https://www.spreaker.com/show/balls-radio_1enNewsCopyright Phil Dobbiehttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/b9c700fb35e1dc027fd340df32f70659.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/show/balls-radio_1Fri, 27 Jan 2023 09:17:17 +0000Phil DobbiePhil Dobbiephil@loudmouthcomms.comBalls Radio is like talk radio, but for thinking people. Now a short regular occurrence, Phil Dobbie offers his opinions on what's happening, in the UK and overseas: politics, social policy, economics, science, religion. Yes, it's another, slightly...cleanepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/201004ballsradiohttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/41288838Sun, 04 Oct 2020 08:54:21 +0000Phil DobbieA poignant message for today, as Donald Trump fights COVID-19 like nobody has ever fought before, is there a vaccine for the much bigger virus contaminated the world – the preponderance of hate? A sermon delivered by the Rev Phil Dobbie.226cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/200910ballsradiohttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/40811829Thu, 10 Sep 2020 08:20:03 +0000Phil DobbieNew enforceable laws will be introduced to ensure no more than six people gather together at any one time. Marshalls will be there to enforce the discipline, with fines and public floggings. For Balls Radio six people is a positive ratings result,...967cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/200908ballsradiohttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/40766982Tue, 08 Sep 2020 08:37:56 +0000Phil DobbieCOVID-19 is making a comeback. In this edition of Balls Radio Phil Dobbie says its becoming increasingly popular with young people, who enjoy it so much they pass it on to their friends. Also, two new games you might like to try, Brexit is close to...522cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/200906ballsradiohttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/40732680Sun, 06 Sep 2020 16:45:09 +0000Phil DobbieWe’re all emerging from lockdowns unsure of what’s real any more. In which alternate reality do we find Tony Abbott as a trade envoy for the UK? Can Harry and Meghan escape the limelight with a $100 million dollar deal on Netflix – it sounds like it...873reality,toenails,zombiescleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/200504ballsradiohttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/26689160Mon, 04 May 2020 11:44:18 +0000Phil DobbieLater this week Boris Johnson will outline plans to being lifting the lockdown. Other parts of the world are doing the same. Protestors with guns are out in many parts of the US demanding it. We need to get the economy back on track. Today on Balls...1044cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/200325ballsradiohttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/24285873Wed, 25 Mar 2020 10:09:29 +0000Phil DobbieOver five million self-employed people will be struggling right now, as work dries up and incomes disappear. Chancellor Rishi Sunak found it easy to promise 80% of the income of furloughed workers, but struggles with how to compensate self-employed...738cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/200323ballsradiohttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/24191134Mon, 23 Mar 2020 02:01:18 +0000Phil DobbieThe US President is repeatedly referring to COIV19 as the Chinese virus, in the hope that he can deflect the blame from the slow response he is making to the pandemic. On Balls Radio today we look at the numbers that suggest the US is seeing...491cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/200320morningcallhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/24089695Fri, 20 Mar 2020 10:10:44 +0000Phil DobbieThe Sun this week asked why Richard Branson isn’t offering to sell his island retreat to pay the wages of Virgin Atlantic staff. Phil Dobbie suggests that’s a moronic question, and the real criminals in this financial crisis are the companies who...1221cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/200317ballsradiohttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/23975541Tue, 17 Mar 2020 12:08:16 +0000Phil DobbieThe UK is pushing ahead with plans for herd immunity, even as other countries push ahead with isolation plans. Could the UK, ironically, be the only country left with freedom of movement, after having voted to get rid of it in the Brexit referendum?...950cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/200310ballsradiohttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/23706545Tue, 10 Mar 2020 09:29:16 +0000Phil DobbieWhilst Italy is in total lockdown, the UK Prime Minister is telling people to wash their hands more often, an Australian politician reckons it’s all a conspiracy by the Chinese and the US President wants to keep people on a cruise ship so they can die...846cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/200305ballsradiohttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/23497450Thu, 05 Mar 2020 09:22:31 +0000Phil DobbieFor many the most marked impact of the Corona Virus is that they will have to wait till November to see the new James Bond movie. Apparently the marketing team didn’t want people dying from watching a movie called No Time to Die. By then though, if...728cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/200302aballsradiohttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/23382814Mon, 02 Mar 2020 08:45:23 +0000Phil DobbieThe World Health organisation has confirmed another case of coming down with a Johnson induced pregnancy, bringing the known total to six although there are fears unreported cases could mean the actual figure is much higher. In today’s Balls Radio...683cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/200226ballsradiohttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/23198415Wed, 26 Feb 2020 06:03:44 +0000Phil DobbieDonald Trump this week suggested he would rather watch Gone with the Wind than an Oscar wining movie made overseas. Remember the good old days. BBC’s Question Time featured a rant (unchallenged) from a woman who claims our hospitals are flooded with...903cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/200217morningcallhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/22868327Mon, 17 Feb 2020 09:41:35 +0000Phil DobbieDestroying the BBC, an unworkable migration strategy, crazy bridge talk – could the Boris bounce be over soon? Phil Dobbie suggests that going hard on the national broadcaster could come back to bite him and the idea of a £23,000 minimum income for EU...834cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/200213ballsradiohttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/22725010Thu, 13 Feb 2020 10:22:28 +0000Phil DobbieBoris Johnson will send some of his cabinet back to where they came from, maybe because Dominic Cummings doesn’t like that. The same thing applies to criminals born overseas who have spent more than a year in a UK prison. The reasoning is, sending...1809cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/200212ballsradiohttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/22688698Wed, 12 Feb 2020 10:42:49 +0000Phil DobbieDonald Trump and Boris Johnson have one thing in common – besides their hair style and fashion sense. They both like to spend big with government money. None of the fiscal conservatism that has been the hallmark of the parties they purport to...1297cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/balls200210https://api.spreaker.com/episode/22612429Mon, 10 Feb 2020 10:33:04 +0000Phil DobbieThe entire UK nation has had a wind problem. Is it diet related? Lon today’s Balls Radio Phil Dobbie puts Storm Ciara in perspective. We also present tangible evidence that we have at least one listener, and we look back at the olden days, when people...690cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/200205morningcallhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/22444140Wed, 05 Feb 2020 14:35:07 +0000Phil DobbieSteve Keen joins Phil Dobbie on today’s Balls Radio to discuss Donald Trump’s State of the Union address yesterday, plus the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which has gone to radio hatemonger Rush Limbaugh. Seriously! Plus, the end of the BBC and a...1297cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/200302ballsradiohttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/22362006Mon, 03 Feb 2020 09:20:52 +0000Phil DobbieAt last Britain is free and ready to discover its place in the world. The war is over, as Nigel Farage declared, without him getting his suit dirty (except the occasional milkshake). As Phil Dobbie discusses on today’s Balls Radio, the UK and the EU...752cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/balls200131https://api.spreaker.com/episode/22264072Fri, 31 Jan 2020 09:48:04 +0000Phil DobbieThere was no more pathetic sight than seeing Nigel Farage and his band of merry Brexiteers waving their tiny Union Jacks on his last day at the European parliament. In the end his microphone was cut off, and out they shrugged, never to return. On...649cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/balls200130https://api.spreaker.com/episode/22211295Thu, 30 Jan 2020 07:00:08 +0000Phil DobbieThe Corona Virus is largely contained in China with an antidote just around the corner, or it’s the start of the Zombie Apocalypse. Today Balls Radio suggests the reality is somewhere in between. More people are likely to die I the UK if legislation...1107cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/200129morningcallhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/22187882Wed, 29 Jan 2020 09:17:06 +0000Phil DobbieTwo great controversies have emerged this week. First that whole thing about Huawei. The UK has defied President Trump’s demands to have nothing to do with them, yet still hopes for a good trade deal after Brexit. What was the UK government thinking?...579cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/balls200128https://api.spreaker.com/episode/22154341Tue, 28 Jan 2020 11:33:08 +0000Phil DobbieBalls Radio is back! Today Phil Dobbie discusses the jingoism around Brexit day this Friday and hoiw the basic stumbling block of Brexit – the border – remains unsolved. Who do we believe o the need for border checks across the Irish Sea – the EU or...586cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/balls190728https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18658825Sun, 28 Jul 2019 07:21:11 +0000Phil DobbieIn the 1960s movie Village of the Damned all the women of an English village simultaneously gave birth to identical blonde children, bent on taking over the world. Today, two blondes, Boris Johnson and Donald Trump, have similar ambitions, with a...862cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/balls190612https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18247157Wed, 12 Jun 2019 08:31:47 +0000Phil DobbieRory Stewart is standing out as a Tory moderate which is possibly a but unfashionable these days. But he seems to have caught the attention of the centre ground. Could he be the surprise outsider who becomes the next Prime Minister. Or will it be...821cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/balls190610https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18225683Mon, 10 Jun 2019 08:53:10 +0000Phil DobbieTory candidates just submit their nominations for the plum job of Prime Minister today. Phil Dobbie looks at the promises of a few of them. Will Michael Gove survive past day one? What about Boris Johnson’s tax cut for the rich. Phil Dobbie also...1233brexit,torycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/190529morningcallhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/18109020Wed, 29 May 2019 07:18:40 +0000Phil DobbieHow many times have you heard Brexiteers claiming everyone knew what they were voting for. That leaving without a deal was always the preferred option. In today’s Balls Radio Phil Dobbier digs deep on a survey that Nigel Farage has been quoting from...1247brexit,politicscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/balls190524https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18061236Fri, 24 May 2019 06:36:04 +0000Phil DobbieOn Balls Radio today Phil Dobbie suggests someone parks a Go Home van outside No. 10 – one of the vans used to tell migrants to leave. It seems only fair. So will she leave today – or will she just set out the steps to determining a timetable that can...942cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/balls190520https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18021217Mon, 20 May 2019 08:26:19 +0000Phil DobbiePresident Trump’s Project Fear over Huawei has seen Google pulling out of future Android updates for Huawei phones. A genuine security concern or just another piece of America’s growing protectionism? Also today, Phil Dobbie asks how does someone who...998cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/balls190515https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17934027Wed, 15 May 2019 08:08:42 +0000Phil DobbieOn today’s Balls Radio Phil Dobbie discusses the axing of the Jeremy Kyle show, the latest on Brexit talks and the state of UK politics, plus Donald Trump’s trade war and a happy birthday shout out to Madeleine Albright.921cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/balls190513https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17912967Mon, 13 May 2019 09:21:12 +0000Phil DobbieDonald Trump is threatening a 25% tariff on practically everything it imports from the US. On today’s Balls Radio, Phil Dobbie highlights how twisted the logic of Trumponomics has become. Plus, was Nigel Farage right to be outraged by his treatment on...745cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/balls190510https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17888819Fri, 10 May 2019 10:24:02 +0000Phil DobbieIt’s a shame that a tweet likening a royal baby to a performing monkey is seen as being racist. What could have been a nuanced debate about privilege is destroyed by a simplified view that, because the royal baby comes from mixed-race heritage, the...1029cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/balls190508https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17868581Wed, 08 May 2019 10:24:57 +0000Phil DobbieIt’s VE day today – commemorating the end of the war in Europe. But could President Trump’s heavy handedness over Iran be leading us into World War 3? Phil Dobbie looks at that development on Balls Radio today. Plus, is Nigel Farage keeping bad...901cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/190507morningcallhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/17856518Tue, 07 May 2019 08:09:28 +0000Phil DobbieTheresa May will be rejoicing the arrival of the Royal baby, because it takes the focus away from the lack of progress on Brexit talks. The UN will be a little disappointed though – that overpopulation is devastating the planet. The 1,800 page report...584cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/190503morningcallhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/17824172Fri, 03 May 2019 10:36:29 +0000Phil DobbieThe Tory party has been decimated in the local elections. Labour aren’t faring too well either. The destruction could have been worse if it wasn’t for a severe lack of choice. The real demonstration of disquiet will come from the European elections....677cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/balls190502https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17812704Thu, 02 May 2019 08:25:47 +0000Phil DobbieIf Gavin Williamson really did leak state secrets, however inconsequential they were, shouldn’t he be tried with treason and sent to the Tower? Balls Radio also looks at the revamp of Facebook, included a new function that could see the number of...733cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/balls190501https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17802835Wed, 01 May 2019 08:34:08 +0000Phil DobbieIt looks like attempts at a leadership overthrowal in Venezuela haven’t moved too far. Balls Radio asks who benefits the most from unrest in this part of the world, particularly if it pushes up oil prices? Plus, can Apple make it as a services...792cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/balls190430https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17782383Mon, 29 Apr 2019 21:48:04 +0000Phil DobbieOn the anniversary of Hitler’s alleged death – he actually lives in Basingstoke - the cold war reaches dizzying heights as Russia is accused on using Beluga Whales to spy on us. Phil Dobbie suggests this is a major threat, because they only haver 66...514cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/balls190429https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17771693Sun, 28 Apr 2019 21:58:35 +0000Phil DobbieWho will be next to declare a climate emergency. Jeremy Corbyn and Nicola Sturgeon are already in there? But what will they do about it? A referendum perhaps? Plus, will a Tory and Labour annihilation put the pressure on a deal before the EU...512cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/balls190426https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17751100Fri, 26 Apr 2019 08:22:16 +0000Phil DobbieWe can expect a cabinet resignation today over leaks from the National Security Council. Phil Dobbie suggests, like at school, the culprit should own up or the whole class gets detention. Also, the man so incompetent he even failed as a suicide...650cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/balls190425https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17741148Thu, 25 Apr 2019 08:00:59 +0000Phil DobbieWelcome to the 29th birthday of the Hubble telescope and, as Britain prepares to isolate itself, we also look at the anniversary of Robinson Crusoe. Today, Phil Dobbie also looks at the regulators block on the Sainsbury Asda merger, and asks why not?...661cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/april-24-twitter-trump-and-our-climatehttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/17730469Wed, 24 Apr 2019 07:42:38 +0000Phil DobbieTwitter made record earnings in the last quarter, thanks to online advertising. But have you ever clicked on an online ad, except by accident? The Extinction Rebellion are figuring out what to do next when it comes to raising the same of urgency over...659cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/balls190423President Trump is set to impose sanctions on anyone who buys oil from Iran, no exceptions. Is he getting ready for regime change?
Brexit talks resume today, but the main focus of the Tory party seems to be getting rid of Theresa May. Could we really end up with Boris as PM?
Another Trump visit. Word has it that another trip is planned for the President to visit the UK in June. He is already coming to France, then he realised how close it is.
And happy birthday to the Baird.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17719590Tue, 23 Apr 2019 07:37:42 +0000Phil DobbieThe three top stories of the day, covered quickly on the new Balls Radio: President Trump is set to impose sanctions on anyone who buys oil from Iran, no exceptions. Is he getting ready for regime change? Brexit talks resume today, but the main...President Trump is set to impose sanctions on anyone who buys oil from Iran, no exceptions. Is he getting ready for regime change?
Brexit talks resume today, but the main focus of the Tory party seems to be getting rid of Theresa May. Could we really end up with Boris as PM?
Another Trump visit. Word has it that another trip is planned for the President to visit the UK in June. He is already coming to France, then he realised how close it is.
And happy birthday to the Baird.]]>494cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/balls190328https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17463100Thu, 28 Mar 2019 12:24:06 +0000Phil DobbieOn today’s Balls Radio Phil Dobbie spreads fear that a hard Brexit could mean a sudden lack of soft toilet paper. As a confirmed Brexiteer, he argues why another referendum is the only way forward, and suggests Brexiteers should want it too....892cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/balls190320https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17379323Wed, 20 Mar 2019 08:40:30 +0000Phil DobbieIt’s world frog day, now officially recognised by Balls Radio. But, Phil Dobbie asks, can Toads be involved too? He also looks at tax changes this year and asks, why does Philip Hammond insist on making everything so bloody complicated. As if tax...728cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/balls190315https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17330244Fri, 15 Mar 2019 12:13:11 +0000Phil DobbieWe’d be shocked if mainstream media and politicians sprouted fundamentalist Islamic extremism. In Britain, a few right-wing nut jobs might be given a little media exposure, but in Australia they are given prime time TV shows. More shocking is how a...917extremismcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/balls190313https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17307792Wed, 13 Mar 2019 09:20:11 +0000Phil DobbieIs Theresa May’s voice croaky because she is tried and overworked, or is it because the Devil has taken control of her body? On today’s Balls Radio, Phil Dobbie examines the possibly work of Satan in the Brexit process. Are Brexiteers really devil...536cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/balls190311https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17286500Mon, 11 Mar 2019 10:23:10 +0000Phil DobbieThe two of Fair Haven in Vermont has voted in a goat as Mayor. At any other time it would seem ridiculous, but now, given the state of politics, perhaps they have the right idea. On today’s Balls Radio Phil Dobbie asks whether we should ask the goat...553cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/balls190307https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17251046Thu, 07 Mar 2019 09:45:27 +0000Phil DobbieTheresa May said, with a straight face, that there was no correlation between rising crime and falling police numbers. But, as Phil Dobbie discusses in today’s Balls Radio, even her Home Secretary David Javid, doesn’t believe her. Listen in to find...659brexit,crimecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/phildobbie/balls190305https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17230787Tue, 05 Mar 2019 16:34:29 +0000Phil DobbieCelebrities are dying at an alarming rate. What’s going on. Phil Dobbie investigates. Well, investigates is a big word – he talks about it. Plus, the obvious answer to Brexit that even George Galloway agrees with. And sperm, have you counted yours?907brexit,celebrities,satirecleanfull