Wit and wisdom, October 2024
This podcast could have been dominated by the Middleton East crisis. Instead, the Nobel prize announcements caught my eye. The posts about Netanyahu capture rage, anger, frustration, and scapegoating, but unsurprisingly no wit, and not a lot of wisdom.
@TollytB
I just asked my girlfriend, "Is it just me, or is the cat getting fat?"
"No, it's just you."
@bbclaura
While prepping to interview Boris Johnson tomorrow, by mistake I sent our briefing notes to him in a message meant for my team. That obviously means it’s not right for the interview to go ahead. It’s very frustrating, and there’s no point pretending it’s anything other than embarrassing and disappointing, as there are plenty of important questions to be asked. But red faces aside, honesty is the best policy. See you on Sunday
Me, [in reply]
The BBC faces another dilemma of leadership in dealing with the aborted interview with BJ. Some possibilities:
The Ostrich solution
The Victoria Derbyshire solution
The Shakespearian solution
The Boris and Laura Xmas Special solution
