Well that was quite a show on LBC this evening! First we had Austin Mitchell, who had created a right stooshie with his Tweet on Pfizer, which ended with the words “Roll up Rapists”. Not clever. Not wise. I suggested he should apologise, and do it quickly, but Austin was having none of it, despite Labour spin doctors saying he had already apologised. Well, judge for yourself…
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If, like me, you’re a fan of the movie AIRPLANE, you’ll remember the Lloyd Bridges character and his catch phrase “Guess I picked the wrong week to quit smoking…”. Well, Ed Balls could be forgiven for for thinking he picked the wrong hour to come into the studio to do another edition of Call Balls today. I had to start off by asking him about Austin Mitchell…
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At the end of the hour I couldn’t resist asking Ed about that VAT poster. I still can’t work out whether he said rather more than he had intended to, or deliberately decided to needle Wee Dougie. Again, judge for yourself.
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Whatever the truth of it, my friends in Fleet Street seem to be fascinated by the exchange. As well they might be!
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