103: A sorry state of affairs

Planet Porky

Personal Journals, News, Society & Culture, News Commentary

3.8 • 646 Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Mike Parry and Lesley-Ann Jones are back with you again for another look at the big stories making the news on Planet Porky including: Mike Tyson's brutality, how Duran Duran captured the zeitgeist of the 80s, Monaco's extreme wealth, Tom Jones and his dalliances, Hillary Clinton, how much truth there is in the notion 'treat them mean, keep them keen' and the brilliance of Bonnie Tyler. They also have a look at some of your feedback and of course there's a Fleet Street story thrown in as well!

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0:00.0	Okay, folks, you are listening to the latest edition of Life on Planet Porky.
0:27.6	Where is Planet Porky?
0:28.7	Well, it's up there.
0:29.9	It's across the universe, as John and might have said, and the full-time residents are myself.
0:36.2	Excuse me, Michael Porky Parry, and of course the one and
0:40.2	only incredible rock chick writer, Leslie Ann Jones. Leslie Ann, how is the planet treating you
0:46.7	this fine day? Well, not bad, Michael, thank you. We're getting through it, aren't we? I think
0:51.6	making the best of our resources in these locked
0:55.5	down times and keeping a smile on our faces and bringing the news from Planet Porky to the world.
1:02.7	Indeed we are. And talking about Planet Porky, of course, which is far, far away, a lot of people
1:07.6	who are far far away are going to be coming back into our country this week
1:11.5	and then finally they've got to self-isolate for 14 days. I've put out a video protest about that.
1:18.1	I don't know if you've seen it, but I'm absolutely livid that the airline industry is going to be
1:22.8	further hampered from flourishing by what I regard as a really ridiculous imposition of the freedom of people,
1:29.3	which, if it was going to be introduced, should have been introduced three months ago.
1:33.8	You're absolutely right, but I heard that British Airways, Ryanair and EasyJet are now
1:39.3	suing the government. That's right. Yeah. Well, governments always try and find reasons for inquiries and that kind of stuff,
1:46.3	usually to close down the issue at hand. Oh, I can't talk about that. There's an inquiry going on.
1:50.9	They should do this in reverse now. They should cave in on this one because they know it's rubbish and
1:55.2	say, look, due to a series of legal actions being mounted against us, we've had to postpone the imposition of this. But who am I to talk about politicians?
2:02.8	Politicians are boring, and we try to stay away from politicians on planet Porky, Leslie
2:07.4	and so that we can tell the audience about marvellous, glamorous, exciting tales,
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