Toepoke Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 On 03/11/2017 at 8:36 AM, Toepoke said: The old boy who made the "Ruth for PM" question certainly had a face like fizz at the derision directed at his suggestion... Seems to have gone down well with some though... http://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/875537/ruth-davidson-theresa-may-Nicholas-Soames-prime-minister-leadership-bid-tory-sussex-mp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotlad Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 2 hours ago, Toepoke said: Seems to have gone down well with some though... http://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/875537/ruth-davidson-theresa-may-Nicholas-Soames-prime-minister-leadership-bid-tory-sussex-mp I still think Davidson would prefer to stay in her special role of defender of the union in Scotland for the time being, but I'd love to see her go down south, into a safe seat and eventually into a cabinet post - and fall flat on her smug pus. Because one thing's for sure, she'll not get the same kind of soft-soap treatment from the media down there as she does in Scotland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 43 minutes ago, scotlad said: I still think Davidson would prefer to stay in her special role of defender of the union in Scotland for the time being, but I'd love to see her go down south, into a safe seat and eventually into a cabinet post - and fall flat on her smug pus. Because one thing's for sure, she'll not get the same kind of soft-soap treatment from the media down there as she does in Scotland. Aye the UK media are blinkered by their support of anyone who stands up to the hated SNP. Ruth hasn't come under much scrutiny from them yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jockodile Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Watched it on YouTube. Had been talking with pals recently how QT was no longer treated very seriously by the parties. Back in the day you have senior figures but now it seems mostly the domain of junior ministers parroting off their prepared agendas, obscure media or sporting people who's opinions are not constricted in this way but are pretty much just randoms and the natural go tos - Melanie Philips, Shami, Farage, that editor of money week etc. More depressing than the panels are the loaded audiences with 'members of the public' asking questiond turning out to be elected councillors. Bit of a shambles all round really. The skill for panel members is just to get a round of applause from their group and try not to screw up. If you do just repeat some platitude like how great the arms forces are, how the Queen has done a good job, how MPs are a disgrace, how banker bonuses are evil and how police should be doing less paperwork and more arresting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted November 11, 2017 Author Share Posted November 11, 2017 On 11/7/2017 at 1:37 AM, jockodile said: Watched it on YouTube. Had been talking with pals recently how QT was no longer treated very seriously by the parties. Back in the day you have senior figures but now it seems mostly the domain of junior ministers parroting off their prepared agendas, obscure media or sporting people who's opinions are not constricted in this way but are pretty much just randoms and the natural go tos - Melanie Philips, Shami, Farage, that editor of money week etc. More depressing than the panels are the loaded audiences with 'members of the public' asking questiond turning out to be elected councillors. Bit of a shambles all round really. The skill for panel members is just to get a round of applause from their group and try not to screw up. If you do just repeat some platitude like how great the arms forces are, how the Queen has done a good job, how MPs are a disgrace, how banker bonuses are evil and how police should be doing less paperwork and more arresting. Yes, although in a funny way there are differences between audiences in different parts which can add variety. I see Charles Moore got a bit of a pasting from a Croydon audience the other night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted December 14, 2017 Author Share Posted December 14, 2017 David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Barnsley in South Yorkshire. On the panel are [Tory remainer Rebel] Nicky Morgan, Labour's shadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey MP, scientist and broadcaster Professor Robert Winston, comedian Geoff Norcott and political journalist and commentator Isabel Oakeshott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckielugger Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Well, a star-studded line-up there!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilser Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Summary for anyone who's missed the first 20 mins: 'I'm a northerner, I come from t'fookin' north and I don't like t'fookin' foreigners. Give us me fookin' Brexit' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 2 hours ago, neilser said: Summary for anyone who's missed the first 20 mins: 'I'm a northerner, I come from t'fookin' north and I don't like t'fookin' foreigners. Give us me fookin' Brexit' From what I saw the next 20 went that way too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Turned it off after two minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irnbruman Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 The audience full of geoff boycotts. I worked in leeds for a few years..yorkshire women fine..but the blokes are by and large mysogenistic .racist..homophobic and any amother prejudice you care to mention. Last night just proved that theory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 From Dumfries, including Michael Forsyth... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 Dimbleby seems to be giving most airtime the to men especially Forsyth... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alibi Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 I had the chance to be in the audience but I declined when I saw the panel. Surely we can do better than Hyslop on this type of programme. There wasn't a single question relevant to Dumfries or to Scotland. Nothing about the power grab, nor about the discredited fake news story about flags. Tedious and tired. As for Forsyth, selectively quoting Burns to try to give the impression Burns was a rabid unionist, GIRFUY. Maggie Chapman is horrendous - her unintelligible gabbling is extremely irritating and hard to follow. Completely unsuited to a programme like QT. In a programme from Dumfries, could they not have found a Scottish Tory from the current crop to be on the panel, and a Labour MP/MSP from Scotland? Or were they too afraid of being asked awkward questions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 To be fair QT very rarely waivers from UK wide / international subject matters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted June 14, 2018 Author Share Posted June 14, 2018 So Question Time (from what I saw) mainly about Brexit, they had one question about the SNP walkout, Dimbleby says but can you be brief (you couldn't make it up) and gives a chance for Leanne Wood to defend the principle and explain the power grab... girl in the audience says why isnt broadcasting devolved, and Dimbleby says flippantly, why do you need more news about Wales? and she comes back at him and says basically yes, and mentions Basque TV stations, and that gives a chance for Leanne to explain how poorly informed and poorly served they are in Wales, and gets a dig at Labour in Wales. Also mention of something Mundell said about Scotland not being partner in the UK but just a part of the UK - did he really say that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 6 minutes ago, exile said: Also mention of something Mundell said about Scotland not being partner in the UK but just a part of the UK - did he really say that? Yes. Fair play to Matthew Wright for bringing it up... https://mobile.twitter.com/nickeardleybbc/status/1007239320376414208?ref_src=twsrc^tfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pieandbovril.com%2Fforum%2Findex.php%3Fapp%3Dcore%26module%3Dsystem%26controller%3Dembed%26url%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fnickeardleybbc%2Fstatus%2F1007239320376414208%3Fs%3D19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted June 15, 2018 Author Share Posted June 15, 2018 8 hours ago, Toepoke said: Yes. Fair play to Matthew Wright for bringing it up... https://mobile.twitter.com/nickeardleybbc/status/1007239320376414208?ref_src=twsrc^tfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pieandbovril.com%2Fforum%2Findex.php%3Fapp%3Dcore%26module%3Dsystem%26controller%3Dembed%26url%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fnickeardleybbc%2Fstatus%2F1007239320376414208%3Fs%3D19 Hmm, difficult to tell what he actually said and actually meant, in context. He sometimes stumbles over words with bits of foot in mouth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted June 15, 2018 Author Share Posted June 15, 2018 The Scottish question is at about 31:40 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slasher Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 9 hours ago, exile said: So Question Time (from what I saw) mainly about Brexit, they had one question about the SNP walkout, Dimbleby says but can you be brief (you couldn't make it up) and gives a chance for Leanne Wood to defend the principle and explain the power grab... girl in the audience says why isnt broadcasting devolved, and Dimbleby says flippantly, why do you need more news about Wales? and she comes back at him and says basically yes, and mentions Basque TV stations, and that gives a chance for Leanne to explain how poorly informed and poorly served they are in Wales, and gets a dig at Labour in Wales. Also mention of something Mundell said about Scotland not being partner in the UK but just a part of the UK - did he really say that? Listening to Leanne Wood gives me the horn 😈 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave78 Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 1 hour ago, slasher said: Listening to Leanne Wood gives me the horn 😈 She's one of those aptly named politicians int she? It's like i'm a teenager again watching a Catatonia video on MTV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 1 hour ago, Dave78 said: She's one of those aptly named politicians int she? It's like i'm a teenager again watching a Catatonia video on MTV. What about the woman with the Welsh accent in the audience who felt that we needed the Winston Churchill or Donald Trump approach to EU negotiations ? It was at that point i switched off You actually wonder how folk manage to get to that stage of being so fucking thick and ignorant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 22 minutes ago, Ally Bongo said: What about the woman with the Welsh accent in the audience who felt that we needed the Winston Churchill or Donald Trump approach to EU negotiations ? It was at that point i switched off You actually wonder how folk manage to get to that stage of being so fucking thick and ignorant Was a good score on QT bingo when Churchill got mentioned though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDYER63 Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 39 minutes ago, Ally Bongo said: What about the woman with the Welsh accent in the audience who felt that we needed the Winston Churchill or Donald Trump approach to EU negotiations ? It was at that point i switched off You actually wonder how folk manage to get to that stage of being so fucking thick and ignorant Less of the neg-a-tivitee Allee, Churchill would not have put up with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted September 20, 2018 Author Share Posted September 20, 2018 Question Time, the discussion of Brexit feels like same old same old, 2 years on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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