A Question of Question Time

By | |
48 Comments

I don’t often watch Question Time, but anticipating a clash of cultures between Douglas Murray (Hooray) and Yasmin Alibhai-Brown (Hiss) I thought it would be worth watching last night. In the event the excitement was generated by action-man Ashdown.Elder statesmen-turned-national-treasure are often afflicted by symptoms of geriatric pre-dementia such as continually harking back to the glory days, and his youthful military adventures in the Royal Marines have provided Lord Paddy … Continue reading →

QT and Elections LiveChat (Pt1)

By | | ,
40 Comments

Welcome to the LiveChat which is a 5th May Election Special. We kick off with the return of Question Time; which tonight comes from the last BBC option “damn I can’t claim decent expenses from here” of London. On the panel we have Secretary of State for Transport and Conservative dark horse Philip Hammond, Andy Burnham, Paddy Pantsdown, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and Douglas Murray. Really? Are the same dozen people always on speed-dial? … Continue reading →

QT and Elections LiveChat (Pt2)

By | | ,
9 Comments

This post has been split so that if you want to follow both LiveChats at the same time you can easily open the two posts in two different windows and put them alongside each other. Cunning thinking, eh? This Scottish-oriented Chat is being hosted and moderated by Subrosa although you can’t escape the grim glare of TheEye’s moderating touch here either. Many thanks to MaxFarquar for the two excellent logos … Continue reading →

Victory Lap or Somber Occasion? Whatever the White House Says It Is.

By | | , ,
8 Comments

Not a single voice allowed on the BBC today to criticize. Every single Beeboid on air is saying how wonderful this is, and how this is “paying respect” to the families and is absolutely not a victory lap or moment of opportunism. Of course, they don’t know what He thinks, or what this really is, but they are telling you nevertheless. All US vox pops are positive, enthusiastic, supportive. The … Continue reading →

Mark Mardell’s Crisis of Faith

By | | , , , , , ,
9 Comments

The President ordered Osama Bin Laden killed without trial, without due process of law, and the BBC North America editor is crestfallen. Mardell really doesn’t know what to do. He has his own opinions, his own moral code to follow, yet cannot bring himself to actually blame the President for it. Instead, he works to shift blame onto the ugly United Statesians he’s found distasteful for so long. On the … Continue reading →

Targeted Serenading

By | |
22 Comments

We’ve had many surprises this week. One was seeing Mark Regev in the studio, speaking without constant interruptions and contradictions. We had the usual anti Israel tripe from various talking heads too, endlessly bringing up the illusory obstacle to peace, Netanyahu’s refusal to extend the settlement freeze.Eventually, Hamas’s mourning of Bin Laden’s assassination, or heroic martyrdom, was mentioned. Even the fact that the Arab Spring might not necessarily presage enlightenment … Continue reading →

Young Voters’ Question Time

By | | ,
31 Comments

If comments on Twitter are anything to go by, Richard Bacon was an extremely inept and very biased host on last night’s Young Voters’ Question Time. This will come as no surprise to regular readers of this blog who already know that he is simply incapable of being impartial and shouldn’t be covering politics at all, either on BBC TV or radio. One audience member even tweeted that Bacon said … Continue reading →

LOVING MOHAMMED

By | |
6 Comments

No, not THAT one! I mean Mohammed el Baradei. Did you catch this interview with this snake oil salesman this morning. As he points out, he doesn’t hate America, just its policies. He doesn’t hate Israel, he just wants equality for Palestinians. Lovely guy and a nice reception from the BBC. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.