Friday, October 31, 2008

Americans in Lancashire Back Obama

This morning's edition of the Lancashire Telegraph contained a double-page feature story on American ex-pats currently residing in Lancashire and their respective opinions on next Tuesday's U.S. presidential election, of which I was one of the contributing interviewees. There are 315 Americans who currently live in this region (according to the 2001 census), and based upon the article it would appear that Senators Obama and Biden have a very solid base of support here.

To read the story in its entirety, please follow this link: http://tinyurl.com/5f6kon

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

The Brett Meets Brett Show

The last telephone call came the day before Super Tuesday; I was invited back into the broadcast studios of BBC Radio Lancashire yesterday evening. It's now three weeks to go until Election Day in the United States and radio host Brett Davison convened another edition of what he is now calling The Brett Meets Brett Show.

Actually a 30 minute segment within his nightly drive-time radio programme, and following a segment devoted to the latest developments in the ongoing battle against male pattern baldness which left me subconciously running my fingers through my own still-thick locks, I provided Brett with the answers to his latest questions about the campaign of Obama versus McCain, plus threw in for good measure a simplified primer on the concept of the Electoral College. For one brief shining moment during the interview, I felt like the late great Tim Russert with his magic white board.

Once again I found this an enjoyable experience. I left the studio with the hint of at least one more possible return engagement between now and Election Night.