Woman in Question Time audience pwns the MPs! (29.04.10)
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This woman absolutely said what everyone's thinking! Ed Balls was speechless!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ry0LmFP3Ig
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ry0LmFP3Ig
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Shame the clip doesn't show the panels response.
She should be proud!
Hell, she should stand for election!
They've forgotten that they work for us.
In what way are eating lots of cakes and shouting the right qualities for our elected representatives?
Worked for Eric Pickles
I think it was just more of the same guff they always come out with, and first they went to others in the audience anyway so it would've lost its momentum. Her bit was the highlight.
"The whole lot" = every single time they evade answers to questions. She wanted them to stop that.
I wuz just tryina get down wiv da kids like, ya get me?
(takes blue pill)
How now, brown cow! Ah, that's better I'm talking like a real person again.
The public sector needs to be slashed- drastically. The only jobs advertised in my local papers are almost 90% local gov/council ones. It's quite shocking what they advertise as a 'job' sometimes, and yet all they bleat on about is the need to 'protect frontline services' from cuts. What about the huge amount of non-jobs at councils?:mad:
Yup yet another cheap shot rant, nothing special.
Couldn't have put it better myself.
"I have 2 young children .. they do extremely well in school ... i'm dedicated to improving our educational system and we will make that happen ..."
Yes, but HOW?
Ed Balls reply was totally different though. He said that if the Tory's got in power they would raise VAT within months of getting in office. This drew and angry response and was pressed again to answer the question. He then said Labour had been in power 13 years and had never raised VAT. This caused a round of boos. Dimbleby cornered him and said we want to hear you, the labour rep on the panel, give an answer to the question about Labour policy. Balls squirmed and trotted out another quip at the Torys. This is what caused the angry response from the woman. She was fully supported by the audience in general.
I also watched This Week. Andrew Neill gave Dianne Abott a severe rebuke for a similar thing. Portillo was asked why Cameron wasn't way ahead in the polls. Portillo agreed Cam was struggling and said he hadn't the killer streak. When Abott was asked why Brown was doing so badly in the polls she replied the real question was why is Cameron not way ahead. Neill told her firmly the question was about Brown not Cameron and to answer it. She looked really miffed and said people don't really like Brown.
Totally agree. When asked to actually make specific points she floundered. It's easy to get a cheap shot by playing the "us and them" card but anyone can do that (and have done so many times on Question Time - it's always guaranteed an applause).
That clip doesn't show the whole thing. She then goes on to tell Balls to answer the question about VAT which he clearly evades again. Ed Balls along with Fox & Cable were all visible squirming because the audience wouldn't accept the evasive answers. Balls was the most put out because he wouldn't give the 'no plans but can't rule it out' line the other 2 were forced to eventually trot out.
It did. She nailed Ed Balls and he was left red faced and squirming. Fox and Cable were rattled as well because the audience gave them a hard time on the VAT answer. This was nearly up there with the time Beckett and Ming Campbell were bood when they were on during the height of the expenses scandal.
Can anyone explain this word to me? I'm clearly not 'down with the kids'
Yes but has she got the police outside her home? is she in the newspapers? are they wanting to give her 50.000 grand for her story?:eek::D
I'm an old dinosaur so I thought it was a spelling mistake. Owns means when someone totally gets the better of someone. Maybe somebody can educate us both.
Well owns would make more sense than pwns, looking forward to us both being educated