BBC Question Time tonight (May 14th)

[Kid_Eternity]

I reckon tonight's QT might be worth a watch given the expenses news this week. Here's the panel this week:

• Housing Minister Margaret Beckett

• Conservative shadow work and pensions secretary Theresa May

• Former leader of the Liberal Democrats Sir Menzies Campbell

• Assistant editor of the Daily Telegraph Benedict Brogan

• CEO of McDonald's UK Steve Easterbrook
  
  

Ben Brogan should be good, the politicians will hopefully face a hostile studio audience. CEO of Maccy D's is a bit of a imo but there you go...

 

[xes]

the politicians will hopefully face a hostile studio audienc.

Doubtful, they're given the questions to ask befor the show.

 

[weltweit]

Doubtful, they're given the questions to ask befor the show.

iirc they always claim that this is not the case.

 

[xes]

iirc they always claim that this is not the case.

Didn't someone from here go on as an audience member and state different?

 

[Kid_Eternity]

I know a couple of people who went recently and they didn't.

 

[weltweit]

dunno, but how would a member of the audience know what the panelists saw?

It does'nt matter, they will have a good idea what questions are coming up, its the current affairs of the day always which tonight includes expenses.

 

[London_Calling]

Where's the fun in that lot. Hardly worth taking a pitchfork and rope along at all.

 

[Bob_the_lost]

Where's the fun in that lot. Hardly worth taking a pitchfork and rope along at all.

Somehow i doubt anyone who was about to be gutted or was in the process of losing intestines over expenses would have failed to cancel in advance

 

[weltweit]

Where's the fun in that lot. Hardly worth taking a pitchfork and rope along at all.

Well there is always the guy from McDonalds!

 

[Divisive Cotton]

what a dull line-up - as per usual

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Hopefully the audience will liven thinks up.

 

[trashpony]

I reckon tonight's QT might be worth a watch given the expenses news this week. Here's the panel this week:

• Housing Minister Margaret Beckett

£ 1,800.00 Food £ 1,824.00 Utilities £ 191.00 Telephone and communications £ 1,245.00 Cleaning £ 1,920.00 Service and maintenance Claimed second home allowances of £72,537 on her constituency home in Derby between 2004 and 2008 despite having no mortgage or rent to pay.

• Conservative shadow work and pensions secretary Theresa May

Nothing

• Former leader of the Liberal Democrats Sir Menzies Campbell

£ 528.75 Roman blinds £ 176.25 Cushions £ 1,420.00 Shelving £1,024 King-size bed £373 Bed linen Former Lib Dem leader Sir Menzies spent nearly £10,000 of taxpayer funds refurbishing his central London flat. Among the items claimed were a new king-size bed worth £1,024, bed linen worth £373 and five cushions costing £176.25. He also claimed thousands of pounds of food over the summer recess.

• Assistant editor of the Daily Telegraph Benedict Brogan

• CEO of McDonald's UK Steve Easterbrook
  
  

Ben Brogan should be good, the politicians will hopefully face a hostile studio audience. CEO of Maccy D's is a bit of a imo but there you go...

Heh

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Here we go. Comparing benefit cheats treatment compared to MPs taking the piss with their expenses...

 

[Bob_the_lost]

What did Dimbelby say there?

 

[Kid_Eternity]

'Margaret Beckett, you've been fingered a bit by the Telegraph'

 

[Bob_the_lost]

'Margaret Beckett, you've been fingered a bit by the Telegraph'

 

[Nemo]

The Torygraph bloke looks like a cross between Alistair Darling and Michael Gove.

 

[sumimasen]

I like the restrained heckling already!

 

[Kid_Eternity]

I couldn't believe he just said that, the audience reaction was fucking great!

Ming basically just said it didn't matter we took before because nobody cared about it!

 

[harpo]

'Margaret Beckett, you've been fingered a bit by the Telegraph'

Judging by that facial expression.

The audience is hotting up

 

[Kid_Eternity]

The Torygraph bloke looks like a cross between Alistair Darling and Michael Gove.

Ben Brogan, writes a fairly good blog.


Haha they're booing Beckett!

 

[London_Calling]

My head exploded after "by"

 

[Kid_Eternity]

MB has THE most patronising tone ever.

 

[sumimasen]

I want to see a shoe thrown at Beckett's face.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

LOL! She's getting most of the shit.

 

[Garcia Lorca]

how can the cheif exec (or whatever the fcks his title) of mcdonalds, sit there and give it the moral high ground!!!!

stone them all!

 

[Bob_the_lost]

how can the cheif exec (or whatever the fcks his title) of mcdonalds, sit there and give it the moral high ground!!!!

stone them all!

TBH on expenses he's probably sitting pretty, that he is part of a massive evil corporation peddling (addictive) shite is not the issue.

 

[London_Calling]

He's playing it like it's the Boardroom with Alan Sugar.

 

[Garcia Lorca]

MB looks like an alien

 

[Kid_Eternity]

MB looks like an alien

She does. Ming is a fucking right tool.