Robert Preston Bbc News Correspondant.

[TWR]

Looking at Roberts tonight reporting from Russia, Poor lad, he seems to have gone down hill in his appearance since his wife passed, Robert, If you are on this site Mate get back to your Former self & smarten up.

[woofgang]

TWR, its not that easy and you should be ashamed of yourself.

[gingejbee]

and his name is PESTON...

[chrissa1]

How unkind. It's Peston, by the way.

[chrissa1]

Snap.

[DTCwordfan]

I didn't know that - poor chap

I can't stand that machine gun delivery that he has - I had a boss that did that - ten second outbursts and then ulllltttra-slllloww with the next few words followed by 'smack', another burst of verbosity. Aggggh.

[TWR]

This was not meant to be Horrible as you may think, Robert used to be very smart & I know we go through these bad times, I think Roberts owes this to his wife, that's all I was saying.

[-Talbot-]

Let's hope he isn't looking in!

[Bazile]

He is the BBC's Economics editor , by the way

[bhg481]

I've worked out what he does - when he can't think exactly what to say next he doesn't umm and ahh like most of us do, he slows down to give himself time to think. Once he knbows where he's going he's off like a tommy-gun again.

[Elina]

TWR, I knew you were being genuine.

[DTCwordfan]

it reads as rough and insensitive, TWR - as if you have the poor blighter on the streets of Moscow on the voddy bottle, dressed in some tatty Putin suit and his fingernails black.....

[TWR]

Thank You Elina, If I was that sort of person I would not be on here x

[DTCwordfan]

well thanks for making your position clear - English can be very fickle as Malcolm Rifkind has discovered in the last 24 hours!

[sp1814]

Actually, we were slating him the other day when we saw him on the news because (we thought) his hair made him look like a member of the Arctic Monkeys.

I had no idea his wife had passed away, so I appreciate TWR's post (even though it's left me feeling slightly ashamed of myself).

[Nibble]

I know he's let his hair grow - I thought it was deliberate, a new look for a new life.... but the poor man's been very ill since the new year, give him a break! http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/robert-pestons-plan-b-bringing-inspirational-speakers-to-state-school-8530867.html

[factor-fiction]

I think the article was from 2 years ago, nibble

[Gromit]

I pretty sure Robert tunes in here. I have often heard him repeat some of AOGs insights on the 6 o'clock news.

[ichkeria]

Yes nothing like picking up on the key issues of the day. As this is allegedly a news topic maybe a link to the report?
And let his appearance go hang

[Tilly2]

His delivery irritates me like hell but I always understand what he is saying. He is a man of the people.

[-Talbot-]

TWR or Peston?