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This can be a general thread, but I wondered if anyone watched the 25 years special of Question Time this evening. And indeed, This Week with two members of REM on it. I dig that they are trying to raise support for Kerry and encourage poeple to vote, but why in the UK? I understand they are on tour, but really - if it is important to you, put off the tour for a while.

Anyway, I enjoyed the 25 years thing. And I love This Week - friendly intelligent discussion.

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Thursday, 16 September 2004 21:58 (twenty-one years ago)

In other words the discussion wasn't all HI DERE etc?

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Thursday, 16 September 2004 22:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Bits of the QT special were like that.

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Thursday, 16 September 2004 22:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Wow, Robin Day was a sleaze.

― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 16 September 2004 22:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Yes - and he was rude. Sod him?

The QT programme was strangely nerveracking viewing, for all its moments were highly charged.

― the bellefox, Saturday, 18 September 2004 09:55 (twenty-one years ago)

f-ck, will this be being repeated? the question time one i mean.

― piscesboy, Saturday, 18 September 2004 10:21 (twenty-one years ago)

I wish they would bring out a Question Time DVD. I like This Week a lot too, but I miss Bill and Ben (the slot where William Hague and Tony Benn just sat around chatting and generally agreeing about stuff).

― Cathy (Cathy), Saturday, 18 September 2004 11:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, that was good. It was interesting that when you take two intelligent politicians out of the competitive environment the whole conversation becomes much more constructive and healthy.

The good thing about the QT special was the constant hope that the dialogue would break down completely, and one of the panellists would call the other a f*cking c*nt or something.

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Saturday, 18 September 2004 13:26 (twenty-one years ago)

The Mary Archer one was *incredibly* charged. Her flicked hair was wicked as well.

― Japanese Giraffe (Japanese Giraffe), Saturday, 18 September 2004 17:00 (twenty-one years ago)

According to my TV guide, Richard Dreyfuss is on Question Time tonight. WTF?

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Thursday, 23 September 2004 13:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Let us watch.

― the bellefox, Thursday, 23 September 2004 13:46 (twenty-one years ago)

The residents of the United Kingdom of Morons can not be expected to watch a political discussion show if it only contains politicians and no celebrities on its panel - so some twerp called Rupert or Jeremy straight out of Oxbridge and whose uncle got him the job at the BBC has decreed

― Dadrockismus (Dada), Thursday, 23 September 2004 13:53 (twenty-one years ago)

"... and on the panel this week on Question Time, Louise Wener: Novelist"

― Dadrockismus (Dada), Thursday, 23 September 2004 13:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Hey, all I'm all for Dreyfuss being on - any Hollywood star really; I'll enjoy seeing the look of confusion on his face until a question about Iraq turns up. I think any questions about the Lib Dems might leave him puzzled though.

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Thursday, 23 September 2004 13:58 (twenty-one years ago)

I liked robin day.

― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 23 September 2004 14:01 (twenty-one years ago)

matt herbert should be on question time, he's been in the audience before

― nick.K (nick.K), Thursday, 23 September 2004 14:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Terrible comedian Jimmy Carr was recently on QT. I once saw one of my teachers on it.

― Peter Watts (peterw), Thursday, 23 September 2004 14:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Comedians are always terrible on QT because the onus is on them to be the 'cheeky, funny one defiant in the face of all this serious spouting' but it never works. Jo Brand another fairly recent example.

― teh pow! (blueski), Thursday, 23 September 2004 14:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Terrible comedian Jimmy Carr was recently on QT.

It's the end of the fackin' world. Kill that cunt, pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease!

― Dadrockismus (Dada), Thursday, 23 September 2004 14:07 (twenty-one years ago)

but it's even worse when they try to be serious, cos they're just out their league. see also Alistair McGowan on Late Review ('I'd never heard of Douglas Coupland before but this was quite good').

― Peter Watts (peterw), Thursday, 23 September 2004 14:08 (twenty-one years ago)

I think Dreyfuss will add new definition to "out of their league", unfortunately.

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Thursday, 23 September 2004 14:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Oop. Dreyfuss is pro the war. Apparently it's made things more relaxed in the Middle East.

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Thursday, 23 September 2004 20:41 (twenty-one years ago)

I think he was being ironic - didn't really work, what with him being Merkin an' all

― Dadrockismus (Dada), Friday, 24 September 2004 08:38 (twenty-one years ago)

was he any good? i was too freaked out by simon hughes exhortions to pray to pay any attention.

― Peter Watts (peterw), Friday, 24 September 2004 08:43 (twenty-one years ago)

... however his answer to the closing question betokened a few too many Hollywood nights in the 70s spent on, errrrrrrrr, recreational activities

― Dadrockismus (Dada), Friday, 24 September 2004 08:44 (twenty-one years ago)

... Dickie Dreyfuss that is, not Simon "Hallelujah" Hughes

― Dadrockismus (Dada), Friday, 24 September 2004 08:45 (twenty-one years ago)

One of my best friends was on Question Time last night! He asked the question about asylum seekers and Michael Howard and then typically got all hot under the collar when the right wingers somewhat predictably didn't agree with him. I was so proud of him.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 24 September 2004 08:45 (twenty-one years ago)

He was good, I like the cheeky scamp nature of his question

― Dadrockismus (Dada), Friday, 24 September 2004 08:47 (twenty-one years ago)

he was slouching terribly and muttered something about Nuremburg law as Dimbers wrapped things up.

― teh pow! (blueski), Friday, 24 September 2004 08:48 (twenty-one years ago)

that was a funny question. kudos to your friend.

― Peter Watts (peterw), Friday, 24 September 2004 08:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah that was odd. After the first question tho it was ludicrous him even being there - like Richard Dreyfuss knows or cares about the election propects of the Liberal Democrats?!!??! It was obvious he thought the Liberal Democrats were some new party who'd just arrived on the scene when, in fact, they've been failing to impress the British electorate for the best part of a century (xpost AGAIN!)

― Dadrockismus (Dada), Friday, 24 September 2004 08:51 (twenty-one years ago)

the Ethiopian immigrant kept making the point about 'not referring to asylum seekers as a quota', but when you're dealing with large numbers of people in such a way it seemed almost pedantic to keep referring to that. the other point (from Matt's friend possibly?) about it being perhaps wrong to take trained doctors, scientists, teachers from underdeveloped countries was interesting tho - but it sort of ends up as a pro on the 'limit the number of people coming in' argument no?

what do people think of Sean O'Callaghan?

― teh pow! (blueski), Friday, 24 September 2004 08:53 (twenty-one years ago)

i can't make head or tail of what dreyfuss was saying about the lib dems. there was lots of nervous laughter when he was done.

― Peter Watts (peterw), Friday, 24 September 2004 08:54 (twenty-one years ago)

That Ethiopian guy was camp as Christmas. Who's Sean O'Callaghan?

― Dadrockismus (Dada), Friday, 24 September 2004 08:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Steve you have met the friend in question - at Glastonbury I think. Some ILX people definitely did and he was hanging round our camp a bit early Saturday evening.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 24 September 2004 08:55 (twenty-one years ago)

O'Callaghan did the 'can terrorists ever be negotiated with in this way?' report on This Week

― teh pow! (blueski), Friday, 24 September 2004 09:01 (twenty-one years ago)

You should have shooed him off.

I forgot to watch QT and just switched on when someone was talking about immigration. He had been here since he was 11 or something, was that him?

Bizarrely, I also forgot to watch TW and just switched on to see some Irish fella talking about terrorism, I think. Who was he?

Both programmes are excellent, I think. I must remember to watch them.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Friday, 24 September 2004 09:03 (twenty-one years ago)

some Irish fella talking about terrorism

I'm guessing this is Sean O'Callaghan .... call it a wild stab in the dark

― Dadrockismus (Dada), Friday, 24 September 2004 09:07 (twenty-one years ago)

I didn't see any report, he was sitting in the studio. Who is he, apart from his name?

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Friday, 24 September 2004 09:09 (twenty-one years ago)

DC's pal was fine.

Dreyfuss was frankly poor. He borrowed authority from his weathered stardom, but his actual remarks did not get anyone very far.

― the bellefox, Friday, 24 September 2004 11:27 (twenty-one years ago)

I couldn't understand Richard Dreyfus at all. Does he really think Iraq is a primitive society that can't comprehend democracy? Why did he keep saying 'tribal'?
I usually don't like Simon Hughes but I quite did last night. It was strange and out of charatcer when he started asking everyone to pray. I don't think David Dimbleby knew what to do.

― Cathy (Cathy), Friday, 24 September 2004 11:35 (twenty-one years ago)

And why did no-one tell Richard Dreyfus he was being a fool? The other panellists all just seemed to be nodding at him in awe.

― Cathy (Cathy), Friday, 24 September 2004 11:37 (twenty-one years ago)

The Simon Hughes Travelling Salvation Show had totally the opposite effect on me - usually i don't mind him but this has opened my eyes to the possibility that he may, in fact, be a looney

― Dadrockismus (Dada), Friday, 24 September 2004 11:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Dreyfus was certainly a bit meandering, if not completely lost, at times but I think trying to discuss Iraqi society and its reaction to the Western idea of democracy without using the word tribal is to ignore the reality.
xpost

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 24 September 2004 11:39 (twenty-one years ago)

it would've been good if he'd started making models of Devil's Mountain using whatever stationery was on the desk.

― teh pow! (blueski), Friday, 24 September 2004 11:39 (twenty-one years ago)

I would not have been surprised to see Simon Hughes join him in this endeavour

― Dadrockismus (Dada), Friday, 24 September 2004 11:41 (twenty-one years ago)

I usually don't like him because he's so bland and line-toeing. But he was sort of funny and a bit looney this time, and it was good. He reminded me of my old history teacher.

― Cathy (Cathy), Friday, 24 September 2004 11:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Kennedy also looked on form in the footage of the Conference itself. I'm pretty keen on just trying to close the gap between the parties now, irrespective of individual party member behaviour and positions.

― teh pow! (blueski), Friday, 24 September 2004 12:04 (twenty-one years ago)

On form? You mean he was sober for a change?

― Dadrockismus (Dada), Friday, 24 September 2004 12:05 (twenty-one years ago)

I was worried about the Irish bloke. I thought he was going to keel over and die before finishing his question, he seemed so angry.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 24 September 2004 12:08 (twenty-one years ago)

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Jesus, what a pompous ass he was, enough to actually be a Tory... oh hold on

― Tom A. (Tom B.) (Tom C.) (Tom D.), Friday, 5 November 2010 11:57 (fourteen years ago)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/11_november/05/industrial_action.shtml

― Jefferson Mansplain (DG), Friday, 5 November 2010 13:18 (fourteen years ago)

no career suicide libdem this week?

― Jefferson Mansplain (DG), Thursday, 11 November 2010 22:54 (fourteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

I assume Conservative Central Office will move heaven and earth to make sure Nadine Dorres is never allowed back on this. Also LOL @ Danny Alexander trying to explain the Lib Dem's position on the tuition fee vote and Livingstone's defence of Gordon Brown and the last Labour government ("... well, yeah, apart from that... and that... and that bit obviously."

― Tom A. (Tom B.) (Tom C.) (Tom D.), Friday, 3 December 2010 09:50 (fourteen years ago)

three months pass...

it's political correctness gone mad

― Romford Spring (DG), Thursday, 3 March 2011 23:27 (fourteen years ago)

six months pass...

this is gonna be painful

― Once Were Moderators (DG), Thursday, 8 September 2011 21:40 (fourteen years ago)

four weeks pass...

Can't go Jane Moore. Or Billy Bragg. Watching QT only annoys me these days :(

― parasitical brain-weevil (onimo), Thursday, 6 October 2011 22:33 (fourteen years ago)

mark littlewood is a haemorrhoid that's gone solo

― Once Were Moderators (DG), Thursday, 13 October 2011 22:14 (fourteen years ago)

it's almost as though being an ugly person on the inside makes one an ugly person on the outside but maybe it's actually the other way round ??

― conrad, Thursday, 13 October 2011 22:17 (fourteen years ago)

wtf is a 'jacob rees-mogg'?

― Once Were Moderators (DG), Thursday, 20 October 2011 22:02 (fourteen years ago)

an anagram of crabs jog me ego

― conrad, Thursday, 20 October 2011 22:22 (fourteen years ago)

i fell asleep

― Once Were Moderators (DG), Friday, 21 October 2011 00:14 (fourteen years ago)

three years pass...

"But what if he's innocent? What about if the poor boy's innocent? There are lots of innocent people in jail! Didn't you see Coronation Street?"

― Mark G, Friday, 14 November 2014 18:59 (ten years ago)

three months pass...

Charlie Kennedy pissed as a fart on QT tonight.

― Walking Close to Melton Mowbray (Tom D.), Thursday, 12 March 2015 23:09 (ten years ago)

Said the same thing here!

― Mark G, Thursday, 12 March 2015 23:12 (ten years ago)

(I am still amazed there wasn't more apoplexy about the comment I related up 2 posts.

― Mark G, Thursday, 12 March 2015 23:13 (ten years ago)

Not sure why Charlie Kennedy was allowed on television last night or who to blame, the BBC or the Lib Dems. Have the Lib Dems given up on the election or merely given up on Question Time?

― Walking Close to Melton Mowbray (Tom D.), Friday, 13 March 2015 10:44 (ten years ago)

Yes, heard a bit of QT on the radio last night (its now broadcast simultaneously on Radio 5) and Kennedy's slurred speech leapt out. Wondered if he had possibly suffered a stroke or similar - he seems to have been away from our screen for a while - but intoxication prob the more likely explanation.

― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Friday, 13 March 2015 10:49 (ten years ago)

I caught about 15 mins of this, there did seem to be something wrong with him...on whether there would be a coalition between SNP-Labour he:

1) called out everyone was talking a lot of claptrap for the last five mins on the question
2) asked Dimbleby to repeat the question
3) was adamant there would be no coalition - which was actually agreeing with the Labour answer
4) did not give much of a reason why he was so sure - amazing that some form of coalition is the likely outcome, given the polls and that we have just endured one for the last five years.

― xyzzzz__, Friday, 13 March 2015 10:56 (ten years ago)

Have the Lib Dems given up on the election or merely given up on Question Time?

The forecast is that they'll get about 20 seats?! A Labour - SNP - Libdem coalition could be an outcome?

― xyzzzz__, Friday, 13 March 2015 10:59 (ten years ago)

everyone was talking a lot of claptrap for the last five mins on the question

Which puzzled me, because for that previous five mins maybe more, nobody had managed to say anything grand that got the audience to burst into applause at all.

― Mark G, Friday, 13 March 2015 12:48 (ten years ago)

three years pass...

First up on this week's Question Time in Birmingham is 'Spoons founder Tim Martin. #bbcqt pic.twitter.com/MDprie9A1c
— BBC Question Time (@bbcquestiontime) June 20, 2018

Tim ’Wetherspoons’ Martin and yet another member of the Spiked extended universe on the show this week.

Beatrix Von Storch of AFD on Newsnight yesterday. It’s a shame Tommy Robinson is otherwise occupied as he’d have his own mid-morning show at this rate.

― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 17:19 (seven years ago)

T Robinson/creatures from Right Wing think-tanks like Kate Andrews/Spiked arseholes for some "balance" is pretty much the future (and mostly the present tbh) for BBC current affairs shows.

― calzino, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 17:39 (seven years ago)

It's called populism because it's popular, sez BBC.

― We can be herpes (Tom D.), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 17:42 (seven years ago)

His face looks too small for his head.

Didn't the host say he was leaving recently? Will that change anything?

― koogs, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 18:06 (seven years ago)

I don't even think such ~~a total wanker~~ an august old fellow as Dimbleby has much of a say on the guests/editorial direction, but I might be wrong.

― calzino, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 18:25 (seven years ago)

Still lmao at the thought of Wetherspoons champagne sales figures.

― nashwan, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 20:34 (seven years ago)

So Ella Whelan casting doubt on the authenticity of some of the photographs of children in detention centres in the US - you would have thought Living Marxism types would know better than to speculate on photographs of people behind fences.

― womp womp that sucker (Tom D.), Friday, 22 June 2018 10:25 (seven years ago)

lol

They really are scum.

― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Friday, 22 June 2018 10:38 (seven years ago)

Has the BBC ever given any kind of reason for having a tiny, hard-right corporate front outfit with a smaller readership than Model Aircraft Today on speed dial?

― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Friday, 22 June 2018 10:42 (seven years ago)

They're all middle class right wing cunts?

― The Savic Detectives (Noodle Vague), Friday, 22 June 2018 11:23 (seven years ago)

It's good television, innit.

― womp womp that sucker (Tom D.), Friday, 22 June 2018 11:33 (seven years ago)

As it seems aside from the BBC and Talk Radio producers that have them on speed dial, no-one much else cares about them, who funds these wasters? There seems to be more transparency at the Taxpayers Alliance ffs!

― calzino, Friday, 22 June 2018 11:34 (seven years ago)

I wonder what proportion is that and what proportion is Good Liberals imagining the public is vastly more right wing than them and giving the audience what they think they want.

Even so, when you have actual Tory politicians and Brexit campaigners on the show, idk what the imagined audience for contrarian fash/ libertarians would be.

― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Friday, 22 June 2018 11:35 (seven years ago)

(xp) You're wrong there, they're on Sky all the time too, Brendan O'Neill virtually lives at Sky News studios.

― womp womp that sucker (Tom D.), Friday, 22 June 2018 11:36 (seven years ago)

I never watch it tbh, thank fuck!

― calzino, Friday, 22 June 2018 11:38 (seven years ago)

(xxp) Pretty sure all they're interested in is entertainment.

― womp womp that sucker (Tom D.), Friday, 22 June 2018 11:39 (seven years ago)

three weeks pass...

Newsnight continuing to do the noble and important work of sorting out the good Free Tommy people from the bad elements:

"This isn't us, this isn't the Free Tommy movement... I'd say this is far-right" - this woman explains that the majority of Tommy Robinson supporters were protesting peacefully #newsnight pic.twitter.com/SnLwgIJb4v
— BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) July 18, 2018

― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Wednesday, 18 July 2018 22:10 (seven years ago)

Also good to give Gerald Batten plenty of time to explain why Robinson isn’t similar to Nelson Mandela, he is actually better, under robust questioning like ‘haven’t you misjudged this?’.

― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Wednesday, 18 July 2018 22:15 (seven years ago)

the BBC want socialism for their corporation, neo-fascism for their license payers. At least they are consistent on this line!

― calzino, Wednesday, 18 July 2018 22:23 (seven years ago)

one year passes...

Our fourth and final audience question is about the Labour party. #bbcqt pic.twitter.com/WDe4PsieG6
— BBC Question Time (@bbcquestiontime) September 26, 2019

Our third audience question is about a future withdrawal agreement. #bbcqt pic.twitter.com/iFBxqKawUl
— BBC Question Time (@bbcquestiontime) September 26, 2019

Here's our second question from the audience tonight. #bbcqt pic.twitter.com/kUucyT8vxX
— BBC Question Time (@bbcquestiontime) September 26, 2019

Seem like good questions imo.

― ShariVari, Friday, 27 September 2019 06:57 (six years ago)

'we all break laws on a day to day basis'

send the rozzers round to this audience member's house asap

― Is it true the star Beetle Juice is going to explode in 2012 (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 27 September 2019 08:58 (six years ago)

The guy who asked the question was a policeman!

― Let them eat Pfifferlinge an Schneckensauce (Tom D.), Friday, 27 September 2019 09:50 (six years ago)

... so, yes, a reactionary right wing twat, PC Gammon in fact.

― Let them eat Pfifferlinge an Schneckensauce (Tom D.), Friday, 27 September 2019 09:51 (six years ago)

PC Bacon

― coup de twat (suzy), Friday, 27 September 2019 09:55 (six years ago)

PC Gonemad

― gyac, Friday, 27 September 2019 09:56 (six years ago)

wtf

― hot dog go to bathroom (cajunsunday), Friday, 27 September 2019 09:57 (six years ago)

I didn't see the show last night, but surely the format means these questions get comprehensively twatted by most of the panel?

― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 27 September 2019 10:12 (six years ago)

Damn I should start watching Question Time again pic.twitter.com/R58KJAKJ2J
— Clee (@jmsclee) September 27, 2019

― hot dog go to bathroom (cajunsunday), Friday, 27 September 2019 10:17 (six years ago)

three years pass...

"It was a one-off"

This is genuinely the most revolting thing I’ve seen on the bbc for a while. Alibhai Brown raises Stanley Johnson assaulting his wife (he broke her nose) & Fiona Bruce cites his friends saying it was a ‘one off’.

A feudal media elite in a modern country. pic.twitter.com/AROO9eGrB1
— Aaron Bastani (@AaronBastani) March 10, 2023

― the pinefox, Friday, 10 March 2023 11:41 (two years ago)

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