Former Liberal Democrat leader Lord (Paddy) Ashdown is one of the panellists on tonight’s Question Time (and is broadcast on BBC1 and online from 10.35 pm GMT).
The panel will include the Secretary of State for Defence (but for how much longer?) Des Browne, the shadow foreign secretary William Hague, the “writer and author” (according to the BBC website; not the epithet I’d use) Richard Littlejohn and the journalist Polly Toynbee.
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omg Polly T and Richard Littlejohn?? The world is going to end, surely?
RL surprisingly sane so far… Browne is stumbling already.
“mistakes were made” is such a vague phrase. Someone has to make them!
Browne is being slimy and awful on 10p.
I love Hague! He’s so cuddly!
Good to see someone saying “making mistakes and then changing is okay”.
Pwned by Ashdown on abstaining on the finance bill last year.
God I hate PT. Brown’s past record is utterly irrelevant on this balls-up.
Big applause for “tax the rich” though, unsurprisingly.
Get stuck in Mr Ashdown. Class.
Audience member: “it’s not just 2 mistakes” by Gordon Brown – damn straight.
Paddy’s great!
None of this talk is putting the finger on the problem that the switch is effectively taxing money from the slightly-less-poor to give to the poor.
What’s the point of Question time on Election night?? It’s not question time it’s Election time! The bbc used to start elecion programmes at 10pm but now they don’t. To contrast between tax channels vs impressive normal-funding channels – I’m sure sky news must have election stuff by now…(wouldn’t know – i don’t watch much tv)
“None of this talk is putting the finger on the problem that the switch is effectively taxing money from the slightly-less-poor to give to the poor”
Err No. Rich people got a tax break. It’s taking from the poor to give to the rich.
Funny how Polly got chers and boos for saying how Ken had done good for London, but Browne got only cheers for saying Boris would be a disaster… perhaps voters should be thinking about a third option…?
The arrogance of Labour and its supporters is staggering. Toynbee and Browne are coming across like they actually resent the electorate for, presumably, electing Johnson.
Ah, cliche alert: “rip off Britain” – RL will presumably go to town on that…
WH: “CAP adds to the price of food…?” Hnuh? I thought it was a subsidy??
Anyone else struggling to actually listen to the words coming out of Browne’s mouth? He just drones.
Huge applause for Ashdown on the rising price of food and energy – good stuff!
RL just said “so-called climate change” – urgh.
PT vs RL – here we go!
Poor Paddy looks thoroughly cheesed off!
WH: “biofuels must come from sustainable sources”… what????
Paddy has just nailed it re: the economy/environment.
Toynbee is a saint, especially in light of the odious Littlejohn, what an absolute oaf.
I’m glad we’re on the right side of the argument.
Why do only schoolkids get to make their own version of Question Time? *grumps*
Paddy is ace….i dont really like Toynbee at all in general it has to be said but shes doing well tonight…
Indeed, PT is not being as batshit crazy as one normally expects. Paddy lays the truth down again…
Browne waffling traditional government lies on 42 days again.
Well said Paddy on the public not always being right…
Wow, RL started sane on 42 days but reaaly turned into a raving mentalist! (quelle surprise)
Polly with a very good point: restricting our freedoms to keep us free is silly.
RL is a rent-a-quote demagogue
I can’t believe that they bother to get RL on the show – he’s hardly an insightful commentator, is he?
PA: “Results in education have not lived up to funding” – how about tasty vouchers? =)
He’s there to push peoples buttons…especially with PT on the panel…
Browne: “teaching is now a graduate profession” – yes, but David Beckham studies is now a degree!
PT “Brown doesn’t think about image” – absolute rubbish! What about 42 days and 10p tax rate???
This is why I dont like her…she should be working in his press office not for the Guardian lol
Browns greatest failures, in fact, have been through attempting to manipulate the media to his own advantage, none of which have really worked.
Anyway, goodnight!
Littlejohn was odious. My wife kept stroking my arm to calm me down after he spoke.