Plank Of The Week with Mike Graham, Esther Krakue and Russell Quirk | 04-Jan-22

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  • Mike Graham picks Plank Of The Week with Esther Krakue and Russell Quirk.
    Nominations include the NHS, Sadiq Khan, Nicola Sturgeon, Mark Drakeford and The Guardian.
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Komentáře • 318

  • @leonardhodgkinson5007
    @leonardhodgkinson5007 Před 2 lety +69

    Esther krakue is an elegant intelligent woman and refreshingly honest
    Kudos to her

  • @davidyoung2183
    @davidyoung2183 Před 2 lety +112

    Esther on Plank of the week. It just doesn't get any better than this.

  • @christinerussell113
    @christinerussell113 Před 2 lety +31

    One correction to Mike. If you are unemployed, like me, no longer working due to health problems,my NHS bill has still actually been paid by the 37 years of taxation I contributed. Of course,plenty now in this country are receiving free health care. Just please remember to differentuate between us.

  • @williamtraynor-kean7214
    @williamtraynor-kean7214 Před 2 lety +43

    When the British Army was issued with the SA80 rifle it had so many problems it was called the “Civil Servant” on account that it did not work and you could not fire it.

    • @jamiejames6952
      @jamiejames6952 Před 2 lety +1

      Piece of junk.

    • @thomas05ish
      @thomas05ish Před 2 lety +1

      Brilliant term for a rifle: the civil servant. I must remember that one.

  • @JoeBlowUK
    @JoeBlowUK Před 2 lety +38

    James Max has already won Plank of the Year 2022 as far as I'm concerned.

    • @wavell14
      @wavell14 Před 2 lety +11

      Utterly pathetic that they failed to mention him.

    • @hittitecharioteer
      @hittitecharioteer Před 2 lety

      He’s posted quite a target! Pr**k of the Year. A complete Willy W**ker.

  • @richardhowlett9424
    @richardhowlett9424 Před 2 lety +75

    Refreshing to hear common sense . Esther is a breath of fresh air .

  • @lifethrowsyoulemons
    @lifethrowsyoulemons Před 2 lety +30

    James Max has to be mentioned.

  • @danielclarke9844
    @danielclarke9844 Před 2 lety +71

    New years honours list should definitely be on there. Sir Tony Blair? Sir Chris Whitty? Give me a break.

  • @davidhenderson861
    @davidhenderson861 Před 2 lety +52

    Chief Mammy Sturgeon is plank of all eternity. Esther is completely right, the devolved powers should not have had any say in the pandemic response, and the weakness of Bozza has led to this madness of different rules in Cumbernauld, Craigavon, Carlisle and Cardiff.

  • @nigelmaidment7997
    @nigelmaidment7997 Před 2 lety +71

    Forty minutes of sanity and like mindedness…..thanks Mike and Talk Radio.

  • @DavidMartin-ym2te
    @DavidMartin-ym2te Před 2 lety +13

    Living in Scotland, I agree. There should not be a different health policy, that police thing went viral up here. Believe me, Nippy ain't popular up here now...

  • @DavidA-ps1qr
    @DavidA-ps1qr Před 2 lety +17

    Esther should stand for parliament. I'd vote for her. In fact, we need another 600 like her to stand, then we might get somewhere.

    • @forearthbelow
      @forearthbelow Před 2 lety +2

      She and Dominque Samuels 🥰🥰💕💕😜😜😍😍😘😘

    • @DavidA-ps1qr
      @DavidA-ps1qr Před 2 lety

      @@forearthbelow Absolutely.

    • @darren2186
      @darren2186 Před 2 lety +1

      I like both Esther and Dominque Samuels especially on GB News they both intelligent young women who talk what we all thinking, let's see more of them

    • @DavidA-ps1qr
      @DavidA-ps1qr Před 2 lety +2

      @@darren2186 Quite right Darren. But you wont see either of them on Sky or the BBC.
      They're both scared stiff of them as they tell it how it is.

  • @johirsty7392
    @johirsty7392 Před 2 lety +35

    I do think James max should have been up there, his Posie Parker debacle was pretty dire - I'm thinking he may plank up at some point this year 💁

  • @garethprice7879
    @garethprice7879 Před 2 lety +55

    🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👍Esther is brilliant. Love her laugh

  • @juleseight2513
    @juleseight2513 Před 2 lety +11

    Esther is fabulous, have her on every week please!

  • @m.p.7075
    @m.p.7075 Před 2 lety +35

    James Max deserved a nomination for the nonsense he was spouting during his interview with Posie Parker.
    But what a collection of planks for the first week of 2022.

    • @hittitecharioteer
      @hittitecharioteer Před 2 lety

      Amazing the form these predictable wokists have shown. Two weeks off has thoroughly refreshed their wokism.

  • @lindastone6868
    @lindastone6868 Před 2 lety +43

    Someone who thinks you can be born in the wrong body gets my plank of the year!

    • @hittitecharioteer
      @hittitecharioteer Před 2 lety

      I wish I’d been born into Brad Pit’s body. But my other half is very happy with what I have (bless her).

    • @sonnytopboy4975
      @sonnytopboy4975 Před 2 lety

      The government who has no British and is destroying the country and its people gets my vote.

  • @annerogers2795
    @annerogers2795 Před 2 lety +52

    Happy that POTW is back in 2022. It seems strange to honour people who were so wrong with their Covid predictions.

  • @legobatman8353
    @legobatman8353 Před 2 lety +24

    Esther is gorgeous and so full of common sense.

    • @tomburroughes9834
      @tomburroughes9834 Před 2 lety +4

      I have a crush on her. Freely admit it!

    • @hittitecharioteer
      @hittitecharioteer Před 2 lety

      Speaks a little quickly; but otherwise says much that’s worth listening to. A fine woman ☘️🇮🇪

  • @shanimcmillan6298
    @shanimcmillan6298 Před 2 lety +15

    Completely agree with this weeks winner, well done. I also think the War criminal only got the award because Prince Phillip has died

  • @kittyfan
    @kittyfan Před 2 lety +11

    my best friend from high school died the day after Betty White did. She was diagnosed with colon cancer just before covid broke out...after a treatment or 2, her chemo was suspended. By the time they started up again, the cancer was all over her abdomen.

  • @yvonnescottfrasor8597
    @yvonnescottfrasor8597 Před 2 lety +10

    I remember being told in 1975 that I wasn't allowed in a pub (Aberdeen) because they 'didn't have any facilities for women'. I replied 'I don't want to use your facilities, I just want a drink.' For my 'cheek' I was allowed ONE drink before I had to leave ...

  • @tonybennett9964
    @tonybennett9964 Před 2 lety +8

    Every few days this year I've had sniffles, no I won't take tests I 've had three jabs plus a booster if that doesn't work .Why ? have I had them. At 77 I'll take my chance now !!!!

    • @rattusnorvegicus4380
      @rattusnorvegicus4380 Před 2 lety

      The jabs have stymied your innate immune system. The science is there to support this statement.

  • @mickm8105
    @mickm8105 Před 2 lety +6

    Mike Graham soon swerved the issue about that plank James max

  • @edwardharley9
    @edwardharley9 Před 2 lety +41

    I LOVE THIS SHOW !!!!! intelligence and wit and truth...

  • @billybaxter6333
    @billybaxter6333 Před 2 lety +5

    I am an old white man but I still love Esther. What a gorgeous laugh! And her crack about Kamala Harris was a gem.

    • @darren2186
      @darren2186 Před 2 lety +1

      I'm white love Esther would love discuss all issues of the state of this country, a lovely intelligent woman

  • @richardlewis5641
    @richardlewis5641 Před 2 lety +26

    I wish they would give Russell his own show

  • @Grogster2007
    @Grogster2007 Před 2 lety +17

    This lady is sooo beautiful and funny and intelligent.

  • @ladysouthwold
    @ladysouthwold Před 2 lety +10

    Love Esther so,so sensible and very bright…

  • @johngoodfellow168
    @johngoodfellow168 Před 2 lety +5

    You should let that nice young lady talk more, she speaks a lot of sense.

    • @nickhickson8738
      @nickhickson8738 Před 2 lety

      Talk more? She drowned out everyone else. Poor Russell.

    • @johngoodfellow168
      @johngoodfellow168 Před 2 lety

      @@nickhickson8738 They all spoke over each other, and they all speak more sense than our Government.

  • @maxkite4170
    @maxkite4170 Před 2 lety +6

    A baby born in 2020 has never seen a stranger's smile.

  • @tanseygreen291
    @tanseygreen291 Před 2 lety +9

    Always a thumbs up for Esther

  • @MichaelSmith-fn1ci
    @MichaelSmith-fn1ci Před 2 lety +5

    Brilliant Plank of the Week, well done all😊

  • @Cumbriahandyman
    @Cumbriahandyman Před 2 lety +20

    That’s right, we are protecting the protected from the unprotected by forcing the unprotected to take the protection that didn’t protect the protected.

    • @susandickinson6695
      @susandickinson6695 Před 2 lety +1

      Wish I could remember and quote this but I've hit the wine! Well done

    • @rattusnorvegicus4380
      @rattusnorvegicus4380 Před 2 lety

      @@susandickinson6695 Copy and paste it to yourself via email. It`s been doing the rounds for a while, so will pop up again no doubt.

    • @susandickinson6695
      @susandickinson6695 Před 2 lety

      @@rattusnorvegicus4380 thank you darling but I wouldn't know how to copy and paste even without wine.

  • @BirdingwithNick
    @BirdingwithNick Před 2 lety +16

    The honours system should be plank of eternity until it is totally reformed. Sir Chris Gollum? Sir Tory Bliar? Hardly the golden age of chivalry.

  • @barneybiggles
    @barneybiggles Před 2 lety +17

    Having worked in the NHS for 35yrs laterally in management the amount that is wasted is astronomical

    • @nickhickson8738
      @nickhickson8738 Před 2 lety +2

      @Grimmlord Blakk
      And that's nothing compared to the time we poor patients have to wait being shoved from one department to the next.

  • @wavell14
    @wavell14 Před 2 lety +14

    Utterly pathetic not mentioning James Max, the clear and obvious plank of the year already.

  • @Steve-ys1ig
    @Steve-ys1ig Před 2 lety +2

    More of Esther please - beauty and brains

  • @luvstellauk
    @luvstellauk Před 2 lety +6

    "Give Trudeau a number two" made me spit coffee all over the laptop

  • @Elsiesgotwhoppers
    @Elsiesgotwhoppers Před 2 lety +28

    Cowardly Mike ,you should of nominated James Max . The interview with Kellie-Jay proves he is an absolute Plank.

    • @wavell14
      @wavell14 Před 2 lety +1

      Immediate dislike and switched off when I saw this comment. James ‘the cretin’ Max is blatantly plank of the week. I’ll probably never watch this again

    • @trevorferguson6222
      @trevorferguson6222 Před 2 lety +4

      It's "should have" not "should of"

    • @Elsiesgotwhoppers
      @Elsiesgotwhoppers Před 2 lety +5

      @@trevorferguson6222 I realised this after sending , please accept my apologies, I understand how irritating the use of poor grammar can be .Hope I’ve worded this correctly.

    • @hittitecharioteer
      @hittitecharioteer Před 2 lety

      @@Elsiesgotwhoppers or use “should’ve” which is how you became phonetically tripped up? 👋🏻☘️🇮🇪

  • @crowhillian58
    @crowhillian58 Před 2 lety +4

    Trudeau's comment reminded me of a meme I saw recently...😆 If you’re driving alone in your car with a face mask on, there’s absolutely no need to put an EU sticker on your rear window/bumper - we’d already guessed that. Oh and Esther..❤️

  • @rattusnorvegicus4380
    @rattusnorvegicus4380 Před 2 lety +7

    Can`t beat starting the new year by Kracking-off with Esther

  • @patbrown5753
    @patbrown5753 Před 2 lety +15

    So enjoyed that - just brilliant. Restores one's sanity!

  • @royferguson2297
    @royferguson2297 Před 2 lety +10

    PCR tests are fixed to get high numbers of cases, its a Pandemic of the PCR test.

  • @jurisbogdanovs1
    @jurisbogdanovs1 Před 2 lety +31

    Wonderful and beautiful show this week. Enjoyed! And Esther is just such a spark of hope for humankind... Maybe I like her because I have nearly identical views on most topics... Yea, yea, Mike is ok too... hahaha

  • @lollyegan9072
    @lollyegan9072 Před 2 lety +5

    OMG..just watched an appeal for the Yemen and the heroic medical staff working in the hospital's with whatever they have...that is a hospital in crisis..FFS get a grip NHS trusts 🤬🤬

  • @unhingedbracket121
    @unhingedbracket121 Před 2 lety +3

    Given the size of the off the book public sector pension debts, Public sector workers are in for a massive shock. They will lose their pensions for the simple reason the public cannot afford to pay them

  • @zaygezunt
    @zaygezunt Před 2 lety +6

    Esther 😍 Intelligent and fun, she is always a pleasure to watch

  • @kittyfan
    @kittyfan Před 2 lety +3

    YAY! ESTHER KRAKUE! she's my favourite!!

  • @PAHAMILTON49
    @PAHAMILTON49 Před 2 lety +18

    Just a pity that Esther was persistently interrupted when she wanted to speak.

  • @richardking1067
    @richardking1067 Před 2 lety +10

    brilliant. have missed this over christmas and Esther is so beautiful

  • @ruthdueck-mbeba706
    @ruthdueck-mbeba706 Před 2 lety +23

    And JT is getting it again! Well done Plank crew. This comment was made in Quebec media, and the anglophone media across the country seems to be oblivious. Only the alternative media outlets are covering this --- and international media!

  • @billybateman9009
    @billybateman9009 Před 2 lety +4

    James Max was a certainty for this week, shame on these 3 cowards for choosing to ignore 'one of their own'.

  • @johnarbuthnott3445
    @johnarbuthnott3445 Před 2 lety +6

    I escaped Strugeon"s Scotland to come to London only to be confronted by Khan's London are they related?

  • @chijavier1869
    @chijavier1869 Před 2 lety +17

    I love Esther.❤️

  • @louisgiokas2206
    @louisgiokas2206 Před 2 lety +12

    I was in the UK when the NHS was having one of its usual crises in the early part of the current millennium. Fortunately, in the UK, private insurance and health services are allowed. In Canada they are not. In Canada, what people do is to go to the US. don't forget that Canada, as vast as it is, has almost all of its population withing 50 miles of the US border. It is not unusual for a Canadian, experiencing a health problem, to go the US and then register the problem, In the US they will be immediately treated. In Canada, they would be on a waiting list, which may extend for years. Frankly, they might never get treated. This is the case in the UK as well. And believe me, I have been on the NHS and lived in England. This socialized medicine is foolish.

    • @VincentRE79
      @VincentRE79 Před 2 lety +2

      It is not perfect, but at least it does not lead to the bankruptcy of those who cannot afford their treatment.

  • @mariastar8437
    @mariastar8437 Před 2 lety +8

    Love the debate but please stop interrupting and talking over each other

  • @johnalex7078
    @johnalex7078 Před 2 lety +2

    Esther is very smart for her age. She talks so much sense and so logical. And yes I would love to take her out and abit more!

  • @simonruddy8265
    @simonruddy8265 Před 2 lety +5

    Planks - Civil Service, doctors, police, NHS and teachers, and oh yes fire fighters.

  • @gr1872g
    @gr1872g Před 2 lety +5

    Esther you're welcome to come up to Scotland anytime! 👏👏

  • @gillygilly2069
    @gillygilly2069 Před 2 lety +3

    What happened with James Max? Sorry missed what he’s been up to?

  • @MisterAndrewBuckley
    @MisterAndrewBuckley Před 2 lety +2

    Clapping for the NHS on one knee for the last two years, now my hands are bleeding and my knees are buggered. May need to go to A&E..... Ironic

  • @MJ-wk8gt
    @MJ-wk8gt Před 2 lety +15

    Esther krakow breath of fresh air. 👏

  • @norestforthewicked2193
    @norestforthewicked2193 Před 2 lety +12

    Plank always nick ferrari

  • @garyward2088
    @garyward2088 Před 2 lety +3

    Very well said in regard to Covid, Esther.

  • @jeremyfisher3508
    @jeremyfisher3508 Před 2 lety +3

    Esther Krakue YES PLEASE

  • @robertgough508
    @robertgough508 Před 2 lety +4

    During the snow and cold of 1963 guess what NHS in Crisis!

  • @darrendazzertodd
    @darrendazzertodd Před 2 lety +3

    No mention of James Max

  • @anothersucker-Youcantfixstupid

    She is beautiful.

  • @denisebloom2583
    @denisebloom2583 Před 2 lety +9

    Brilliant as ever

  • @daviddelaney8328
    @daviddelaney8328 Před 2 lety +9

    Esther and Russell are wonderful guest panelists. Another would be Posie Parker.

  • @thomas05ish
    @thomas05ish Před 2 lety +2

    Trudeau is deserving but really should be in the Foreign POTW along with Harry/Megan , Macron , Aherne , Biden et al . Otherwise it’s a dead heat between Grauniad and honours system. If you become head of a Whitehall department you automatically get a knighthood, you are well paid for it and you get gold plated pension as well. Either scrap honours altogether or make them publicly nominated: Blair wouldn’t stand a chance!

  • @iwasglad122
    @iwasglad122 Před 2 lety +9

    Honours are NOT the decision of The Queen. How many more times does this have to be stated. All honours (with the exception of the Order of Merit, which IS in the gift of the Sovereign) are nominated by family, friends, colleagues etc and decided upon by a POLITICAL/CIVIL SERVICE COMMITTEE.

  • @Richie90090
    @Richie90090 Před 2 lety +11

    One thing to say to anyone with darker skin you need lots of vitamin D .. It's not racist it's fact!

  • @Snoozzzzzze
    @Snoozzzzzze Před 2 lety +9

    Why is the NHS comparison always with the USA? What about France, Spain, Germany, Holland? All have excellent health services with more beds per 1000 people than the U.K. have.

  • @NickHewlettTHATCHIT
    @NickHewlettTHATCHIT Před 2 lety +10

    Ester Krauke.
    Is Right.
    "London is Broke"
    As for the rest of the UK.
    Hold on to your Hats
    Ester for Primeministress. 💭🇬🇧🤺

    • @grahamlong6870
      @grahamlong6870 Před 2 lety +1

      So they are not happening, then they are, but you cannot attend to see them! I thought that this was put on with public money, so if not allowed to attend, why put them on. On TV is not the same!

    • @ivarrtheboneless9104
      @ivarrtheboneless9104 Před 2 lety +4

      Record number of teenagers murdered in London and all Khan focuses on is fleecing motorists, gridlocking the capital and diversity projects. Has Hammersmith Bridge been fixed?

  • @eddiekirby5880
    @eddiekirby5880 Před 2 lety +2

    G,day Mike. Just watching your latest program (12/1/22) Mike more Esther, got to get more Esther on the show. Re Australia, it's a mad crazy place at present. It's a dictatorship on steroids.

  • @Grogster2007
    @Grogster2007 Před 2 lety +11

    Does that taxi driver realise how much more CO2 he is breathing in? ....from 400 parts per million to an incredible 10,000 parts in no time at all.....it's so unhealthy it's unbelievable. I actually feel so glad that these people are making themselves ill because they try to preach to others....the poor children I feel sorry for though.

    • @davidgraham8058
      @davidgraham8058 Před 2 lety +3

      It reminds me of the one guy who confronted me about not wearing a mask back in 2020. It was in a shop and he kicked off about me not considering his health if I give him the virus. Then he went to the counter and bought cigarettes.

  • @johnstorrie3635
    @johnstorrie3635 Před 2 lety +2

    Years ago nurses and other NHS employees joined because it was a vocation. Unfortunately, it is now no longer but just career growth and hence an expensive and big hierarchy . eg nurses income tax in 1963 was in the region of 2shillings and sixpence per month.

  • @kittyfan
    @kittyfan Před 2 lety +2

    especially since all the studies have shown that cloth masks especially, and paper masks don't work.

  • @royferguson2297
    @royferguson2297 Před 2 lety +5

    Self isolation should be five days, i asked a consultant and he said ten days was the Government, but there was no problem after five days.

  • @umabell3964
    @umabell3964 Před 2 lety +2

    Esther is my all time favourite.

  • @2strokesmoke783
    @2strokesmoke783 Před 2 lety +1

    The Guardian J.K. Rowling story is just brilliant! XD

  • @richredtiger
    @richredtiger Před 2 lety +3

    15:10 I don’t want to be you . You are a very odd man
    Priceless and so true

  • @toastnotoflondon8500
    @toastnotoflondon8500 Před 2 lety +1

    Brilliant 👏. Best so far this year.

  • @robertyates9973
    @robertyates9973 Před 2 lety +1

    Esther talking sense, keep going 👍

  • @aaront7077
    @aaront7077 Před 2 lety +1

    There is 1.3 million nhs workers but only around 500,000 nurses and doctors

  • @jasonaslin1236
    @jasonaslin1236 Před 2 lety +8

    Esther is amazing!!

  • @superbrush12
    @superbrush12 Před 2 lety +2

    Esther is my new love ❤️

  • @infiniteflame2374
    @infiniteflame2374 Před 2 lety +3

    You think there is no woman that has all you could want and then you see Esther Krakue

  • @watfordhammer6
    @watfordhammer6 Před 2 lety +4

    So nothing has really changed from last year and the year before with the nominations! Planks still being planks.

  • @keithhanson2783
    @keithhanson2783 Před 2 lety

    Excellent debate well done Mike

  • @clegsmegson2627
    @clegsmegson2627 Před 2 lety

    Esther - your jubblies are looking superb.

  • @MrPmcMcMental
    @MrPmcMcMental Před 2 lety +4

    Esther 😍😍😍

  • @markpattinson4627
    @markpattinson4627 Před 2 lety +5

    Mike, you just brush aside any mention of GB News. Why?

  • @paulalaye6428
    @paulalaye6428 Před 2 lety +14

    Wow I love and adore Esther, such a sexy girl, she really says what I'm thinking, and I'm frigging sick of it all tbh!!! I'm losing the plot really!! Paula aged 66 in sussex

    • @susandickinson6695
      @susandickinson6695 Před 2 lety +2

      Agree Paula. I'm 69 living in Essex sick and tired of being sick and tired

    • @paulalaye6428
      @paulalaye6428 Před 2 lety +3

      @@susandickinson6695 Hey Susan you're sooo right, I live on my own and I've lost friends, Neighbours and family over this craziness.. Telling me what I should be thinking, doing and calling me selfish and mad for voicing my opinions!!! Take care Paula x

    • @lynhugell6563
      @lynhugell6563 Před 2 lety +1

      Hi Paula and Susan, Lyn aged 72 feels your pain.

    • @paulalaye6428
      @paulalaye6428 Před 2 lety +1

      @@lynhugell6563 Hey Lyn how are you doing this Saturday morning ?? Very wet windy and miserable here in sussex Paula x

  • @beverleybutler7685
    @beverleybutler7685 Před 2 lety

    Brilliant show for start of the year 👍right to the heart of the matters we got at the mo 👏

  • @iaindennis3321
    @iaindennis3321 Před 2 lety +1

    There are such a significant number of none jobs in the public sector that the vast majority of us wont notice any difference with them not being at work.

  • @gillygilly2069
    @gillygilly2069 Před 2 lety +2

    Why has happened to Russell’s head?

  • @barneybiggles
    @barneybiggles Před 2 lety +3

    Devolution: If the prime minister declared war would Wales or Scotland say England you carry on nothing to do with us.