Comments on: Nick Griffin not alone in QT audience http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/10/30/nick-griffin-not-alone-in-qt-audience/ Left-wing news, opinion and activism Fri, 25 May 2012 22:10:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Roger http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/10/30/nick-griffin-not-alone-in-qt-audience/#comment-73354 Roger Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:31:09 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=8665#comment-73354 The real question to be answered is; would the BBC have invited the BNP onto QT if the Gov. of the day were Tory? The real question to be answered is; would the BBC have invited the BNP onto QT if the Gov. of the day were Tory?

]]> By: DHG http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/10/30/nick-griffin-not-alone-in-qt-audience/#comment-73343 DHG Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:13:08 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=8665#comment-73343 I'm with Kate, trofirm is unintentionally very, very funny. I’m with Kate, trofirm is unintentionally very, very funny.

]]> By: kate http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/10/30/nick-griffin-not-alone-in-qt-audience/#comment-73179 kate Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:00:14 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=8665#comment-73179 hahaha, oh trofirm, I am sure your mother has all sorts of expertise in political and economic and social matters, she's 91 and white you know. Has she actually considered approaching the producers of question time? hahaha, oh trofirm, I am sure your mother has all sorts of expertise in political and economic and social matters, she’s 91 and white you know. Has she actually considered approaching the producers of question time?

]]> By: Trofim http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/10/30/nick-griffin-not-alone-in-qt-audience/#comment-73171 Trofim Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:19:40 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=8665#comment-73171 My mum's lived 91 years in Britain. That's 71 years longer than Bonny Greer. She's followed Worcestershire County Cricket Club for over 50 years. She'd certainly pass the cricket test, having known many well-known cricketers personally. But I think she'd fail the race test. But if you're going to have a token black person, why not a token old person? Does race trump age? Phil When they had QT in Lincoln, they bussed in people from Leicester, in order to produce the sort of ethnic mix acceptable to the BBC, otherwise the audience would have been what I think Greg Dyke would have called "hideously white". Some striving. My mum’s lived 91 years in Britain. That’s 71 years longer than Bonny Greer. She’s followed Worcestershire County Cricket Club for over 50 years. She’d certainly pass the cricket test, having known many well-known cricketers personally. But I think she’d fail the race test. But if you’re going to have a token black person, why not a token old person? Does race trump age?

Phil
When they had QT in Lincoln, they bussed in people from Leicester, in order to produce the sort of ethnic mix acceptable to the BBC, otherwise the audience would have been what I think Greg Dyke would have called “hideously white”. Some striving.

]]> By: Charlieman http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/10/30/nick-griffin-not-alone-in-qt-audience/#comment-73160 Charlieman Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:34:09 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=8665#comment-73160 Rude remarks about physical appearance are a bit naff on a forum that is supposed to be about ideas. All the same, I am reminded of some repartee at a drag queen competition. Pro Queen: How old are you, darling? Contestant: 20. Pro Queen: I asked for your age, not your weight in stone. As has been said more eloquently by others, we shouldn't take the history and ineptitude of BNP activists for granted. If they could recruit educated "clean skins", the BNP would be a much scarier foe. Rude remarks about physical appearance are a bit naff on a forum that is supposed to be about ideas. All the same, I am reminded of some repartee at a drag queen competition.

Pro Queen: How old are you, darling?

Contestant: 20.

Pro Queen: I asked for your age, not your weight in stone.

As has been said more eloquently by others, we shouldn’t take the history and ineptitude of BNP activists for granted. If they could recruit educated “clean skins”, the BNP would be a much scarier foe.

]]> By: Andy Gilmour http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/10/30/nick-griffin-not-alone-in-qt-audience/#comment-73158 Andy Gilmour Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:01:42 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=8665#comment-73158 Hey, just like Norman Tebbit's infamous "cricket test" (see, that damned willow-and-leather business causing trouble - AGAIN!) that could be a new way of selecting panellists - the "Trofim's Mum" test. If they don't possess a specific talent or education/training/knowledge/experience that Trofim's Ma can't match, then they don't get on the panel. Eminently sensible. Heck, let's get Trofim's Ma on QT, then grill her about what Trofim was like as a teenager...assuming they aren't *still* one? And if she's not up for it, I'd love to do QT. I know a (very) little bit about one or two subjects. And I couldn't do worse than Jack Straw... Hey, just like Norman Tebbit’s infamous “cricket test” (see, that damned willow-and-leather business causing trouble – AGAIN!) that could be a new way of selecting panellists – the “Trofim’s Mum” test.

If they don’t possess a specific talent or education/training/knowledge/experience that Trofim’s Ma can’t match, then they don’t get on the panel.

Eminently sensible.

Heck, let’s get Trofim’s Ma on QT, then grill her about what Trofim was like as a teenager…assuming they aren’t *still* one?

And if she’s not up for it, I’d love to do QT. I know a (very) little bit about one or two subjects. And I couldn’t do worse than Jack Straw…

]]> By: Jako http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/10/30/nick-griffin-not-alone-in-qt-audience/#comment-73157 Jako Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:26:58 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=8665#comment-73157 <i> Now why did they choose her? What’s she got that my mum hasn’t? </i> This made me laugh. Does your mum want to be a QT panelist? Now why did they choose her? What’s she got that my mum hasn’t?

This made me laugh. Does your mum want to be a QT panelist?

]]> By: Phil http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/10/30/nick-griffin-not-alone-in-qt-audience/#comment-73063 Phil Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:39:41 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=8665#comment-73063 <i>You would have thought that the BBC funded by us, the British public, would have managed to find an audience which represented the nation</i> It was representative of the local population - which is what BBC QT strives to get. Stop complaining BNP troll You would have thought that the BBC funded by us, the British public, would have managed to find an audience which represented the nation

It was representative of the local population – which is what BBC QT strives to get. Stop complaining BNP troll

]]> By: DHG http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/10/30/nick-griffin-not-alone-in-qt-audience/#comment-73062 DHG Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:35:37 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=8665#comment-73062 Trofim, you're becoming quite a BNP troll. Trofim, you’re becoming quite a BNP troll.

]]> By: Andy Gilmour http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/10/30/nick-griffin-not-alone-in-qt-audience/#comment-73049 Andy Gilmour Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:22:57 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=8665#comment-73049 Isn't he the guy who said "Why is there immigration while there's white unemployment?" (or something very, very similar)? Uncle Fester after a few more pies & pints, I reckons... And as for: "“People live in all sorts of ways these days.”" I blame the ruinous influence of cricket. :-) Isn’t he the guy who said “Why is there immigration while there’s white unemployment?” (or something very, very similar)?

Uncle Fester after a few more pies & pints, I reckons…

And as for:

““People live in all sorts of ways these days.””

I blame the ruinous influence of cricket.

:-)

]]> By: Shatterface http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/10/30/nick-griffin-not-alone-in-qt-audience/#comment-73041 Shatterface Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:24:14 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=8665#comment-73041 Are we going to start identifying all the members of the audience or just the ones we disagree with? A bit RedWatch, isn't it? That said, I'm rather smug that I'm older than he is but look 20 years younger. That's what you get when you restrict your gene pool to the learners' end where the toddlers piddle. Are we going to start identifying all the members of the audience or just the ones we disagree with? A bit RedWatch, isn’t it?

That said, I’m rather smug that I’m older than he is but look 20 years younger.

That’s what you get when you restrict your gene pool to the learners’ end where the toddlers piddle.

]]> By: Trofim http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/10/30/nick-griffin-not-alone-in-qt-audience/#comment-73037 Trofim Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:04:30 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=8665#comment-73037 Ah, standard lefty insinuation! What a surprise! You would have thought that the BBC funded by us, the British public, would have managed to find an audience which represented the nation, but it's too much for them. They had trouble finding a representative panel as well. They searched throughout the UK, screened 45 million grown-ups, and at last they found someone suitable - an American woman who lives in London. Now why did they choose her? What's she got that my mum hasn't? Ah, standard lefty insinuation! What a surprise!
You would have thought that the BBC funded by us, the British public, would have managed to find an audience which represented the nation, but it’s too much for them. They had trouble finding a representative panel as well. They searched throughout the UK, screened 45 million grown-ups, and at last they found someone suitable – an American woman who lives in London. Now why did they choose her? What’s she got that my mum hasn’t?

]]> By: DHG http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/10/30/nick-griffin-not-alone-in-qt-audience/#comment-73004 DHG Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:17:25 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=8665#comment-73004 BNP post in attracting BNP supporters shocker! BNP post in attracting BNP supporters shocker!

]]> By: Trofim http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/10/30/nick-griffin-not-alone-in-qt-audience/#comment-72999 Trofim Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:05:45 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=8665#comment-72999 Good God! He looks like he could be over 50! And the producer promised me they would make sure that the audience would be weighted in favour of young 20-40 metropolitan types with a more than generous sprinkling of ethnic minorities. You can't trust the BBC, letting in one of these oldies. I mean they only comprise around 35 per cent of the adult population! They'll be having provincials next! Disgusting! Good God! He looks like he could be over 50! And the producer promised me they would make sure that the audience would be weighted in favour of young 20-40 metropolitan types with a more than generous sprinkling of ethnic minorities. You can’t trust the BBC, letting in one of these oldies. I mean they only comprise around 35 per cent of the adult population! They’ll be having provincials next! Disgusting!

]]> By: Akheloios http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/10/30/nick-griffin-not-alone-in-qt-audience/#comment-72939 Akheloios Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:42:24 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=8665#comment-72939 Who? I ask who, will stand up for the indigineous white idiot volk peoples of these sceptred isles if not the the BNP? What do immigrants and asylum seekers expect? "Welcome, sonny"? "Make yourself at home"? "Marry my daughter"? You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know... morons. Tip'o'the'hat to Mel Brooks. Who? I ask who, will stand up for the indigineous white idiot volk peoples of these sceptred isles if not the the BNP? What do immigrants and asylum seekers expect?

“Welcome, sonny”? “Make yourself at home”? “Marry my daughter”?

You’ve got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know… morons.

Tip’o'the’hat to Mel Brooks.

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