How do we resolve the Brexit mess?

[AlgarveBlu]

Here:

That was quality viewing last night, he just fell short of calling her a stupid woman and telling the presenter she's shit at her job. He's always struggled with any political discourse with people he perceives to be intellectual light weights and its the easiest way to trigger a meltdown with him.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

That was quality viewing last night, he just fell short of calling her a stupid woman and telling the presenter she's shit at her job. He's always struggled with any political discourse with people he perceives to be intellectual light weights and its the easiest way to trigger a meltdown with him.

I said last night that he was wrong to have a go at the host. His target was obviously the BBC (and I think he has a reasonable argument about that), and not her.

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

That was quality viewing last night, he just fell short of calling her a stupid woman and telling the presenter she's shit at her job. He's always struggled with any political discourse with people he perceives to be intellectual light weights and its the easiest way to trigger a meltdown with him.

That and the charlie he had just sniffed up?

 

[AlgarveBlu]

I said last night that he was wrong to have a go at the host. His target was obviously the BBC (and I think he has a reasonable argument about that), and not her.

I'm sure he was stirring on that front re comments from Emily Maitlis on the BBC's handling of the brexit debate, I think he would have been better off pursuing that angle directly on TV by endorsing her comments rather than effectively saying 'your no Emily.'

 

[Gabriel]

Government is going to come under increasing pressure on its handling of post-Brexit migration in the coming days. The latest figures and predictions will apparently show that far more people are entering the country, particularly from India, Nigeria, China, and other countries. Not sure denying postgraduate students the right to bring their families with them will make a significant dent in the figures either, particularly when universities fear such students will go elsewhere and they don’t want to lose any more funding.

 

[bluethrunthru]

Was it Maitlis who said last year the "one from each side" approach was not balance?

I think it was James O'Brien who had to host a "debate" between Pascal Lamy and Andrea Leadsom - she was there as a representative of Vote Leave -she argued against Lamy like she knew something the former head of the WTO. After this James left the BBC in disgust but watch here and tell me Lamy was wrong and Leadsom was some sort of oracle

 

[bluethrunthru]

Opinion: Joe Biden was right – Britain can’t be trusted

As the Tory party continues to fight among themselves about Brexit, our international reputation is taking a nosedive

www.independent.co.uk

 

[MillionMilesAway]

I think it was James O'Brien who had to host a "debate" between Pascal Lamy and Andrea Leadsom - she was there as a representative of Vote Leave -she argued against Lamy like she knew something the former head of the WTO. After this James left the BBC in disgust but watch here and tell me Lamy was wrong and Leadsom was some sort of oracle

Google tells me that Emily Maitlis discussed it in the MacTaggart lecture at the Edinburgh TV festival in 2022.

Emily Maitlis is finally free to say what needed saying: the BBC has lost its nerve | Gaby Hinsliff

In a raw and personal analysis, the former Newsnight presenter reveals a broadcaster that has been cowed by government, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

www.theguardian.com

(other links are also available, but this one won't have a paywall)

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

That and the charlie he had just sniffed up?

Campbell is spot on here, but there is a reason he and Blair disappeared from politics for a while, so back in the **** box he goes.

 

[bluethrunthru]