Question Time Lastnight

doire_2

How depressing was that?

Really2

doire wrote: »

How depressing was that?

At a guess (as I did not watch it) less than Eastenders.

SailorSam

I think Ian Hislop was the most entertaining guest, he was having a pop at everyone.
One minute it's the Tories and then he jumped in to defend George Osborne reminding Yvette Cooper that her party had thought the Inheritance Tax was such a good thing. It was nice to see her lost for words.

ILW

I may be a little strange, but I find Yvette Cooper quite sexy.

bo_drinker

"We are all in this together".......... I wish I was in the audience. We are all in this together but it is not all our fault although we will all be paying for a long time to come. One bloke pointed this out and he didn't get to finish his rant.
Marks and Spencer bloke was on the fence most of the time.
Hislop was being Hislop.
Tory boy was telling the peasants what they want to hear.
Liberal woman was the also ran to fill the seats( as they have done all my life)

Old_Slaphead

I was a bit hacked off with the member/s of audience who said it was nothing to do with public sector and why should they have to pay with a 1 year pay freeze (diddums).

The fact that vast swathes of public expenditure has been predicated on illusory banking profits, the fact that we've zero inflation yet public sector are getting 2-3% this year and 2-3% next year, the fact that it's had nothing to do with 99% of private sector yet they're paying for it - obviously didn't occur to them.

It happened on Labour's watch so they're also guilty by association (IMO).


As a 'floating voter' I thought GO came across fairly well now he's wiped the smug grin. YC seemed obsessed with turning everything into a IHT debate. Stuart Rose...bit of a waste. IH - was much more entertaining than when he's on HIGNFY. ST - well just made up numbers really.

StevieJ

Osbourne is a big worry as a chancellor, looks like a loose cannon to me :eek: I must say I wasn't impressed by Cooper, sexy :eek: talking head more like.
The point about the IHT debate is that the 'all in it together' goes down the plughole when changes to this are brought into the equation.

Thrugelmir

doire wrote: »

How depressing was that?

You thought that was depressing?

ray123

Inheritance tax was a tax introduced to affect the rich and because Zanu labour have not increased the limit in line with house prices, ordinary people are being hit (in london & SE especially). Therefore, I feel it's fair that the threshold should be increased.

The main problem I have with IHT are the loopholes available, which Cameron and co will be able to jump through in order to avoid payment.

Thrugelmir

ray123 wrote: »

Inheritance tax was a tax introduced to affect the rich and because Zanu labour have not increased the limit in line with house prices, ordinary people are being hit (in london & SE especially). Therefore, I feel it's fair that the threshold should be increased.

Thereby increasing the financial divide in this country. All dependant on a post code lottery.

ray123

Postcode lottery - did I mention the NHS?