Fuel duty - an absolute skewering.
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An absolute skewering.
Very irresponsible of the grown-ups to send her in for this when she's clearly neither important nor a good liar. From 6m15s.
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danielknowles/10...
Very irresponsible of the grown-ups to send her in for this when she's clearly neither important nor a good liar. From 6m15s.
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danielknowles/10...
rfisher said:
Thought Paxo was over the top with this one.
What was he so cross about?
She was clearly unprepared though.
Can't remember him laying into any Labour fish like that.
Maybe he's in the male menopause.
I think he probably feels insulted by the under-prepared/under-qualified (delete as appropriate) minion who was sent to face the music.What was he so cross about?
She was clearly unprepared though.
Can't remember him laying into any Labour fish like that.
Maybe he's in the male menopause.
Her early refusal to say when the decision was made (when it was clearly that morning) was another insult. For her to imagine she could either bullst him or swat him away was foolish and arrogant, and I think that raised his ire.
So, delivering a savaging ensures that the big boys also look bad for sending her, as well as the junior minister getting a baptism of fire that might ensure she either knows what she's doing next time, or refuses to get thrown to the lions again.
He has done this to politicians of all flavours for many, many years, and still they get caught-out. I think he's a national treasure and one of the most valuable people in the country.
I agree and as a national treasure he should be stored where they belong, dusted off every now and again to put on public display
I find his hectoring style irritating, but typical of a person who has never ever had to make an unpopular public decision - bit like those arty crytics really, give 'em a brush or a part in Merchant of Venice I say
A big hurrah for the decision to defer the petrol tax tho'!!
I find his hectoring style irritating, but typical of a person who has never ever had to make an unpopular public decision - bit like those arty crytics really, give 'em a brush or a part in Merchant of Venice I say
A big hurrah for the decision to defer the petrol tax tho'!!
ewenm said:
I'd struggle to keep a straight face if being "interviewed" by Paxman. His false outrage and false passion for the points he tries to press home makes me laugh. I suspect he wouldn't take well to that though
Then again, politicians not answering direct questions riles/amuses me too.
it would be one of those situations where he'd continue to be more angry, you'd continue to laugh more and eventually one of you would pass out Then again, politicians not answering direct questions riles/amuses me too.
anonymous said:
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She was a sacrifical lamb. She was sent in without preparation, indeed without a defence. I suppose she had it coming in a way. I beleive she used to be a management consultant and, if so, it shows. She was out of her depth. Those who sent her in knowing what would happen to her are the guilty ones.All that to one side, Paxman made some very valid points.
The Telegraph comparison with The Thick of It was very nasty as well. Have to say it gave me a bit of a guilty laugh. 'You don't deserve to live.'
What did come out, and is important I feel, is that decisions are being made on the hoof. She obviously had no idea this was coming until that day. Not the way to run a fish and chip shop, let alone a government.
0000 said:
At least Paxman calls a spade a spade.
I wish other journalists weren't fobbed off so easily by such crass 'answers'.
I'm not sure he does. If you call it a spade, he'll call it a shovel and vice versa. That said, that's his job, to put the counter-argument and make the interviewee justify themselves and their decisions.I wish other journalists weren't fobbed off so easily by such crass 'answers'.
Derek Smith said:
Either a coward or a completely inept manager, not a good pair of options to choose from reallyGassing Station | News, Politics & Economics | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff