Balanced Question Time panel tonight - of course not! Vol 3
Discussion
In case anyone missed it/is interested, Andrew Neil is doing a weekly video segment - the quality used to be 'gran on Zoom' but now getting better.
Latest: https://youtu.be/GoaPJkA9GmE
Latest: https://youtu.be/GoaPJkA9GmE
cuprabob said:
I like Fiona Bruce but sadly she's not suited to QT in my opinion.
It occurred to me that there is a complete absence of gravitas, unlike Robin Day & Dimbledore. She's a very good journalist, but I get the impression she's not 'connected', unlike her predecessors.I think that's also being reflected in the calibre of guests who are now being fielded. It's a programme that's becoming irrelevant, sadly.
andy_s said:
In case anyone missed it/is interested, Andrew Neil is doing a weekly video segment - the quality used to be 'gran on Zoom' but now getting better.
Latest: https://youtu.be/GoaPJkA9GmE
That's pretty good, will make a point of subscribing to that. Why the hell is the corpse of QT not put out of its misery?Latest: https://youtu.be/GoaPJkA9GmE
sparkythecat said:
markyb_lcy said:
Tuna said:
markyb_lcy said:
What, you mean like the Tory supporters that have been frothing all day?
If your whole schtick is that you are lead by a higher moral purpose, and the other guys are corrupt and ruthless, it is rather noticeable if that commentary suddenly goes quiet.
Bonefish Blues said:
cuprabob said:
I like Fiona Bruce but sadly she's not suited to QT in my opinion.
It occurred to me that there is a complete absence of gravitas, unlike Robin Day & Dimbledore. She's a very good journalist, but I get the impression she's not 'connected', unlike her predecessors.I think that's also being reflected in the calibre of guests who are now being fielded. It's a programme that's becoming irrelevant, sadly.
Unbusy said:
Bonnie Greer, can anyone follow her? I can’t I’m sorry to say.
I could follow her, but she has clearly been attending the Barry Gardinerschool of political discussion.
She spent a lot of time wandering all over the subject, without saying very much.
She hasn't learnt the lesson of these kind of shows of making her point succinctly
and then shutting up and letting other panellists have a go.
If she could see her way clear to not attending the show again for a year or
two, it would be substantially improved, in my view.
Thursday 5th November
Panellists joining Fiona Bruce are
Oliver Dowden Conservative secretary of state for culture, media and sport
Lisa Nandy - Labour Mp from "its poor up north Wigan"
Simon Wolfson Chief Exec Officer of Next
Hannah Fry Associate Professor in the Mathematics of Cities at the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at UCL
And
Rose " I took the dosh but still grassed him up "McGowan
No doubt the subject of the American elections will be foremost in the questions. Lisa "rickets and no food" Nandy has already been very vocal about Trumps statements today
Meanwhile on the Drama channel they are showing an episode of New Trickss called Breadcrumbs. Like Question Time it's from when the programme was past it's prime and in decline a synopsis from Wiki:
When cold-crime enthusiast Ellen Barker is murdered, a photo of Dan Griffin is found at her house. Griffin is interviewed by the murder team, who realise that Ellen was a friend of his. The senior investigating officer assigned to Ellen’s murder investigation is DCI Grace Mackie, one of Sasha Miller’s contemporaries from their Hendon training. Griffin is convinced that the last case Ellen was looking at could lead to her killer, and heads to Minchampton, where a woman called Sally Tunstall was murdered 25 years ago by local lad Dougie Haynes.
This is followed by an episode of Spooks from the very good series 5 called Agenda. The synopsis is:
Two fundamentalist Islamic clerics are murdered by the "Sons of Phinehas", a radical Christian group led by Steven Paynton. Paynton runs a homeless charity, which is where he recruits his group members. Adam goes undercover as a prospective investor to uncover the identities of his "soldiers". Wes runs away, trying to get to Adam who he thinks is abroad on a work trip. This causes Adam to have a panic attack at a crucial point in the operation: Mossad, who have interests in Paynton's operation has sent a kill squad into its headquarters. After they kill Paynton, Harry talks the Mossad leader into backing down before the squad corners Adam. Wes is found by the end of the episode.
Panellists joining Fiona Bruce are
Oliver Dowden Conservative secretary of state for culture, media and sport
Lisa Nandy - Labour Mp from "its poor up north Wigan"
Simon Wolfson Chief Exec Officer of Next
Hannah Fry Associate Professor in the Mathematics of Cities at the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at UCL
And
Rose " I took the dosh but still grassed him up "McGowan
No doubt the subject of the American elections will be foremost in the questions. Lisa "rickets and no food" Nandy has already been very vocal about Trumps statements today
Meanwhile on the Drama channel they are showing an episode of New Trickss called Breadcrumbs. Like Question Time it's from when the programme was past it's prime and in decline a synopsis from Wiki:
When cold-crime enthusiast Ellen Barker is murdered, a photo of Dan Griffin is found at her house. Griffin is interviewed by the murder team, who realise that Ellen was a friend of his. The senior investigating officer assigned to Ellen’s murder investigation is DCI Grace Mackie, one of Sasha Miller’s contemporaries from their Hendon training. Griffin is convinced that the last case Ellen was looking at could lead to her killer, and heads to Minchampton, where a woman called Sally Tunstall was murdered 25 years ago by local lad Dougie Haynes.
This is followed by an episode of Spooks from the very good series 5 called Agenda. The synopsis is:
Two fundamentalist Islamic clerics are murdered by the "Sons of Phinehas", a radical Christian group led by Steven Paynton. Paynton runs a homeless charity, which is where he recruits his group members. Adam goes undercover as a prospective investor to uncover the identities of his "soldiers". Wes runs away, trying to get to Adam who he thinks is abroad on a work trip. This causes Adam to have a panic attack at a crucial point in the operation: Mossad, who have interests in Paynton's operation has sent a kill squad into its headquarters. After they kill Paynton, Harry talks the Mossad leader into backing down before the squad corners Adam. Wes is found by the end of the episode.
********* IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ********** PANEL ADDITION********
The BBC have added Former Republicans Overseas VP Jan Halper-Hayes to the panel. She is described as a psychologist and consultant but was at one point the former vice president of Republicans Overseas
The BBC have added Former Republicans Overseas VP Jan Halper-Hayes to the panel. She is described as a psychologist and consultant but was at one point the former vice president of Republicans Overseas
Edited by anonymoususer on Thursday 5th November 19:01
anonymoususer said:
********* IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ********** PANEL ADDITION********
The BBC have added Former Republicans Overseas VP Jan Halper-Hayes to the panel. She is described as a psychologist and consultant but was at one point the former vice president of Republicans Overseas
Shirley she's still the former VP of RO? The BBC have added Former Republicans Overseas VP Jan Halper-Hayes to the panel. She is described as a psychologist and consultant but was at one point the former vice president of Republicans Overseas
Edited by anonymoususer on Thursday 5th November 19:01
Ridgemont said:
anonymoususer said:
I will just say that the comments tonight by the few who still bother have been so much better, politer and respectful of each other than recent weeks
Well done
It is pretty vile to see posters tearing each other apart in their certainty that they are cleverer, better than their opponent
Is that you Dave? Well done
It is pretty vile to see posters tearing each other apart in their certainty that they are cleverer, better than their opponent
. 
Tbh, I’m surprised anyone still watches this.
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