Question Time, BBC1&HD&R5L, 10.35pm, 5 Dec

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• AZZURRI 06 Posts: 11,173

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  06/12/13 - 00:43 #2

  Please God, not Danny Alexander.......

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• apaul Posts: 9,846

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  06/12/13 - 00:48 #3

  He certainly makes for a soporific duo with Reeves.

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• Jefferson Posts: 3,736

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  06/12/13 - 02:09 #4

  David Davies should have been leader of the Conservatives. But for all that cobblers about him not being as polished as the posh Eton boy.

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• Nosedive Posts: 6,602

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  06/12/13 - 02:11 #5

  Nick Ferrari should be amusing. He does a bit of a David Starkey rant.
  He's also very UKIP-ish.

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• heskethbang Posts: 4,280

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  06/12/13 - 02:12 #6

  That's not a bad lineup by modern standards. In hindsight I wish David Davies had become Conservative leader. He's a classic Thatcherite - from a single parent family on a council estate. Would've been very difficult to pin the toff label on him.

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• apaul Posts: 9,846

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  06/12/13 - 02:21 #7

  Man of the people Davies was very keen on fleecing the taxpayer for his home improvements. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5309646/MPs-expenses-David-Davies-the-council-estate-lad-who-claimed-5700-for-a-portico.html
  
  He also shot himself in the foot by very poor conference speech during the leadership campaign and leaving the front bench for an unnecessary bi-election.

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 3,232

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  06/12/13 - 02:22 #8

  Sounds like the Jungle, but without Ant and Dec!
  
  "YOU!!! ... NO, NOT YOU!!! ... THE WOMAN BEHIND YOU IN THE WIG WITH THE BIG BREASTS!!!

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• trunkster Posts: 14,468

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  06/12/13 - 02:32 #9

  Sad_BB_Addict wrote: »

  Dimbers is in east London, with
  
  Danny Alexander - LD, chief secretary to the treasury
  Dr Mary Beard - professor of classics at Cambridge University
  David Davies - Con, ex shadow Home Secretary
  Nick Ferrari - LBC radio
  Rachel Reeves - Lab shadow secretary for work and pensions
  
  And to follow ......
  
  BBC This Week ‏@bbcthisweek6h
  Does the PM have a problem with women? We'll talk about the gender gap when @Jacqueline_Gold joins @afneil and #bbctw panel Thu 11.35pm
  Gold is Chief Executive of Ann Summers and Knickerbox.

  
  Christ on a bike, Rachel Reeves playing to the audience with the usual cliches of "bankers bonuses" "hard working families" "tax cuts for millionaires" & "the most vulnerable in society"
  And Mary Beard talking pseudo liberal clap trap.
  Only worth tuning in for Nick Ferrari shooting from the hip.

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• Nosedive Posts: 6,602

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  06/12/13 - 02:36 #10

  The east end of London is very multi cultural. Areas such as tower hamlets for example or Barking. I wonder if this will cause any of the old immigration chestnuts to be aired?

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• Nosedive Posts: 6,602

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  06/12/13 - 02:37 #11

  trunkster wrote: »

  Christ on a bike, Rachel Reeves playing to the audience with the usual cliches of "bankers bonuses" "hard working families" "tax cuts for millionaires" & "the most vulnerable in society"
  And Mary Beard talking pseudo liberal clap trap.
  Only worth tuning in for Nick Ferrari shooting from the hip.

  
  That's true. And a good enough reason.

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• trunkster Posts: 14,468

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  06/12/13 - 02:39 #12

  Nosedive wrote: »

  The east end of London is very multi cultural. Areas such as tower hamlets for example or Barking. I wonder if this will cause any of the old immigration chestnuts to be aired?

  
  I would imagine so, no need for the bbc to bus in the usual suspects.

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• heskethbang Posts: 4,280

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  06/12/13 - 02:40 #13

  Rachel Reeves is actually quite a talented woman - she's wasted peddling standard Labour hyberbole.

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• LostFool Posts: 90,647

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  06/12/13 - 02:44 #14

  Mary Beard again? There must be plenty of other nutty out-of-touch professors that they could have on. Universities are full of them.
  
  The QT production team do like recycling their guest list.

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• trunkster Posts: 14,468

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  06/12/13 - 02:50 #15

  LostFool wrote: »

  Mary Beard again? There must be plenty of other nutty out-of-touch professors that they could have on. Universities are full of them.
  
  The QT production team do like recycling their guest list.

  
  She's almost useless as that utter utter plank Benjamin Zephaniah.

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• degsyhufc Posts: 59,251

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  06/12/13 - 02:58 #16

  trunkster wrote: »

  Christ on a bike, Rachel Reeves playing to the audience with the usual cliches of "bankers bonuses" "hard working families" "tax cuts for millionaires" & "the most vulnerable in society"
  And Mary Beard talking pseudo liberal clap trap.
  Only worth tuning in for Nick Ferrari shooting from the hip.

  Is she the one who was on previously who kept on repeating that phrase?

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• trunkster Posts: 14,468

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  06/12/13 - 03:03 #17

  degsyhufc wrote: »

  Is she the one who was on previously who kept on repeating that phrase?

  
  I think all three main parties are guilty of over using that particular phrase.

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 87,224

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  06/12/13 - 03:12 #18

  BBC One ‏@BBCOne 2m
  Due to the death of former South African President Nelson Mandela, we’ve suspended our normal BBC One Schedule.
  
  
  Will QT be on later?

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• deptfordbaker Posts: 22,368

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  06/12/13 - 03:15 #19

  heskethbang wrote: »

  That's not a bad lineup by modern standards. In hindsight I wish David Davies had become Conservative leader. He's a classic Thatcherite - from a single parent family on a council estate. Would've been very difficult to pin the toff label on him.

  
  Miliband would have been posher than him.

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• LostFool Posts: 90,647

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  06/12/13 - 03:16 #20

  heskethbang wrote: »

  Rachel Reeves is actually quite a talented woman - she's wasted peddling standard Labour hyberbole.

  
  I quite agree. Despite sounding like an Eastend barmaid, she's a bright woman but even a Nobel prize winning economist couldn't make sense of Labour's economic policy so she has to resort to repeating the same old claptrap.

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• heskethbang Posts: 4,280

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  06/12/13 - 03:16 #21

  A great world statesman of another country has passed. Not unexpected, but sad nonetheless. However, why disrupt BBC1? Isn't this what we have a News Channel for?

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• 21stCenturyBoy Posts: 44,506

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  06/12/13 - 03:19 #22

  I had a feeling QT would be moved.
  
  The Beeb have probably had a rolling news Obit ready for Mandela since 1992. They're going to go into overdrive these next few days.

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• trunkster Posts: 14,468

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  06/12/13 - 03:22 #23

  21stCenturyBoy wrote: »

  I had a feeling QT would be moved.
  
  The Beeb have probably had a rolling news Obit ready for Mandela since 1992. They're going to go into overdrive these next few days.

  
  Why is his death being afforded more bbc air time than any other ex world leader?

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• redtux Posts: 1,241

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  06/12/13 - 03:27 #24

  trunkster wrote: »

  Why is his death being afforded more bbc air time than any other ex world leader?

  
  Your joking right?

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• Annsyre Posts: 109,504

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  06/12/13 - 03:27 #25

  LostFool wrote: »

  I quite agree. Despite sounding like an Eastend barmaid, she's a bright woman but even a Nobel prize winning economist couldn't make sense of Labour's economic policy so she has to resort to repeating the same old claptrap.

  
  She's been having voice coaching and a bit of a makeover recently. But she is still a dimwit when it comes to numbers or economics as her recent bruising encounters with Andrew Neil have proved.

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• heskethbang Posts: 4,280

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  06/12/13 - 03:30 #26

  Anyway the TV guide is saying QT is on at 11pm, although it's only 40mins so I guess they're editing out questions perhaps?

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