Originally Posted by
G-BOAC
Quite why people insist on wheeling him out as some rentagob for all things travel-related (I saw him jabbering on BBC News about the weather problems the other week, ffs) I can never understand.
It's probably because he's prepared to trek over to the BBC News studios in White City whatever the time of day and accept the modest appearance fee, and researchers know that he will at least get straight to the point, use short sentences and won't stare in to the camera like a scared rabbit etc..