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[Closed] Any questions for Robert Peston?

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He’s just sat down at the table opposite me?
I could ask him for a steam mop/map recommendation?
Anything else?


 
Posted : 03/11/2021 1:25 pm
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You could ask...does he drive an Audi? does he have a woodburner? can he recommend some coffee?
Whatever you do, don't ask anything about bikes.


 
Posted : 03/11/2021 1:35 pm
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Ask him when journalists are going to start calling that clown in No. 10 out for being full of shit


 
Posted : 03/11/2021 1:37 pm
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Ask him when journalists are going to start calling that clown in No. 10 out for being full of shit

Aaaaaaaamen to that.


 
Posted : 03/11/2021 1:40 pm
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Where’s his goddamn shine-box?


 
Posted : 03/11/2021 1:46 pm
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What wheel size?


 
Posted : 03/11/2021 1:47 pm
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Ask if johnson and gove are alcoholics.


 
Posted : 03/11/2021 1:47 pm
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What toaster ?


 
Posted : 03/11/2021 1:48 pm
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Why does he syncopate his speech like that. Makes him sound ridiculous and attention seeking. It detracts from asking searching questions of politicians to hold them to account which is his job.


 
Posted : 03/11/2021 1:49 pm
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Ask him if being 'political editor' for ITV is as ridiculous as it sounds?

Does he brief Philip Scofield and Holly Willoughby on the latest Westminster intrigues?


 
Posted : 03/11/2021 1:56 pm
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Ask him how he puts up with Julie Etchingham's whistling speech. I wish they'd put a low pass filter on News at 10.


 
Posted : 03/11/2021 1:59 pm
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Does he genuinely believe his own schtick that he is in fact a news brand, and someone who gets to dictate what is and isn't news?


 
Posted : 03/11/2021 2:16 pm
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How about “have you ever thought of letting someone get a word in edge ways when you are interviewing them?”


 
Posted : 03/11/2021 2:17 pm
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How about some shoulder press work and new ties?


 
Posted : 03/11/2021 2:18 pm
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Which tyres for next weekend in the Lakes?

Has he got any advice for extending wifi coverage?


 
Posted : 03/11/2021 2:19 pm
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Does he brief Philip Scofield and Holly Willoughby on the latest Westminster intrigues?

Thought that was done by the political editor for CBeebies?


 
Posted : 03/11/2021 2:19 pm
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You should start by asking WTF he thinks he is doing just walking in and sitting at your kitchen table


 
Posted : 03/11/2021 2:22 pm
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What was it like being in Thunderbirds?


 
Posted : 03/11/2021 2:23 pm
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Would it not be a good idea to find out what a foreign language press release says via a translation not issued by No.10 or doing some due diligence and checking before parroting government propaganda?


 
Posted : 03/11/2021 2:30 pm
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Please address him as Pesto.. he'll enjoy that.

Would you please ask him if there are any trail closures at Cwmcarn currently?

Also, please could you ask Pesto what his favourite recipe for pesto is. I expect he'll be your friend for life after that.


 
Posted : 03/11/2021 2:30 pm
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I like Peston. Give him a thumbs up 👍


 
Posted : 03/11/2021 2:32 pm
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Ask him how long he spends looking at himself in the mirror each day.


 
Posted : 03/11/2021 2:40 pm
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"Are you ready to order Sir?"


 
Posted : 03/11/2021 2:43 pm
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Does Charlton Heston have his vest on?


 
Posted : 03/11/2021 3:03 pm
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Are you ready to order Sir?”

👏👏


 
Posted : 03/11/2021 3:08 pm
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what ever you ask him make sure you..........include...........long pauses in the question


 
Posted : 03/11/2021 3:37 pm
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Tell him you just saw some labour activists beating up a poor tory aide outside a hospital and see if he faithfully repeats it.


 
Posted : 03/11/2021 3:42 pm
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Why does he syncopate his speech like that. Makes him sound ridiculous and attention seeking. It detracts from asking searching questions of politicians to hold them to account which is his job.

His mum was a speech therapist, you know.


 
Posted : 03/11/2021 3:44 pm
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I would ask him why the smugness?

Is because he's managed to get away with attempting to do a job which he is very clearly incapable of doing properly?

And because ITV doesn't aim for the same standards as the BBC?


 
Posted : 03/11/2021 3:58 pm
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Could ask him when he's going to get to the point.


 
Posted : 03/11/2021 4:16 pm
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Why does he syncopate his speech like that

He revealed on Desert Island Discs that as a child he stuttered and the syncopation helped to overcome it, at moments of stress he falls back into the habit.


 
Posted : 03/11/2021 4:24 pm
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How much do the Tories pay him?


 
Posted : 03/11/2021 4:28 pm
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Had a quick chat with him before I had to leave. Unsurprisingly he was charismatic and charming. I told him that I wished it was him going to the Today programme instead of Kuensberg - he said I was very kind.
Not quite in the same league as Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall though.


 
Posted : 03/11/2021 6:34 pm
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You could ask him "When did you become such an over bearing luuvie?"


 
Posted : 03/11/2021 6:48 pm
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Were you thrown out for bothering him?


 
Posted : 03/11/2021 6:55 pm
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I hope you ruffled his hair,he likes that. 🙂


 
Posted : 03/11/2021 7:28 pm
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I told him that I wished it was him going to the Today programme instead of Kuensberg...

Sorry, what?


 
Posted : 03/11/2021 7:38 pm
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What is the best carbon handlebar for my 2 year old sons bike?


 
Posted : 03/11/2021 8:14 pm
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told him that I wished it was him going to the Today programme instead of Kuensberg – he said I was very kind.

Presumably you didn't tell him that it was because he had a face more suitable for radio?


 
Posted : 03/11/2021 8:24 pm
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How does he rate the alround wiseacre Susannah Reid, marks out of two.


 
Posted : 03/11/2021 8:26 pm
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Whys orange jam called marmalade


 
Posted : 04/11/2021 9:23 am