Comments on: Budget day: what does a trillion look like?

By: Galvin Green

Galvin Green — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:24:49 +0000

Wow, a trillion dollars is a LOT!

By: Dennis Junior

Dennis Junior — Wed, 13 May 2009 03:32:09 +0000

Jon:
*TRILLION* looks like many many thousands….

By: Steven H

Steven H — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:02:35 +0000

Didn’t like the way Jonathan Miller put himself in the centre of the story by doing a piece to camera while walking in front of Winnie Mandela. Who, in the story, was more important there?

Why do reporters do this kind of thing? I remember a BBC news reporter doing a report during the Olympics, using the 100m sprint as a backdrop. This is becoming more common.

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:36:08 +0000

It is time for a drastic change and I find it amazing how the media supports Westminster’s view that there is only the choice of Labour or Conservative without ever explaining how the system is set up to support this.

When an issue on the environment is being discussed you never consider having a Green party member to give their view or on Europe UKIP etc. Our society has been shown that capitalism is not sustainable and yet the media seems to be ignoring the fact that we need modern, radical and progressive discussion.

By: Philip

Philip — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:16:38 +0000

Here in Ireland, we are more than aware of the global slump.

However, what really flabbergasts me is how the British refuse to face up to the reality of the massive debt that they have accumulated, with some English friends being of the opinion that deficits are actually a good thing!

What will it take for it to sink in that at the point when the IMF take over the economy of your country, the chancellor will inform the PM that teachers, nurses, police, soldiers and binmen etc., cannot be paid. If further devaluation of sterling seems like a good idea, then remember this is simply increasing your debt.

Britain is now running the risk of becoming a basket case economy, and as our largest trading partner in Ireland this is hugely worrying. The British know that they will have to bite the bullet and take the pain, but to do this, they will have to learn to stop saying “…just not today”.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:49:44 +0000

It ended up being a great opening for a good programme tonight. I found Yvette Cooper rather annoying!

By: Geoff365

Geoff365 — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:17:58 +0000

Jon

I know this may sound rather trivial in relation to the multi-trillion pound budget problems faced by the UK – but did you really say tonight that a pint of beer would be going up by “one pence”. Ouch!
What happened to the good old penny…?

By: James

James — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:54:00 +0000

Truly excellent feature on the Tomlinson death on tonight’s program, but OH MY GAWD PLEASE no more on what people are twittering about topical issues I CAN’T TAKE IT ANY MORE!!! By all means have some kind of page on your website for this kind of thing, but please don’t take up valuable time on your programme with the trite ravings of the self-important idiots who make up the ‘TWITTERATI’