of Ben Parkinson - the soldier maimed in Afghanistan. The list of his injuries was horrific. The Defence Minister, Bob Ainsworth told us a review into compensation payments should be completed in a few weeks - we'll be sure to cover the outcome.

    With a couple of items over-running, I had to drop a story. I chose our recorded interview with a party colleague of the newly elected President of Turkey. Should I have dropped the live interview on guns proliferation or the big diamond instead?

    Thanks for your comments
    Amanda

13. At 10:45 PM on 28 Aug 2007, Deepthought wrote:

    Amanda (12),

    Re the alleged diamond, I'm not sure I've ever seen a raw diamond that shows it's facets so clearly before. (As per the photo in a previous blog entry). It does look cut.

    I'm not bothered by the colour, although I understand it's more yellow if not clear. And given that it appears to have such clear facets, it should be easy to measure the refractive index (2.42) and if it does not match.... or else X ray analysis...

14. At 12:14 AM on 29 Aug 2007, drghughes wrote:

    Amanda (12),

    When PM next covers the MOD compensation scheme, could you please cover the story from the point of view of whether the scheme compensates for the level of ongoing disability, not the level of injury as at present. I don't understand how a scheme based on injury would ever give an adequate level of compensation for serious disability.

    I really would have liked to hear Mr Ainsworth tell us why the government decided in 2005 that that it was more appropriate to compensate on the basis of injuries rather than disability, but unfortunately Eddie didn't ask this.

    
    drghughes

15. At 12:34 AM on 29 Aug 2007, Dr Hackenbush wrote:

    The Furrowed Brow seems to be broken - nothing has appeared there since 04:16 PM, and I have added comments.

16. At 12:48 AM on 29 Aug 2007, Dr Hackenbush wrote:

    It is said that PM is 鈥楽ony Gold Award Winner - Best Interactive Programme 2007鈥�.

    I often wonder about this sort of thing. What happens if some fabulous new interactive programme crops up some time in the last four months of the year, and blows everyone else out of the water? Should not awards for 2007 (or any year) be given out late in December?

17. At 07:21 AM on 29 Aug 2007, Molly wrote:

    I was very impressed at the dignified way the gentleman (and he was) was interviewed about his horrific experiences and feelings about the footballer.

    Mollyxx

18. At 09:26 AM on 29 Aug 2007, Rod Taylor wrote:

    Agreeably surprised to hear the tug of war from Rannoch on national radio. In the background wasn't the result of the 880, but of the Craig Varr Hill Race, Rab Robertson just coming in first of the local runners. South Loch won the tug-o-war for the ninth time in a row. A grand day out for anyone who wants to come next year - third Saturday in August.
    Rod Taylor, Secretary, Rannoch Highland Gathering

19. At 09:54 AM on 29 Aug 2007, Dr Hackenbush wrote:

    (This comment does not relate to yesterday鈥檚 programme.) SB19

    Apparently, interfering is a good thing. Or it is if you judge by the comments I鈥檝e been hearing from people who want British athletes to 鈥榤eddle鈥�...

20. At 11:27 AM on 29 Aug 2007, Andy Fidler wrote:

    Comments about tonights show eh? Well I bet you get a minister on to tell us everything, without conceeding anything.

21. At 05:35 PM on 29 Aug 2007, JONAS BLOGGER wrote:

    So all the usual mob gathered around the new Mandela statue - perhaps one of the Labour lot could ask him to address all those who idolise him over here to stop running around shooting each other, as obviously they are completely hopeless at managing anything that is really important.

    I suppose we will have a statue of Livingstone next in Parliament Square giving a one finger salute!

22. At 06:31 PM on 29 Aug 2007, Shona wrote:

    In response to Eddie's original post here, I do quite like Orange Juice's "Rip it up". Is there any likelihood of an interview with Mr Edwyn Collins, formerly of said group? He's just undergone a rather blinding recovery from illness including the dread MRSA bug.