Question Time

[Rookie (Rodney)]

This is good, but I hate the fact that Dimbleby isn't neutral in this. Ruining it IMO.

The comment about Straw's old man was comedy.

[Geo the Sarge]

Surrending rights to big corporations, an unlawful war for economic reasons, the erosion of the power of the workers, etc.  I'd consider these more right-wing than left.  The Labour party was traditionally further left than the Liberals, but that's no longer the case imo, and the difference between the policies of Labour and Tories is becoming more and more minimal.

I thought you believed Maggie had already done that?

FWIW I was in the camp that these morons should not be given the platform from which to spout their vile nonsense. However, they have been given a bigger platform than QT by the other parties ignoring most inner cities and allowing the BNP to gain a foothold.
I now hope that QT and other platforms will show some of their followers how shit they really are.

Someone within the main 3 needs to really get a grip within the inner cities and start listening or it's only gonna get worse.

Geo
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Glad that both she and Griffin are saying the same

Geo

[bolt pp]

lol @ the people in the front few rows looking up at the back in disgust when a little group keep applauding him

[cambo]

Don't know if griffin is 'winning' but imo jack straw is losing badly

[bolt pp]

bit difficult to take seriously really, entertaining though.

[Geo the Sarge]

Only winner is Sayeeda Warsi  at the mo, however saying something on a TV debate and actually doing something about it are 2 different things.

Would like to hear more from the playwright lass, she seems to have Griffin wrapped up. Some past history there I think. He succumbs to her every time

Geo

[bolt pp]

Would like to hear more from the playwright lass, she seems to have Griffin wrapped up. Some past history there I think. He succumbs to her every time

because they're both playing the game, she knows the turn out and how to perform with him in this format whereas jack straw is foaming at the mouth with indignation and it doesnt come across well.

[cambo]

Wtf, millitant homosexuals!!! I'm off to get some metal pants on, brb.

[Geo the Sarge]

Would like to hear more from the playwright lass, she seems to have Griffin wrapped up. Some past history there I think. He succumbs to her every time

because they're both playing the game, she knows the turn out and how to perform with him in this format whereas jack straw is foaming at the mouth with indignation and it doesnt come across well.

dissapointed as I thought Straw would have been the one on the panel to take him on but he's looked a total arse.

Btw, get me some scissors I want to rid Dimbleby of that fkin tie

Geo

[kinboshi]

Only winner is Sayeeda Warsi  at the mo, however saying something on a TV debate and actually doing something about it are 2 different things.

Would like to hear more from the playwright lass, she seems to have Griffin wrapped up. Some past history there I think. He succumbs to her every time

Geo

She was doing well, until she tripped over with the homosexual question.

Greer was excellent, the other two were typical politicians, and as for Griffin himself he was the perfect advertisement for everything that's wrong about the BNP.

Glad the BBC ran with it.

[cambo]

This next show with portillo is quite good too.

[cambo]

What was the point griffin made about english can't call themselves english or something. Does he have a point about this?

[Geo the Sarge]

This next show with portillo is quite good too.

Yeah, watching that too.

Good point of 1 (albeit obnoxious) man against 5 including the presenter and the audience. Got to admit it was very much a mob mentality for the programme and not convinced it was the right way.

Geo

[Geo the Sarge]

What was the point griffin made about english can't call themselves english or something. Does he have a point about this?

As Greer said, if you go back far enuff there's a bit of somewhere else in all of us.

Geo

[kukushkin88]

Would like to hear more from the playwright lass, she seems to have Griffin wrapped up. Some past history there I think. He succumbs to her every time

because they're both playing the game, she knows the turn out and how to perform with him in this format whereas jack straw is foaming at the mouth with indignation and it doesnt come across well.

dissapointed as I thought Straw would have been the one on the panel to take him on but he's looked a total arse.

Btw, get me some scissors I want to rid Dimbleby of that fkin tie

Geo

Jack Straw's problem was that he seemed to feel it was his responsibility to take him on and he had a nightmare. The person with the most potential to damage the BNP tonight was Nick Griffin. All he needs is a platform to show how confused, contrary and foolish his thinking has become and the credibility of his party is damaged. Instead the rest of the panel and Dimbleby behaved in an unneccessarily hostile, borderline rude manner and Nick Griffin didn't come out of it all that badly. His politics might be shameful to most of us but in a democracy he has every right to appear on Question Time and be treated as an equal, tonight he wasn't.