Too many tweets...make a Conservative conference

Let's see how many times the millionaire Tory ministers say "we are all in this together."



Finding £250 million for weekly bin collections and selling off social housing on the cheap the Tories have as usual got their priorities wrong.

In response to Jasmine's post, I'd like to point out it is not just the Tories. Robin Wales (Labour Mayor Newham) is closing down the only leisure facility in the Olympic Postcode of E15 (three years before the public can access the new facilities) to save on £0.25M worth of repairs whilst lending £40M to West Ham!!! This facility serves a full quarter of the borough including a number of schools who teach thousands of children how to swim in the pools there. The reality of the "Olympic Legacy" makes a stark contrast to the message of "inspiring millions of children to choose sport" espoused in the promotional videos used by the London 2012 bid to secure the games in Singapore in 2006. Here's a link to them - they're very inspiring. Shame those in power didn't hear the message...



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc5DoqW92pg and https://www.sha.tc/inspiration/olympic-london-2012-promo-video

I thought this mornings phone in might come from the conference and debate Tory policy. Instead the topic is the X-Factor. The dumbing down of five live continues.

Firstly, I totally agree with Stirling, and I think it is a petty piece of programming.



Secondly, if it is so mentally exhausting doing conference coverage, use one of the other many BBC political correspondents attending, so that at least there is a blog on what is going on. There are plenty to choose from.

I agree with Stirling too. X Factor who gives a.....? I went out early as the subject was so dire. X factor is an ITV programme - free advertising from the Beeb?

It was all kicking off on the VD show today.Grant Shapps telling the hard up and hard done by listeners how the recession has affected him......he has had to cut back on his sky subscription.The Shapps household must be in up roar at that one ! Then at about 11.20 am some woman using the ' f ' word on air without Vicky even batting an eyelid or pulling her up on her foul language.Are there any standards left at 5live ?

//Are there any standards left at 5live ?//



Yes, low ones.

very low and none

Just how irritating is it to hear the BBC using worn out and lazy stereotypes for the Tories? People drinking champagne and a bit drunk. Didn't notice any of that over the last two weeks, although spiteful "jokey" stuff emerged during the Lib Dems coverage, we didn't really get the spite during that droning glottal stuff from the Labour conference, where everyone who is loaded tried to sound as if they were from the back to back at end of t'street.



Please why can't you just report any of these conferences as straight reporting and not in your own party political way? Then you could actually let your listeners make their mind up instead of enraging people with your delivery.

Why are 5live going overboard on the Amanda Knox case?

Don't worry Zel. It will all be about darn Cat Spats today which Theresa May has deliberately kicked off to heap sympathy upon herself from those who are seduced by immigration scare stories.



The Tory led coalition and the corporate media are getting desperate. It clearly has no idea how to boost economic growth and are finding it increasingly awkward to always blame Labour for inheriting this economic mess because the mess was created by failed Tory ideology by New Labour which is why they can't do anything radically different in government today.

In an economic system that's supposed to curb the power of the state in running our lives why should taxpayers, private and public sector workers act as lenders to allegedly stimulate private enterprise? After all the bank bail out's that occurred this proposal to make credit (from where?) more accessible to small businesses is just another example of how the state will always be required to bail out capitalism in some form because, as last weeks Labour Party conference laid bare, there's no real socialist opposition in the UK which should be challenging this everyday 'economics of the madhouse'!

More inappropriate interpretations of everything again today and last night. I really detest the political bias of the BBC. Red top broadcasting.

Hasit, is there going to be a blog imminently explaining how the budget cuts will effect 5live according to the Guardian https://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/oct/06/bbc-cuts-2000-jobs Radio 5 Live will be refocussed on a "core output of news and sport". Which i am sure the regular bloggers will be happy about, no more dumbing down with Entertainment shows!!!

Nigel why have you removed my comment from the DQF post, talk about stifling debate.

How disgraceful to not allow comments on something that will affect every licence payer as well as BBC staff. Do you not want comments on here that can be public and discussed? Why have a 'no comment' blog? Why not just leave it to the News page? actually we all know the answer.



I think it is true that cuts don't necessarily mean the chaff is discarded.

Its quite bizzare on a number of fronts, why publish a general post on the cuts on a blog about 5live, surely it would have made sense to publish a post on how the cuts are going to effect 5live!!!



Also why are no comments allowed?

It's hysterical - comments are closed? They were never even open! Who is in charge of this farce? - they can be one of the ones who gets the boot.

How does Richard Bacon interviewing Alan Partridge in character fit with 5 Live's "core output of news and sport"? Delivering Quality First, yeah right

The management's "Big Idea" of entertainment news and football has failed; and now they want to hear no more about it. But they need to be held to account:to cut the "padding", as Thompson put it and return to its core values of news and sport. But will it happen when they are so busy chasing numbers?

And there seems no great appetite or urgency to cut waste. For example,

despite having no coverage at all of the rugby world cup, up pops Inverdale and Dawson and Robertson and reporters and commentators in New Zealand. Nice 'work' if you can get it

Nigel can you answer my questions from yesterday, or could you point me in the direction on the BBC site where i can discuss how the cuts are going to effect 5live?

Despite your main introduction I notice you've 'closed for comments' your blog on BBC cuts already before any comment has been registered(unless of course that was a technical error?)



I also notice throughout your various programmes this morning you had almost a total news black out on the mere £75 billion of Quantitative Easing authorised by a banker rather than an elected Parliament (for what good it is). Of course it stood little chance what with succulent stories like prisoners beating up other prisoners around!