Dylan ( little pub philosopher )

''I wonder if the following scenario rings any bells at all''

Nah.

Of course Abdul, there is no such thing as a Tory gutter press.

You are right Abdul.The problem does not lie in the actual rightwing tabloid press.In fact its myopic and substandard minds like yours, that give the Mail and the Murdoch/Desmond inspired trash any value.

I'm glad this "little pub philosopher"s post helped steer the debate (however temporarily) back to the original journalistic piece, resulting in some perspicacious comments from Nick, Lou, etc.

Since Lou only alluded to David Law's alleged financial irregularities (and never his sexuality) I extrapolated in my earlier post that Abdul must be outing himself in order to point an accusatory homophobic finger at Lou.  He had after all used the same tactic in branding Nick a racist for having the temerity to belittle his posts (cloaked under his specious ethnicity).  

Perhaps I should therefore apologise to Abdul for assuming he had bravely decided to come out as gay - especially on a website that espouses views he clearly holds in contempt.

Then again.  Nah.

It make you sick to read Abdul comments, he need badly rest and peace of mind in South hall area.
Always want to be in news for wrong comments and bafoon acting.

Notice though, that John Redwood was the only elected representative on that panel. Why should the coaliition put up a minister if the opposition cant even be bothered to put up an MP?

If the Opposition can't be bothered, why should the Government? Personally I wouldn't get within a mile of that slimeball Morgan, who still hasn't apologised for lying about our Troops beating up Iraqis (and probably causing a few deaths in the process). Campbell and Morgan - war liars. A great pair of representatives, and Auntie should be ashamed of themselves.

The Government can go hang. The BBC is right to say they will decide who will be on the panel.

Just imagine what Cameron would have said if Brown or Blair had pulled this kind of stunt.

In my view the BBC should review the producer guidelines for all current affairs or political shows.

The Lib Dems and the Conservatives should no longer be treated as separate parties when it comes to day to day political programmes.

A panel should consist of one representative of the Government (backbench or frontbench, Liberal or Conservative), someone from Labour and someone from one of the smaller opposition parties.

New Politics my a$$!

Best if the government just ignores QT and lets these Labour nutters take over the programme.

Mehdi, AliC, Piers etc. lies and more lies with nothing worth listening to...

Maybe even the BBC will get the message as we, the viewing public turn off. We actually want to listen to the voice of our government rather than the grating sound of these Labour apologists ranting in the wind.

RE-Laws :- The first grain of sand to move before the landslide.

And just a few weeks ago they were ready to court all the publicity they could to get our votes!

What do you expect from a Tory party who were so desparate and gagging for power that they dropped and changed many of their 'firm' convictions and policies as well as their knickers and jumped into bed with Clegg.
What a bunch of cowards ,scared of a spin doctor or maybe it was just arrogance.Probably both.

It's increasingly tiresome to note that any attempt to question this badly welded government is seen as a 'rant'. The vast majority of views put forward on this site are constructive criticsms and concerns by people with passion in their beliefs; as well as those who write out of concern for how this ill conceived alliance will affect them. The majority of rants seem to originate from right wing extremists who don't really fit with any of what Cameron/Clegg are currently spouting. It's all very well blaming labour for everything (although I happen to think they did a lot of good) over the last 13 years; but truth is the Tories and Libs were a pretty inneffective opposition and spent more time ranting than putting forward constructive alternatives. Good opposition is healthy because it stops the other side getting all they want.

So I welcome proper debate and think it should be encouraged on programmes like QT. Everyone is entitled to a view, but so far all I'm seeing is how 'open and transparent' Dave and Nick and those that should be directly answerable to the public (they were keen enough when it came to the live debates)are in hiding, whilst the 'old has beens' like Heseltine and Redwood are making an appearance. Truth is they arn't going to put anyone in the spotlight until they've worked out the answers to questions they've not yet thought about. The Tories and Libs are making this up as they go along, one day they'll apologise and say it was some kind of 'learning curve'; I can see the two of them coming out with that one in a year or so.

Labour need to get on quickly with electing a leader (DM I think it should be; they need a good team behind them so as to get on with putting up a proper credible opposition who will intelligently challenge this dubious duo on their ill thought mandate. The Tories and Libs have no joint public approval and I agree that a coalition that decided to cosy up together should at least agree to accept a new identity confirming their intention to stay forged whatever the consequences. Bad welds break apart all to easily under strain!

I think the people need to see ongoing debate as a means of measuring how well or badly those welds are holding up, the best way is another election in two years, and good debtate between now and then. Don't bore of debate, take an interest, it's your Country and you have the power of the vote. At least know what your voting for.

Delusional Martyn

Are you posting from Broadmoor, son ?

If a similar program to Q/T was shown on Murdoch’s Sky TV and hosted by one of there right wing political editors’ like Adam Bolton there would have put someone on the show because who ever it was would not be challenged, like they should be , just like during the Election were Labour MPs were insulted and bullied this is not presenting the facts to us , the media tell us we are have freedom of speech and freedom of reply ,If so why is Murdoch interfering in our rights , I do think this is part of the Con/Dem and Murdoch plan to curb the none biases position that the BBC have always had and treasured it is only a matter of time than we can see more of our rights taken from us by this so called coalition that seemingly we all wanted, so they are telling us but if you look at the election results the UK voters were screaming for help with MPs corruption being the main item , and a hatred for Gordon Brown That I found very offensive again not allowing freedom of speech and that’s why we have this situation you will probably find that the Con/Dem will put candidates forward when the BBC tell them in advance who there rivals are THEY COWARDS

Nick

Its a rant, kid.

And of course two bit hack Pierce Moron, he of the liebour gutter press.

Abdul - So its a 'dog & pony' show is it? would that be week after week? and as for the 'erroneous' tag, do please elaborate. Take your time, maybe collect your thoughts before posting?

Abdul, could you please back up your assertions re mssrs Medhi, Campbell (I'll pass on Morgan, thanks). It strikes me that your use of the term 'shit stirrer in chief' maybe rooted somewhere a little closer to home than you may care to admit. Anyway, if you're going to use that term, you'd better back yourself up with some evidence or arguments, lest you flirt with hypocrisy any further, no?

Does anybody still watch Question Time?

Like most of the media it just peddles a lot of received wisdom and never addresses the real issues.

I switched off years ago.

The Govt wanted an opposition minister on so they could totally avoid answering any questions and just keep saying the same old, same old - it's all Labour's fault and they knew AC would rip that argument apart. If the Govt cannot defend themeselves against or debate with AC then they are in the wrong job and not fit for purpose.
I noticed not a single mention of the refusal of the govt to appear on QT on Sky news today, now just imagine if Gordon's team had refused to field a minister on the programme unless a tory representative was removed - how different the response would have been from Sky, we would have seen rolling coverage all day I'm pleased the Beeb took the stance they did and the Governemnt looks a lot poorer for the no show.

.... then we get to comments like Nick's and Jason's and can breathe a sigh of relief Dylan. At last something relevant to the journalistic piece and not an excuse for a rant about Labour. Intelligent debate and comment is much more interesting I think.

With the news of Mr Laws dubious financial claims emerging, do we now know why he didn't appear on QT last night? He can't possibly keep his job with such irregularities on expenses surely?

Nick rants

''t's just worrying that such people are allowed loose in the ballot booth on election days.''

So you are against ethnics having the vote ? Racist.

Lou shrieeeks '' Abdul go away.''

Am I not allowed to express an opinion then ?

What a facist you are, you just couldnt wait to stick the jack boot into a gay person.

And your gloating comment testifys to this.