Balanced Question Time panel tonight - of course not! Vol 3
Discussion
thanks The most sensible thing to get a mention tonight was Val's advocacy of decriminalisation of drugs; then she spoiled it by countering that bloke suggesting that investment in adventurous infrastructure would be a good idea by saying lots of people died building the Forth Bridge etc? Total non-sequitur.
Blimey, that was a poor edition. Not least because of the quality of the audience, virtually all of whom seemed, well, a bit dim.
Oh, and Joanna Cherry, words fail me. Continually making snide remarks and scoring points; awful.
Could QT not have a smaller, better informed audience? Can't be worse than the current format.
Oh, and Joanna Cherry, words fail me. Continually making snide remarks and scoring points; awful.
Could QT not have a smaller, better informed audience? Can't be worse than the current format.
Brave Fart said:
Blimey, that was a poor edition. Not least because of the quality of the audience, virtually all of whom seemed, well, a bit dim.
Oh, and Joanna Cherry, words fail me. Continually making snide remarks and scoring points; awful.
Could QT not have a smaller, better informed audience? Can't be worse than the current format.
The school teacher hosting it did explain at the start that the audience had been selected to be mostly SNP supporters!Oh, and Joanna Cherry, words fail me. Continually making snide remarks and scoring points; awful.
Could QT not have a smaller, better informed audience? Can't be worse than the current format.
Was probably an edition that could have been kept to BBC Scotland tbh
Brave Fart said:
Blimey, that was a poor edition. Not least because of the quality of the audience, virtually all of whom seemed, well, a bit dim.
Oh, and Joanna Cherry, words fail me. Continually making snide remarks and scoring points; awful.
Could QT not have a smaller, better informed audience? Can't be worse than the current format.
They were a bit subdued as they'd had their Buckie confiscated on the way in. Oh, and Joanna Cherry, words fail me. Continually making snide remarks and scoring points; awful.
Could QT not have a smaller, better informed audience? Can't be worse than the current format.
There seems to be a massive disconnect between ordinary Scottish voters and the SNP about Indyref. Political exuberance is all very well and indeed even expected but every time the SNP faces the general public they are shouting each other down - much more than elsewhere. There seems to be nobody listening and everybody slagging each other off. I'm glad I don't live there, savages.
anonymous said:
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If 8% of the people despite getting nearly 10 percent of the money, run a fiscal deficit 700-850 percent higher than the UK overall. and run a budget deficit when the UK is running a surplus - It is not hard to see why there may be widespread support for Scotland to go. The biggest concern is having neighbours, who are getting older and don't look after their health, who will keep popping around to borrow stuff and not be able to take care of themselves. Edited by Graveworm on Saturday 15th February 11:20
Graveworm said:
anonymous said:
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If 8% of the people despite getting nearly 10 percent of the money, run a fiscal deficit 700-850 percent higher than the UK overall. and run a budget deficit when the UK is running a surplus - It is not hard to see why there may be widespread support for Scotland to go. The biggest concern is having neighbours, who are getting older and don't look after their health, who will keep popping around to borrow stuff and not be able to take care of themselves. Edited by Graveworm on Saturday 15th February 11:20
Graveworm said:
If 8% of the people despite getting nearly 10 percent of the money, run a fiscal deficit 700-850 percent higher than the UK overall. and run a budget deficit when the UK is running a surplus - It is not hard to see why there may be widespread support for Scotland to go. The biggest concern is having neighbours, who are getting older and don't look after their health, who will keep popping around to borrow stuff and not be able to take care of themselves.
Indeed. Thankfully not everyone sees the future success of our sovereign nation in purely economic terms. Otherwise, London would become a sovereign city state, rejoin the EU and watch the rest of the “old” United Kingdom battle it out for the crumbs that are left Edited by Graveworm on Saturday 15th February 11:20
There’s absolutely no way that a majority of people in the Uk or a majority of people in the UK-sans-Scotland, would vote for Scotland to leave the uk.
Then again, I guess we could call “pockets of support” widespread support. This isn’t the age of truth, is it? I mean, how many times have we been informed 52% is an “overwhelming majority”?
Edited by markyb_lcy on Saturday 15th February 13:39
Thorodin said:
We haven't. It's been called a sufficient majority of around 4% (not 2%). If parliamentary seats can be decided and divided by 1 vote being sufficient.....
I’ve not heard one single self-righteous brexiteer use such a moderate and reasonable term such as this in the whole 3+ years since.It’s always “overwhelming majority” or “the will of 17.4 million people” (which sounds “better”).
I think most of us on PH are aware percentages are fractions of 100 and that 100-52 = 48 and therefore it’s a 4% margin, but thanks for making that clear to those that might not.
markyb_lcy said:
Graveworm said:
If 8% of the people despite getting nearly 10 percent of the money, run a fiscal deficit 700-850 percent higher than the UK overall. and run a budget deficit when the UK is running a surplus - It is not hard to see why there may be widespread support for Scotland to go. The biggest concern is having neighbours, who are getting older and don't look after their health, who will keep popping around to borrow stuff and not be able to take care of themselves.
Indeed. Thankfully not everyone sees the future success of our sovereign nation in purely economic terms. Otherwise, London would become a sovereign city state, rejoin the EU and watch the rest of the “old” United Kingdom battle it out for the crumbs that are left Edited by Graveworm on Saturday 15th February 11:20
There’s absolutely no way that a majority of people in the Uk or a majority of people in the UK-sans-Scotland, would vote for Scotland to leave the uk.
Then again, I guess we could call “pockets of support” widespread support. This isn’t the age of truth, is it? I mean, how many times have we been informed 52% is an “overwhelming majority”?
Edited by markyb_lcy on Saturday 15th February 13:39
That’s what Dave Cameron thought in 2015.
fluppin’ whooops.
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