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Question Time tonight

David Gauke MP, Emily Thornberry MP, Claude Littner, George the Poet and the fiction-writing blow-hard Isabel Oakeshott tonight.

I'm not sure of Littner's political convictions. Sugar is erstwhile Labour and Brady's a Tory.
 
'intensely relaxed' about twats like that, according to mandleson. Glad they lived to see their project die t least
 
What has Isabel Oakeshott done to become a seemingly in demand political commentator? She wrote a book with a bitter billionaire who sits unelected in the UK legislature whilst keeping his money in a tax haven which he calls home. That book was sold on one unsubstantiated claim from an anonymous source, yet was regarded as true by far too many people. Does she not lose most, if not all of her legitimacy because of that?

And if not that, the fact that she thinks free schools are a good idea?
 
Littner sounded Tory-ish, if not a fully paid-up member. I suppose it's not surprising that a business executive is a free market die-hard. That made it two and a half Tories on the panel, against one Labour and a non-affiliate.
 
Isabel Oakeshott is vile.

QT is getting a little dry. Same old panellists and same old questions.

Desperately in need of a revamp.
 
Deej92 said:
Desperately in need of a revamp.
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The replacement of Dimbleby could achieve that.

I think I've suggested upthread in previous years that borrowing the red chair from Graham Norton for those that avoid answering the question posed. And that includes for audience members who say, regarding Brexit, "Just get out!".
 
There was a disguised reverse ferret from either Gauke or Oakeshott this week (I think Gauke), where he qualified the lifting of austerity on the global economic conditions. The contrasted markedly with the Tory rhetoric of the last ten years which went that effectively the UK was independent of such conditions, and the credit crunch was caused by Gordon Brown.
 
A proper left-wing panel and audience in Scotland last night.

Universal Credit, Scottish Independence/Brexit, Irish border, drug deaths and testing for five-year-olds were the topics covered.

Discuss.
 
Deej92 said:
A proper left-wing panel and audience in Scotland last night.
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I'm not sure about the panel being overtly left wing. You had a Tory minister plus the editor of a Tory fanzine.

I was very disappointed that there was nothing on the IPCC report and, you know, the continued existence of life on this planet.
 
stavros said:
I'm not sure about the panel being overtly left wing. You had a Tory minister plus the editor of a Tory fanzine.

I was very disappointed that there was nothing on the IPCC report and, you know, the continued existence of life on this planet.
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True. The topics always seem to be the same. Immigration, Brexit etc...

The Scottish minister, former Scottish Labour leader and crime writer were all fairly left-wing and staunchly anti-Brexit.

Better than the usual Brexit and Tory love-in.
 
On QT Extra Time they were discussing possible candidates to replace Dimbleby. One guest wondered why Jon Snow hadn't been mentioned, forgetting to consider that as the panel sit behind a desk you wouldn't be able to see what delights were donning his feet.
 
Another one where I felt there was an imbalance. One Conservative MP and one Conservative former SPAD. Is having two politicians from the same party on the panel unprecedented?

Dimbleby citing Nigel Farage as some sort of authority was in keeping with QT obsession with the man.

However, this week's episode is worth watching just for Nish Kumar's Brexit rant.

 
stavros said:
Another one where I felt there was an imbalance. One Conservative MP and one Conservative former SPAD. Is having two politicians from the same party on the panel unprecedented?

Dimbleby citing Nigel Farage as some sort of authority was in keeping with QT obsession with the man.

However, this week's episode is worth watching just for Nish Kumar's Brexit rant.

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I enjoyed nish's comments.
Although the finance woman on the leave campaign side was the best chortle when she said ' the remain campaign also lied'. Also? :D I bet she's still face palming.
 
I was trying to listen to it at work last night and could only catch bits n pieces.

Did I really hear some nice person say that they would only support bombing/trident if it were ethical :confused::mad::facepalm:

PLEASE tell me I misheard it.
 
That's how I heard it too.

Another suggested another referendum with all the different options on.

Major squabbles between Jenkyns and Nandy too, to the point where I'd have turned both mics off.
 
The brexit thing is just the brexit thing, important as it is, but comments like that about bombs, trident or whatever is beyond my scale of comprehension, especially in respect of a British politician.
i can feel an email brewing...
 
Slightly better balance on the panel this time.With Mason and Nandy both concentrating on the effects on Barrow's kids of years of Tory austerity it almost looked like Jenkyns was going to blub at one point-almost.
 
Jenkyns was just....fucking barking, wasn't she? Utterly incoherent for the first couple of interventions. And then just rambling wibbery. Just awful.
 
I suppose she could be afforded some respect for going on to defend the PM when she's been a vocal if less famous critic of May's approach.
 
What a weasly right-wing little dork the young journo economist bloke. "We had no choice but to..... urghhhhhh". Owen Jones' right-wing cousin perhaps.

Pretty shocking and grim that 75% of Orbourne's benefits cuts haven't even come into force yet.
 
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