Balanced Question Time panel tonight - of course not!
Discussion
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.
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 catNick 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
Sally Bercow! Why? What has she done, apart from being the wife of a universally hated Speaker! Isn't this a bit like asking Wayne Rooney's wife to be on a football panel, to argue the intricacies of football?
Not surprised, though. I used to series link QT to record, only to find that I could only watch the first few minutes before pressing the ‘back Up’ button and then pressing ‘Delete’ Utterly shameful programme.
Not surprised, though. I used to series link QT to record, only to find that I could only watch the first few minutes before pressing the ‘back Up’ button and then pressing ‘Delete’ Utterly shameful programme.
I think 5 guests is too many. In the old days, they used to have someone from each of the major parties (Tory, Labour and Lib Dem) and one extra usually a journo or commentator. Now that we have a coalition, they would struggle to fill 4 seats nevermind 5.
Also, it takes SO long to get round the panalists that often only a few topics are discussed.
I prefer Any Questions on Radio 4. One less panelist and it's not on so late.
Also, it takes SO long to get round the panalists that often only a few topics are discussed.
I prefer Any Questions on Radio 4. One less panelist and it's not on so late.
Actually, I think the lefties will hate this panel
1 non person - bercow
1 stupid person too left wing even for them - galloway
1 rational, seems sort of all right, left of centre chap - Burnham
1 tory, doesn't matter who he is, he's their enemy - Maude (my local mp
)
1 right wing journo - lefties will really hate them.
So there's not much for lefties to get excited about. Burnham is their only hope on the panel but he's a bit too normal and not one I think that will defend (much) the previous Labour shower of s
tes.
Swap bercow for someone vaguely interesting but apart from that it looks like a relatively normal panel. Apart from Galloway of course but everyone should just laugh and point at him really so put him there for "entertainment"
As for the audience, well, sometimes it's lefty (i.e in scotland like last week), this week it's down south coast way so maybe not so lefty. Would be curious to know how the audience get selected though. I know you have to apply but is it random selection or not?
1 non person - bercow
1 stupid person too left wing even for them - galloway
1 rational, seems sort of all right, left of centre chap - Burnham
1 tory, doesn't matter who he is, he's their enemy - Maude (my local mp
)1 right wing journo - lefties will really hate them.
So there's not much for lefties to get excited about. Burnham is their only hope on the panel but he's a bit too normal and not one I think that will defend (much) the previous Labour shower of s
tes.Swap bercow for someone vaguely interesting but apart from that it looks like a relatively normal panel. Apart from Galloway of course but everyone should just laugh and point at him really so put him there for "entertainment"
As for the audience, well, sometimes it's lefty (i.e in scotland like last week), this week it's down south coast way so maybe not so lefty. Would be curious to know how the audience get selected though. I know you have to apply but is it random selection or not?
Edited by Dracoro on Thursday 15th July 17:11
It is now completely expected.
Question Time is rarely balanced.
Andrew Marr's guests - mostly left-ish.
And last nights BBC news - no mention of a missing 4 trillion quid anywhere, although ramblings about a dead northeastern nutter and some oiled up american birds (calm down) may mean I missed it.
Question Time is rarely balanced.
Andrew Marr's guests - mostly left-ish.
And last nights BBC news - no mention of a missing 4 trillion quid anywhere, although ramblings about a dead northeastern nutter and some oiled up american birds (calm down) may mean I missed it.
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