Question Time, BBC1&HD 10.35pm, Thu 26 Apr

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  • LostFoolLostFool Posts: 90,647
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    Wow. Abbott is really in cliche mode already. I wish I was playing buzz word bingo tonight.
  • BomoLadBomoLad Posts: 17,821
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    LostFool wrote: »
    Wow. Abbott is really in cliche mode already. I wish I was playing buzz word bingo tonight.

    Only one fat lady this time
  • AnnsyreAnnsyre Posts: 109,500
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    BomoLad wrote: »
    Romford,

    Is that Essex or London or one of those areas that's oddly both?

    It was in Essex along with Stratford and West Ham for most of my early life.
  • divingbboydivingbboy Posts: 14,074
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    All I recall about Romford is that they used to brew Foster's in a brewery next to the train station.
  • 2+2=52+2=5 Posts: 24,264
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    Jobs and growth is only going to happen with a decreased deficit surely? Okay so if it's some kind of Zen riddle, vicious circle, the only way to break out of it is to remove/reduce one of the factors. Almost sounded like a prepared speech by Abbott.
  • Apple_CrumbleApple_Crumble Posts: 21,748
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    Labour blame Tories .. Tories blame Labour.

    Round the circle we go ..
  • divingbboydivingbboy Posts: 14,074
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    Is Toynbee performing in Joseph later, then?
  • 2+2=52+2=5 Posts: 24,264
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    Labour blame Tories .. Tories blame Labour.

    Round the circle we go ..

    Guardian blames everyone it seems!
  • 2+2=52+2=5 Posts: 24,264
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    Terrified has a lot of meaning, Polly. You're genuinely terrified?
  • LostFoolLostFool Posts: 90,647
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    2+2=5 wrote: »
    Terrified has a lot of meaning, Polly. You're genuinely terrified?

    She can always run away to her villa in Tuscany if she's too scared.
  • LyricalisLyricalis Posts: 57,958
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    2+2=5 wrote: »
    Jobs and growth is only going to happen with a decreased deficit surely? Okay so if it's some kind of Zen riddle, vicious circle, the only way to break out of it is to remove/reduce one of the factors. Almost sounded like a prepared speech by Abbott.

    How does cutting things encourage growth and jobs? I'm not saying that cuts aren't needed, but the two are surely not in any way dependent on each other.
  • BRGBRG Posts: 529
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    BRG wrote: »
    They should have put on Abbots briefing notes "when answering a question don't tilt your head back and roll your eyes to the ceiling before speaking as it can appear you are about to communicate with the other side".

    See, she just can't stop doing it! She also can't keep her eyes open when saying something she doesn't really believe / isn't true.
  • BomoLadBomoLad Posts: 17,821
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    LostFool wrote: »
    She can always run away to her villa in Tuscany if she's too scared.

    Why are people of the left not allowed to have nice things without it being constantly being brought up against them?

    Being of the lift no more means you're a communist as being right wing means you're a horrible racist.

    It just seems strange that people bring up what people on the left earn or have, as if it's an argument against whatever they say.
  • BomoLadBomoLad Posts: 17,821
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    Nigel Farage makes a fair point. They need a strategy for growth.

    However his point about 'college kids' is utter nonsense.
  • 2+2=52+2=5 Posts: 24,264
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    "It's the economy, STUPID!"

    Indeed.

    Farage says some interesting figures. Okay so if these numbers are right, does it make him more electable because he said it or not? If a different MP from another party had said it, would it make such an impect?

    Bit of a populist quip at the end regarding the UK's small businesses. But fair enough.

    EDIT: And as mentioned above the college kids quip is an example of what I consider the half way house position between a reasonable MP approach and an unreasonable one.
  • BomoLadBomoLad Posts: 17,821
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    Dimbleby wants to lend to the IMF too :D
  • BomoLadBomoLad Posts: 17,821
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    I'm not posh and I don't know the price of milk.

    What is it? 30p?

    'You find yourself elected'

    ...you have to stand first Simon. It's not like an infection.
  • BRGBRG Posts: 529
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    Some of the panel didn't read the prep about not using expansive hand gestures.
  • LostFoolLostFool Posts: 90,647
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    BomoLad wrote: »
    Why are people of the left not allowed to have nice things without it being constantly being brought up against them?.

    Nothing wrong with people having things that they have worked for. It's when they criticise others for doing the same - such as having second homes.
  • sensoriasensoria Posts: 4,682
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    sensoria wrote: »
    Toynbee briliant that will get the Tory fan boys foaming at the mouth.

    I think DS bingo tonight is on the cards.

    mentions to include.

    Villa in Tuscany
    Champaine socialist
    old hag
    screeching

    Bingo
    LostFool wrote:
    She can always run away to her villa in Tuscany if she's too scared
  • BomoLadBomoLad Posts: 17,821
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    Is Poly auditioning for 'Joseph' with that coat?
  • BomoLadBomoLad Posts: 17,821
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    LostFool wrote: »
    Nothing wrong with people having things that they have worked for. It's when they criticise others for doing the same - such as having second homes.

    But who has accused them of doing so?

    It's an absurd constant swipe against the left. It's meaningless and weak.
  • 2+2=52+2=5 Posts: 24,264
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    Lyricalis wrote: »
    How does cutting things encourage growth and jobs? I'm not saying that cuts aren't needed, but the two are surely not in any way dependent on each other.

    I suppose it depends on where the cuts are. Can anything be considered "extravagant" in expenditure? I mean things beyond the core "must haves" of services such as the NHS, etc.

    Yeah I agree they aren't dependant on each other but I do think they have a relevant that influence each other.
  • Andy2Andy2 Posts: 11,949
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    BomoLad wrote: »
    Why are people of the left not allowed to have nice things without it being constantly being brought up against them?

    Being of the lift no more means you're a communist as being right wing means you're a horrible racist.

    It just seems strange that people bring up what people on the left earn or have, as if it's an argument against whatever they say.

    But why do the left always moan about the Tories being 'toffs'?
  • ChrisEChrisE Posts: 1,877
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    That's a blooming big matress.
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