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Is it just me or is anyone else heartily sick of the, apparently, endless American election process?

I understand that what happens in America affects the rest of us, particularly economically but there has to be a limit to how much of it is reported. Especially when it seems to take a higher priority than National or European news.

Now we find that the licence payer is funding a lengthy bus trip around the USA in order to provide even more 'news' on the topic.

Please ´óÏó´«Ã½, learn when enough is enough!

Scotch whiskey


Oxymoronic!

Scotch whiskEy? It doesn't exist.

Scotch Whisky is the more likely cargo.

I thought the report stated that the whisky was loaded at Greenock

You have an error in your article. The box wasn't "loaded onto a container ship in Southampton on Monday."
It went by road to Glasgow last Tuesday and is still in Glasgow.

Now we find that the licence payer is funding a lengthy bus trip around the USA in order to provide even more 'news' on the topic.

I'd imagine this would be paid for by ´óÏó´«Ã½ Worldwide (ie advertisers), rather than the licence fee.

I'd imagine this would be paid for by ´óÏó´«Ã½ Worldwide (ie advertisers), rather than the licence fee.

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I don't care how it's paid for, I don't see the point, they can get all the news they need from existing sources.

Yes, according to your map, the box was in Greenock at 12:35 today. Certainly not 'having left Greenock yesterday for China'.

Did you forget to check the map? Or has your GPS positioning thingy fallen off the box?

Please, please, please can we have some clarification about how the fuel costs of this bus are being met as I'd imagine they're going to be hughe. If they're being met with the advertising money then that's fine.

Scotch whisky but Irish whiskey, that's what my old chief sub taught me.

#9. The fuel costs, especially in the US where gas is just 4 dollars a gallon, will be minsicule compared to the salaries of ´óÏó´«Ã½1 newsreaders.

I am very proud of the ´óÏó´«Ã½, that it is doing "advertisements" in unorthodox ways.

The container didn't go to Scotland by ship, but by land (probably road) transport. It's on a ship now though.

A brilliant way to portray citizens of a great country. In the final analysis American citizens will decide what sort of government they wish to have. We can only hope they use their votes wisely! America is a great nation;its great leaders like Roosevelt and JFKennedy were inspirational. So this container is on a very special mission of searching for quintessential information on the citizens of a very proud nation. It is bound to be fascinating and very revealing. We the readers are waiting for sensational disclosures!

I think World Service is funded entirely by advertising and grant-in-aid voted by the Parliament...right?

Our country is certainly very glad to welcome the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Bus on its trip across our nation; I hope America treats you with respect and hospitality, and I'm sure we are honored by the immense attention being given our little electoral ritual by the eyes of the world.

The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Box is an interesting concept: globalization is a real challenge for college students to grasp--it would be great if the ´óÏó´«Ã½ were to eventually collaborate with a publisher to put out some educational material from the experiences with the Box.

If you MUST follow the progress of a steel box around the globe, why not just ask one of the many shipping companies? I'm fairly sure they'd e able to give you a detailed itinerary of any one one of their millions of containers over the last 12 months, instead of spending license fee money (MY money!) on such a pointless enterprise...

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the big red box

the box started out from SOUTHAMTON went by train (empty) to scotland, it was then loaded with whisky then put on a boat which went to belfast then popped in to dublin on its way down south via the irish sea, then the boat "vega stockholm" went to SOUTHAMTON where it is currently moored at this time.
so my question is ....why not send the whisky down south on the train?
a search on 'shipais' will tell you where the boat is

Are there any plans to have a User-Generated "Container Comments" page?

I'm thinking of a page where users can post comments about route, cargo or even sightings, and maybe exchange stories about the container ship-world or globalisation in general. That should start the sort of widespread discussion the ´óÏó´«Ã½ hopes to raise via this project.

For those who seemingly haven't followed the box experiment fully, the container travelled to Greenock on a freight train!

As for the bus, most of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ America related items are funded by the commerial arm of the beeb I believe (ads on the website and their channels etc).

Hey guys (The Editors),

Glad you were able to avoid that strike issue with the board.

Anyway. ´óÏó´«Ã½ America licenses out all the ´óÏó´«Ã½ material in the fattest syndication market in the universe, and because "´óÏó´«Ã½ America" is registered in the State of Delaware (Sen. Biden's State), no one in Great Britain or at the ´óÏó´«Ã½ can find out the fiduciary details of how YOUR OWN work is exploited or sold or resold in the U.S. Additionally, there's no easy way to find out if employees and "talent" at the ´óÏó´«Ã½ or who have worked on ´óÏó´«Ã½ shows are owed residual payments from the huge fortune the ´óÏó´«Ã½ library generates in the U.S. Why? Ask Biden. The State of Delaware is allowed for some crazy reason to have a unique business registration non-disclosure policy, so whereas if "´óÏó´«Ã½ America" was registered in any of the other 49 States, British citizens could request "public financial disclosures" related to their OWN "Public" broadcast corporation... in Delaware the only information available is the contract info (a number for a law firm, in "´óÏó´«Ã½ Americas" case, a firm in Houston, Texas).

If this annoys Britons (as I expect it does), well, it annoys Americans who live in the other 49 States as well, as we have to deal with Delaware registered Corporations operating in our States without complying with our financial disclosure laws.

Oh. For The Editors. Given the current meltdown of the U.S. financial markets, and the generally low intelligence of American producers assigned to the Campaign, you should call up the ´óÏó´«Ã½ election bus and get them to grill Senator Biden over how a guy from the channel islands of the U.S. has much credibility regarding financial regulation or control. I'd really really love to see the ´óÏó´«Ã½ scoop the U.S. press vis a vis a US election scandal ("Senator Biden, did you know that employees of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ can't find details regarding OUR OWN work sold in America? Why should anyone in the World believe that a Senator from Delaware is remotely concerned with fiscal transparency or anti-corruption efforts related to the banking sector? Isn't it true you're perhaps the LEAST qualified to handle this crises? LOL")

Keep hitting 'em where they ain't...

A. Scott Crawford