Balanced Question Time panel tonight - of course not!

[Zod]

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

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ettore said:

Esseesse said:

fido said:

At least Nick Ferrari's on it - and Galloway - whilst being leftie has some interesting independent opinions (certainly not a Brown/Balls/Blair fan).

Yes, at least Galloway comes across as sincere.

You what?

the man is a crook.

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fido said:

Zod said:

ettore said:

Esseesse said:

Yes, at least Galloway comes across as sincere.

You what?

the man is a crook.

Just because someone doesn't share the same opinions as you, or has opinions that you find distasteful - this in itself doesn't make them a crook.

Edited by fido on Friday 16th July 13:10

Oh dear. Try putting the words "Galloway", "Mariam" and "oil" into Google.

Edited by Zod on Friday 16th July 14:39

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deadslow said:

Christ, stop watching the bloody programme if its that bad. It ought to have an anti-government bias, the clue is in the title. Why don't you just tune into Tory TV (Sky)?

These threads are now borderline pathetic.

It certainly had no anti-government bias before May!

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andymadmak said:

Thought it was quite appalling that La Greer attempted to equate little girls kissing daddy goodnight with the sexualisation of children. I switched off at that point.

I was surprised the bloke didn't get up to go and give her a slap in the face.

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Devil2575 said:

MX7 said:

Devil2575 said:

And just how would you like it to be balanced?

5 right wing MPs/comentators, or perhaps just 4?

Daft comment.

No more daft than the OP...IMHO of course

If you don't understand the word, "balanced", then there's little point debating with you.

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Devil2575 said:

Zod said:

Devil2575 said:

MX7 said:

Devil2575 said:

And just how would you like it to be balanced?

5 right wing MPs/comentators, or perhaps just 4?

Daft comment.

No more daft than the OP...IMHO of course

If you don't understand the word, "balanced", then there's little point debating with you.

If you don't understand that 5 cannot be split into two whole numbers then there's little point in you even getting out of bed on a morning

Did you really post that? I suggest you think again.

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Tony Robinson is a hard left relic. His anger is hilarious.

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Oh fear, I'm watching this now. What on Earth is Russell Brand doing on the programme? He may have some skill at entertainment, but he is a moron.

Melanie Phillips hasn't yet been offensive, but no doubt she will soon kick off.

Best moment so far was Boris posing the rhetorical question, should Gordon Brown go to jail, which received a resounding "yes" from the audience. I think there is at least an arguable case that he was guilty of misfeasance.

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OK, she's just blown by stating that all Iranians share Ahmedinejad's insane religious beliefs.

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Mermaid said:

So what is Ahmadinajad up to?

He's out of favour.

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There's a terribly dull panel tonight, but it might be worth watching to see Adam Afriyie squirm after his fellow back-benchers humiliated him over his referendum proposal.

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This panel is a joke. For the BBC to select Nadine Dorries, serial rebel and expenses fraud to supposedly represent the Conservatives is outrageous. At least it's the LibDems' fault that they made Norman Baker a minister.

All a transparent BBC stunt to allow Chuka to shine.

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Welshbeef said:

Don't like labour but that lady in red yabadabadooooooo she certainly is pleasing to the eye as far as MPs go

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steveT350C said:

You should just think more

That's my line! I used it to one of you kippers a while back.

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So, the two Kppers in the thread this evening think that lovely woman did well. Anyone else?

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Len McCluskie wittering on about bosses fifty years ago throwing tallies in the air for dock workers, proving what an anachronism he is. What a clown!

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eharding said:

Mr_B said:

Saw her last time she was on just after becoming an MEP. I quite like her in that she looks a bit fighty and could liven up QT with a punch up or slagging match, like a post-pub Saturday night drunken woman fight. But yes, they all tend to be a bit st and little to say.

60% chance she actually finishes the logical progression of her 'Local X/Y/Z for Local People' theme rant and comes out with "Local Shops for Local People" before the end of QT?

I was just thinking exactly the same: she mentioned London and I imagined Tubbs saying "Lundun".

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0a said:

Removing UKIP removes the third largest party from the debate.

It's debating with 5 people when the 3rd most popular has been removed and all the rest shuffled up one - missing something!

Surely you mean the Greens, not UKIP.

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0a said:

The Guardian guy is just a Labour party rep really.

Standard QT (that motivated me to start this thread in the first place) - make sure there are two Labour reps (at least).