Question Time tonight

[isvicthere?]

It was an ugly spectacle throughout, and illustrates how badly public discourse has been coarsened and toxified.

 

[Sasaferrato]

Very rare for me to do this, but I watchesd the end of QT tonight -- last couple of questions.

Who the fuck is this John Rhys-Davis lunatic? I'd never heard of him, but his brain was exploding on public TV!!

He's a fucking 'luvvie', who fails to realise that the clever people are the ones who write the words that they get paid to spout.

 

[mojo pixy]

bad dates..

 

[stavros]

Thing is, they only put him on because they new he would blow a fuse, which presumably is what someone thinks makes good telly, but I'm not convinced that is what QT should be about.

How much does the thinking in the media in this regard account for the rise of the Johnsons, the Farages, the Rees Moggs, even the Trumps? Eccentricity shouldn't be allowed obstruct constructive, objective dialogue. Requiring everything to be framed confrontationally must surely further embed divisions.

 

[Poi E]

Britain love pantomime and all that schtick. Playing to a receptive audience.

 

[stavros]

You're right, in that it echos the pomp of Parliament and PMQs.

 

[stavros]

Stop inviting wonks from think tanks who don't declare where they get their money from.

 

[stavros]

Tonight we have Amber Rudd MP, Jonathan Reynolds MP, Anna Soubry MP, Nigel Farage MEP and businessman John Mills, a supporter of Leave Means Leave.

I really hope the QT producers fuck with that line-up and have no questions at all regarding Brexit.

 

[Dogsauce]

So a Tory, an ex-Tory, a Labour Progress gonk, farage and another hard brexiter.

Not exactly a full spectrum of opinion there then!

More an Overton porthole than an Overton window.

 

[teqniq]

What a fucking joke.

 

[stavros]

The first question should be, Mr. Farage, which individual donated over £100k to your new party?

 

[teqniq]

Another question should be 'what were you doing visiting Assange in the Ecuadorean embassy?' and 'I don't recall' is not an acceptable answer. Also why did Roger Stone state that durning the filming of 'Get me Roger Stone' you has a major hissy fit when you unexpectedly encountered the film crew and unequivocally stated that you were not to appear anywhere in the documentary?

 

[Smokeandsteam]

The first question should be, Mr. Farage, which individual donated over £100k to your new party?

Yeah, that’ll show him....

 

[Shechemite]

Central Banking eh

 

[DexterTCN]

I'm not watching this garbage...but did this happen?

 

[hash tag]

It's the Nigel Farage show. He can't shut up for 10 seconds

 

[Poi E]

He's the BBCs favourite man. And they tax you for the pleasure of being held close to Auntie's soothing bosom. Fucking scam.

 

[teqniq]

He's the BBCs favourite man. And they tax you for the pleasure of being held close to Auntie's soothing bosom. Fucking scam.

Not me, I have no telly. Nor do I watch the BBC on the net.

 

[toblerone3]

Central Banking eh

What was that all about.

 

[toblerone3]

[ dp

 

[DexterTCN]

So our first question tonight...is it right that someone who posts a racist tweet should be removed from the airways by the bbc?...Nigel Farage (33rd appearance) what do you think?

 

[SpackleFrog]

I'm not watching this garbage...but did this happen?

To be fair they don't really need a manifesto for the European Parliament. None of the other parties have one either.

 

[DexterTCN]

To be fair they don't really need a manifesto for the European Parliament. None of the other parties have one either.

None of the other english parties*

 

[killer b]

To be fair they don't really need a manifesto for the European Parliament. None of the other parties have one either.

This isn't true. Labour launched theirs yesterday. Iirc so did the lib dems. I think only the Tories dont have one yet.

 

[8ball]

This isn't true. Labour launched theirs yesterday. Iirc so did the lib dems. I think only the Tories dont have one yet.

Wonder whether they’ll be able to agree on something in time...

 

[stavros]

Yeah, that’ll show him....

Point taken.

 

[SpackleFrog]

None of the other english parties*

Oh aye. What have SNP MEP's pledged to do if elected?

This isn't true. Labour launched theirs yesterday. Iirc so did the lib dems. I think only the Tories dont have one yet.

And it studiously avoided any mention of the European Parliament.

 

[killer b]

And it studiously avoided any mention of the European Parliament.

have you looked at it? I found a mention of the European parliament in under 30 seconds.

 

[SpackleFrog]

have you looked at it? I found a mention of the European parliament in under 30 seconds.

Only looked at the leaflet to be fair. What does it say?

 

[killer b]

The opening paragraph of the opening section is

Labour MEPs in the European Parliament have fought hard to deliver changes that have made a difference to people’s lives.