So just when you think the England cricket tour to Australia can't get any worse, you switch on Radio 5 Live Xtra for ball by ball commentary and you get a couple of 'Shiela's doing their best to make it interesting. One was clearly an England Ladies past or present player, the other was just a female commentator. I am sure they are well versed in the lovely game, but neither of them had a radio voice, their inflection and pitch were awful.
Now as an 'old git' I do think positive discrimination has been overplayed in recent times, three out of four Wirrilian MP's are women, for example, with only one being gay. Frank Field would probably be replaced by another woman if he was not so high profile. Positions of power should be earned by right. Women priests, lady firefighters and linesmen being renamed assistant referee's to allow women to wave the flag at football matches are all manufactured positions aimed at appeasing the equal opportunities campaigners. The opportunities are there provided you are good enough not just for the job, but in the job.
So please BBC will you protect us from these lady commentators who have hugely irritating voices certainly not fit for radio, and who add nothing in the way they paint pictures of the game. Let's return to the traditional calm tones of an older statesman, able to add something to the listeners enjoyment of the match whether it be a 20 over slog or a 6 hour rear guard action to save a test match.
Brian Johnston must be turning in his grave, probably a leg break!
Showing posts with label Frank Field. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Frank Field. Show all posts
Friday, 31 January 2014
Tuesday, 4 May 2010
Soap box superstar
I had a drink with Frank Field on Friday night. Frank is the long standing Labour MP for Birkenhead, and he was in my local with his campaign team relaxing after a long week on the hustings.
They are a weird lot, volunteer canvassers. I group them with twitchers, train spotters and the Greenham Common peace camp occupants as right up there at the top of the anorak league table.
His campaign leader, however, was an all together more rounded chap. In his early 30's he was up from Central Office in London to add some structure and support to the campaign. I did indicate to him that Franks seat must be one of the most secure Labour seats in the Country, but he was gracious enough to say that nothing could be taken for granted.
When he realised I was from his neck of the woods, the conversation quickly changed to a discussion about Anne Keen, the current MP for Hounslow West. He indicated that the seat had become a marginal now, in no little way due to the fact that Anne and her husband Alan, were an expenses scandal even before there was an expenses scandal!!
I shall watch all three candidates with interest to see what becomes of them on Thursday night, or Friday morning.
They are a weird lot, volunteer canvassers. I group them with twitchers, train spotters and the Greenham Common peace camp occupants as right up there at the top of the anorak league table.
His campaign leader, however, was an all together more rounded chap. In his early 30's he was up from Central Office in London to add some structure and support to the campaign. I did indicate to him that Franks seat must be one of the most secure Labour seats in the Country, but he was gracious enough to say that nothing could be taken for granted.
When he realised I was from his neck of the woods, the conversation quickly changed to a discussion about Anne Keen, the current MP for Hounslow West. He indicated that the seat had become a marginal now, in no little way due to the fact that Anne and her husband Alan, were an expenses scandal even before there was an expenses scandal!!
I shall watch all three candidates with interest to see what becomes of them on Thursday night, or Friday morning.
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