Read this: Surviving Politics with Michael Gove. A Point of View. The Food Programme.

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts will hear from a listener he drove around and around to hear the end of the food programme and the head of the US elections you've been giving us your opinions on the opinions of contributors on a point of view or last week well-known former politician turned off as a presenter on Radio 4 hello.

I'm Michael Gove I spent the last 19 years as a member of parliament cabinet positions contested following general elections and prime ministers of politics of showbiz for other people that I was made for it the series survive in politics was billed as Michael Gove talking candidly with politicians from different parties about the strengths and skills needed to survive when things get tough or quite a few of you contacted us about the

My name is Dr Rebecca Warren and I live in Kent there's little irritates me more than politicians like Michael Gove Enrique polling damage on the country.

Been to make radio programmes as a means of rehabilitating them showing us how they're all really nice people after all he could simply be interviewed during the program for the boys approach to commissioning and Swansea Michael go who is on record as disliking the BBC has a series on BBC Radio 4 so like so many of his ilk.

He's prepared to except the easy money from something.

He's supposed to go is an ex politician.

He's not a broadcaster the BBC should be giving opportunities to new Talent based on merit not a failed politicians who an hour redundant.

When was available from the BBC to address your questions but we did get this statement Michael Gove retains a high public profile having recently left Frontline politics he brings unique experience to his background in journalism and is exceptionally long and diverse career in government insights especially in the format of a conversation between two former allows listeners to eavesdrop on a different kind of conversation that heard in the formal interview conducted by a professional journalist this series was not political journalism rather enable reflections on politics from those who held senior roles offering candid perspectives on what it takes to succeed in high office the discussions were robust and took place between politicians from a wide range of different parties for former politicians hosting programmes on BBC and elsewhere.

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Can you turn off the commentators launch a podcast or sign up for reality TV is no stranger to the airwaves including several series on Radio 4.

I think you've had a chance to hear some of the surviving politics interviews.

What did you think of it as a series fine? I mean I wasn't impressed by the questions being asked given that you had people on there like Arlene Foster who have a really interesting story to tell about what happened to them but no good I I listened as I listened to most Radio 4 programmes with great interest and enthusiasm not had their own opinions on the series here and Bury in Brighton have suffered enough with Michael Gove in office must be now enjoy him presenting on the airwaves the dust barely settled since his standing down at the election.

Please BBC let us enjoy a welcome respite from his presents a time for healing number of listeners the felt that this was just too soon from Michael to get behind the mic especially something so virtually political.

Do you have any sympathy of that? I'm not really in terms of the quality is up for individuals to consider that I mean unlike me.

Why did my series I was in a minute about still an MP Michael wasn't an MBE or administer.

So is Beverley free to go on the airways and get there is a kind of anti politician view around which I guess would would affect someone who's been in government for so long.

I don't think there's any reason to ban him from their wives because he's been a government minister in a in a registration.

That's just been voted out on the power.

This is what the BBC had to say about someone's comment the front foot Michael Gove left frontal and politics recently that he was able to bring inside into more recent events which have.

Origins is mine and bring Direct experience of the world is disgusting.

Obviously he worked with a nose well these politicians is interviewing but I wonder what you thought with the merit of this season 2 views and these chats do you think the actually did get more out of them or different responses from them than a good critical journalist would like to listening to every episode the someone like Michelle Hussain or someone like Sarah Montague or someone Neil would have got much more out of it for the listen.

I thought Michael you know was what is not a professional interview and I don't know whether he was out to be a professional to do in the sense of trying to extract more than what was there but I was very frustrated that the questions that I thought should have been asked when asked well some

Actions where decidedly chummy here for Martin from Oxfordshire concept behind Michael goes conversations on surviving politics is really sound however it now seems to Trinity are Michael Gove in his guest to rewrite history without challenge this was exemplified by the interview with Arlene Foster examine the period of the brexit issues, they both managed to promote respective a favourite bear participation with no explanation of the impact of the principal in pass that instead for their actions the team in London were pushing really hard to get back to Theresa pushing as hard as I possibly could and we're being robust to you know that she didn't want to look as if she was you know giving too much attention to unionism because that might interfere with her in the holiday in Northern Ireland which was not correct Michael and you and I both know that and that was the frustration you know looking back.

It was absolutely right and I was.

Puzzled by that episode first of all there was an Imposter suggesting that the Union is weren't trying to extract every ounce of advantage over holding the balance of power effectively in that period of Theresa May's couple of course they were and that was precisely the area that I thought a good sound professional interviewer would have just put under and not just accepted it and carried on in the tummy.

We chat with Amber Rudd did expose I think a different approach to politics with same party for the difference between a career politician and a conviction politician.

This is talking about her resignation over the Windrush scandal it required somebody to resign over this horrific events over a period of years that the British state had delivered to a number of innocent people and I look back on that and I still think it was the right thing to do perhaps and Abel

You Michael enable? You should have called that might have been the most interesting interaction of the series cuz Amber Rudd does suggest Michael Gove that he might not have resigned in the same circumstances that she did she did and as the general secretary of former home secretaries you very much.

I was with Amber Rudd on that once again.

There was no push on that Michael has been implicated didn't go to defend himself against that so the listener was left.

I think admiring Amber Rudd I admire already but I admire her admire even more after that interview but also baps thinking well.

I don't like to hurt more about that the listener Kenneth MacRae from Plockton had this to say about the charts with Scotland's former first minister.

I heard Michael Gove discussing politics with.

They both go on very well and said they get on well well and government to it was refreshing to hear especially given all the virtual online between supporters of various party received these days.

It was a lesson too many more of this former politicians.

Please does one or two people that I know when my minister more than that actually my minister you clear a I can go to person that can we sort this out you're one of them at the seaside to drive.

It was another that was another yes that I can approach over over the years with a wonderful but late.

There's another person I dealt with that I can just drop a WhatsApp to a text or a quick course you can we just come bs.

And working through that no, I didn't that's a little bit of insight there.

We might not get anywhere else that they were friendly relations behind the scenes.

We might not have got that prospective if Humza yousaf has been interviewed by BBC political journalist.

I think you would because I think he.

Said the same thing politicians actually co-operate a lot more than they compete they do it on select committees.

They do it on issues where they have a common interest I think the public likes to hear that so I'm not surprised that was that comment I don't get the impression from you that you are not sure that Michael goes interviews will be delivered the level of insight this kind of unique look at politicians that the BBC was hoping for when they commissioned this program.

It left me wanting to you an interview with Michael Gove I still don't know why he for it back Boris Johnson and then oppose Boris Johnson I not got to the bottom of that.

I don't I would like to hurt more about his very close friendship with David Cameron that expired on the altar of brexit so to me Michael Gove is a fascinating character and did as he said himself 6 cabinet positions neither taught me anything more about him.

No, if I was to make myself in a colour neutral listener, do I think it added to the public some knowledge of how politics work so sense? I think he's not looking to be a broadcaster is editing The Spectator but it will pop up now and again.

I'm sure and I think probably will pop up in a lot more informative than that series Alan Johnson thank you so much for joining me on feedback and Michael goes 5 podcast series surviving politics is available on BBC signs down for 17 good afternoon Charlie Walker hear the day has come.

I've always tried it really my last ever Radio Show and I certainly my last sounds of the 70s.

Johnnie Walker presented his final edition of signs of the 70s on Radio 2 last weekend the music choices where his own and the Rod Stewart's was the Mungo's paying tribute along with Johnny's wife take care of you wanted to share your memories of a man has been on our radios for 58 years as I was going up Johnnie Walker was I supposed an integral part of my memories my mum lessons has been issues later now that my mum's my own grown up family voice was the backdrop to our Sunday dinner preparations a message from a gentleman who was in the time Rod Stewart here.

Thank you.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for playing only my songs but the faces and just about every other rock band in the world on your wonderful show over the years.

You managed to get through the pearly gates of a pint of Guinness please mate and guess what I'll pick up the 10.

See you later Johnny I am sad Christine Goldsworthy in Belfast Johnnie Walker and other DJs for so important as teenagers in the 70s and 80s here in Northern Ireland and those dreadful years very few bands came to Belfast but the likes of Joe Jackson Eddie and the Hot Rods to name a few did we listen to your chart showing the fury of the wonderful Stuart Henry and the Saturday we could all the great music we needed so enjoy today Mr Walker I have loved your shows all my life.

So there's been times when people have a joint in listening to me, so it doesn't really matter how long you been listening to the old JW here.

My name is Daniel Cartwright and I'm around.

From Wolverhampton in the West Midlands I love Johnny's analogy comparing his radio career to a bus that we all hop on and off.

I don't want to get off though and I really don't want him to have to stop driving going to be very strange for me next Sunday afternoon at 3 to think that I won't be speaking to you.

So I'll miss you a lot.

It's been great all these years.

We've done a lot of living together you and I really miss that comforting Sunday afternoon presents and my kitchen, but I'm really glad that he's never able to rest with piggy you feel very ill in January this year, am I didn't think you doing shows into February you kept going for 10 months and I know it will be a lot of tears out there today including mine as well.

Sussex I just wanted to say what a moving and beautiful final program.

It was with Johnny he made me laugh and cry and his final words and amazing had me in bits for a good care of yourself and those you love and maybe walk into the future with our heads Held High and happiness in our hearts.

God bless you and all and with this.

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We should know the name of the next president of the United States the coverage of the race to the white house has intensified over the airwaves during the last few weeks with some heated debate about the merits of the two candidates and radio for a point of view has caught your attention not least because it offers a chance for presenters to express opinion as well as fact it was the contributions from two American right which didn't sit well with feedback listeners in the first instance.

It was Zoe strimpel assessment of Carmela Harris and why she would struggle to vote for her which concerns you wear of the ridicule keeps on women who stumbled once or twice but karma has problems are more severe headlines like Kamala Harris roasted over latest word salad abound.

Maria module to Twickenham has a right to her viewpoint nevertheless.

I'm outraged that she chose or someone chose to enable her to annihilate Kamala Harris for being in particular Caroline bell.

I'm from Brighton and Zoe lucid articulate but she goes on to criticise Carmela Harris in a way that seems naive expecting her to be completely fluent with no slack a tool for live speaking and also something that sounds like intellectual snobbery.

Hi, my name is Martin from Belsize Park in North London it came across as an alarm with minor wins against the personality manner of speaking and style of laughing of the presidential candidate Kamala Harris it was also terribly feeble with almost no comment or comparison about the relative attraction Harris's opponent one Donald Trump he can do better.

My name is Joanna Bradbury and I live in Colchester does anybody know what Sciences and qualifications to substantiate a plane and perhaps the Legendary impartiality of the BBC will be exercised hopefully in the next episode with another fair point of view and indeed the following week.

There was enough for a different point of view this time from author Adam gopnik Who drew on to American essays from the 1960s to reflect on Donald Trump's character.

It is the a picture of hot desert political paranoia with boston's call to publicity that makes trump so very different from previous figures McCarthy had plenty of paranoia, but no curry some but not all of you find and lightning from Glasgow just want to observe that Adam got mixed ability.

Is SA2 blend the Paranoid style and the Cult of the image offers as a penetrating account of the rise of the meaning of Donald Trump an American culture that very few recent commentators have matched.

This is Mike chains.

I just listened to another diatribe by Adam gopnik on Radio 4 this point of view.

I know it's called point of view and that can include such extreme opinions has got next but when does an opinion endlessly add on the BBC just become propaganda his visceral hatred of trump is obvious and the fact that he's invited to speak so regularly on the BBC speaks volumes as to why the BBC is biased got Nick Fury and outrage is just bigoted but Jim knocked his 4-part series knock Dion America also featured on a point of view was considered balanced and

More approval from listeners in politics the discourses inflamed instead of being punctuated by insults, it's become enslaved to the feedback.

This is Joe's Banbury and Dorchester taking you back to the days of Alastair Cook please can we have much more from James Doherty when we did ask for someone from a point of you to come on feedback to discuss with mihai.

They select and address balance, but no one was available we did get this statement appointed view as a weekly program.

Which invite someone to reflect and share their opinion on a topical issue the invite on have their own views and share their background and thinking on a particular topic with the upcoming presidential election we invited several contributors to share their views each of them.

A different perspective this included Zoe strimpel who discussed how she might boat and what factors are impacting her personal choice we ask a wide range of people to take part in the programme different views to ensure impartiality overtime in accordance with our editorial guidelines about the coverage of the US elections on really keen to hear you're not and indeed anything to do with BBC audio a very easy way to get in touch is to send a WhatsApp voice note on 0345 you can also ring the same number and leave a voice message.

So you can send us an email to feedback that bbc.co.uk and it's at BBC R4 feedback social media one feedback is nisantasi voice note last week and it was a cool which still I'd hello my name is David Mitchell I'm calling from Herne Bay

I'm just leaving a message to say that I thought the addition of the food programme about eating and neurodiversity including autism and ADHD was absolutely outstanding broadcasting as we listen to the rest of David's message we decided it would be great to speak to him and person with an autistic child of mine.

I have been recently diagnosed with ADHD and I found the entire program fascinating educational and just broadcasting at its best first of all.

Thank you so much for getting in touch.

This is obviously a subject that you've got first-hand experience of but I wonder what it was in particular about the program that you find so compelling.

I was listening to it.

Immediately caught my wife must listen to it.

I guess it was a combination of education.

Material which I need help us with our son and is issues around food and eating and his autism but also just the Shared experience of the parents have struggle with this.

I've seen you like crying on the floor at 10 at night trying to get her to take a drink for the first time that day because she just won't drink she has six safe and it's her circle of trust.

So you can't infiltrate those say foods that I didn't know but I wonder as a desert parents of a boy who is neurodiverse that was quite a lot that you didn't know and also if there was a lot of things that you actually resonated with you.

You thought actually my son my son does that I think they can be often be a sense of shame or self-blame with parents about the condition.

Why isn't my child eating normally?

I done wrong and really understanding that it's you know.

It's not it's not your fault.

It's not their fault either you cannot help the blame yourself off because you're my daughter has been so maybe I've done something wrong.

You know and then after you can have go blaming yourself and then you and maybe we could have done things differently.

But it's not it's something she's born with it.

Not how it's been for you it can be yeah it can be I mean I have to say listen to the programme made me realise that that's all they might you know my son as he struggles with eating it could be a lot worse you know I really really could be a lot worse and now I feel I really empathize with those parents and children who struggle with food in eating because the Grind the daily Grind impression stress that puts on families and relationships is something that people don't have neurodiversity the family.

Just I don't think I'll ever be able to truly understand we work with the lost children that probably only eat 224 foods and that could be a yoghurt and a cracker and that's it and we always looking to see what's going on so sometimes.

We looking at there something called that oral tone.

So the muscle tone of them as to see are they physically able to chew and swallow efficiently you know it's

Lonely when you're with it within your child and you feel like you know you can't open up maybe your friends or relatives to don't really understand dance on listen and it can become quite lonely existence and being able to hear from other people is an important way of that shared experience making you understand that you are one of many or sharing the same struggles and David you just stumbled across this program.

Yeah, I was driving my driving my kids in the car.

I was trying to get my daughter but asleep and the program came on.

I mean I listen to Radio 4 regular and the subject matter immediately.

I thought well ok.

This is relevant to me.

This is interested in fact.

I got home earlier than expected in the program was still on soak to be honest.

We drove around town for about 15-minutes trying to kill some time.

So I can finish the program us before we before her to get out of the car and the programme with your wife.

Yeah, my my wife's listen to it as much as she can we got full-time to be able to listen to radio programme when you're not the driver in the car is British cuisine limited, but it's only the BBC that will make things like this it it wouldn't be made by anyone else.

That's why I'm so consistently surprise listen to Radio 4 because things got up like this where you know just totally random.

I'm not expecting I know nothing about you know a lot of people like to complain and I've worked in jobs where people complain a lot, but they don't often give you credit when something as well, so I just thought it was trying to run and make sure that but that happened on this occasion.

David Mitchell who is full of Praise for the reason food programme episode eating on.

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