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Archives for October 2008
Does the ´óÏó´«Ã½ give you value for money?
After all the furore over Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross, a lot of 5 Live listeners have been talking about the licence fee and what you get for your £139.50. It was interesting that a lot of the support for the two presenters came from younger listeners and viewers and much (although not all by any means) of the criticism came from older people.
So what's the appeal of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ across generations? Is there more for older people than younger ones or the other way around? We talked this morning to people of all ages about what they listen to and watch and take part in online. Have a listen to what they said.
I'd be interested in your views about what the ´óÏó´«Ã½ offers too.
Time to go home?
We've been looking at the issue of migrants from Europe who work here in the UK and we've found that hundreds of them are leaving to go home because of the credit crunch. In Poland, the economy's doing quite and we've talked to a lot of them who say now is the time to go home and find work.
There's lots more on subject the Breakfast blog where you can hear interviews and read testimonies in the post Homeward Bound?.
Migrant workers are employed in many industries up across the country - who'll do the jobs when they go? Is it good that the opportunities will be there for British workers, or will employers struggle to fill those jobs?
We'd be interested in what you think. We'll be talking about it on the programme after 10am today (Wednesday 29 October) and we'll hear from the Immigration Minister Phil Woollas.
What class are you - and does it matter?
The former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott says he's working class but lives a middle class life. You can hear what he had to say on Breakfast below:
So can you be both working class and middle class? What is class in 2008 - is it only to do with money or is it about your politics, your family, where you went to school or how you speak? Or are the labels of class completely out of date?
This is a text from Pete in Manchester:
"I'm working class and proud. I am hoping to move in a few months to a nice house in a nice area,does that make me middle class? My wife denies being working class coz she grew up in a nice area and went to a grammar school, her dad is working class."
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A break from doom and gloom
We all need a break from the doom and gloom. This morning, when Phil Williams stood in for Victoria we talked about escapism and the best way to just tune out of the world for a couple of hours.
There were some lovely callers. Have a listen to Martin and Roy.
The truth about sex education
Do you worry about your kids having sex too young? Two thirds of you who responded to our online questionnaire about sex education told us you do. So who should be responsible for persuading them they shouldn't?
The government's spent six months reviewing how sex education is taught in schools and is due to unveil its findings later this month.
But three quarters of you told us parents should be responsible for educating kids about sex - with just a quarter saying it should come from school.
Many of you called in to have your say on the subject. You can listen again to the debate by subscribing to and downloading the 5 live News Phone-In podcast.
And what about kids themseles - how do they want sex education to be taught?
Sex education - your comments
(Click here for the results of our questionnaire and other sex education content)
We received dozens of interesting comments about sex education when we asked for your views.
Many of you called in to have your say on the subject. You can listen again to the debate by subscribing to and downloading the 5 live News Phone-In podcast.
Here are a selection of the best.
How did you first raise the subject with your children?
Let the child lead, don't avoid the questions and most of all DO NOT tell little lies! Avoiding answering and giving misleading info will be found out and makes it more difficult later.
Having got over the shock and hilarity of what bits go where ("you did WHAT? Yuck."), there has never been any embarrassment or mistaken assumptions.
Peter Kay's reality check
Britain's new "reality" star is Geraldine McQueen, from Northern Ireland, who won "Britain's Got The Pop Factor..... and Possibly A New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly On Ice" on Sunday. Click below to hear Victoria speaking to Geraldine - oh, and in case you missed the programme, you need to know that Geraldine is really comic Peter Kay.
The other thing which made us laugh this morning was this clip from Youtube of a bloke in a pub doing impressions. Thought it might make you chuckle too.
Covering the Olympic Parade
Thursday's show comes live from Trafalgar Square for .
From 9, Victoria will be in the café looking onto the square, but we'll also have reporters and producers along the route and on the open-top bus itself. The parade itself starts at 11, and we'll stay on air for an extra hour to give Victoria a chance to interview the athletes as they get off the special buses.
Isn't it hard to believe the Olympics ended almost 8 weeks ago? It feels like a lifetime with everything that's happened since. London 2012 might seem a long way away - but, let's face it, we all need something to look forward to, don't we?
UPDATE - see pictures from the programme in the slideshow below
What do you want to hear more of during this financial crisis?
Do you want to hear more from the economic experts? Do you want just the facts, or do you want financial advice? Do you want to hear the experiences of other five live listeners like yourself and how they're coping with the financial meltdown? Do you want politicians on the radio purely for you to question them?
We had an unprecedented number of calls yesterday when we asked you what you thought about your money being used to support British banks. There's clearly a huge appetitie for debate about the current economic crisis - but let me know specifically what it is you'd like more of...
Suffering in this financial crisis
We've been talking a lot about the collapse of Icelandic bank Icesave over the last two days.
Richard sent us an email which started with: "This is my account of how normal people suffer in this financial crisis."
He told us how he'd invested his parents life savings of nearly £100,000 into the bank's Guernsey arm. He says there's no compensation in place and is wracked with guilt. You can listen to him here.
The banks rescue plan - what's in it for you?
Congratulations you will soon be part owners of some of Britain's high street banks. Hold your breath, cross you fingers, say a prayer - that this 50 billion pound rescue package to restore confidence in the markets actually works. That's 1, 610 pounds per british taxpayer.
So what do you think about your money being used to buy shares in British banks? It seems to be the only plan in town - you'll have heard the Tories and Lib Dems agree with the package; will the banks change their ways - what will we get in return for this money? Is the survival of the British banking system enough..that's assuming the plan works.
Getting the giggles...
Vic lost it today when we talked about .
I gave her something to read about it and she got the giggles. Before you all leap on her and say kidney stones are very painful - I know, I've had one. She wasn't taking the mick out of people who've had one... it's just that the piece I wrote for her sounded funny when she read it out.
We had some funny text messages afterwards including this one: "Is the stone having Peter Mandelson removed in hospital?"
Have a listen below to hear Vic getting the giggles really badly.
Honest Chris I do read your texts
I haven't deliberately not read out Chris Evans' texts. Honestly.
In a month we probably receive 80,000. We select clever ones, humourous ones, ones that inject fresh thought or challenge the majority thinking on an issue. It's impossible to read them all out on air.
Sometimes listeners do text to ask why we always ignore their messages. It's not personal I promise. I always broadcast ones that insult me, I never broadcast ones that begin "bet you won't read this out.." or those that praise us.
I do however look at and digest every single one of them.
Should University initiations be banned?
Take a look at this video of some students from the University of Gloucestershire taking part in a secret initiation ceremony.
You can read more on the story
Do you think these sort of ceremonies should be banned?
Would shock tactics help you give up?
Will shock-tactic pictures on cigarette packets make you give up smoking? Images like this will start to appear on fag packets from today:
You can view - but be warned, they're not for the faint of heart.
If you're a smoker, will these make any difference?
