Is Robert Peston Homeless??

[Biker 1]

I've been watching ITV News recently, & that womble Ropert Peston appears to be their main political editor.
I assume he is on a multi-million pound salary & has unlimited wardrobe/hair stylist/makeup people. So why does he insist on looking so dishevelled? is he hungover most of the time? Why no tie?? & that bloody way he 'speaks' he comes across as a total tt.... Is this just me??

[mikees]

He has issues with stuttering and the way he talks is to breath away the stuttering urge. Bit unfair guys. Dress wise he can look smart but again suspect he is "on the spectrum" so sometimes misses that he looks scruffy due to focus on his main interest, eg the job.

Mike

[LaurasOtherHalf]

mikees said:

He has issues with stuttering and the way he talks is to breath away the stuttering urge. Bit unfair guys. Dress wise he can look smart but again suspect he is "on the spectrum" so sometimes misses that he looks scruffy due to focus on his main interest, eg the job.

Mike

Interesting, wouldn't part of his job be looking presentable seeing as he's on the tv?

I can't imagine why it isn't a prerequisite for someone on the tv to be able to speak eloquently and look presentable.

[mikees]

LaurasOtherHalf said:

mikees said:

He has issues with stuttering and the way he talks is to breath away the stuttering urge. Bit unfair guys. Dress wise he can look smart but again suspect he is "on the spectrum" so sometimes misses that he looks scruffy due to focus on his main interest, eg the job.

Mike

Interesting, wouldn't part of his job be looking presentable seeing as he's on the tv?

I can't imagine why it isn't a prerequisite for someone on the tv to be able to speak eloquently and look presentable.

I think sadly the main pre req is as you say rather than knowing what you are talking about. I'm also not a bbc producer so god knows . I like presto but can understand some don't

[Jonesy23]

I suspect losing his wife has something to do with it one way or another, like either she was the one who kept him looking smart or he stopped caring.

He does look like he's trying to channel 1981 Labour as a look a lot of the time, it's not a general unkempt scruffiness but a particular sort. I'm thinking Michael Foot 'donkey jacket' as an inspiration?

[Wacky Racer]

I like him, he's had some rough times recently.

He does have a slight speech impediment, but this is hardly his fault.

A very clever fellow.

[Beati Dogu]

mikees said:

He has issues with stuttering and the way he talks is to breath away the stuttering urge. Bit unfair guys. Dress wise he can look smart but again suspect he is "on the spectrum" so sometimes misses that he looks scruffy due to focus on his main interest, eg the job.

Mike

That's news to his mother.

[Biker 1]

mikees said:

He has issues with stuttering and the way he talks is to breath away the stuttering urge. Bit unfair guys. Dress wise he can look smart but again suspect he is "on the spectrum" so sometimes misses that he looks scruffy due to focus on his main interest, eg the job.

Mike

I didn't realise he had a speech issue - fair enough & no further comment on that. But almost every other reporter/TV journalist I have seen, makes an effort to look smart - I don't get why he has to look so scruffy?

[Eric Mc]

Does it matter?

Does it make what he says more or less credible?

[generationx]

Robert Peston on? TV off. Something about his presentation style gives me murderous, killing-spree tendancies.

The same with that Aaron Heslehurst tt on BBC business news.

Maybe there´s some prerequisite that business reporters have to be "exciting" or "characterful". This seems to translate to "annoying", "loud", "over-animated".

It´s not working for me.

[andy_s]

It's his 'look' to differentiate him from the hundreds of other smartly dressed for no particular reason presenters. Probably a whiff of anti-establishment/casual rebel/moving with the times there too to keep 'down with the kids'.
He's a smart cookie I think, so I care not a jot about whether he's in jeans or tweed slacks to be honest.

[smn159]

Makes a change from the usual parade of interchangeable suits, plus he is a rather clever chap who knows his business very well.

[motco]

His bizarre cadences of speech seem to be catching. Increasingly, other presenters and commentators are adopting this paradoxically 'interrupted' delivery. Listen for it and it will appear more and more...

[The Don of Croy]

motco said:

His bizarre cadences of speech seem to be catching. Increasingly, other presenters and commentators are adopting this paradoxically 'interrupted' delivery. Listen for it and it will appear more and more...

I see it as a USP thing - Marr used to fling his arms about and it's done his career no harm. I think Prof Magnus Pike used to do it too (showing my age).

The current Beeb drone on politics (Langdale?) has an annoying speech pattern that drifts in and out - too many false endings it seems like. Affected.

But Peston does seem to have been given free rein on dress code. Unlike Chris Choi (sic) who started as a scruff on Watchdog but popped over to ITN and has had to wear a tie ever since.

[Halb]

Eric Mc said:

Does it matter?

Does it make what he says more or less credible?

quite

[anonymous-user]

The Don of Croy said:

Unlike Chris Choi (sic) who started as a scruff on Watchdog

Pretty sure I remember him as one of the two "funny short features" (usually not that funny) guys on That's Life.

[marcosgt]

I caught a few minutes of Peston recently (I don't usually watch ITN news) and, indeed, he does look a little like a tramp, but I'm not sure a tie is essential to make your political insight more accurate...

M.

[bunglesprout]

I'd rather a reporter/newsreader with a bit of personality, for better or worse. For examaple, Julie Etchingham and Mark Austen are just robots. They have the personality of an embalmed potato.