This is LBC from Global, leading Britain's conversation, Mystery Hour with James O'Brien.

Three minutes after 12 is the time, and Mystery Hour is upon us once again.

Your weekly opportunity to achieve the sort of satisfaction, not ordinarily available anywhere else on your radio dial.

And yes, you're right. I didn't

get to number one on the list of failing graylings because I went all a bit fanboyish with Julian

Richard, the head of Richard Sounds. I was supposed to end the interview at about 57, 1157, and then

have a couple of minutes left to give you number one on the list of Grayling's failings. It is of course the privatisation of the probation service which if you are

lucky enough to be able to listen to this program on a regular basis will have come as no surprise

whatsoever. The only thing that was open to negotiation was the amount of money it would

ultimately cost the taxpayer. That figure currently stands at £500 million.

Why can't we put Julian Richard in charge of some stuff?

Can't help thinking not only would things be a lot more efficiently run,

but probably a lot more happy civil servants as well.

But I digress.

It is time for mystery out.

Listen, this is the way it works.

0345-60609-73 is the number that you need if you have a question which needs an answer.

And that question could be about almost anything.

If you're new to this feature on the program, then think of it as the radio

equivalent of those old magazine Q&As and notes and queries where you'd write in and ask

something and a few weeks later someone else would write in with the answer. This is live and

interactive. Radio, you know, I promise I'll crack on in a minute. I'm going off on tangents left,

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