Two protesters from Occupy Birmingham – Chico and Thomas – were the studio guests on this morning’s BBC West Midlands 9am phone-in show with stand-in presenter Adrian Goldberg. Towards the end of the programme someone called in to offer advice to the guy claiming to be an ex-serviceman. Something about Chico’s response didn’t quite ring true. Luckily for him Goldberg was not interested in pressing the matter. Quite the opposite in fact. (Hat tip David Hanson)
Now Chico may just be suffering from memory problems, but shouldn’t Goldberg have made a bit of an effort to find out more? He does, after all, present a show called 5 Live Investigates.
Here’s another clip from earlier in the programme in which Chico tells Goldberg he left his military service six months ago. In the above clip he says he was in the Royal Green Jackets, but they disbanded in February 2007.