The prime minister of our nation will. Have to stand up the president. Was sure. To. Sources responded. By saying that the public are fed up with such encounters the source said the former was all about the interview and endless interruptions from the Mr Johnson would instead be focusing on talking to voters about their priorities well . Beyond the millions of people that have been choosing him to watch those programs . Those interviews my question to you. Boris Johnson in the way he did last night for not doing an interview with the telephone number if you want to share your thoughts your reaction. First though in this hour who do you blame for children not getting enough exercise a study has revealed that primary school children are doing less than an hour's exercise a week. This will be having an effect on childhood obesity by the time young. When they're roughly 10 years of age 34 percent of them. Have called for more to be done to ensure youngsters keep. My Christian. 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Make sure you can tune in if you're about Also coming up at 11 today I'll deal with your consumer problems but 1st in this hour we've still got so much to talk about a little later I want to hear your reaction to the latest twist and turn in the Andrew Neil Boris Johnson interview story yesterday you'll know that I ask you if you thought Boris Johnson was a chicken for not agreeing to speak. To Andrew Neil's interview with Nigel for our show last night he he set down the gauntlet he laid down the gauntlet he said to challenge to Boris Johnson. To talk to him and to give him an interview in the same way that all of the other party does have done and he also made it very clear that every single general election leaders have agreed to give him an interview to do an interview with and deal to put themselves to the Andrew Neil test Boris Johnson is the 1st prime minister the 1st leader who has refused to do so so my question to you Do you think he was right to call out Boris Johnson for not doing an interview. Telephone number we'll discuss that a little later 1st though who do you blame for children not getting enough exercise we have a childhood obesity problem in this country unfortunately by the time youngsters reach Year 6 at school when they're 10 years of age just over 34 percent of them are obese then we have a study published this week that says primary school children are doing less than an hour's exercise a week well surely addressing one would help solve the other health experts have called for more to be done to ensure youngsters keep active all children I'm told have to do pay school until they turn 16 but obviously that's not enough but then when you think about it and you know just trying to be sensible about this and trying to be realistic about our own are I look back at my own childhood I mean p. Didn't do me any good at all at school or Haiti whenever I could I would bunk off the I mean genuinely once I scaled a fence to get out. The thought of having to run around in a muddy field over my dead body. But times were different when I was a child you know when we came home from school we didn't have the the Play Stations and all the computer games and stuff like that I mean and it was boring there was there were only 4 t.v. Channels and quite often they had just boring stuff on and anyway my mom used to say right I'm to going to pull the plug out of that t.v. You're not going to sit and watch t.v. So there was nothing else to do apart from go on your bikes or go and build a day in or do something physical but now of course times are very different aren't they many parents I would imagine don't necessarily want to give their children the same freedoms that I was lucky enough to enjoy. And many parents are very busy many parents are working till late and they're not the 70 keeping an eye on what their children are doing as much as my parents did because I was lucky enough to have a mom who was who didn't have to work i'm was at home making sure that we were out doing stuff so who do you blame for children not getting enough exercise is it the school or is it the parents or is it just lifestyles now Sylvie's in Iowa's very she's a mom of 4 let's see what she makes of this good morning to Sylvie Good morning Jonathan who's to blame them for the fact that children are not getting enough exercise I tell my son asked point is that in school a day is a big responsibility for them to you know educate children to. The sports facilities that they all use quite frankly not. To. So it's the it's the schools that is it I think firstly yes the schools if you think about it children spend but most. Of the schools there's a very limited amount of activities mainly competitive sport that you offer to school that is not say to children I don't inspire children. Or that this is a novice at school and I'll. Pay the thought of having to guard when it was rugby rubber it would be on a morning like the small warning. Rugby and a cold in the yes but I used to bunk off yes exactly that was to be dreaded but he said in those days we didn't have so much competed time they were so many computer games the children yes we had television but I think they made the whole fun activity children skate boarding table tennis something I used to love at school and I can tell you get very fit playing those activities things that children that don't necessarily want a conventional competitive Rusty just the sport that they can enjoy that they can move about get right and it's something that they would genuinely enjoy like no. But surely you know schools should be about learning 1st and foremost you go to school to be educated by teachers who know you who know more stuff than the pupils know to put the knowledge into their people's heads I mean that surely is the fundamental principle of going to school and if schools for whatever and for schools for whatever reason can't spend enough of that time making children b.x. If then doesn't the full responsibility just fall to the parents and if you've got fact children then you as the parent or solely to blame. Yes I absolutely agree with your point absolutely education but what I think boards boy to do sports and activities that they actually enjoy doing that they'd be more likely to want to do they've got to go how many kinds of afterschool things on and off to school clubs and we surely if you if you as a pupil are actually interested in doing physical things then schools offer loads nowadays. Well I think they do to a certain extent but will turn saying is she doing the actual physical activity time also some more interesting more current sports and activities but children rather than stable old hockey rugby football which are still the pitchy especially during competency sorry to go on a horrible filthy muddy Neo. You know get on the rugby pitch. Well that used to I can't even tell you how much I hate should pay for all is bad enough rugby was dreadful I mean just I used to hate it I there were times I wished I was dead rather than having to go out and play football in the rain absolutely horrible I never played to be honest I used to just you know. The lot of it but you know when you go home from school I mean if you if you as a parent shortie care about your child being fate I mean when they come home from school just say no I don't know Playstation no computer games today you know we're going to go on a bike ride or we're going to go for now what you made of no no what you mean you know let the be active in the diet let them come home and have a bit of wind time goodness sake what children. But hang on a 2nd how can how come when you and I are at school in how. We used to come home from school and we would go off and do things like for example going off on a bike ride yeah my 2nd point is not a society and I think they thought you were suggesting now the polar cherubs you know they come home and they've had such a difficult day they need some wind down time sitting on the sofa playing with a computer you know that who we did not do it society today I mean they say that you go oh I'm still working there's no way out netting to go out in the dark in the winter you know with the streets as they are today no I think it was day 2 of the day when we were children I do but you got 45 minutes I know this because I remember when I got home from work I have to very quickly walk my dog before it gets dark because she's black. But you've got 45 minutes from half past 3 at the moment until it gets dark which is happening at about quarter past 4 2520 past 4 I mean how many times could a child run around the block No need my children walk to and from school they stuff a mile yes but if you've got children that walking to school and children who all who are you know putting on a bit of white they're not doing enough active stuff yeah you know just might them around the block and time their due time challenges and things like that on the quickies around the brought right go I think I agree with you if you fail that your children. The balance slipping away between sped digs screen time I do You could say that basically a bit like getting a base that you know they're eating too many sweet thank you I mean I'm just lucky that my boys by that we stayed very active and if you asked him what they'd rather do they draw the guy. Anyway he's right I love that. Guy I mean you say a lot but part of that will be down to you in the way that you know raising them these parents who have fat children and they say Oh. It's not mindful it's just big boned dominant often putting out the 1st idea so we thank you very much indeed Dennis O'Sullivan is the head teacher of Chauncey school in way good morning to you Dennis morning Jonathan you were terrible model Jonathan So why was I telling how it is because you have a is for to score but cover both Iraq well I did I did Heights more school and I did used to do anything to get out of it but I was always quite a skinny kid and the reason being that there was nothing else to do apart from physical things not necessarily sport but just you know mucking around with your mates off to school I don't know what we did you you went to a very good school and then your secondary school even though they let me a skate from pay to both what was there nothing else I mean I've been walking around today up and showing a new child around the lieben pass the trampoline lesson and I saw some kids who were in peak it ready to go off and play a lot of the match and before school we had badminton going on for 45 children if it did I never offer you anything like that on a. Not that I remember but you see that's what we've got to do isn't in schools what we've got to do is get the best facilities and offer range of activities and that will help children who don't well I hated rugby so I've been around the park over and over again and got like got it running. We need to offer a range of activities for children in an age where it's all about children being in charge of their parents and making the decisions at home and sometimes feeling that they can make decisions about what they will and will not do a school so that's one of the areas but one of the biggest areas is they laid before said her kids walk half a mile to school and back I've got $300.00 cars come here in the morning for kids so short this and get them out of the helps get them to walk to school come out on Saturdays and Sundays to walk around the park or go out but there might still go on a bike or go ferret scene or whatever they do so be. I think schools and parents we can make a difference but you know let me read this text you because I wonder whether this sums up the predicament that you as a school as a school had to find yourself in so as text from David I blame the schools actually I blame the council I blame the supermarkets I blame the grandpa our parents in fact I blame anyone except me the parent and isn't it that the reality that it's all well and good parents saying oh my child doesn't get enough pay a school or take them for a run then when they're out of school they finish school half past 3 you've got plenty of hours with him if you've got children who are getting a bit fat do something about it parent well wait don't wait until they get in a bit fat get them involved in things there are hundreds of parents take their kids to all sorts of activities and fruits don't but the school issue we took 600 kids ice skating a very well known the. Nursery and where a lot of this weight to stay we can do lots to get them active to keep them active and we can do stuff in our canned things to keep you know to try and do relatively healthy food but it's everybody's every parent's responsibility to make sure their kid has an active life and yet there's loads they can do and boys in computer games we have boys playing computer games from 4 o'clock to midnight. Take responsibility parents get your kids off the computer games you will work very hard you're in the way you're at work when they come out but we can't fake them out and walk downtown walk for them or park and if you've got to talk make a little child children. I was close maybe you have all. The little cherubs you meant to say yeah cerium that was the worst. Exactly Michael Moore the dog and a dentist and he very much in a dinosaur skeleton is the head teacher of Chauncey school where Margaret similar thinking how I Margaret good morning good morning what would you like to who's who's fall season do you think if kids are not getting enough exercise when I agree with the lady that has just been on children the excitement but I want to go well I won't supply there was a fantastic roller rink in Milton Keynes I use to I used to sky there in Moscow new to use out my son there were 2 year old 3 year olds roller skating well at those but I close it down so I've never replaced it it was such a fun activity it's like Sky building is so difficult to find anyway it's a skateboard and there's people oh you can't do that here you can't do that everything is forbidden but the children like to mean on me and saying goodness Ouya or Alex for a male cane so use this guy followed with my son is going to be in the Olympic team with Sky falters. Well we need we need activities that people can just go out on up the roller rink they don't love so. Apparently you can still roller skate in Milton Keynes. It's called Jets roller skating and it runs a grove leisure center on Saturdays. Only and. They can get you. To be big enough to roll the sky. But surely I mean Joe children don't even named roller skates but I think that. And activity. And honestly this guy in 3 would you like to know 78 was fantastic I used to roll the sky. But Milton Keynes if you think about Milton Keynes has so many things for youngsters today so many so many physical activity places for kids to go if their parents can be bothered to take them well. That's brilliant some go snowboarding there are nights there are polls there are green spaces there are trampoline parks there are climbing walls there and I are playgrounds there are all kinds of places which you can take children in someone at Milton Keynes there is no excuse if you've got fat children you are feeding them too much and not making them exercise enough End of story I can't disagree with that really count sell it and it's not the school's fault it's parents but wouldn't it be nice to. Open a. That everybody can kill joy but do you know what the problem is my. Problem is monger and I used to go to I don't know if it's still there roll a city in Welling Garden City. And we used to go I mean I remember gotta roll a city but I mean there was nothing else to do you know I mean my Sinclair Spectrum 48 k. Used to take about half an hour to load a game up so there was very little to do and that only came in my latter latter years as a kid so certainly in the in the 1st part of my childhood unless you played with your toys or wore you know you went out on your bike it was mainly out on the bike to be honest Margaret even at this time of the year you'd go out I had one of those dynamo things on my bike so I had the lights would come on when I pedaled and I used to go off on the bike with my friends would knock on each other's doors and go off and you know muck about nowadays how many children have that kind of freedom oh . Oh pli. No oh no I think will be so you know I see so you think that. Well I'll tell you the other thing the other thing as an come up about paid to Falls' you know nowadays every parent's terrified of Peter Viles they were paedophiles when I was a kid you know my mum used to say there was a dirty old man in the hall Penda knee and she used to say stay away from Mr So and So if you see him I think he's a pervert and he just avoided him nowadays I would imagine that parents don't let your children out in case they come across a breed to fall. Yeah. Selling it long after take your breath away thank you very much indeed it's true that I mean the point I'm trying to make is that they have always be risks to children's safety but I don't know when I was a kid your parents just kind of gave you a bit more freedom and and advised you as to how you could protect yourself protect yourself in terms of busy roads protect yourself against. Bain text to say ultimately the parent is responsible for every little thing in the child's life if they bring up a fact Obree slays each child they have no right to blame the state or the school system parents who bring up Lazio based children are guilty of abuse because ultimately that's exactly what it is Jill texts I love the irony of you scaling a fence with great physical prowess to avoid paying her I know Jill like a crime of friends Oh yes but I was going to run around in the mud look. 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Coming up Levon today I'll deal with your consumer problems also a little later on in this half hour we'll talk about Andrew Neil who's called out Boris Johnson for not doing an interview with him do you think he was quite right to do that 1st that we've been talking about children not getting enough exercise we have a childhood obesity problem we know that by the time youngsters get to year 6 when they're about 10. In just over 34 percent of children are classed as obese now we have a study published this week that says primary school children are doing less than an hour's exercise a week well I wonder whether the 2 are linked here who do you blame for children not getting enough exercise takes to say ultimately the parent is responsible for every little thing in the child's life if they bring up a fat obese lazy child they have no right to blame the state or the school system parents who bring out fat lazy obese children are guilty of abuse because that's exactly what he's. Kevin using when in Garden City good morning to you Kevin good morning Jonathan morning Kevin what are your thoughts on this. Now Ed Markey I don't really annoyed me with the statement in my all we're all busy journo wait but we got time that we changed to take the children and he's lucky enough to have them on Friday job there's a lot of people around that don't have that luxury. Working all sorts of shifts. Only you get somebody else to exercise your children. But I'm just saying well if you have a little I mean the reality is if you haven't got time to be able to raise your children properly then why would you have children in the 1st place oh and saying this is not easy for. My children well my grandchildren their. 4 year old grandson his sister they're walking off the school. Migraine Dorsett 14 I take it still but she saw it goes out there she's been doing after school clubs she's stopped them now because they finish it's dark and she's tell you know basically on a dangerous. I have been a long long time advocate for not pushing the clocks back during the winter period I think it's ridiculous that we change the clocks for winter when it gets dark so early in the afternoon be much better much more sense of. To have a dark a morning and an extra hour of light in the alternate when the schools have finished which would then mean theoretically you can do more with your children physical I would seem to lose that battle. But there is something I don't know what it is just one got to area but why a daughter takes my crying children to shows would or something or someone started don't know how it started but I pay for a push start round with. Designs painted on them and they hide them in the woods where the kids go that is I look around and I find when they tell you I do that where I live as well what kinds of things like that and they do die do as well somewhere where I live they put all these books in a plastic thing and then you leave it for other children to find and it's all about trying to get children to go out and do you know look for a book. But. You know they. Were so. Good on you know you can lay them but wait on hold of the yarn but I took some with them to hard around the caravan so. Anything that gets children now and gets them doing something rather than sitting in front of a screen I think is a fantastic idea Kevin thank you very much indeed Morgan Hamill had. Morning j.b.s. How he warning on well thank you what would you like to say about children an exercise or lack of it well I think most of the blame lies with the parents imo However I think you can all technology and school I played a bit of that. Very different day when I was a kid you know all those things we did athletics we did long jump high jump all that kind of stuff but now my kids' school you know that you sort of I can speak races and stuff like that nearly as sort of energetic attack you take they will supplant football that play time dangerous you know somebody in the head with the football so you know I think it's the boys. If you come out of old go. Primary then you know what do I do. With the stick by people something but it's you know you are right they've really stopped playing sports stop children playing sport during lunch break yeah they've stopped you know they've put in a table tennis table and they've got a couple of you know activity things but you know always it's just you know and I think in most boys that they love football you know that's about kicking a ball around I think they stopped it unfortunately so I mean you can still I mean our control room I presume that can still run around and play things I mean we supply a fantastic game when I was a school called Kiss Cuddalore told. Us of the difficult line up but that's a rule. Every time. I take Yeah I mean I think I think you have to be a part of it this is all part of it technology obviously you and I kids get sucked into that but as parents it's easy to put limits on that and say Ok but you've had enough device time will t.v. Time has a right let's do something else you know I'm very blessed in the fact that both of my kiddos are quite bossy and I love being outside and playing rugby and being that kind of stuff you know I haven't had any should be getting them out but I type you get some kids on it's balls and the bunk off for all of your game days so it's. Find something do you like doing that that chap he was just on mention the the rock you know the Painted Rock skunk thing that's good the pics we can take and I keep geocaching so they absolutely love that you know to get them out and about on the finding exciting treasure you know it's a bit more interesting than just going for a walk but get them into scouts and Cubs That's not sport. Is that I mean like most things in life you've got to put a bit of effort in in order to get stuff you gotta put effort in Unfortunately there are some people who just don't want to put any effort in Morgan thank you very much indeed a mandarin Hitchin how Amanda. Hello good morning who do mainly into children not getting enough exercise or I think it's basically got to come down to the fact that the diet not good and not make fuel discussion last Friday. People are in a hurry all the time and a lot of snack food or extremely high cows and they're all rushing about and trying to fit too many things into nice and I think that reliance on immediate. Food and immediate gratification just means that there isn't that family time where you sit down together you get out and you eat well. Yeah although looking back at my own childhood I mean my mother used to feed my brother and I thought too much food I mean yet she is full of calories as it is today yeah it was my mom used to cook you know lots of food with loads of potatoes and things and my mom a plate of food that was so big that when you start the full came one side of the plate full of food would fall off the other side of the plate it was so piled up high and yet my brother and I read us a skinny because we burn only calories often in god knows how because we must have been consuming thousands of calories but we burn them all off every day so we weren't in fact now things are different yet people stay in more not the see we're all devices driven ever all kids seem to want to be on their devices mass mobile phones a very young age and if you look around the most common source of entertainment is going to be some kind of live streaming or games online so that is a centralized that doesn't help but I was I think we just don't encourage them to take any risks at all so that means that they're not going to go out they're not going to do things that are climb trees not going to take any kind of risks where you you're burning up your energy and unfortunately the society we live in our teacher been teaching in the years so you can actually see how be. Grace. Ok Listen Amanda thank you very much indeed no doubt we will revisit the issue of childhood obesity in many future programs because unfortunate seems to be a battle that we are not winning in this country every Sunday evening from 6 on b.b.c. 3 counties radio Yasmeen Where are you really from that is a question that all 18 people have been asked at some point or other and the brand new podcast is using that very question to explore the roots and history of top notch comedy guests Yes I mean can. You probably and then. What do you credit for my favorite thing is when people touch their arm and look at that point to their skin and say no but you're very you really. Compelling stories and local celebrations for the Asian community from bulldog and beyond Yasmeen come every Sunday evening from 6 on b.b.c. 3 counties radio. Jonathan Vernon Smith beds hearts and this is b.b.c. 3 counties radio just time before I deal with your consumer problems at 11 to talk about the latest on the Andrew Neil Johnson's saga front page news today of several of the newspapers we discussed this yesterday I asked you whether you thought Boris Johnson was a chicken for not agreeing to be interviewed by Andrew Neil the. Party leader who seems to have not agreed to do an interview with Mr Neil he is forensic and his approach is very tough I mean he's a man that does not seem remote play intimidated by even the most forthright of politicians and in fact last night Nigel frosh I thought if you look at the performer. Of the politician I thought Nigel frosh gave as good as he got but the Nigel for our He's a political fighter is nice used to having fights Well the conversation Andrew Neil had last week with Jeremy Corbyn did not go well at all and it did not do many people would argue the Labor party any favors whatsoever last night after his interview with Nigel for our Sandra Neil issued an amen challenge to Boris Johnson to rethink his unwillingness to appear on the program there is no law no Supreme Court ruling that can force Mr Johnson to participate in the b.b.c. Leaders. But the prime minister of our nation will at times have to stand up to President Trump President Putin's presidency of China so it was surely not expect too much and you spent half an hour standing up to write it was very interesting the entire speech Andrew Neil gave was absolutely fascinating and if you haven't listened to it yet you'll find it on on social media and in the news very interesting indeed Mr Johnson will appear tonight on a leaders' debate on the b.b.c. With Nick Robinson He's also appeared with Robert Peston and with Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby Michael go who was asked about the Andrew nearly interview on 5 live this morning this is how he responded a scale of one to 10 what's the chance of the Andrew Neil interview with Boris Johnson happening just give us a number I think that the number would be 020-7930 double for double 3 that's the downing street number and if you ring the problem is that I respect or 3 of us want to hear you will know. What the prime minister is going to do I'm not the prime minister's diary said he could of course have problems that jam the switchboard away and say what Michael think I mean the reality is I mean he's is just not going to do it is it Johnson is not going to do the interview with Andrew Neil an interesting response. It's I'm sure is the latest response from a senior conservative source that has told the B.B.C.'s political editor Laura Coons bag that the public apparently a fed up with interviews that are all about the interviewer and endless interruptions the format is tired and broken and needs to change if it is to starting gauging and informing the public again the prime minister will focus on talking to voters about their priorities including investing in our n.h.s. And helping with the cost of living well I mean it's very clear he has no intention whatsoever Barres Johnson has no intention of talking to Andrew Neil so was Andrew Neil right to call Boris Johnson out in the way that he did last night. Is the telephone number of your call Cate on side as a former political journalist and now a senior lecturer in journalism at the University of North Hampton Good morning to you Kate morning Jonathan good morning well o.d.m. Indeed I mean what Xing Andrew Neil's entire speech at the end of his program last night was very uncomfortable was made it's clear that he is a credibly disappointed that the prime minister is refusing the only party leader refusing to be interviewed by him how will it play out with the public. And I don't think it's going to be critical with the public I think it's a great only followed closely by a fish in order. Any people will have made up their minds but that's not what they all report and these get they way you've got it's not debate this is an interview where you sit down for 30 minutes and heaven help in the past that you need to submit to a cow was also written questioning Bush Johnson It will be going to meet also going to question and he keeps saying all I've done all the interviews they have been shooting to abuse we appeared in other debate to be. To know it with Jeremy Corwin but the opportunity for a follow up question to drill down the play into areas of weakness on simply not available in the format that we will get to knowledge in that we have had beforehand The only be aware that he the man who is standing to be prime minister can walk. Take all the most formidable political interviewer we eat on impressive it won't cut much ice with the public but it is unimpressive Theresa May suffered for being seen to avoid media interviews but being free I think this will come back to haunt Boris Johnson later when the wheels truly do come off his premiership it's eclipsed Haitian Organum age he should be capable of taking $100.00 New York he should be making the time for it and of course the reason he's not doing it is because the Conservative Party campaigners are too fearful that will take him a poll that it will be embarrassing and will lose them but even if I think he was overstated I wonder whether one of the reasons why he doesn't want to do Andrew Neil is because he knows that his method of answering a question or not on the string question as the case sometimes may be. Will will not work with someone like Andrew Neil I mean I just cried to my team this morning I was trying to to describe from an from an interview as perspective what I see when I see Boris Johnson being interviewed and I suspect for the interview it's a bit like being thrown into the middle of a car wash where you've got rollers coming at you and being in the middle of a tornado way he what he does he talks and talks and talks he tries to talk for as long as possible because by talking for as long as possible it reduces the number of questions you can ask and it also makes it very difficult to. To boss teen and to challenge and to pin him down on specifics and it's very easy just to kind of throw lots and lots of words in in a very articulate way but to throw lots of words in and before you know it your interviewer is like a rabbit caught in the headlights whereas of course. Andrew Neil will not allow that to happen he's incredibly tough he's incredibly strong and he will simply step in and halt the conversation if Boris Johnson tried to use that technique Oh absolutely nothing that's one of the great America. In to be is and this really isn't relevant whether or not but Boris Johnson can hurt. You if he were an election he's going to be dealing with seeing the negotiation and mention it for all future long term relationship with the e.u. Off future long term trading relationship where the United States if he can are no more. Real down to the details and sustainability meant to sustain a negotiating tactic you know he's not going to you know succeed in more he must be able to prove he's almost like all Andrew Neil. But he obviously doesn't feel and those around him obviously don't feel that it is necessary and it's not going to benefit him Metol so they all the see feel that the the downside is too great but I think they are. Selling the dam so late. Even if they get West thought you close to an election for them what risk 8 dollars gallon for boys being taken apart in the same way that Jeremy corporate boards but the fundamental merger raids any candidate for being prime minister shouldn't dark the most difficult political interference available you know they want to while they want to be the top class they should take on the top class and to be. Ok Kate thank you Kate Allyn side is a former political journalist and now a senior lecturer in journalism at the University of North Christina in High Wycombe Good morning to you Christina. Christina I can't hear you talking to the fire. We don't have very one if you control going to find that would be great but surely you will Boris Johnson Ok my view on Boris Johnson is that. Andrew nail. And all the b.b.c. Should have a range to say that Boris Johnson wasn't 1st of the 4 main. Party leaders he is the current prime minister so that would seem to me to be logical also. The conservatives apparently port the call be an interview on their Facebook page in full a week or so now complaining that it's tired format so it's inconsistent it's not fair. Well according to Andrew Neil's own Twitter feed he was all skin effects the same kind of question terms of why would you go ahead and do the other interviews with the other leaders before you'd manage to get an interview with the Conservative Party and I think he has just said that every year every time there is an election they operate in the same way where they will invite all of the political leaders to come on none of them including Boris Johnson suggest that they would not be prepared to do an interview with Andrew Neil so it was assumed as political leaders particularly the prime minister always do do an interview with Andrew Neil that this year would be just the same and it's taken them by surprise but it would appear Boris Johnson has just quietly given the impression that he would be prepared to do an interview and then at the last minute it becomes clear there's no way he was ever going to do an interview. Grae entirely with what you just said but it's RINGBACK. I also agree with what the proceedings speakers say that it's not fair the turn to the of the interview if you were doing a I don't know what you would call it a controlled experiment then you will use the same interview for the same for the candidate will be different and that yes I understand that but for sake of argument what would have stopped then if Boris Johnson had had his interview 1st what would have stopped Jeremy called him then pulling out and doing the same thing that Boris Johnson has done I mean surely you stand to potentially not get an interview with one of the leaders regardless of who you start with. I'm unjust to this story because I'm not adding to not adding to the information help there I'm simply restating it's not fair all 4 can do that should have the same interview with the same interviewers and the interviewers that Boris Johnson has spoken with have seemingly been pro conservative and not just but I don't think that's necessarily fair and I there are parts of what you're saying that I think are fair I think what I would sell and I don't I don't for one minute I don't believe that it's fair to just accuse interviewers of having political bias the mayor for they haven't given him such a hard time I think it's actually bars Johnson he's very difficult to interview because he has a technique that I described earlier as a car wash where you feel as an interviewer as if you're in the middle and you've got the rollers coming at you from all directions and it's very difficult to actually see clearly a pathway through the interview being able to robustly challenge the point says they come up because he does this kind of he Buffet's you from all sides and some of the interviewers that have have gone for him and have done an interview with him it either looks as if they are interrupting unnecessarily or as if the interviewer is being overly aggressive I agree with you entirely his technique is what has got him as far as he has. To the lofty heights that he is in at the moment is. The comparison that has been made about his similarities to Winston Churchill in the way that he delivers speeches well although the debate to be fair though I mean Winston Churchill was never subjected to this kind of scrutiny back in the day that these kinds of interviews never have. Thank you very much indeed for your call b.b.c. 3 counties radio bad hearts and box travel. It's rather small the a 10 northbound chosen is looking slow on the sensors and expect delays in High Wycombe of new roads those workers can see just north of vehicles roundabout in 40 spine and one of the m 25 are looking good some trains delays into London possible now because of sleep problems at Clapham Junction b.b.c. 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It's 11 o'clock am Simon Oxley London's fire commissioner Danny cotton is to step down at the end of this month instead of April next year the London fire brigade was criticised in the 1st report into the 27 saying gran felt our fire more from Tolu audio Oyo Danny Cotton had faced calls to resign from survivors of the Grenfell tower fire after a highly critical report identified serious shortcomings in the services response some automobile inquiry found that more lives could have been saved if the tower had been evacuated sooner she was due to retire in a pool next year but she will now leave at the end of this month to you allow the next commissioner to urgently deliver the report's recommendations the mayor of London City Khan has praised Miss Cotton for more than 3 decades of service but said it was the right decision for her to leave a Tesco store in Harvard has been evacuated this morning following. Methane alert staff and customers had to leave the Tesco Extra store on Jarman way in Hemel Hempstead Tesco says no methane has been detected they hope to reopen the store later this morning a senior conservative sources responded to an on air challenge by the b.b.c. Presenter Andrew Neil for Boris Johnson to accept his invitation for an interview by saying the public a fed up with such encounters the prime minister and Jeremy Corbyn are preparing for their final live head to head t.v. Debate tonight the B.B.C.'s Nick Robinson will host the event I'm a bit more than a referee but referees policy what I've got to do a good make sure it's a clean fair fight between the 2 of them they both get equal say I'm going to make sure most of the audience that the questions genuinely get some sort of answer and . 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