The new Dianne Abbott appreciation thread

The new Dianne Abbott appreciation thread

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Mothersruin

8,573 posts

99 months

Monday 21st January 2019
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I'm sure she's also peeved that she can't use the Sexist card either now it's Bruce holding her to account.

anonymous-user

54 months

Monday 21st January 2019
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Gameface said:
Such stunning lack of self awareness:-

Ms Abbott said Ms Bruce did "not appear well briefed".

Pot. Kettle. Black.

(My use of the word black isn't racism by the way Ms Abbott...)
Haha, from the woman incapable of reading a brief let alone understand what it means.

Thick as mince.


Digga

40,320 posts

283 months

Monday 21st January 2019
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kev1974 said:
oh well I guess she won't be appearing on Question Time again

Corbyn will have to send some of his other star turns instead.

I guess we'll be seeing a lot more of Emily and Keir each week then.
Good. The more the public sees and hears from these people, the better they'll be able to form an opinion on them too.

anonymous-user

54 months

Monday 21st January 2019
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Oh dear, she really is the gift that keeps giving!

“Ms Abbott said it "would be wrong to blame Fiona Bruce for all this. Question Time has had a new editor for some time, and seems more interested in entertainment than politics.”

If the editor’s been there for some time, since 2017 in fact, she’s hardly new, dear.

Camoradi

4,289 posts

256 months

Monday 21st January 2019
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confused

If Fiona Bruce was chairing Question Time properly and had to intervene to stop Dianne Abbott speaking twice as many times as she needed to intervene when Rory Stewart was speaking, that doesn't necessarily make it Fiona Bruce's fault.



Gameface

16,565 posts

77 months

Monday 21st January 2019
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To be fair 2017 is a big number for Diane...


768

13,681 posts

96 months

Monday 21st January 2019
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Camoradi said:
confused

If Fiona Bruce was chairing Question Time properly and had to intervene to stop Dianne Abbott speaking twice as many times as she needed to intervene when Rory Stewart was speaking, that doesn't necessarily make it Fiona Bruce's fault.
I'd be interested in knowing how much speaking time was afforded to Diane - if she was given twice as much for instance.

dazwalsh

6,095 posts

141 months

Monday 21st January 2019
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Response not good enough ahe wants an apology!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46943667

Ultrafunkula

997 posts

105 months

Monday 21st January 2019
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768 said:
Camoradi said:
confused

If Fiona Bruce was chairing Question Time properly and had to intervene to stop Dianne Abbott speaking twice as many times as she needed to intervene when Rory Stewart was speaking, that doesn't necessarily make it Fiona Bruce's fault.
I'd be interested in knowing how much speaking time was afforded to Diane - if she was given twice as much for instance.
IIRC she was interrupted so often because she didn't try and answer the questions set to her, rather tried to highlight Tory shortcomings regarding Brexit. Fiona Bruce was trying to coax her into addressing the actual questions properly..

WinstonWolf

72,857 posts

239 months

Monday 21st January 2019
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dazwalsh said:
Response not good enough ahe wants an apology!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46943667
Comments turned off I notice...

Short Grain

2,755 posts

220 months

Monday 21st January 2019
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SeeFive said:
I reckon Fiona Bruce did her a favour not allowing her to respond to the audience member. Every time Abbott opens her gob she puts her foot in it, so it was damage limitation IMHO.

Perhaps we should have a program for her to participate in alone to debate specifically on a key part of the subject the audience member spoke towards - Abbot’s suitability to hold a position in high office. Every word she utters should be analysed and debated in that program.

I’d even suggest we give it a couple hours and any moment she wanders off topic, her mic gets turned off. At the end of the program, the audience can decide if she still has a job. Hey, we could even call it Parliament’s Got NoTalent, Dancing On Lies or something catchy.

Then do exactly the same with the other 649 for a comparison. Should weed out some of the dead wood.
Dancing on Lies, I like that!

Smiler.

11,752 posts

230 months

Monday 21st January 2019
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Balmoral said:
Gameface said:
Ms Abbott said Ms Bruce did "not appear well briefed".
Now that really did make me laugh out loud laugh
At the rick of sending TD into a coma, is she referring to being informed, or something else?

If the latter, compared to Ms Abbott, I'd be inclined to agree.

Johnnytheboy

24,498 posts

186 months

Monday 21st January 2019
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snuffy said:
If she's in a two and eight over being questioned on QT...
Or an "eleven" as she would call it.

Troubleatmill

10,210 posts

159 months

Monday 21st January 2019
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768 said:
Camoradi said:
confused

If Fiona Bruce was chairing Question Time properly and had to intervene to stop Dianne Abbott speaking twice as many times as she needed to intervene when Rory Stewart was speaking, that doesn't necessarily make it Fiona Bruce's fault.
I'd be interested in knowing how much speaking time was afforded to Diane - if she was given twice as much for instance.
The other guests - were pretty much on topic. FB was nailing them down.
Diane was - well just being Diane - full of platitudes - but absolutely no substance.

Tango13

8,433 posts

176 months

Monday 21st January 2019
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Gameface said:
To be fair 2017 teapot is a big number for Diane...
Fixed that for you thumbup

Supercilious Sid

2,575 posts

161 months

Tuesday 22nd January 2019
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768 said:
I'd be interested in knowing how much speaking time was afforded to Diane - if she was given twice as much for instance.
She waffles according to Isobel
https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2019/01/the-row-over...


Supercilious Sid

2,575 posts

161 months

Tuesday 22nd January 2019
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williamp said:
It seems like an unfair and opportunistic approach by momentum to bully the new host and the editor into reducing criticism of left wing assholes. Remember Corbyn threatening " a change is coming" when talking about the media. Imagine if they ever get into power.
The original complaint came from a worker for Chris Williamson, Jyoti Wilkinson (looks like a pleasant chap) https://twitter.com/JyotiWilkinson/status/10860609...
. This has Momentum's grubby fingerprints on it and is an attempt to bully. They really are the most odious faction in mainstream politics at the moment.

irocfan

40,439 posts

190 months

Tuesday 22nd January 2019
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Supercilious Sid said:
The original complaint came from a worker for Chris Williamson, Jyoti Wilkinson (looks like a pleasant chap) https://twitter.com/JyotiWilkinson/status/10860609...
. This has Momentum's grubby fingerprints on it and is an attempt to bully. They really are the most odious faction in mainstream politics at the moment.
This fella's been reading the (updated for the 21st C) Goebbels playbook - he would have slotted right in there

768

13,681 posts

96 months

Tuesday 22nd January 2019
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Supercilious Sid said:
768 said:
I'd be interested in knowing how much speaking time was afforded to Diane - if she was given twice as much for instance.
She waffles according to Isobel
https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2019/01/the-row-over...
She strikes me as being as sharp as Diane is dull.

Starfighter

4,927 posts

178 months

Tuesday 22nd January 2019
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The Guardian are getting on the band wagon.
https://www.theguardian.com/news/shortcuts/2019/ja...
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