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[TV] Question Time - Fiona Bruce Debut Tonight











Raleigh Chopper

New member
Sep 1, 2011
12,054
Plymouth
Brexit at it's very worse.
Diane Abbott struggling but with a rabid audience.
Oakeshott is a prissy, stuck up little madam who is just as clueless and inflexible.
And to prove that I am not one sided there is something I like about the prisons minister, he made me listen as soon as he got the gig, low and behold we may have an honest as you can possibly get politician and a Tory one at that.
No doubt he will prove me wrong any time soon.
 


Blackadder

Brighton Bhuna Boy
Jul 6, 2003
16,121
Haywards Heath
Brexit at it's very worse.
Diane Abbott struggling but with a rabid audience.
Oakeshott is a prissy, stuck up little madam who is just as clueless and inflexible.
And to prove that I am not one sided there is something I like about the prisons minister, he made me listen as soon as he got the gig, low and behold we may have an honest as you can possibly get politician and a Tory one at that.
No doubt he will prove me wrong any time soon.

He's the guy who has promised to resign if Prisons don't improve. Quite refreshing in this day and age. As you say time will tell.
 






Pavilionaire

Well-known member
Jul 7, 2003
31,263
Thoughts on tonight's QT:

1. Fiona Bruce good again.
2. Diane Abbott remains a shambles.
3. Tory Minister Rory Stewart surprisingly plausible. Shows there is the odd decent Tory if you look hard enough.
4. Oakeshott her normal smug Hard Brexit self.
5. Derby - Home of Rolls Royce and Toyota - a city of turkeys voting for Christmas. Depressing to hear these fools. A world away from last week's London audience.
 


SeagullCrow

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May 9, 2008
556
He's the guy who has promised to resign if Prisons don't improve. Quite refreshing in this day and age. As you say time will tell.

Rory Stewart seems to have integrity, and his candour is both refreshing and rare for a Government minister. He's also prepare to say unpopular things if he genuinely believes in them. He even seems to have won the respect of the organisations who's job it is to hold the Government to account on issues of criminal justice - Frances Crook from the Howard League has nothing but admiration for the work he has done at the Ministry of Justice.
 




Blackadder

Brighton Bhuna Boy
Jul 6, 2003
16,121
Haywards Heath
Thoughts on tonight's QT:

1. Fiona Bruce good again.
2. Diane Abbott remains a shambles.
3. Tory Minister Rory Stewart surprisingly plausible. Shows there is the odd decent Tory if you look hard enough.
4. Oakeshott her normal smug Hard Brexit self.
5. Derby - Home of Rolls Royce and Toyota - a city of turkeys voting for Christmas. Depressing to hear these fools. A world away from last week's London audience.

That is spot on.

Regarding your last point. It never ceases to amaze me, the amount of people who listen to people on the panel who do know what they are talking about and still say "No we want a hard Brexit".

Last night's example was professor Anand Menon,who tried to spell out the problems, politely and calmly, that we will face with hard brexit. As far as I can see, he is impartial. He is against a second vote. He spelt out the real problems and members of the audience still said "No problem, we voted out". Why does the man in the street think he knows better than experts in the field and the majority of our MPs?
 


Blackadder

Brighton Bhuna Boy
Jul 6, 2003
16,121
Haywards Heath
Found it. Look at from 16 mins.

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Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's Tackle
NSC Patron
Oct 8, 2003
56,106
Faversham
Oh dear Dianne !

What's happened to her teeth? They seem to have turned into smashed China. That aside, she sounded even more mannered and odious than normal, like a drunk school dinner lady trying to sound posh and opine about things she barely understands, with weird random emphasis, facial expression changes and that. Frankly embarrassing. I think she's unwell.

As for the host... seems OK....no obvious ego issues.
 




Jim D

Well-known member
Jul 23, 2003
5,268
Worthing
The first few minutes were the Tory guy answering the question with the camera switching to her pulling a face. I guess that she had been told not to shout out as it angered people.
 




Blackadder

Brighton Bhuna Boy
Jul 6, 2003
16,121
Haywards Heath
What's happened to her teeth? They seem to have turned into smashed China. That aside, she sounded even more mannered and odious than normal, like a drunk school dinner lady trying to sound posh and opine about things she barely understands, with weird random emphasis, facial expression changes and that. Frankly embarrassing. I think she's unwell.

As for the host... seems OK....no obvious ego issues.

I just don't get it. Jezza keeps harping on about wanting a General Election, and in the same week....

Refuses to discuss Brexit with TM. (yeah he will if she discounts hard brexit, knowing full well it would be political suicide for her to agree to).

Allows DA , on her own, go on QT.

I would vote labour like a shot tomorrow. This is a dreadful Tory Govt but those two!!
 




goldstone

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Jul 5, 2003
7,177
"Fiona Bruce pointed to the audience and said: “Yes, the woman in the yellow jacket.” "


In the current world of PC madness I often wonder if in this situation the woman in the yellow jacket was the only white woman in an otherwise black audience, would she still be identified as "the woman in the yellow jacket", or would she more sensibly be identified as "the white woman"?
 


pb21

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Apr 23, 2010
6,687
That is spot on.

Regarding your last point. It never ceases to amaze me, the amount of people who listen to people on the panel who do know what they are talking about and still say "No we want a hard Brexit".

Last night's example was professor Anand Menon,who tried to spell out the problems, politely and calmly, that we will face with hard brexit. As far as I can see, he is impartial. He is against a second vote. He spelt out the real problems and members of the audience still said "No problem, we voted out". Why does the man in the street think he knows better than experts in the field and the majority of our MPs?

It is an interesting observation. This piece I think goes some way to explaining why this might be:

https://www.theguardian.com/comment...brexit-britain-state-politics-fit-for-purpose

I don't entirely agree with this, but I think it is on the right lines.
 


Mellor 3 Ward 4

Well-known member
Jul 27, 2004
10,233
saaf of the water
Brexit at it's very worse.
Diane Abbott struggling but with a rabid audience.
Oakeshott is a prissy, stuck up little madam who is just as clueless and inflexible.
And to prove that I am not one sided there is something I like about the prisons minister, he made me listen as soon as he got the gig, low and behold we may have an honest as you can possibly get politician and a Tory one at that.
No doubt he will prove me wrong any time soon.

Rory Stewart is a Tory that I really like.

He's going places.
 


Blackadder

Brighton Bhuna Boy
Jul 6, 2003
16,121
Haywards Heath




Dave the OAP

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
46,761
at home
I thought anand menon was very good.

He sounded plausible and not excitable.

I actually thought there was some really good contributions from teh audience, at the risk of upsetting people, I thought the contribution from the Asian chap with glasses who ripped into the panel was brilliant.

I wonder why they have Abbott on. She is a dreadful speaker and never puts her point across without you thinking" get on with it and stop prevaricating"

I think Fiona is very very good. Doesn't put up with any crap.
 




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