Question Time pre-election special thingy

18:44 / 28.04.05

Is anyone watching this?

Charles Kennedy's on at the moment- currently he's talking about the war, and making a lot of sense. I'm interested to see Mr Tony, following the release of Goldsmith's advice... of course I imagine Mr Tony and Nosferatu will be trying to steer clear of war stuff, but there's a studio audience who want answers, and a (so far at least) uncharacteristically combative Dimbleby.

19:00 / 28.04.05

Man, Dimbleby's taking no prisoners, but Kennedy's pretty damn good at this.

REALLY looking forward to seeing Mr Tony in the hot seat. Although I may have the urge to facially punch the punchable-faced tosser. In the face. Which would spoil my evening.

Ooh... the Vampire's on now. Hopefully some of the audience will have the balls to actually ACCUSE his policies of being racist, rather than the pussy-footing around, "Of course, I'm not saying it's racist, but..." bullshit we seem to be landed with for this campaign.

19:00 / 28.04.05

Oh, I can't watch. I'd forgotten how much he makes my flesh crawl.

19:01 / 28.04.05

This is the Question Time special, right? I’m astonished to find you can watch it live on the BBC News website, no TV necessary. What will they think of next, etc.

19:05 / 28.04.05

Yeah, sorry, QT... I ALWAYS fuck that one up. I'll put a request in now...

19:10 / 28.04.05

Fantastic. Someone's just used the "R" word, and began his question with "Mr Howard, I know you hate me, because I'm an asylum seeker". Watch the fucker sweat.

Damn. DD moved on to someone else. That was the best biot of telly so far.

19:11 / 28.04.05

"How does it feel to be less trusted than someone you've called a liar?" Quality question.

19:13 / 28.04.05

"I disrespect... I mean, I have TOTAL respect for those who disagree"... wicked.

19:13 / 28.04.05

See the fucker squirm.. Hahahaha dance vampire boy, dance. Yes, Tony was a terrible liar, but you wouldn't have done anything different.

19:14 / 28.04.05

Regime change PLUS! It's better because it's Tory!!!

19:19 / 28.04.05

Yeah, that's such a fucking slogan! Regime change PLUS, man. Fuuuck...

(I hate to say this, but I have to give a TINY, TINY piece of credit to the guy... he's an evil fuck, but he's not really pretending to be otherwise.)

19:20 / 28.04.05

Dude, chill. QT or Newsnight, I wasn’t meaning to sound snarky, it doesn’t really matter.

Wow, Howard is coming across as genuinely creepy. I’m having a little trouble giving a toss what he’s got to say about anything, seeing as he’s not going to win.

Oh, God. What is he saying? Now he’s making Tony’s war sound like a good idea. Can’t he even do a half-decent job of opposing someone? Can we have Charles Kennedy back on, please?

19:22 / 28.04.05

Oh, I didn't think you were being snarky at all. 'scool. I've moved to change it anyway, cos otherwise the search function's a bit bollocks.

19:23 / 28.04.05

No, no, keep him on, the more people see the slimy bastard the deeper a hole he digs himself into.

19:25 / 28.04.05

It's TOTALLY fun watching him squirm, but as BH says, it doesn't really matter, cos nothing he says actually DOES.

Now I REALLY want to see Mr T getting the same treatment.

19:29 / 28.04.05

ooh, the support bands have barely left the stage and they're already booing the headliner... here we go!

19:29 / 28.04.05

Yeah, the less time there is between Blair and Kennedy means less muddle in the audience poll at the end. That really should reflect how people feel about two *different* choices rather than between Tories and New Lab.

Bring on Blair! I think I might pelt my screen with soft friut.

19:30 / 28.04.05

must...not...punch...telly...

19:34 / 28.04.05

(shoots at feet)... DANCE, BOY, DANCE!!!

19:35 / 28.04.05

Why doesn't Dubya send in the marines to rescue him?

19:37 / 28.04.05

It'd be like the Dynasty wedding massacre!

"You could just have one, FULL, PUBLIC inquiry"- go there, kid.

19:39 / 28.04.05

I love that last guy. The geezer.

19:43 / 28.04.05

Yeah, he ruled.

Oh, bugger. They've got onto tax. He looks WAY comfier now. Someone needs to set light to those trousers.

19:43 / 28.04.05

That's a good one from the spotty kid. "You're very lucky that you have a weak Opposition". Yay spotty kid.

19:47 / 28.04.05

Oh, arse. We’ve moved into identikit political bullshit territory. His specialist subject.

Yes, yay for spotty kid. Now that's enough about the health service, studio audience! you've only got 10 minutes! Ask him about the war again. He hates that.

19:47 / 28.04.05

Well, yes, people do need reminding that things are better than they were under the Tories, so give him a few seconds of glory. Then smear him with barbecue sauce and throw him to a pack of rabid squirrels.

19:48 / 28.04.05

Mr Tony, are you HONESTLY saying you didn't know about the "has to be within 48 hours" thing with the NHS? Fuck, I thought EVERYONE knew that.

19:49 / 28.04.05

er... I didn’t.

And, what, you think he uses the NHS?

19:50 / 28.04.05

Not sure which is worse... his dissembling and lies, or his basic lack opf knowledge about how his home policies work.

Liar or incompetent fuck, I don't really care. I don't want either in charge.

19:53 / 28.04.05

BH- my "deaf in none ear" farrago earlier this year taught me that. The doctor was all like "oh, come back and see me next week"... the receptionist wasn't. I hadn't connected it to targets, but I do know it's a new policy at my local surgery.

19:57 / 28.04.05

LOOK at that sweat!

19:58 / 28.04.05

Oh, Daimbleby, you rule. "Why wouldn't you debate directly, face to face with them..."

Anyone any good at videogame modding? I feel like taking a chaingun to the guy.

19:58 / 28.04.05

Damn, Dimbleby is a GOD tonight.

20:00 / 28.04.05

Attempting to set my own feelings aside for now...
... Kennedy definitely came across best of the three, I think. And it wasn't because Dimbleby was giving him an easy time.