Moonglum25 Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Bob Mahelp said: Swinney isn't a 'dud' by any means. He's a fair and honest politician who happens not to be desperate to spout populist garbage. You may not agree with his politics, and that's fair enough, but like many old-school politicians in all parties these days he seems to be criticised because he's not 'shock-jock' material like Johnson, Rees-Mogg or Farage. This the same person that defied the will of Parliament and went ahead with P1 testing because he knows best? Edited May 17, 2019 by Moonglum25 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooky Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Was that Tory ex-MSP Mary Scanlon posing as a member of the public in the audience? Edited to add: Here's a screenshot from the show for comparison purposes. Surprise, surprise, she was selected at random to ask a question.Didn’t watch the show, but I’m not really understanding the outrage at this? She’s posing as a member of the public, because she is a member of the public? Fair enough if she was still an MSP, but she’s not. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTG Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Has anyone been able to identify any past or present SNP councillors or MSPS in any of these audiences? Seems strange that there wouldn't be any when it was so easy to pick out a whole bunch of tories. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Has anyone been able to identify any past or present SNP councillors or MSPS in any of these audiences? Seems strange that there wouldn't be any when it was so easy to pick out a whole bunch of tories.I'm surprised that Swinney didn't call out at least Scanlan - probably one of the most useless MSPs ever. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 4 hours ago, BawWatchin said: That's a complete fabrication. The paper was founded by 2 brothers. Alfred and Harold Harmsworth in 1896. There was no "merger". The paper also took an imperalistic political stance right from the very beginning and has continued that way for over 120 years. To be fair their stance has changed slightly, from full blown Nazi to extremely right wing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Kelly Isley III Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 I don't think anyone should get too vexed by Question Time. There was a time long ago when it was a highlight of the viewing week and indeed I looked forward to it, but it seriously lost its way, with audiences becoming more representative of polemical interest groups than an honest cross-section of the general public. The political right, being more desperate for the oxygen of publicity, has disgracefully been allowed by the show's producers to skew the debate. And there's the rub; as that has happened, so QT's viewing figures and influence have steadily waned. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty dingus Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtgilphead Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 3 hours ago, Sooky said: Didn’t watch the show, but I’m not really understanding the outrage at this? She’s posing as a member of the public, because she is a member of the public? Fair enough if she was still an MSP, but she’s not. Can you imagine Alex Salmond not being identified by the presenter/panel if he was "randomly" selected as a member of the public, then "randomly" selected to ask a question on QT? He's not even a member of the SNP at the moment, never mind still being a MP/MSP. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 2 hours ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: 2 hours ago, HTG said: Has anyone been able to identify any past or present SNP councillors or MSPS in any of these audiences? Seems strange that there wouldn't be any when it was so easy to pick out a whole bunch of tories. I'm surprised that Swinney didn't call out at least Scanlan - probably one of the most useless MSPs ever. Mary Scanlon actually did a pretty good job as a public representative on a local level, party politics aside. She was far from the worst of the highland Tories, who are often a very odd bunch. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tibbermoresaint Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 4 minutes ago, Savage Henry said: Mary Scanlon actually did a pretty good job as a public representative on a local level, party politics aside. She was far from the worst of the highland Tories, who are often a very odd bunch. She was once my Economics tutor. Which was quite amusing given that she knew f**k all about economics and I know slightly more than that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 In all fairness, Mary Scanlon was been asked a question that was specifically about the Conservative party and answered it in a way that made it very obvious that it was her party - especially as she used the word "we". That was very different to other members of the audience who were clearly plants but pretending to be ordinary members of the public. It was interesting watching the question about the Jeremy Kyle show, where each member of the panel had their say. It reminded me of Question Time of old. However, when it came to any discussion about anything where there had been a referendum, suddenly it was a non-topic and we are not supposed to talk about any more. Seems bizarre to have a political talk show where you are not allowed to talk politics if it is on something where a decision has been made. If we had a referendum on every other topic then this show would then have nothing left to talk about. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuro Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 3 hours ago, Sooky said: Didn’t watch the show, but I’m not really understanding the outrage at this? She’s posing as a member of the public, because she is a member of the public? Fair enough if she was still an MSP, but she’s not. Wilfully ignorant or lying. This is a subversion of democracy and would be a major news story if we actually lived in a democracy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Not sure if you could fill a hall with a politically engaged audience without any of them being involved with a party. And the balance should reflect local opinion, not UK wide as they claim to be attempting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Blades Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Wid 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Not sure if you could fill a hall with a politically engaged audience without any of them being involved with a party. And the balance should reflect local opinion, not UK wide as they claim to be attempting.Indeed. I’m guessing a lot of the complaints come from Alt Nats who’d have a panel of 6 SNP spokespeople and an audience of Wings followers 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 12 minutes ago, Savage Henry said: Indeed. I’m guessing a lot of the complaints come from Alt Nats who’d have a panel of 6 SNP spokespeople and an audience of Wings followers All screaming at each other about trans rights. They'd have to hire Jeremy Kyle's out of work bouncers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 41 minutes ago, Savage Henry said: Indeed. I’m guessing a lot of the complaints come from Alt Nats who’d have a panel of 6 SNP spokespeople and an audience of Wings followers I wouldn't want 6 SNP spokespeople but a balance of audience, panel and the chairperson would be fine, won't happen as QT has long since given up on being balanced. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuro Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 1 hour ago, welshbairn said: Not sure if you could fill a hall with a politically engaged audience without any of them being involved with a party. And the balance should reflect local opinion, not UK wide as they claim to be attempting. Moray voted remain and support for remain is over 60%, support for the SNP is 40%. Even right in front of you you still deny reality. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuro Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 44 minutes ago, Savage Henry said: Indeed. I’m guessing a lot of the complaints come from Alt Nats who’d have a panel of 6 SNP spokespeople and an audience of Wings followers You're an idiot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Kuro said: Moray voted remain and support for remain is over 60%, support for the SNP is 40%. Which was my point in the second sentence. You clearly didn't get that far. Edited May 17, 2019 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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