Question Time tonight

[danny la rouge]

“Scottish writer clever guy” just described Jacob Rees-Mogg as a “steampunk C3PO”.

Brookmyre. Great line.

 

[8ball]

They want to have a conversation about vaccination in two weeks and are asking for unvaccinated people to come along!

I’m looking forward to seeing what kind of leper booth they build.

 

[Humberto]

I don't see the point in watching it, the Prime Minister is a liar and a scoundrel. He will of course be 'exonerated'.

 

[8ball]

Brookmyre. Great line.

I don’t know him but he has a very neat turn of phrase.

 

[two sheds]

Are there recordings of these snippets?

 

[8ball]

I don’t know who the lass in the red is but… she seems.. nice.

Edit: ah, she seems to be SNP.

 

[Calamity1971]

Brookmyre. Great line.

Fantastic. Not often I giggle at QT.

 

[Calamity1971]

Are there recordings of these snippets?

I have a feeling that will be on twitter/you tube very quickly.

 

[8ball]

Iain Anderson reminds me of my cardiologist, just without the brains and corvid-like demeanor.

 

[brogdale]

Iain Anderson reminds me of my cardiologist, just without the brains and corvid-like demeanor.

Properly irritating cunt.

 

[8ball]

I’m coming round to the SNP a bit, I think.

 

[Calamity1971]

I never had a baby box. I WORK HARD.
Wanker.

 

[two sheds]

boxes for babies sounds a very good idea to me

 

[8ball]

I never had a baby box. I WORK HARD.
Wanker.

That was fucking bizarre, wasn’t it?

This hatred of universal benefits is a little bemusing to me.

Though (full disclosure), many years ago on Urban I made an ill-informed argument* in that direction and was put on the right track in a kind way. One of the cases when my mind was changed by arguments on here. Just something I hadn’t really thought through.
We should do more of that.

*- it involved the proposal to means-test Child Benefit

 

[8ball]

boxes for babies sounds a very good idea to me

Or a desk drawer once Mum needs to go back to work.

 

[two sheds]

Boxes are too good for them

 

[Humberto]

Unless they set Michael Fabricant's hair on fire I'm not watching.

 

[8ball]

Boxes are too good for them

Cats like boxes. Cats like babies*. Babies like cats.*. So babies like boxes.

*-according to YouTube

 

[Calamity1971]

Unless they set Michael Fabricant's hair on fire I'm not watching.

It's not his hair.

 

[Humberto]

It's not his hair.

He is merely haunted by Pat Sharp?

 

[Raheem]

He is merely haunted by Pat Sharp?

We all are.

 

[Duncan2]

I don’t know who the lass in the red is but… she seems.. nice.

Edit: ah, she seems to be SNP.

Yep Mairi McAllan -probably a terrifying wee Mary in her student days-bet the Scottish Nats are delighted with her.

 

[stavros]

James Heappey seemed to equate the situation in Ukraine to that in Australia, when talking about his and Liz Truss' respective private flights paid for by the state.

Is Vanuatu threatening to annex Queensland or something?

 

[Calamity1971]

James Heappey seemed to equate the situation in Ukraine to that in Australia, when talking about his and Liz Truss' respective private flights paid for by the state.

Is Vanuatu threatening to annex Queensland or something?

Even Bruce the Tory pointed out there wasn't a war in Australia.

 

[Calamity1971]

What a bellend. ' I studied philosophy'

 

[8ball]

He’s right about appeal to authority being a poor argument. He’s wrong about it not being important to go in with a grasp of the facts.

 

[Supine]

Enjoyed that. Not a fan of anti vaxxers!

 

[Fozzie Bear]

"I studied philosophy" is also an appeal to authority, of course.

Was this the London show where they specifically invited anti-vaxxers on?

 

[Supine]

"I studied philosophy" is also an appeal to authority, of course.

Was this the London show where they specifically invited anti-vaxxers on?

Yeah. I enjoyed it

 

[hash tag]

"I studied philosophy" is also an appeal to authority, of course.

Was this the London show where they specifically invited anti-vaxxers on?

How could an idiot argue vaccines with someone like Robin Shattuck. I though RS sounded and looked angry but handled the chump well.
Even Tim Stanley had a dig at him