Wednesday
Jun272007
Tonight on 18 Doughty Street
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 
I'm on 18 Doughty Street tonight. I'll be discussing the smoking ban with Iain Dale, Britain's top political blogger, on Live At Nine. Doughty Street was among those filming at The Savoy on Monday, so there will be a small package of vox pop interviews. After that they want me to stay on for Vox Politics and the End of the Day show, which finishes at midnight. (Hopefully, someone, somewhere, will still be watching!)Iain and I go back a bit. He was the man behind Politico's Bookshop and together we briefly published The Politico, a short-lived magazine that was very well received but was never going to be a great commercial success so we pulled the plug.
I've featured this before so apologies for repeating myself - but here's one of my earlier appearances on the Internet-based channel. If you want to be mildly amused, double-click on the screen below.
Update on Friday, June 29, 2007 by
Simon Clark
Simon Clark
Iain Dale deserted his post at the last moment in favour of an appearance on Five Live - Shane Greer deputised. To see the programme in full click HERE. ASH, by the way, wouldn't put someone forward because their spokesman was "on holiday"!
Reader Comments (4)
Is there a link to 27 June one?
There is now. I've only just realised that the article has been updated with a link to it.
I'm about two-thirds of the way through it. Simon, I think you did a really good job here. The Boisdale chap's comparison to WWII was an excellent opener!
Very good to hear you being more forceful than I usually perceive you to be in the press (not sure if that's to do with editoril policy or not). Keep up the good work! :)
LOL - I meant 'editorial' of course!
I don't think I've ever seen authentic laughter on "serious" tv before. I was laughing so much it distracted me from the important point you were making - all I recall is your mate saying something about chicken yogurt and Hungary.
If this was shown on national tv you'd win more sympathy than any number of press releases. You should post it on Youtube - as a refuge for subversive video material.