David Dimbleby presents tonight’s show from Grays in Essex. On the panel are Conservative MP Jeremy Hunt, Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn, journalist and hero Douglas Murray of the Spectator, Anne McElvoy of The Economist and alleged comedian Shappi Khorsandi. That’s right, a grand total of two actual politicians.
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What? No SNP?
For Grays – In Essex?
They’ll be rioting in English streets, at this missed opportunity to lecture us all on all encompassing Scottish demands and opinions..
I know, I was shocked and disgusted. I know how hugely popular they are down on the English south coast.
Grays is on the Thames Estuary , South Coast is Deal to Lands End , including Brighton ( for Scott) & for us hetrosexuals Bournemouth . For all you Millitary experts , ( Royal Navy ) that includes Pompy & Devonport. If I have missed out any other South Coast bases please add it . Thanks . I have a Geography `A `level too .
What has Single Nucleotide Polymorphism got to do with it anyway?
Can’t think of anything else of any consequence.
Not an English A-level though judging by your posts.
No , I have not got an English Lit or Lan `A` level , have you Mr `D` ?
It’s Pompey not Pompy geography man.
Surely it’s now highly racist to not be including SNP in English Question Times?!
Fewer politicians the better in my view
I wonder if John Whittingdale has recently been invited as a guest,more of a wish than a thought. Might even get a right wing audience for such a special occasion in order to get him onside.
With regards to this QT programme right wingers Douglas Murray and Jeremy Hunt should wipe the floor with the Mao Tse Corbyn of ‘Lets give the Falklands to the Argies’ fame.
I suspect the SWP will probably turn up.
douglas murray,the only panelist tonight who unlike the rest of the apologists and excuse makers for radical violent islam wont tread on politacaly correct eggshells when the topic of these islamic murderers and beheaders of innocent men,women and children,yes, the leftie socalist audience will booo and hiss at douglas murray every time he makes a sensible point,but when the future leader of the labour party and good mate of the ira man gerry adams jeremey corbyn opens his mouth and makes excuses up and blames the west for all this islamic terrorism there will by whoops and wild clapping from the left wing screaming biased question time audience.
Yes Stuart.
But if you use conventional English.
English using punctuation, upper case letters, sentences, it makes your contribution both easier to read and more difficult to dismiss.
Perhaps he’s trying to demonstrate why punctuation etc matter, in which case he’s successful.
Stuart is the e e cummings of bBBC.
I read Stuart with ease, and defy anyone to compare him unfavorably with members of tonight’s carefully selected Question Time audience.
Whoop,whoop,whoop,whoop,whoop,whoop,whoop,whoop,whooooooop, whooooopp!
A lefty stating approval. Funny species! Usually female, often just left sixth form/university, with a desire to cure the entire world with no idea as to the consequences of such a move.
For example, let all the illegals in they shriek, including ISIL, and then these terrorists promptly go and machine gun the local neighbourhood in the name of Allah. Good old multiculturalism and tolerance, how it has benefited us. NOT.
You’re right, of course: the QT audience seems always to consist of a bussed-in majority Socialist Worker contingent, all of whom are pre-prepped to provide applause on cue to their left wing comrades on the panel, regardless of the utter drivel and nonsense they might spout.
However, and here’s the kicker: Douglas Murray is on tonight’s QT! This man gives excellent voice to the vast majority of the population who see nothing ‘peaceful’ or even mildly respectful about the RoP and, more importantly, he’s always more than willing to spell it out very clearly.
Murray is a hero – a genuinely courageous voice for freedom of thought and expression. Hats off to the BBC for having him on tonight’s QT. I think I’d best get the popcorn in.
Yes, you can predict the audience reaction ….i really hope Douglas has some suitable nasty put-downs for the audience up his sleeve, but fear he is too polite, and always looks terribly hurt when heckled. We really need a searing, loathing type that goes to the audience’s throats and tears them out, but i fear there is no-one i can think of that could carry it out. Really insult them, make them scream with indignation and just laugh at them…….oh bliss….
Can you put Alan Spartridge on one of these again. His real life persona is even more funny than his comic creations.
Who the f%^k is Shappi Khorsandi?
She is an Iranian born muslim funny girl who owes much of her career in comedy to the good old bbc, that purveyor of brilliant muslim comedy such as…erm…errr…well, a typical example escapes me right now but you get the picture and you know whose side she’ll be on.
What she can offer to the debates on the Tunisian/France/Kuwait/Syria atrocities, the disaster that is the EUSSR, the romanian scum sleeping and defecating on the July bombing memorial and the UK’s impending doom from climate change after one day of hot weather is anyone’s guess.
We should start a sweep on how long it will take and who will be the first to state…’nothing to do with islam’!! I’m going for Hunt after 3:30.
It won’t be Murray.
Of course, it has everything to do with Islam, this was endorsed by the leader of Quillam over the weekend, the Koran reference is the verse of the swords.
Spineless Cameron and the other pathetic politicians of all parties are frightened to upset the Muslims with the truth. It’s a dodgy religion with aggression, child abuse and referring to women as being valued half that of a man. People are prepared to die for these beliefs. Dumb or what!! Especially when we all know that women are only worth a third of the value of a man!!!
The Koran needs radical reform, but there again I’d ban all religion, it’s all fantasy in my book. I feel a cartoon coming from my hand.
I hope Murray makes reference to the aforementioned verses on the swords..
ISIS has as much to do with Islam as Ethanol has to do with Alcohol. Caliph Al Baghdadi is as Islamic as the Pope is Catholic.
She’s like all the other “comedians” that endlessly appear on the bbc newspaper reviews, panel shows etc, people from within the magic circle of the M25 who the majority of the population have never heard of and who the majority of the population find as funny as cancer.
She just made me laugh, being asked her opinion on the state of Greece she said ” it’s not in her area of expertise” blimey! An honest bbc “comedian” who admits to not being a fountain of knowledge, whatever next ?
‘…being asked her opinion on the state of Greece she said ” it’s not in her area of expertise”
Why was she on the programme if unable to comment on arguably the hot topic of the day? It’s not rocket science, anyway, this stuff about borrowing and spending too much and expecting the state to fund your early retirement even though you refuse to pay your taxes, and joining the euro as a ticket to eternal economic salvation even though everyone knows (nudge, nudge, wink, wink) you’ve nowhere near met the convergence criteria.
Why do we have to have ‘comedians’ or other celebrities on QT? A couple of months ago Brian May made a fool of himself with predictable lefty conspiracy theories. He can play the guitar, but his opinions of politics are just about as excruciating as If I was asked to play the electric guitar! Problem is the gullible public go along with the claptrap of their ‘heroes’.
“If you have one total outsider, who is free to say whatever he likes, who sounds totally human, much more convincing and all of the others restricted within the normal rules of politics and they sound a bit sort of lockjaw, fixed, it makes them sound stiffer, it’s a bit like having a loose horse jumping all the jumps ahead in the middle of the Grand National – it doesn’t necessarily help decide between the serious runners”
– Quote from Polly Toynbee June 2015
@by loony left,could not give a monkeys about what you think about my poor spelling etc,i make no apologys for that,if you have nothing to contribute to the topic in this blog, i suggest you go back to your hiding behind your little computer trolling and insulting people who no doubt you would not have the guts to do to there faces,got it.
You mean “apologies” and “their faces”, Stuart.
Correcting grammatical errors is considered elitist and oppressive by the Left. The Left are wrong. Grammar matters. It helps others understand what you are saying.
Whilst I agree that grammar matters, correcting Stuart’s grammar is condescending. We all have our educational history be it successful or not. Stuart expresses himself succinctly and I am always impressed about how clearly he makes his point despite his approach to punctuation and grammar.
The expression of opinion should not be limited to those who have a full command of the rules of grammar and punctuation.
I’ve been pulled up on another website about punctuation and it was right for them to do so . It was explained that my posts would be easier , so that means pleasanter, to read .
I don’t read Stuart’s posts because they look like rantings . The fact that they are not is his loss , my loss and everyone’s loss .
We must do the courtesy to make our posts as clearly and legible as possible .
Whilst I agree that correcting grammar is considered elitist by the left, it is important to consider how and when to do it. In debates correcting speech or grammar can be seen as a way of deflecting a damaging point. Or a put down. I would go to great lengths to encourage respect for grammar among students, and penalize those who persist with errors.
However I do recall an article in the early days of the journal Radical Philosophy which argued that teaching children to read and placing emphasis on grammar, was a means that capitalists employed to control their thought patterns. The article must have been edited, and was well researched with detailed references to texts by Marx, Engels, Lenin and all.
Whilst I am sure Stuart can speak for himself (or post), I am sure that Stuart has in the past explained that he is dyslexic – and I can understand his posts perfectly well. I usually just skip past the posts of Scott and the man on public transport. I really, really don’t like the use of certain swear words on the site and I never click ‘like’ when they are used however much I agree with the rest of their content.
Well said Deborah, Stuart posts are not exactly unintelligible are they. Kudos to him for posting I say.
Hear, Hear Deborah. These are public forums and I am interested in what people have to say, and not particularly in exactly how they say it.
I do agree it comes across as a little rude and certainly unnecessary when people offer grammatical/spelling corrections to other posts. I wish people wouldn’t do it.
Good on yer Stuart! I imagine that many folk, like myself, look forward to reading your comments. Your style is so inimitable that all of us could spot a a fraud “Stuart” immediately without difficulty.
Should we expect rapturous applause for every Corbyn utterance?
Just unreal, two minutes in and the Tunisians get a round of applause, why is that people like corbyn can visit Tunisia twice and not get a mozzie bite yet innocent people are slaughtered? How many Tunisians have gone to fight for ISIS?
Lets protect islam again.
Pakistani child minder? Oh dear!
Now we know why she is on, Pakistani childminder, probably can’t trust a white person as she thinks they are all paedophiles, oh the irony, relative killed in July 7 murders, muslim comedian..she’s got it all!
Can’t watch it! I’m in France & struggling with the FilmOn app to watch but it keeps buffering.
Why do we who have paid a years TV licence have to put up with this crummy service?
Please, please, please Labour elect this rancid old Bolshevik tw@t as your leader.
What a pathetic, hollow and transparent gesture from Hunt wearing a NHS pin badge.
Who is this ‘we’ you talk of foreign lady?
Let face it ,they’re not fifty year olds, well shappi what about the family of twelve from Luton, including the grandparents in their seventies
Two boxes ticked there I think!
McElvoy incentivise people who turn up for an appointment.
What happened to personal responsibility. She is so naiive.
If you miss an appointment make ’em pay. If they don’t pay, name and shame them in the local paper, photographs included. Put it on their Facebook account for employers to see how sad they are. If they abuse it and are repeated offenders go down the community service route.
comment on my comments by all means,but attacking and nitpicking about my poor spelling,grammar etc. is just class snobbery in its crudest form.its getting boring now and this blog is about bbc politacal bias and not me !!!!! get over it.
Doesn’t bother me, mines not brill, its all about the quality of the comment.
Your poor spelling and grammar is one thing (actually it is not so poor ) but you can easily improve your punctuation and know when to use capitals .
It’s up to you to show consideration for your readers .
Stuart, don’t worry, fella. ‘Grammar Nazis’ infest internet forums and see it as their mission to troll and make a fuss every time they consider someone is at fault. As others have said: your message is more important to the vast majority.
Stuart mate, I am the official troll of this site but you do have my utmost respect, forget the gramma snobs, you hit the spot time after time, you and ChrisH, respect.
Corbyn offers no solutions on any topic.
Greece gets into incredible debt, Goldman Sachs lies about its financial credibility,- (they need to be investigated).Greece unprepared to change enough to pay their way.
They probably need to leave the EU, I hope we soon follow.
Shappi is a wasted seat on the panel.
Agree completely. Also, love the way dumbleby keeps interrupting the right sided panelists as usual.
Chatbot thing has packed up. I enjoyed the QT with Brian May.
He started out with a preconceived dislike of UKIP but ended up eating out of Nigel Farage’s hand.
Foreign lady I referred to busted, audience plant again!
Well found. 😉
Good spot Goeff, she a ‘red’ in every sense.
Sack the QT researchers I say.
I see that she is a chess champion, check mate me lady in red.
Al Beeba researchers too lazy to look on Twatter for the outlawed professional politicians. Jobsworth.
Can’t take the credit, someone else’s hard work. It’s just important that we get it out there, retweet if you tweet!
Confirms my theory that people in ‘red’ wear it to advise Dimbleby that they are going to be on message. But perhaps Ella Vine overdid it and brought herself to the attention of all.
They were only following orders
did you listen to jeremy corbyns fake crocodile tears and lack of empathy for the 30 british victims of the islamic sunni muslim state(isms) mass murder in tunisia.typical responce by leftists like him who blame the west rather than the islamists for there act of mass murder in the name of islam,people like him on the left in the labour party will always appease those who hate and despise us because many of them are there core block voters who keep them in power.
oddly possibly for the first time, on r5 qt extra a listener called “SAJ” a muslim phoned in to suggest ISIS are a threat to humanity of all creeds and everyones armed forces should be trying to wipe them out at all costs, its simply a war we must win and persecute with resolve.
If his anti ISIS voice didnt sound quite so lonely in this country everything would be much better.
Probably just a Shiite, DD, I’m afraid.
question time last night was a load of old daesh.
How come Dimbleby introduced Douglas Murray as a “neocon” when he`s unrelated to anything that would bring that Wolfowitz kind of American to mind?
Yet Jeremy Corbyn does NOT get introduced as a far left extremist member of the Labour Party-which he is?
Typical BBC smears and false flags as ever.
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Mustapha: Europa (correction)
Julio: good point
Julio: a coal mine in Yorkshire closes this week because coal can’t pay it’s way apparently
Julio: over 400 jobs lost
The Lord: Who’s got the thickest Hunt. Labour or Cons?
Julio: but green energy carries on regardless
Julio: Lab
Julio: I bet she could kick corbin’s arse
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Julio: she talked a bit like Bjork
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