A Quick One with Ed Parnell

An array of pretty pathetic reporting from overpaid journos and under appreciated interns making a newspaper which is ideal only for papier mache projects. Rashford, Sunak, Joan Collins, Angela Rippon, HS2, Shapps, Felicity Kendall, and an asteroid. It's a dream from which you will wake up screaming. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/a-quick-one-with-ed-parnell--...

Did you know your car is spying on you? What is worse it is sending the Data back to the manufacturer who is then sending the data onto unspecified sources. Face, conversations and, in one case, sexual orientation. Selling out your privacy for a tiny crumb of comfort. Always nice. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/a-quick-one-with-ed-parnell--5948367/support .

Sewage pollution campaigners will be taking to a beach to protest against hundreds of hours of sewage being pumped out into the sea by Southern Water. SOS Whitstable is vying to draw attention to the pollution levels in the seaside town on Saturday, which suffered more sewage releases than any other location in Kent in 2022, organisers say. From data analysed from Southern Water’s water quality re...

A forage into the depths of the Sunday papers, traversing the pages and cutting through the dense, verbose nonsense to the citadel which we call news, Ed Parnell moves alone, without guides or security, to the small leafy glade, where, gleaming in the sunshine from the fiery orb above, a being, shining gem of news acts as a beacon to all those who bother to look. Become a supporter of this podcast...

Rishi and the Conservatives are getting a tiny bit desperate. They've already restricted media attendance at their conference to donors only; what more can they do? Well, in the words of Donald Trump, they can ask their followers to donate. Because, you know, a party run by some of the wealthiest people in the country is obviously not going to be funded by the wealthiest people in the country's mo...

So the papers are full of scandal today; from Krishnan in headband shock weight loss not really to strictly host picks favourite strictly moment in mundane column shock horror probe. Also starring Kings, Presidents, footballs, panini's and a big o' dollop of that there humour. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/a-quick-one-with-ed-parnell--5948367/support .

Paper review In which I discuss tax, Sunak, The King, Take That, Emma Watson, Spam, Rupert Murdoch, drugs, potatoes, Russell Brand, Ukraine, Ping Pong and Bovril. It's a packed newsday. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/a-quick-one-with-ed-parnell--5948367/support .

It seems other sectors are unhappy with the sudden change in course as well. Ford have expressed their dissatisfaction with the recent about face, and the other industries are increasinlg frustrated with the lack of consistency of the Governments approach Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/a-quick-one-with-ed-parnell--5948367/support .

So with the dust vowl which seems to engulf Rishi Sunak's announcement last night, I thought I might take a look at how the media are reporting it, now the whole thing seems to be bedded into their respective agendas. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/a-quick-one-with-ed-parnell--5948367/support .

The daily sarcastic look at the papers for Thursday 21 September 2023 by the man with what was once a full head of hair. Sarcasm abounds, TRIGGER WARNING: Contains reference to Yorkshire puddings. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/a-quick-one-with-ed-parnell--5948367/support .

The Online Safety Bill passed yesterday. While there is nothing wrong with making the Internet a safer place, there is plenty wrong with the Act, which has some pretty powerful yet suspiciously vague tools for authorities to use, and opens the door to the very real possibility that Internet and connectivity in the UK will become, for the authorities, the equivalent of making every wall in every ho...

A leaked document shows Rishi has been less than upfront with his climate change commitment to stop teh sale of petrol and Diesel cars in 2030, and the banning of conventional gas boilers. How unlike a Tory. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/a-quick-one-with-ed-parnell--5948367/support .

Join Ed as he wearily trawls through the papers, looking at what the printed page has to offer this day. This might be a daily thing; it depends if I have anything to contribute. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/a-quick-one-with-ed-parnell--5948367/support .

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