Were it not for the fact that I’ve enjoyed so many of your other programmes, I’d be very tempted to leave an unfavourable rating for subjecting your loyal audience to 45 minutes of Frank Furedi. The man is a crank who lets his own political preferences completely colour any “analysis.”
There’s plenty of Trump hysteria to be found elsewhere. Do you really want to join that sorry bandwagon, Brendan? Please don’t go down that road. You’ve been an invaluable – and rare – source of level-headed, balanced commentary: Where others get lost in the weeds of fitful Trump-induced delirium, you’ve managed to remain clear eyed and to keep an eye on the bigger picture.
Policies matter more than personalities, however off-putting the latter may be. Please continue to spotlight the former for your listeners; leave the other puerile nonsense to our British legacy media.
And Brendan, Grok is in no way unique for its image generation. The other AI platforms enable the same thing. Starmer’s proposed ban is about selectively stifling criticism of our Labour government.
