Former Tory Deputy Chair Jonathan Gullis has found a new role after losing his seat. His name is now listed on the notice board at Talk towers, where he’ll be hosting Kevin O’Sullivan’s show for the first time this Friday from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. He’s a YouTuber now…
Gullis has been spinning for Tory leadership candidate Priti Patel since the race began. Guido wonders whether he’s eyeing up his options in case he’s made redundant from yet another role…
GB News bosses must think Nigel Farage is worth every penny of the reported million quid they pay him, his box office appeal enabled them to beat Talk TV into the ground and off the air – despite Piers Morgan’s braggodicous bravado. Nigel keeps the upstart channel competitive. Given no TV licence fee taxpayers’ money is being squandered, what’s the problem? Nigel is being paid a market rate for his talent.
Could it be that rival media personalities are despairingly comparing their pay? The bland auto-cuties on a mere quarter or a third of a million quid must be livid. We love to see it!
TalkTV held its wake last Friday to commemorate just two whole years on air. Guido’s mole gets in touch to say it was a “wild” affair, with everyone dressed in black to say goodbye to the channel. None of the presenters that have been kept on attended, only those who lost their jobs…
There was a humorous speech given by a producer, though apparently many guests didn’t find it so funny. One such gag – that this wasn’t Jeremy Kyle’s first TV station he’s murdered – saw one of his producers storm out. Another joke poking fun at the fees paid to The Talk (at one point £2,000 an episode for some presenters) went down like a “cup of cold sick“. Other japes included Nicola Thorpe having “vegan blood” on her hand for turning the channel woke and a few “stomach-churning” jokes about Mike Graham’s “morning glory“. TalkTV, which will now be rebranded to just Talk, will be off air this week…
UPDATE:
Another of Guido’s moles says the producers at Talk “went on a rampage” at the party, tearing down posters of presenters on the wall. Drink was taken…
TalkTV began airing on the 25th April 2022. Two years later, it’s all over…
After Guido revealed it would scrap the expensive linear broadcast channel and switch to streaming and radio only, the day has finally come. TalkTV goes off air today. Onto the new heights of YouTube, where the live channel currently has 450 viewers…
Redundant staff are gathering at a local watering hole tonight to “say goodbye to the home of common sense” and “cry because it happened“. “Dress code: Grieving, but still f*ckable”…
Guido is told by a sceptical TalkTV insider: “These people have burned a s**t tonne of money and humiliated themselves. How on earth can they hold a party.” Sometimes it’s the only way…
Labour has made the interesting decision to trumpet its new plan to boost Treasury funds by hiring more HMRC officers to investigate tax dodgers and close the made-up “tax gap”. That’s while they take down adverts featuring their Deputy Leader…
Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury James Murray came on TalkTV to chat about the plan and got asked: “We’ll punish tax dodgers you said: should you perhaps start with Angela Rayner?” Cue a long back and forth in which Murray claimed she didn’t have to release her “expert” advice…
An exasperated Peter Cardwell ended up saying:
“If basic questions were answered by Angela Rayner, if that advice was put into the public domain, if she did a few media interviews on it for example, you could talk about [your plan] until you were blue in the face.“
So long as Rayner stays silent these questions won’t go away…
After Guido exclusively reported all the way back in June last year that The Sun TV was on the way, it’s finally arrived. Harry Cole and The Sun’s lobby team will lead a weekly show called “Never Mind the Ballots” to shed light on the state of politics, hitting airwaves every Thursday. The Sun’s “cabinet” of punters will chime in to give their verdict on the politicians hauled in to face Cole’s questioning. Jeremy Kyle will be upset he’s still attached to TalkTV despite all his rehearsals…
The first guest under The Sun’s spotlight will be Keir Starmer tomorrow. Is it The Sun wot sees the way the wind is blowing?
