Balanced Question Time panel tonight - of course not!

[ukwill]

Sheets Tabuer said:

So the green says JC should be subject to an investigation but because of his track record he should go..


Then the labour bird says he should go before an investigation.

Which is precisely what we would have all predicted!

[Laurel Green]

Harumph! Fell asleep(again) and woke to the jibbering idiots castigating Clarkson before any evidence be provided.

[PorkInsider]

The Clarkson bit was appalling.

You'd expect politicians to have a bit more sense...

[hidetheelephants]

ukwill said:

Sheets Tabuer said:

So the green says JC should be subject to an investigation but because of his track record he should go..


Then the labour bird says he should go before an investigation.

Which is precisely what we would have all predicted!

Birds of a feather; crypto-stalinists the pair of them, vote for them and get 're-education' if you don't toe the line. Astonishing idiocy on display, these yahoos would summarily dismiss him without due process, guaranteeing him a jackpot at a tribunal, just like Shoesmith got when Edney Spheres sacked her without following procedure.

[anonymous-user]

The labour lady didn't answer 1 question put to her. Surprised they let that pass.

[anonymous-user]

Channel 4 do drugs live experiment with Jon Snow.
The Beeb take a more leisurely approach to it on Question Time with alcohol last night - Charles Kennedy and presumably coke next week - Will Self.

[xjsdriver]

xjsdriver said:

Zod said:

Tonight's panel:

Francis Maude - Tory - Cabinet Office Minister

Andy Burnham - Labour - leadership candidate, former health minister and mascara wearer

Sally Bercow - Labour, failed to get elected as a councillor, married to the nominally Tory, but clearly Labour-leaning Speaker of the HoC

George Galloway, former Labour MP, former Respect MP, fraudster (alleged ), reality TV cat

Nick Ferrari - flakey right wing broadcaster.

Well, the carefully selected leftie audience will approve of the panel anyway.

Edited by Zod on Thursday 15th July 11:59

So carefully selected, this "member of the public" is actually Tory Councillor for Newton Mearns South, Jim Swift.....well I guess that's BBC "impartiality" for you.....

Zod, I thought I may have heard a counter-remark regarding your views on the "carefully selected leftie" as you so eloquently put it - in the form of Jim Swift ( TORY Councillor for Newton Mearns South)....

[xjsdriver]

techiedave said:

Channel 4 do drugs live experiment with Jon Snow.
The Beeb take a more leisurely approach to it on Question Time with alcohol last night - Charles Kennedy and presumably coke next week - Will Self.

I think you must be mistaken, Will Self is a self-confessed smack-head and not a coke-head.

[carinaman]

For a Barrister Soubry comes across like an over excited school kid on a field trip.

Penny lumpy jumper Mordaunt on Radio 4 on Wednesday wasn't much better.

[anonymous-user]

PorkInsider said:

You'd expect politicians to have a bit more sense...

Pls tell me you are jesting and are not serious

This week i have had the pleasure of seeing a letter to a very senior politician and the writer a party candidate for the election hasn't even put their name anywhere on the letter to reply to

Thick doesn't touch the sides

Edited by anonymous-user on Friday 13th March 08:01

[turbobloke]

xjsdriver said:

...Jim Swift ( TORY Councillor for Newton Mearns South)....

Probably approved by CMD personally, so not really a Conservative

[MGJohn]

techiedave said:

Natalie Bennet = Victoria Wood on Ketamine
Charles Kennedy its a farce isn't it he's as pissed as that posh guy on gogglebox
Even Dimbleby looks like he's had a few sips from Charlies stash

Kennedy appeared "shot away" and failed to answer any question worth a damn. Booze effect or even damage. Who can tell. A very poor show. The whole panel were a absolute issue dodging shower. The "Green Lady" behaved in such a way as to harm her cause and then some.

To cap it all. the final question on the lines of "Can the BBC afford to lose Clarkson?" was ignored and not addressed by any of the six Politicos and media luvvies. Yes SIX as I include DD who invariably failed miserably to correct the issue dodging. It degenerated into answering another question which was not asked. Such as "Should Clarkson go". As is to be expected from such a cushioned against reality group, the majority answered yes he should go except shot away Kennedy who responded with a total lack of interest.

There was a time when QT was always a "must see" for me. Mind you, that was back in the distant Robin Day days. He and those on the panels had a lot more substance.

Is QT a must see? Not any more ..

[anonymous-user]

MGJohn said:

Kennedy appeared "shot away" and failed to answer any question worth a damn. Booze effect or even damage. Who can tell. A very poor show. The whole panel were a absolute issue dodging shower. The "Green Lady" behaved in such a way as to harm her cause and then some.

To cap it all. the final question on the lines of "Can the BBC afford to lose Clarkson?" was ignored and not addressed by any of the six Politicos and media luvvies. Yes SIX as I include DD who invariably failed miserably to correct the issue dodging. It degenerated into answering another question which was not asked. Such as "Should Clarkson go". As is to be expected from such a cushioned against reality group, the majority answered yes he should go except shot away Kennedy who responded with a total lack of interest.

There was a time when QT was always a "must see" for me. Mind you, that was back in the distant Robin Day days. He and those on the panels had a lot more substance.

Is QT a must see? Not any more ..

Interesting views about the programme that I tend to agree with. I can remember Robin Day he seemed much firmer on the line he took. I remember the first programme after the 1997 GE in it Dianne Abbot appeared and kept knocking her microphone. I cant remember who else was on but she was a bit of a screecher. Mellowed with age now. I do remember one guy hammering home a point that Labour couldn't get back in as it was mathematically impossible due to this and that - well it took 10 years.
Robin Day seemed much more like a head master he was firm but fair. I think Mr Dimbleby looks more and more like a referee wanting to be mates with everyone there. I also think he looks rather drained of late and hope he is well ( he has been around so long you get a sense of affection for them)
On the whole though though I think the "celebrity of the week" means its dumbed down enormously.
And its predictable I like Ian Hislop but you know one week it will be Owen Jones another |Will Self , Russell Brand etc . Its all become a formula and the panel (with a few exceptions) seem to want applause from the audience rather than to actually answer some of the questions.
I think Charles Kennedys days are numbered it was all kept hush hush when he was on the bottle. I remember some years ago there were some hints etc but it was well covered up.

[BlackLabel]

It won't be long before the Lib Dems release a statement blaming prescription meds for a sore back/leg/throat for Kennedy's embarrassing performance.

I'm on the fence on this one - whilst alcoholism is a serious problem and perhaps shouldn't be mocked, should such people really be parliamentarians? According to Menzies Campbell Kennedy has in the past been too pissed to attend the budget, turned up drunk to meet foreign leaders etc.

[Thorodin]

It was all a new low. I know it's daft, but I actually squirmed with embarrassment half the time at the sheer ineptitude of 'opinion makers' showing their complete inadequacy to be there. Even Hislop continually missed golden opportunities. Is the BBC putting sedatives in the water?

[irocfan]

BlackLabel said:

It won't be long before the Lib Dems release a statement blaming prescription meds for a sore back/leg/throat for Kennedy's embarrassing performance.

I'm on the fence on this one - whilst alcoholism is a serious problem and perhaps shouldn't be mocked, should such people really be parliamentarians? According to Menzies Campbell Kennedy has in the past been too pissed to attend the budget, turned up drunk to meet foreign leaders etc.

wasn't good old Winnie rather fond of the sauce too?

Edited by irocfan on Friday 13th March 13:24

[Mr GrimNasty]

Was it my imagination or was there a dearth of actual audience questions? It just seemed to be the panelists going off piste and bickering amongst themselves most of the time.

[MGJohn]

Mr GrimNasty said:

Was it my imagination or was there a dearth of actual audience questions? It just seemed to be the panelists going off piste and bickering amongst themselves most of the time.

Maybe but audience questions differed from the normal QT format this time. In that whilst fewer were allowed a question, those that were allowed were given much longer to air their views as well as posing questions. Particularly those with a Moslim slant.

[Mermaid]

Not being sexist here, but all the women on the panel were crass. Charles, in his intoxicated state, had more to offer than the 3 bints together.

[Mermaid]

Sargeant Orange said:

They couldn't fit into British society so they f'd off to ISIS? What happened to personal responsibly for your actions?

It's all our fault, don't you know?