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[oldbluefox]

Why doesn't Boris just punch him one!!!! Is this the new breed of BBC interviewer? All politicians of whatever colour should be shown respect but not for the first time they overstep the mark.
Anybody else notice how anyone interviewing or being interviewed on the TV nowadays talks up their country whether it be Scotland, Wales or Ireland or indeed further afield but they are very quick to denigrate England especially if you are white, middle class and heterosexual. It seems to be very fashionable at the moment.

[Onelife]

I know climate change is a hot topic at the moment, no pun intended and the cop 26 is a way forward, but is anybody else sick to death of the subject.
Each time you turn on the TV it is non stop apparently sky news are heavily involved in the Glasgow event.

Lindsey

Hi Lindsey…I think it’s a case of making hay while the sun shines for the climate change lobbyists and media, and an opportunity for world leaders to agree with them until such time that it doesn’t fit with their own country’s agenda.

But as they say every little bit helps.

[oldbluefox]

Typical media overkill. It always happens. If a celebrity dies nowadays the TV media go into overdrive; we hear what their colleagues say, their family and friends, passers by on the street. The only ones not consulted are dogs passing by. Then we have all the archive news footage and a couple of nights of their films and programmes. You start to dread anyone passing away.

[Onelife]

Like Boris or not, he is our Prime Minister, and I felt the interviewer should have shown him a bit more respect instead over talking him with an almost aggressive nature.

COP26: World at one minute to midnight over climate change - Boris Johnson https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59114871

Hi Stephen…I can see where you are coming from but Boris’s nonchalant interview style gives cause to this type of questioning imo.

[Stephen]

Like Boris or not, he is our Prime Minister, and I felt the interviewer should have shown him a bit more respect instead over talking him with an almost aggressive nature.

COP26: World at one minute to midnight over climate change - Boris Johnson https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59114871

Hi Stephen…I can see where you are coming from but Boris’s nonchalant interview style gives cause to this type of questioning imo.

Your opinion Keith, but I disagree.

The problem I have with interviewers which really annoys me is they don't allow the person to finish answering the question before they're firing another one at them. I often think 'just shut up and let them finish you idiot'.....or word to that affect

[david63]

The problem I have with interviewers which really annoys me is

... when they keep asking the same question because the interviewee does not give them the answer that they want and actually answers the question asked.

[Manoverboard]

If they don't interrupt then the interviewee will drone on ... and on ... and on ... but never answering the impossible question asked.

[screwy]

Greta thundernicks says her generation will determine the future.!
Ive got news for you Greta.
Your generation doesnt know if they are Boys,Girls or Effing toasters.

[towny44]

Like Boris or not, he is our Prime Minister, and I felt the interviewer should have shown him a bit more respect instead over talking him with an almost aggressive nature.

COP26: World at one minute to midnight over climate change - Boris Johnson https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59114871

Hi Stephen…I can see where you are coming from but Boris’s nonchalant interview style gives cause to this type of questioning imo.

I thought that the proposed new coal mine, that seemed to concern the reporter most, was for the special grade coking coal needed for steel making, which apparently is in short supply, has no alternative and has to be imported. Which all seems a valid need for a new mine, if we need this grade for steel, and currently are importing it, isn't it better to use home mined coal.

[Kendhni]

Hi Stephen…I can see where you are coming from but Boris’s nonchalant interview style gives cause to this type of questioning imo.

The best comment from a while back was ... the more Johnson speaks the less he actually says.
If the interviewer does not stay on top of an interview with Johnson, then all we get is bluster, obfuscation and BS.

[screwy]

A bit like like on here really then. I include myself but I do like to play the devils advocate.

[oldbluefox]

We've noticed!!!

[screwy]

Life’s too short to be serious all the time.

[towny44]

I initially thought that Cop26 was another US police drama, it was a big disappointment to realise it was just a gathering of wind bags.

[Onelife]

I thought that the proposed new coal mine, that seemed to concern the reporter most, was for the special grade coking coal needed for steel making, which apparently is in short supply, has no alternative and has to be imported. Which all seems a valid need for a new mine, if we need this grade for steel, and currently are importing it, isn't it better to use home mined coal.

These two opinions would appear to agree with you...


Bill Church 16th February 2021 at 1:27 pm
I worked in the steel industry for many years and fully understand that this is coking coal used to make coke that is, in turn, used to make Iron in a blast furnace. There is no economic alternative method. Perhaps people who voted yes might like to close the UK steel industry altogether. Then, the steel will be made in China, the CO2 will still go up the chimney and thousands of British jobs go down the pan! Good thinking.

Bruce Ellison 16th February 2021 at 1:30 pm
Coal and coke is at the moment a necessary part of steel production. Hydrogen in place of pulverised coal for heat generation will eventually be a partial replacement. Why, because hydrogen is currently made from natural gas and uses huge amounts of energy to produce hydrogen, with CO2 as a by product. All they are doing at the moment is displacing the CO2 from one process to another.

[Quizzical Bob]

Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon. To make steel you need car just as much as you need iron, only not as much. Where the heat comes from for the blast furnace is a different matter.

[oldbluefox]

Why import the coal when you can provide it on your own doorstep and provide work to hundreds in a depressed area which would welcome the investment?

[towny44]

Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon. To make steel you need car just as much as you need iron, only not as much. Where the heat comes from for the blast furnace is a different matter.

If the best alternative is Hydrogen, which requires large amounts of energy to produce and also has CO2 as a byproduct, surely coal is preferable.

[Manoverboard]

Importing coal that we have supplies of is hardly carbon friendly, footprint wise.

[oldbluefox]

It's only anticipated to have a life span of 15 years anyway. By that time hopefully we would have a suitable alternative to fossil fuel in the production of steel.

[Stephen]

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[oldbluefox]

Absolutely

[Gill W]

The best comment from a while back was ... the more Johnson speaks the less he actually says.
If the interviewer does not stay on top of an interview with Johnson, then all we get is bluster, obfuscation and BS.

Very true. He tends to get an easy ride from the client journalists that are usually allowed to interview him, but if a different journalist is allowed access and tries to hold him to account and keep him on topic, Johnson's tell tale body language is very apparent. His discomfort shows in his eyes, with the darting glances to the side. This was evident in the BBC interview by Justin Rowlatt and also in the CNN interview with Christiane Amanpour.

[barney]

I saw the Amanpour interview.
Shame that we lack journalists with that level of serious but polite questioning.
I did however question her remarks about the U.K. stats on covid.
On deaths per percentage of population, we are nowhere near the worst in Europe, as she said.

[Onelife]

The best comment from a while back was ... the more Johnson speaks the less he actually says.
If the interviewer does not stay on top of an interview with Johnson, then all we get is bluster, obfuscation and BS.

Very true. He tends to get an easy ride from the client journalists that are usually allowed to interview him, but if a different journalist is allowed access and tries to hold him to account and keep him on topic, Johnson's tell tale body language is very apparent. His discomfort shows in his eyes, with the darting glances to the side. This was evident in the BBC interview by Justin Rowlatt and also in the CNN interview with Christiane Amanpour.

Being a body language expert, I confer.