Jeremy Vine finds his exit poll prediction is no laughing matter

Nick Robinson recently revealed Jeremy Vine’s off-air reaction to the exit poll on election night. ‘So Scotland will go independent and the BBC will be shut down,’ the Radio 2 presenter quipped on hearing the poll predict a Tory majority.

While Vine’s predictions are yet to come good in full, he did correctly foresee that the Tories would crack down on the BBC, with reports emerging yesterday that the government could decide to close Radio 1 or Radio 2. Despite John Whittingdale stating that there are no current plans to close the station down, Vine took to Twitter to voice his opposition:

Searching for the paragraph which says how much @BBCRadio2’s fifteen million listeners want us shut down pic.twitter.com/srKsVPvKiq

— Jeremy Vine (@theJeremyVine) July 17, 2015

However, Vine may have to rejig that figure following today’s radio show. He presented a rambling section on dishwasher etiquette, leading bored listeners to switch off:

With the @BBC fighting for its future, @theJeremyVine and @BBCRadio2 are talking about dishwasher etiquette on a national station #TurnItIn

— Alan O'Hare (@onlychildmusic) July 17, 2015

If ever there was an argument for the dumbing down of @BBC it's a 45min phone-in on how to stack a dishwasher on @BBCR2 @theJeremyVine

— NM Mum (@NM_Mum) July 17, 2015