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belboid said:
hmmm, I wonder....


This thread had 50 posts covering the previous ten editions of the show. And over 120 since Barton's appearance was announced. 150,000 @BBCQT tweets - a new record. The viewing figures aren't in yet, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was the most watched episode since Griffin was on.
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Well fuck, shows how out of touch I am then. Used to follow him on Twitter but had no idea so many people gave a toss about him.
 
It's not that anyone gives a toss about him, it's just that he was always likely to say something stupid/outrageous. Same reason they get 'kippers on so regularly.
 
Awesome Wells said:
Wonder why there wasn't a libdem on the panel; they must have been invited. Perhaps Clegg forbaded them?
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en-gb"><p>.<a href="https://twitter.com/bbcquestiontime">@bbcquestiontime</a> have refused to take a Liberal Democrat panellist tonight.</p>&mdash; Lib Dem Press Office (@LibDemPress) <a href="">May 29, 2014</a></blockquote>
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editor said:
Thankfully, very few make remarks a stupid as Barton's so there's usually no need. Not sure if the procedure of saying something sexist and then only apologising after being prompted by an audience member is something to be congratulated. I'd rather people like Barton were kept off the show, which I felt reached a new low last night.
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Sportspeople? Non-politicians? What you getting at?
 
YouSir said:
Why?
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He is outside the Westminster bubble. But footballers and other celebrities are in there own bubble. Prefer Any Answers myself. Am less interested in being patronised and more in the range and scope of how we Joe Public are feeling. Is still at the mercy of editorial bias though
 
gosub said:
He is outside the Westminster bubble. But footballers and other celebrities are in there own bubble. Prefer any answers myself. Am less interested in being patronised and more in the range and scope of how we Joe Public are feeling. Is still at the mercy of editorial bias though
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Oh aye, and any answers is the place for that right enough. Whatever it is.
 
gosub said:
He is outside the Westminster bubble. But footballers and other celebrities are in there own bubble. Prefer any answers myself. Am less interested in being patronised and more in the range and scope of how we Joe Public are feeling. Is still at the mercy of editorial bias though
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are you kidding? Any Answers only gets airtime to make the contributors to Any Questions look sane and rational.
 
YouSir said:
Why?
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To be honest I'm not that fussed at seeing anyone, I don't normally watch it and only saw Barton's sexist bit when alerted from here last night. But to answer your question, the politicians, journos and commentators they normally have, whatever their specific views are part of the political class - Barton isn't. He's a full on idiot in terms of some the things he's done and also some of his twitter splatters. But he also says interesting things and is often sound on equality type stuff. I also loved his plain speaking about shit England player bringing their books out straight after a failed world cup. He's probably locked into an embrace with the media as much as anyone else, but well, I think people sneer at him for the wrong reaons. He is a dick, but it's his class that they are really sneering at.
 
Wilf said:
To be honest I'm not that fussed at seeing anyone, I don't normally watch it and only saw Barton's sexist bit when alerted from here last night. But to answer your question, the politicians, journos and commentators they normally have, whatever their specific views are part of the political class - Barton isn't. He's a full on idiot in terms of some the things he's done and also some of his twitter splatters. But he also says interesting things and is often sound on equality type stuff. I also loved his plain speaking about shit England player bringing their books out straight after a failed world cup. He's probably locked into an embrace with the media as much as anyone else, but well, I think people sneer at him for the wrong reaons. He is a dick, but it's his class that they are really sneering at.
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I haven't seen any sneering at his class.
 
Awesome Wells said:
they weren't on last night either...unlike the ukips. Aren't their views on runway expansions valid? Says it all really.
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Hard to keep UKIP off the week after they top the poll. But yep heathrow. should have had greens and the flight path is Kingston..Lib Dems as well
 
D'wards said:
I like to sneer at him for the horrible violence he has administered in the past
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Well, you have to pick your way through it. He's done plenty of horrible things - and said even more. Sometimes that's what's in play, but even more it's 'ooh, look, he likes art', 'philosopher king of football!', 'ha ha he reads books'. None of that can be reduced down to sneering about footballers per se.

Realise I'm on a sticky wicket using Barton to display media class biases, but it is in play with him.

Edit: sorry, that was supposed to be a reply to AW.
 
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