tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post4901534928378429076..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Chakrabarti Outshines Will Young on Question TimeIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-37360458723616435932009-02-09T11:34:00.000+00:002009-02-09T11:34:00.000+00:00I have to agree with Iain.Although Hoon is a regul...I have to agree with Iain.<BR/>Although Hoon is a regular military scapegoat, he is still a twit and Chakrabarti tore him to pieces. He looked uncomfortable and squirmed so much in his seat i thought that HE had a razor to his balls!...What goes around...<BR/>It is refreshing to see someone stand up for what they believe in with such passion, in the face of the adversity she faces on a daily basis (as proven on here with some people's need to constantly critisise her appearance). She is a voice for Human Rights and should be taken as such.<BR/>As for 'Desperate' Dan's ignorant comment regarding her upbringing... she was born, raised and bred in London you ignorant hoon.KimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07930074368457157758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-35320756035005514692009-02-06T21:36:00.000+00:002009-02-06T21:36:00.000+00:00Baldwin said... “Question Time. I watch it intermi...Baldwin said... <I>“Question Time. I watch it intermittently, remote to hand and spend more time watching Newsnight.”</I><BR/><BR/>Quite. Gave up on it years ago. Dull, dull, dull. Is Dimblebore still anchoring?Simon Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17189501697856123305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-39510120610267561102009-02-06T21:05:00.000+00:002009-02-06T21:05:00.000+00:00In my view Question Time is essentially a show bus...In my view Question Time is essentially a show business product, less good than its radio equivalent and ought not be taken too seriously. <BR/><BR/>I watch it intermittently, remote to hand and spend more time watching Newsnight.Baldwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03085192997584394739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-3764404331363225072009-02-06T19:46:00.000+00:002009-02-06T19:46:00.000+00:00martin day 1.15If the LD's had pinched her seat at...martin day 1.15<BR/><BR/><I>If the LD's had pinched her seat at the last election it would have been a Tory Gain!</I><BR/><BR/>fie upon you! pinching a lady's seat nowadays is almost as bad as using the word g******g!Trofimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02471793476279541681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-85344827121418693972009-02-06T18:57:00.000+00:002009-02-06T18:57:00.000+00:00Was going to take Martin to task but I think he sh...Was going to take Martin to task but I think he shot his own argument in the foot when he ended his post with one of the most hilarious lines in the history of Iain's blog: "try reading Littlejohn's take on it".Steve Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15992098012803570361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-5446808383312778252009-02-06T18:51:00.000+00:002009-02-06T18:51:00.000+00:00Iain,You have offered the opening (oops, pardon) f...Iain,<BR/>You have offered the opening (oops, pardon) for so many vulgar jokes here I am having trouble restraining myself. But I must behave, this is a family blog.<BR/><BR/>I'm afraid Will proved that an intelligent, personable pop singer is still only a pop singer.<BR/><BR/>It is a pity more people on mainstream media have not defended Carol Thatcher. The reaction to her slip, and it was a slip - any premeditated racial insult would be much more hurtful, is way over the top.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://greenteeth.blog.co.uk/2009/02/06/oh-golly-gosh-mother-may-be-racist-5519694/" REL="nofollow"> Golly Gosh! My Mother Is a racist</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-19838211333490503962009-02-06T18:43:00.000+00:002009-02-06T18:43:00.000+00:00Chakrabarti is one of those constantly enraged ind...Chakrabarti is one of those constantly enraged individuals desperate for air time. She had a few good points and anyone who treats Hoon as the hoon that he is gets a late pass.<BR/><BR/>Young was an embarrassment. Why the BBC gave him airtime is a mystery. Then again I don't like his music either.force12https://www.blogger.com/profile/09972996057694609151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-60075514806070653792009-02-06T17:59:00.000+00:002009-02-06T17:59:00.000+00:00I switched off after Theresa May sided with the BB...I switched off after Theresa May sided with the BBC over the Carol Thatcher affair.<BR/>I'm all for promoting more women in the Tory Party, but she's ready for the knacker's yard.<BR/>I was disappointed with Shami C. I thought she'd moved on from the racist/victimhood agenda.<BR/>I also think she should be honest andcome out as a Bangkok ladyboy.Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12161658443183028628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-32706400751879507072009-02-06T17:20:00.000+00:002009-02-06T17:20:00.000+00:00You have to make allowances for Chakrabati. She d...You have to make allowances for Chakrabati. She didn't grow up with gollies. Neither did her cousins, her parents, her aunts or her grandparents. But it says a lot about her that when she did find out about them she automatically placed a vile and disgusting interpretation on them.Desperate Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04961605512194121921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-10514385546863446272009-02-06T17:01:00.000+00:002009-02-06T17:01:00.000+00:00Will Young must have a good agent, that's all I ca...Will Young must have a good agent, that's all I can say. <BR/><BR/>Theresa May was very disappointing. And it's worrying that the Tories don't seem to be standing up against Labour. I keep waiting for them to score from one of the very many open goals, but they still hang back. Surely they must start attacking soon, or are they holding it all back until the GE is called proper?<BR/><BR/>My fear is that they won't even light the blue touch paper then either.Dick Puddlecotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-63614096946898255352009-02-06T16:59:00.000+00:002009-02-06T16:59:00.000+00:00Dick The Prick: "Petulent indignation may work in ...Dick The Prick: <I>"Petulent indignation may work in the green room..."</I><BR/><BR/>/applaudsJuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-72608155410115341032009-02-06T16:20:00.000+00:002009-02-06T16:20:00.000+00:00Will 'y.know' Young was, I agree shocking. Didn't ...Will 'y.know' Young was, I agree shocking. Didn't he read politics at Exeter University. Halfway through his stuttering first answer to the snow 'crisis'I thought he was Garth Gates!<BR/><BR/>Iain, Can I, through your excellent blog Apologise to Shami Chakrabarti. As a youngster I collected the Robertson Jam Gollies and got my badge! then I started collecting all the badges!<BR/><BR/>Shami my guilt, my shame in helping this poor cartoon character and doll become a symbol of racial hatred, is something I will find hard to forget. Here was I thinking it was just a lovely thing.<BR/><BR/>Now we have banned the word, when do we start burning books?strapworldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18228784526399929300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-13183331159105861092009-02-06T16:02:00.000+00:002009-02-06T16:02:00.000+00:00The fact is that despite how bad will young was, a...The fact is that despite how bad will young was, and he was bad, teresa may was hardly any better... she is a politician, if there is one thing she should be good at, its holding the government to account. I am sick of the nice touchy-feely members of the shadow cabinet... can you imagine what it would be like if we were in government now and it was labour's hatchetmen/women attacking us?... they would make the mud stick. There is a time for being statesman-like, and this is not it. <BR/><BR/>As for the Chakrabarti attack on Hoon, it was great stuff. Hoon is the one who is always sent into the breach when Gordon and co know something is going badly, he is the fall guy, and is pathetic enough to at least gain some sympathy. However, the way Dimbleby asked him at one point if he wanted to answer a question from Chakrabarti, as if that wasn't the whole point of the question showed the weird sympathy he often holds for government ministers. And yet when a shadow cabinet member makes a good point he cuts in before they audience can give applause. I have never seen Dimbleby offer a guest the change to duck out of a question, I guess thats proof of how badly Hoon was doing.Ethan Hurlingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07182050475375247316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-75877611677527213892009-02-06T15:46:00.001+00:002009-02-06T15:46:00.001+00:00Highlights:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PL48Ihn...Highlights:<BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PL48IhnulIukipwebmasterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12240335641832778726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-63856993263888746872009-02-06T15:46:00.000+00:002009-02-06T15:46:00.000+00:00Clarkson for Question Time.Hoon for a War Crimes T...Clarkson for Question Time.<BR/><BR/>Hoon for a War Crimes Tribunal.jon deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17354116589298046787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-90401866208650236152009-02-06T14:40:00.000+00:002009-02-06T14:40:00.000+00:00Incidentally, Iain: Hoon "actually tried to preten...Incidentally, Iain: Hoon "actually tried to pretend at one stage that the Government had won the High Court case" - the Government <B>did</B> win the High Court case. See <A HREF="http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2009/152.html" REL="nofollow">Mohamed, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs [2009] EWHC 152 (Admin)</A> at paragraph 107:<BR/><BR/>"In the circumstances now prevailing, the balance is served by maintaining the redaction of the paragraphs from our first judgment."David Boothroydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01161970886471901426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-44062088031965555212009-02-06T14:36:00.000+00:002009-02-06T14:36:00.000+00:00I saw Farage laying into the European Parliament v...I saw Farage laying into the European Parliament via youtube. it was a sparkling performance and received a round of applause at the end, even though he got muttings during the speech. <BR/><BR/>Wish I had tuned into question time now.Dr Evilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00176521760477086914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-8965504485704997662009-02-06T14:31:00.000+00:002009-02-06T14:31:00.000+00:00Shami Chakrabarti's rant against the refusal to al...Shami Chakrabarti's rant against the refusal to allow the US intelligence to be disclosed showed all the signs of having been very intensely practised. Like a laser beam she went straight for the easy applause lines, and never engaged with the realities of a complex issue.<BR/><BR/>Hoon was OK, May was rather tepid, Farage was play-acting, and Will Young did reasonably well given his obvious extreme nervousness. The first question on the snow was his best answer of the show.David Boothroydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01161970886471901426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-2327057249655206422009-02-06T14:21:00.000+00:002009-02-06T14:21:00.000+00:00Martin - loved the bit about medieval torture usin...Martin - loved the bit about medieval torture using razor blades - err... not medieval then really? More an homage, an interpretation perhaps.Dick the Prickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02683095612320513712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-63429824237625383442009-02-06T14:13:00.000+00:002009-02-06T14:13:00.000+00:00Chakrabarti's communication skills really should b...Chakrabarti's communication skills really should be improved. Petulent indignation may work in the green room but QT is the blue ribband show - hardly an arena to assume viewers or audience members are ignorant, uncaring and anything but involved. <BR/><BR/> Few lessons with a decent rhetoric teacher should help. I guess looking about 12 hasn't really been an advantage in that people just say 'bless' and continue. But she's had her job a while now and should raise her game.Dick the Prickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02683095612320513712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-84470198818271423312009-02-06T14:11:00.000+00:002009-02-06T14:11:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Engerlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615240630817704932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-21452582694974318922009-02-06T14:10:00.000+00:002009-02-06T14:10:00.000+00:00I thought Shami ranting was a bit immature a bit s...I thought Shami ranting was a bit immature a bit sixth form. I didn't like the way she brought the BNP in to the question about foreign workers (always concerns about immigration must mean you are a racist) neither did I think Hoon answered it either I thought the strikers were striking because they have the skills but are not being employed Hoon waffled on about training!!!! He needs training and so does she the pair of galootsEngerlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615240630817704932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-71417593417161989752009-02-06T14:06:00.000+00:002009-02-06T14:06:00.000+00:00Who cares about some halfwit getting a razor taken...Who cares about some halfwit getting a razor taken to his balls? Honestly Iain sometimes you amaze me.<BR/><BR/>Islam is no friend to the western world and you as a gay man in particular should know that.<BR/><BR/>Chakrabarti just spat her dummy out and lost the plot.<BR/><BR/>I don't want my security being put at risk for an Ethopian who has not right to live in the UK.<BR/><BR/>Hoon is a tosser, but he's a tosser for sending our soldiers off to fight in a war with no body armour, guns that didn't work and no strategy for getting out.<BR/><BR/>That's where you should be concerned Iain not some halfwit no one cares about.<BR/><BR/>Try reading Littlejohn's take on it.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10574081059364644191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-61381855451272775742009-02-06T14:05:00.000+00:002009-02-06T14:05:00.000+00:00Will Young was dire.But didn't Farage just nick th...Will Young was dire.<BR/>But didn't Farage just nick that line about Hugh Grant straight off Guido's post from earlier?Bill Quango MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861116614665461655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-52911419604576206692009-02-06T14:04:00.000+00:002009-02-06T14:04:00.000+00:00"Chakrabarti Outshines Will Young on Question Time..."Chakrabarti Outshines Will Young on Question Time"<BR/><BR/>Yes, she out-shined him in the beyond parody category. Her little outburst was one of the most hilarious things I've seen on TV a long time.<BR/><BR/>I'm not a fan of the Buff, but I thought Hoon handled the whole thing very well. He came across as someone who, having the benefit, or the curse of certain knowledge, understood the need to operate with the contextual constraints and ambiguities that result from that.<BR/><BR/>"Chatshow" Chakrabati on the other hand came across as the fatcat, celebrity, metropolitan, a la carte freedom crusader that she is. <BR/><BR/>I thought at one point she was going to stand up and stamp her feet whilst covering her ears with her hands.<BR/><BR/>She is funny as fcuk.<BR/><BR/>wv: citinobColinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16949877777934292635noreply@blogger.com