Balanced Question Time panel tonight - of course not!

[Welshbeef]

Does any Anti Nuke system exist?

Regardless of people's views on Trident if we could stop all nukes from traditional missile delivery then that would be tax payers money very well spent.

[Scuffers]

QuantumTokoloshi said:

S300, S400 Russian SAM are able to hit ballistic missiles and have in, both boost and terminal stage.

The US SM6 standard system has intercepted in both phases as well. Ballistic missiles are not immune anymore, even the first gen patriot system has some ABM capability in boost phase.

SLBM are a hugely expensive vanity project, and trident is a debatable independent nuclear deterrent.

possible, yes, practically, very unlikely unless you know where and when it's going to be launched, or where it's targeted, as they have very low effective range.

[rovermorris999]

And a MIRV system with lots of decoys will defeat anything.

[Esseesse]

Welshbeef said:

Does any Anti Nuke system exist?

Regardless of people's views on Trident if we could stop all nukes from traditional missile delivery then that would be tax payers money very well spent.

It would be nice to be able to stop all nukes, but such a system wouldn't do much to stop a nuclear capable force from launching them in the first place.

[Welshbeef]

Esseesse said:

It would be nice to be able to stop all nukes, but such a system wouldn't do much to stop a nuclear capable force from launching them in the first place.

So for clarity if we told a strong nuke country to stop doing something they wouldn't pay any attention to us and conversely if they told us to stop doing something with nukes aimed at every single city in our country we would cede instantly or be possibly vaporised.

[BlackLabel]

[Halb]

Out of that lot, the one I know who'll be entertain is M Phillips. Patel is a pretty face, Fallon is a cultist, don't know the others.

[jmorgan]

Farron looks like a younger Farage.....

[Chimune]

Prity Patel does my head in.
Loves sound of own voice, and has an odd way of not pronouncin the g on words that end in 'ing'.
Trainin, attackin, borin...

Edited by Chimune on Thursday 8th October 20:55

[BlackLabel]

'Mad Mel' has always been pretty sensible whenever I've heard her speak in recent times. Patel on the other hand comes across way out of her depth and just repeats her party's favourite soundbites - 'long term economic plan', 'hard working families' etc etc. As for the other 3, well it will be a fight for who can be most left wing.

[hidetheelephants]

jmorgan said:

Farron looks like a younger Farage.....

Farron believes in god and not in the benign wooly CoE way.

[SPiston]

BlackLabel said:

Patel on the other hand comes across way out of her depth and just repeats her party's favourite soundbites - 'long term economic plan', 'hard working families' etc etc.

The new "token", replacing Warsi.

[dcb]

The first three I've never heard of, Tim Farron looks like
an undermanager at Asda and Melanie P I've already heard far
far too much from anyway.

I think only remotely interesting question on QT is
the colour of Dave "non-partisan" Dimbleby's tie.

I'll be skipping this one and going onto This Week, in my
view a far superior programme.

[RichB]

Presumably QT is always help in predominantly non-conservative voting cities?

[williamp]

RichB said:

Presumably QT is always help in predominantly non-conservative voting cities?

wait. Labour Leicester with a labour mayor isn't right wing??

Anyhow, just heard that the hospital employs nurses from the EU (Portugal, Ireland etc). They aren't immigrants...

[colin_p]

A happy clappy lefty audience as usual.

[billzeebub]

The lady from The Times is spot on with her assessment of the effects of Immigration policy over the last 20 years and indeed her critique of the Institute of Directors comments re Mays speech. No surprise to see the usual BBC audience. Tim Farron , the Asda under manager, is ludicrously punchable

[mcelliott]

Labour lady needs to reel her tongue in.

[ukwill]

Patel is a painfully weak politician.

[Northern Munkee]

Well this is a bag ste tonight.