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Martin Shankleman

@martshankleman

Retired BBC Employment Correspondent.

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calendar_today29-03-2009 15:36:12

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Scoop: G20 ministers meeting in Naples this week are fighting over climate change. Unlikely to agree on the need for net zero or 1.5C. With Alberto Nardelli & Alessandro Speciale bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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Hate to fall out with you over this , but you couldn’t be more wrong. Eric was the face, voice and personality of the Animals. Springsteen admits he’s based his whole career of this one song. Eric rules !

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Absolutely right to report that that’s what Jimmy said. But given he admitted forgetting 5 years of his life, his recollections might be tad untrustworthy. But what a tribute, did him proud.

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Scoop: Governments in Europe and the US are worrying about how the global energy crunch might undermine COP26 next month bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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Thanks for tip. Just listened to it on BBC Sounds- amazing app- and it’s very good. Love the long pauses Tony takes - a master.

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Article rightly praises Zappa’s ‘exquisite sang-froid’ in getting the crowd to leave, as fire took hold. If you listen to the tape, the band even joke about Arthur Brown being present!

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The newspaper billboard here refers to the Dag’s missing plane, a reference to the Sec General of the UN, whose plane vanished over the Congo Sept 18 1961. So I think this footage was shot the next day.