ian macrae

Previously: broadcaster, journalist, tv exec, editor, occasional muso. Blind man, father of 3 children.

[ian macrae @IanMacrae1]

@RRussellDavies My late blind mother's version of that one was "Up in Annie's room behind the wallpaper". She had lots of sayings including, to someone who was a big eater, "you're cheaper to keep for a week than a fortnight".

[ian macrae @IanMacrae1]

@keridavies Keep your run of the mill national treasures. She was the nation’s mum.

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@Hepworthclare So you mean nothing like the dirty politics that finagled Starmer into the labour leadership then? As somebody said of Gordon Brown at the time Starmer Reeped the whirlwind of the nasty politics that put him there

[Marina Hyde @MarinaHyde]

My column on the royal family getting their handouts doubled

https://t.co/NBOPV9yueh

[ian macrae @IanMacrae1]

@matthewsyed So you’re comfortable with the Mandelson appointment are you and with Starmer’s apparent lack of concern for the Epstein victims? I think it’s outrageous to describe him as a good man. I think you were self-serving and not very good at the job he was given.

[Ash Sarkar @AyoCaesar]

Keir Starmer's premiership was a catastrophe engineered by the Labour right.

They got everything they wanted - a candidate without politics of his own, control of selections and internal processes, a monopoly on his advisers - and they fucked it into the sun.

[ian macrae @IanMacrae1]

@MichaelPayneUK He certainly did his best to improve Mandelson‘s life while his sense of duty didn’t extend to the victims of Epstein. And how were the lives of pensioners improved by having 300 quid taken away in the coldest time of the year?
More recently his sense of duty has been to himself

[ian macrae @IanMacrae1]

@breeallegretti Sorry to be cynical but clearly he very much likes the idea of final appearances on the big international stages. I guess that having checkers over the summer isn’t a bad gig either.

[ian macrae @IanMacrae1]

@soniasodha Never mind public service or public interest broadcasting it’s increasingly clear that the BBC is the drawing from the audio news Arena.

[ian macrae @IanMacrae1]

@HannahIamthest1 I have heard that story about both Alf Ramsey and Bobby Robson in the toilet with Mr John at Ipswich town

[ian macrae @IanMacrae1]

@timothy_stanley His work on checkpoint on radio four was truly groundbreaking and compelling radio.

[Rosie Duffield MP @RosieDuffield1]

Yep, that'll turn his fortunes around. Bringing back McSweeney while more and more damning Mandelson docs are still being released. Outstanding leadership, and outstanding grasp of reality, as always 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻

[ian macrae @IanMacrae1]

@ebonictitalizer I really loved that first album

[ian macrae @IanMacrae1]

How clearly Starmer has shown his total lack of political acumen, not to mention failure to take responsibility for the Mandleson appointment by bringing Macsweeney back into his operation though there are some, including me who suspect or know that he never actually Left.

[ian macrae @IanMacrae1]

@BillyM600 @prodnose I think Mr Baker has been on the sauce again, red or brown? Next thing he'll be posting pictures of royal babies as chimps.

[ian macrae @IanMacrae1]

@prodnose @almurray I love the story that on what was supposed to be a final reunion tour things had got so bad that he shouted "Cunt!" every time he hit the snare. Listen to Every Little Thing in the light of that! He was also very good with Curved Air by the way.

[ian macrae @IanMacrae1]

@helen_macnamara An engaging and informative listen, thank you

[ian macrae @IanMacrae1]

@stuey_beef Not only that, he started his statement on the release of the files by saying that the victims should be at the centre of everyone's thoughts. Like they were for him when he was commiserating with mandleson over his sacking for association with Epstein.

[ian macrae @IanMacrae1]

@Hepworthclare So nothing to do with Starmer and McSweeney appointing Mandleson then? I hope your political soul and principles were worth the paltry bauble.

[ian macrae @IanMacrae1]

@Eman_8282 Lindisfarne, the Fog On The Tyne cover art. Last week.