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question time: who'll be deputy dog
Posted: 15 Jun 2007, 08:24
by paint it black
Question Time and Coast are without doubt my favourite programmes on telly and last night's was great
with poor old Blair already forgotten and Boring GB in the wings awaiting his cue, who should get second place and does it even matter? Any thoughts?
Alan, I never said that, Johnson,
Harriet, in it to win it, Harman,
Hilary, lets not go there, Benn
Hazel, one of the lads, Blears,
Peter, nobody love me, everybody hates me, Hain, or
Jon, in it for the people, Cruddas
Posted: 15 Jun 2007, 10:34
by markfiend
Hilary Benn for my money. A politician that actually cares about principles might seem a little old-fashioned these days, but what the heck.
Posted: 15 Jun 2007, 13:00
by boudicca
markfiend wrote:Hilary Benn for my money. A politician that actually cares about principles might seem a little old-fashioned these days, but what the heck.
I'd agree. Definitely NOT Hazel Blears, she reminds me of Patricia Hewitt and that is not a good thing
Posted: 15 Jun 2007, 13:05
by Quiff Boy
gawd yeah, hazel is horrible
Posted: 15 Jun 2007, 17:22
by Carpathian Psychonaut
You can't beat a bit of Question Time, 'tis true. That, and This Week that follows it, are regulars for me.
TW has an odd mix of being a little bit scurrilous but still getting to the heart of some good politics news at the same time.
Deputy? I think ol' Punchy has proved that it really doesn't matter who does that. It should matter but really hasn't through the last few terms such that you'd notice.
Posted: 15 Jun 2007, 22:31
by boudicca
Carpathian Psychonaut wrote:You can't beat a bit of Question Time, 'tis true. That, and This Week that follows it, are regulars for me
Yeah, that's a guilty pleasure for me, I almost rub my hands in glee when I hear the Q-time theme tune, means a good telly night is on the way. I could hurl a brick at the telly every time Andrew Neil accuses his entire audience of being nacroleptic alcoholics though.
Posted: 15 Jun 2007, 22:40
by Carpathian Psychonaut
boudicca wrote:I could hurl a brick at the telly every time Andrew Neil accuses his entire audience of being nacroleptic alcoholics though.
Fair point - it's probably only about 40% to be fair
Posted: 15 Jun 2007, 22:49
by boudicca
Carpathian Psychonaut wrote:boudicca wrote:I could hurl a brick at the telly every time Andrew Neil accuses his entire audience of being nacroleptic alcoholics though.
Fair point - it's probably only about 40% to be fair
That's probably a conservative estimate, and I may or may not be watching it with a pint glass of Bailey's in one hand
... it's just having his smug face grinning out at me that gets me wanting to gouge my eyes out with a rusty spoon
Posted: 15 Jun 2007, 22:55
by Carpathian Psychonaut
boudicca wrote:Carpathian Psychonaut wrote:boudicca wrote:I could hurl a brick at the telly every time Andrew Neil accuses his entire audience of being nacroleptic alcoholics though.
Fair point - it's probably only about 40% to be fair
That's probably a conservative estimate, and I may or may not be watching it with a pint glass of Bailey's in one hand
... it's just having his smug face grinning out at me that gets me wanting to gouge my eyes out with a rusty spoon
I actually watch it for the Abbott and Portillo double act....not a phrase that I thought I'd ever utter
By all accounts they've known each other for many years and even acted opposite each other in Macbeth (!) Saw them referred to as the "Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd of political broadcasting" and I don't think it's that far of the mark