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Eddie Mair | 14:02 UK time, Friday, 21 December 2007

In the PM office we meet every night after the programme in this Glass Box:

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We talk about the content of the programme and try to give an honest assessment of what worked and what didn't...the things we missed and the places where our ambitions were not met. THIS virtual glass box you are looking at is where you are invited - indeed encouraged - to be honest about our hour. Members of the production team will read it, and the editor should comment too. Click on The Glass Box link on the right of the page to read previous entries.

Comments

  1. At 03:54 PM on 21 Dec 2007, Charlie wrote:


    Could it be that the Daily Telegraph, in an article titled "The secrets behind medical slang" By Gary Cleland, are claiming to know the secrets of the PM Glass Box..?

    "...Other examples include blamestorming - a session of mutual recrimination in which a team tries to find someone to blame for an error...

    ...Testiculation, meanwhile, describes how a consultant (*presenter) will hold forth with expressive hand gestures on a subject on which he or she has little knowledge..."

    * = my testiculation

  2. At 04:52 PM on 21 Dec 2007, Chris Ghopti wrote:

    Charlie @1, I have wondered for a while whether they inoculatte Eric in the Glass Box, just before the programme.

  3. At 05:09 PM on 21 Dec 2007, wrote:

    Full steam ahead no.1 and keep a keen lookout for bongs!

  4. At 05:10 PM on 21 Dec 2007, Charlie wrote:


    Chris G @ 2

    I too have thought along those lines - in my case, I've wondered if Eddie's given a sedative

    Certainly, I'd need tranquilising to prevent me saying what I'd like to, to a number of politician's and Govt Ministers PM interviews...

  5. At 05:54 PM on 21 Dec 2007, The Stainless Steel Cat wrote:

    Re: PM Letters

    EEK! I seem to have undergone a procedure not normally available at the vets...

    *She*?

    Harumph.

  6. At 07:07 PM on 21 Dec 2007, Chris Ghoti wrote:

    SSC, I wondered about that...

    Have you noticed that you've been singing soprano recently?

    charlie @ 4, maybe they ought to give him a seditive instead so that he *would* ask all those subversive questions we'd love to hear?

  7. At 07:12 PM on 21 Dec 2007, Chris Ghoti wrote:

    SSC, I wondered about that...

    Have you noticed that you've been singing soprano recently?

    charlie @ 4, maybe they ought to give him a seditive instead so that he *would* ask all those subversive questions we'd love to hear?

  8. At 07:52 PM on 21 Dec 2007, Piper wrote:

    Well, Maybe I was "wild" once I saw the auctioneer's "Bill" I'd incurred for the bed in the room in which my..., my..., and I cons...... con....... our...

    Anyway, Christmas is now OFFICIALLY, cancelled!

    Incidentally, I do hope "Many small items..." doesn't refer to any part of me..!

    "Buyers go wild for Savoy sell-off
    By Jonathan Sibun
    Last Updated: 4:48pm GMT 21/12/2007

    The three day auction of the contents of the Savoy, the iconic London hotel, raised more than twice the pre-sale estimate this week as buyers ignored the doom and gloom pervading the high street to spend more than £1.8m

    Many small items fetched huge prices, often driven by individuals with a romantic association with the hotel..."

  9. At 02:05 AM on 22 Dec 2007, wrote:

    Eddie,

    Somebody should tidy up. Yesterday's papers are still on the table unread.

    xx
    ed

  10. At 02:11 AM on 22 Dec 2007, wrote:

    Eddie,

    Somebody should tidy up. Yesterday's papers are still on the table unread.

    xx
    ed

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