John Gaunt

[Snoopy]

If you are seriously asking this will give you some idea. The man is a lefty masquerading as a "people's champion"

Jonathan Charles Gaunt, better known as Jon Gaunt or "Gaunty", (born 3 March 1961 in Coventry), is radio talk show presenter, and a former newspaper columnist for The Sun. He describes himself as a "working-class, educated guy with, in broad strokes, a rightwing agenda".[1]  He regularly appears as a newspaper reviewer on Sky News' morning programme.

Initially a left-wing supporter of CND, he studied drama at the University of Birmingham, founded a theatre co-operative in Coventry called Tic Toc and wrote political plays. Gaunt went on to write over fifteen plays for Tic Toc. The company also became a major promoter at the Edinburgh Festival. His most successful play was "Hooligans" which won a Fringe First at the 1986 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. This play was subsequently adapted by Yorkshire Television, and Gaunt began writing for television, becoming a member of the Emmerdale script writing team for two years. In 1989, Gaunt and the company raised over one million pounds from the private sector and West Midlands Enterprise Board to buy and renovate an old cinema, The Orchid, into a multi-purpose arts centre and nightclub called The TicToc Club.

This venture went bust in 1992. Gaunt then ran the Livingston Forum in Scotland for a year before returning to Coventry where in a chance meeting with Moz Dee (who would later become the programme director at Talksport) he was persuaded to audition for the local radio station for which Dee worked, BBC Coventry & Warwickshire.[2]

Gaunt has worked for many radio stations, including BBC Three Counties Radio, BBC WM, BBC London 94.9, BBC Coventry & Warwickshire and Talksport. Gaunt's BBC Three Counties show was awarded three Sony Radio Academy Gold Award in 2001.[3]

Gaunt has been no stranger to controversy in his career, having faced the Broadcasting Standards Commission five times.[4] He most recently hosted a mid-morning current affairs show on talkSPORT. On 18 November 2008 it was announced that talkSPORT had terminated Gaunt's contract following an interview with Redbridge Council's Michael Stark on 7 November, in which Gaunt branded Councillor Stark a "Nazi," and "an ignorant pig" live on air.[5] The decision followed an internal talkSPORT investigation that was instigated following complaints about the content and nature of the broadcast. The radio station later apologised to the councillor for the manner in which the interview was conducted.

Talksport Radio confirmed that they had sacked Gaunt on 19 November. A statement was released by the station explaining what had happened. Gaunt has vowed to come back from this event and continue to fight for children in the care system. Ofcom have since found talkSPORT in "breach of broadcasting rules" as a result of the incident.[6]

In January 2009 Gaunt hired Howe & Co solicitors to pursue a legal action against Talksport in respect of the termination of his contract.[7] Talksport claim not to have received documentation of any such legal action against them.[8]

But hey! If you like him it makes no odds to me. I don't and I think we are both entitled to our own feelings on the subject.

[Nick]

 

[Snoopy]

Not at all ~ surely reasoned debate, argument and discussion is what the board is all about.

[Nick]

Not at all ~ surely reasoned debate, argument and discussion is what the board is all about.

[Darwins Selection]

Not at all ~ surely reasoned debate, argument and discussion is what the board is all about.

Is that so?

Every day provides a fresh nugget of knowledge from you my faithful hound.

[Snoopy]

As well as exercising members rights to air their opinions, thoughts and feelings on subjects many and varied. Be pretty bloody boring if we all agreed on everything. Be no point in having a board would there? 

[Nick]

But we can all agree that we hate Lord Mandelsnake 

[Barman]

If you are seriously asking this will give you some idea. The man is a lefty masquerading as a "people's champion"

Jonathan Charles Gaunt, better known as Jon Gaunt or "Gaunty", (born 3 March 1961 in Coventry), is radio talk show presenter, and a former newspaper columnist for The Sun. He describes himself as a "working-class, educated guy with, in broad strokes, a rightwing agenda".[1]  He regularly appears as a newspaper reviewer on Sky News' morning programme.

Initially a left-wing supporter of CND, he studied drama at the University of Birmingham, founded a theatre co-operative in Coventry called Tic Toc and wrote political plays. Gaunt went on to write over fifteen plays for Tic Toc. The company also became a major promoter at the Edinburgh Festival. His most successful play was "Hooligans" which won a Fringe First at the 1986 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. This play was subsequently adapted by Yorkshire Television, and Gaunt began writing for television, becoming a member of the Emmerdale script writing team for two years. In 1989, Gaunt and the company raised over one million pounds from the private sector and West Midlands Enterprise Board to buy and renovate an old cinema, The Orchid, into a multi-purpose arts centre and nightclub called The TicToc Club.

This venture went bust in 1992. Gaunt then ran the Livingston Forum in Scotland for a year before returning to Coventry where in a chance meeting with Moz Dee (who would later become the programme director at Talksport) he was persuaded to audition for the local radio station for which Dee worked, BBC Coventry & Warwickshire.[2]

Gaunt has worked for many radio stations, including BBC Three Counties Radio, BBC WM, BBC London 94.9, BBC Coventry & Warwickshire and Talksport. Gaunt's BBC Three Counties show was awarded three Sony Radio Academy Gold Award in 2001.[3]

Gaunt has been no stranger to controversy in his career, having faced the Broadcasting Standards Commission five times.[4] He most recently hosted a mid-morning current affairs show on talkSPORT. On 18 November 2008 it was announced that talkSPORT had terminated Gaunt's contract following an interview with Redbridge Council's Michael Stark on 7 November, in which Gaunt branded Councillor Stark a "Nazi," and "an ignorant pig" live on air.[5] The decision followed an internal talkSPORT investigation that was instigated following complaints about the content and nature of the broadcast. The radio station later apologised to the councillor for the manner in which the interview was conducted.

Talksport Radio confirmed that they had sacked Gaunt on 19 November. A statement was released by the station explaining what had happened. Gaunt has vowed to come back from this event and continue to fight for children in the care system. Ofcom have since found talkSPORT in "breach of broadcasting rules" as a result of the incident.[6]

In January 2009 Gaunt hired Howe & Co solicitors to pursue a legal action against Talksport in respect of the termination of his contract.[7] Talksport claim not to have received documentation of any such legal action against them.[8]

But hey! If you like him it makes no odds to me. I don't and I think we are both entitled to our own feelings on the subject.

A 'lefty' because he used to be a member of CND? 

[Snoopy]

Leopards and spots old boy ... leopards and spots.

Nothing to do with CND ... many belonged to that organisation although I note that others describe him in left wing terms. Look at the jobs he has held and what he has written. Very left leaning.

And look who he works for ... that well know republican Murdoch (Owner of The Sun and Sky) .... about the only person left who will still employ him.

[Snoopy]

But we can all agree that we hate Lord Mandelsnake 

TBH Nick I don't really hate Lord Rhumba of Rio ...... I may despise him and many others but hate? Too strong an emotion to waste I feel so I reserve hatred for those who really deserve it.

[Nick]

I stand corrected

[Snoopy]

I stand corrected

You stand a long way from Hatred on the Snoopy emotions scale

[Barman]

I stand corrected

I stand as far away as possible...

[beerhead]

Fat, short arsed, lazy, arrogant, Brummie, Twat.

I heard him ranting on a London station one Friday and the next day whilst driving to Birmingham heard his weekend Brummie programme. Same subject, same smart arse comments, same shock jock bigotry, only spoken a bit slower so the Midlands retards could attempt to keep up.
To f***in lazy to think of new material. Arsewipe !

[Barman]

Fat, short arsed, lazy, arrogant, Brummie, Twat.

I heard him ranting on a London station one Friday and the next day whilst driving to Birmingham heard his weekend Brummie programme. Same subject, same smart arse comments, same shock jock bigotry, only spoken a bit slower so the Midlands retards could attempt to keep up.
To f***in lazy to think of new material. Arsewipe !

Come on beerhead, off the fence lad...