BBC Question Time 14 May 2015 - Brian May on Panel

[@burkezillar]

That's DOCTOR Brian May to you Dimbleby.

[@yoya4766]

Brian May is more intelligent and educated than all the rest. He is also internationally famous and a talented musician. A big fish in a pond of newts.

[@rodger3352]

Yes :)

[@roningordon2955]

instablaster...

[@jemshadow123]

Well he is an astrophysicist

[@SagaciousFrank]

​@@jemshadow123, so what? It doesn't mean he knows what he's talking about outside of his specific field.

[@barrypickles6546]

Wow what a profound intelligent and meaningful statement.

[@jenniferstine8567]

I watched this because Brian May was on it. I live in the US. This was a lot more pleasant to watch than what we have for politics. It feels longer than the running time, so that's alike.

[@cornwallgeezer]

Never thought I would say this May was spot on!!

[@zxingzxing]

Brian May is so right, sadly money talks when it comes to British / International Politics

[@traceylamplugh7727]

Farage and May were the ones making sense!!!!

[@byculla6]

Brian May is amazing! One of the few people who say it like it is. Rejects the 'spin'.

[@andrewsmith5260]

Brian May shows he has higher values than your typical QT guest. Watch this again and listen to the bigger picture understanding in the sub-text of Brian's input! Brian, thanks for your real sanity in what is usually predictable groups, towing the party line!

[@RubUOutC]

Might as well call this The Nigel Farage Show.

[@donald-parker]

My heart aches for Dr May. It must be so hard to attempt to represent a principled point of view in company with such a collection of partisan and self serving slime balls. Kudos for trying and never giving in.

[@gavinsewell7151]

“The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum....” --N.C.

[@elliotrose8836]

I do take this country seriously but I'm not going to lie I only watched this because Bryan May was in it.......

[@KermitTheFud]

Same here

[@elliotcole8340]

"He deserves credit, for giving the British people a say." Surely such statements indicate how little say is actually given to us the people?

[@abiturspanisch6316]

Brian May is a brilliant guy.

[@kaitsith3081]

Brian May for prime minister!?

[@danielfrench753]

yes!!! he'd make a better prime minister than May

[@shakeybeatz]

He would be perfect.

[@rodger3352]

Yessssss !

[@rodger3352]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS !

[@elkhanhamet2561]

Brian May looks so sad on this program. I think after Freddy's death, he always carries this terrible pain and sadness in his heart. It's really painful to see him so sad. What a gentleman!!! Brian we love you!!!

[@dinacabangon1250]

B coz brain may is closer to friddies family not so easy to forget his co queen ... thir memories road shows verry2 amaizing is too grandstanding ferpormance ???

[@maelcaha5111]

I think he deserves to be heard and validated in his own right and not always positioned as someone who is grieving. There is not one of us who has not, or will not, experience the death of someone we love. Those losses change us and shape who we are, but do not alone define us. He does not, to me at least, appear sad here. Thoughtful, yes. But not sad. I can guarantee that everyone on that panel has suffered losses. But we don't scrutinize them based solely on those losses, mainly because their losses weren't as public as May's. We do May a great disservice if we perceive him only in relation to someone he has lost. He is an influential public voice in his own right and committed to using that voice to make changes. And he does it very well.

[@traceylamplugh7727]

@@maelcaha5111 He is just as good as Freddie, Roger, too!!!!

[@doloresweatherspoon2727]

@@maelcaha5111 well said 👏 👍.

[@gaylachiriaco8667]

@@traceylamplugh7727 Don't forget John Deacon!

[@bryansalvagejr757]

Wow how right was Brian May on Brexit and not hearing the truth!!

[@teriyama]

Brian May made the most sense as well s was the most polite and honest. The politicians should take note.

[@WriterProfessor]

How long are they going to keep asking the same question?

[@CarManElectric]

***** They can't understand his answer though it's very simple. They hate Farage and want him to disappear. They know if he stays leader, he'll continue to have an impact on British politics.

[@RoanElvis]

Top Gun yep that's why he's on question time like every month

[@breadonitsown8950]

How does Tristram Hunt ALWAYS come across so smug? Even after his party's utter and total crushing defeat, he's impossibly smug.

[@markusalexander754]

Nigel is on top form!! he is very good and Brian May is very good !!

[@chrissims5579]

In my view this was the best Question time to date. The Labour and Conservative party represented themselves well, all pannelists showed respect, Brian May gave equal and fair criticism and came across incredibly intelligent. If politics was conducted like this a lot more we'd be in a better society.

[@SueAfc712004]

This Labour guy is one hell of a bull shitter. Labour overspent and put the country in to debt. Selling our gold reserves at the lowest possible rate. Brian May makes more sense.

[@RoanElvis]

Sue Holloway the country was already in debt and conservatives have added more to the debt that every labour government in history combined. it makes sense to be in some debt. most businesses operate in debt.

[@Adipsia1]

I watched this after viewing an interview with Brian on Rory Gallagher. I can't believe that I used to watch 'Question Time'... I believe that the majority of the people in the UK, are fed up of listening to politicians who are constantly on 'transmit' and never have their ears engaged. A culture of ego epitomises everything that is wrong with the human-race. I sat through 40 minutes of this barrage and all I hear is 'blah-blah-blah' and self-justification. My heart says that the only person I would place my trust in from this panel would be Brian May who clearly speaks from the heart. The rest of them are so patently ego-driven... so intellectually clever, but so morally-bankrupt.

[@yoya4766]

I disagree with them being intellectual though. It's cleverness of the sneaky, conniving, political classes.

[@rodger3352]

@@yoya4766 true

[@emilyjohnson8808]

Would it hurt to have addressed him as Dr. Brian May? I mean honestly he worked hard for his PHD as I expect most anyone would.

[@MAXLAWLESSIBIZA]

What a Tristram Hunt that guy is.

[@gtrdaveg]

I'm glad to see I'm not the only person who thinks "aspiration" has become a fairly offensive concept in politics. Essentially it's the notion that as long as we give the poor the theoretical opportunities to better themselves we're free to treat the ones who don't better themselves like crap, because they've squandered their opportunities. The trouble is life isn't that simple.

[@KEF10000]

Nigel was right again on labour leader

[@Mjiujtsu]

54:50 that girl made the most intelligent audience statement by far and no one took notice

[@MrMarco2486]

Very interesting thank you. The debate has moved on clearly after all this time but good opinions and was polite and civil.

[@goonerash]

The Nigel Fargage show. One of the greatest travesties of modern times is Nigel not being able to let rip in Westminster.

[@Finnbar01]

Nigel Farage should never have said he would resign. By doing that, his enemies are now concentrating on his backtracking and dismissing the UKIP party's success.

[@1nav]

Finnbar01 we'll be fine.

[@adamsmyth1156]

Finnbar01 but he did resign and it was not accepted by his party. People need to remember that a resignation in order to fully occur needs to be you know....accepted.

[@captainl-ron4068]

There's nothing like loading your enemies guns for them.

[@riche.6660]

This proves Nigel is the best person to lead UKIP into the EU referendum debate. As he mentioned you may not like him personally but it's hard to deny he knows what he's talking about when it comes to the EU. He took a massive gamble putting his position on the line for Thanet and it was a rallying cry to all those who wanted him to lose so I wasn't surprised he didn't win. Keep up the good work Nigel.

[@danielfrench753]

the guy is just a total dick who doesn't have a clue what he is talking about

[@gunner4life568]

@@danielfrench753 nigel knows what he talks about listen to his speeches in the EU parliament plus he will go down in history as Brexit achitect #legend

[@danielfrench753]

tsebo phasha oh dear God... 😂😂😂

[@MrSabenada]

Nigel tried so hard to get out... but they pulled him back IN!!

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks forposting

[@crhawkins859]

Hey Brian how you doing. This is a subject . Very important to us. I unfortunately live I the US. Our president does not care about anyone but himself

[@darrenjs92]

before watching this I didn't know anything about brian may. I thought he would be like another russell brand. But I was pleasantly surprised.

[@flucazade]

two Hunts on the panel! well 3 including Nigel

[@chrishepburn6324]

Nigel speaks for me ,not Brian.sorry.

[@garymurphy4165]

The least interesting question time I've ever seen. Congrats Auntie.

[@theaddiction3610]

Incredible. The rockstar is more astute in politics than the politicians. Brian for PM 👏🏻

[@dancingnancy09]

This particular rockstar is also an astrophysicists. So...yeh.

[@ChrisMcKennaCMK]

No SNP? Considering what happened it seems they should have a voice.

[@clarky212]

The guy speaking at 38.30 … absolute twaddle

[@oliver69cork46]

Glad to see nigel back,without him ukip would be lesser force.a smart man who knows what's what and not a buffer like milliband or others.

[@donnataylor572]

Well done Brian

[@barrypickles6546]

Watching this back 9 years later is quite funny. Seems that they had a housing shortage back then.

[@elialuzzenildelatorre7300]

ITS a pity Brian May taks politic topic insane hes great like guitar player

[@ammorreztristar]

Go UKIP X

[@pieterprinsloo007]

I like Nigel even more, get a job before going into politics, gold.

[@shull57]

As an expat living and working on "the continent", this documentary has finally convinced me that I should give up my British passport and change nationality. Sad.

[@AreopagiticanEco-Nationalist]

Brian May was great, as was Farage. Shame there is no environmentalist version of UKIP.

[@gmc6218]

Areopagitican 卐 I'm sure they have have a policy of ; stop wasting money on bullshit green schemes and and useless wind turbines and take the direct action approach, through i do agree they need to more research before moving towards fracking.

[@veggie42]

Areopagitican 卐 I voted both Green and UKIP I totally agree and who's noticed the similarities between Nigel & Natalie Bennett ? Migrant roots,father leaving/mother dying,both poor scholarship funded private school educated and her constituency St Pancras ironically the HS1 goes straight to Thanet! haha similar attitudes rebellious and SEATLESS LEADERS! Equally 1 seat for ex Tory and Tory family Green both sensible people! I'm imaging a rom-com "Seatless In Westminster " and imagine the rest...Plus Green,Purple and White suffrage colours GKIP or EUKIP is born or New Country Party NCP.The Whittakers ex Tories founded PEOPLE with Edward "Teddy" Goldsmith, which later became Ecology Party now Green Party of England &Wales separate from Scottish one.Zac "Green Tory" Goldsmith's uncle .Zac's father James "Jimmy" Goldsmith Teddy's brother founded UKIP's rival The Referendum Party but he died of a heart attack.like John Smith(what if?) UKIP I think took those people over to them.Both ex Tory parts rebelling on Environment AND EU both things Cameron is b shtting on to wipe his ex party's new threats out because they have ruined Labour and Lib Dems.Conservative may as well rule always they eat them all up and get away with murder,stable government my Ass!The Labour style Liberal Tories rainbow parties hence Green for MP & UKIP Council :) glad I did

[@AreopagiticanEco-Nationalist]

***** Do you think ruining British aquifers forever is an example of preserving the natural environment? UKIP would stupidly risk this for a small financial gain. If you want to see a country that is heading in the right direction, look at Germany. 30% of their electricity comes from renewables, and they hope to increase it to 80% by 2050.

[@iprefernottospeak]

Areopagitican 卐 You should read the US EPA's report on hydraulic fracturing that they published recently. It is the most extensive study to date and concluded that the impact of fracking impact on the water table is negligible. And if you think not promoting uneconomic technologies like wind and solar power would yield a small financial gain then you don't know how massive the subsidies currently are and how large the taxes are on carbon tech.

[@jemshadow123]

Sorry but Tristram Hunt never had a snowballs chance in hell...

[@inglese2996]

It was hard to take Tristram Hunt seriously when he said he was considering running to be leader of the Labour party. Miles away from being a politcal leader, I couldn't tell you what he actually stands for, seems like more of a sound-bite politician than Miliband, that's saying something!

[@pwnedlikeanub]

So Labour should move to the center? That ignores what happened in Scotland where the SNP moved to the left of Labour and decimated them.

[@Kingofthemattock]

I think that may have to do with the number of yes supporters switching alliance to the SNP. Probably regardless of political stance.

[@DreamAboutSpace]

Are Jeremy Hunt and tristram Hunt related?

[@BudFieldsPPTS]

Parties such as UKIP which did well in this election show growth. I don't believe that means that a different voting scheme is required, save UKIP adding voters to their slate--the purpose of political parties in the first place. Changing the system does nothing in this regard. Growth takes time. It's a great and bright light that needs to exist.

[@kevinthomas5992]

Brian May what inspiration ,no bullshit un like the rest of that panel.

[@clarky212]

Quite right Tristram … Cameron never delivered a thing

[@emilyjohnson8808]

Oh my is this Politician Nigel stonewalling and getting emotional (annoyed). Just accept your wrong and let the next person talk.

[@lojolondon3531]

Watch at 44:50 how Dimblebury saves Hunt from having to commit to a fair referendum -

[@prestcoldandy910]

THE LEFT WING SHOW !!

[@countycricklewood]

Brian May! Speaking absolute common sense! Food banks! Excellent question and absolutely embarrassing for a country like little britain

[@invinciblereason1618]

Bet the guy at 14:10 is eating his words now that, in the end, nigel got what he fought for his political life with the leave vote.

[@traceylamplugh7727]

Is it me or did David Dimberly show a little comtempt to Brian May, he didn't get to answer as much as the others.

[@stephenmurray8559]

Why was he there? He is a musician. Why is his opinion relevant?

[@traceylamplugh7727]

@@stephenmurray8559 I agreed with his poltical views, mostly the others were saying almost 'hey give me more votes and I'll keep all these promises, (which they usuàlly don't!!!!)

[@Nina-oi1qk]

@@stephenmurray8559 Important to have a non biased view point from someone who was not running for office.

[@stephenmurray8559]

@@Nina-oi1qk C'mon, you think he's not biased?

[@barrypickles6546]

Because he likes badgers, i mean we all like badgers, but brian may, he really likes badgers.

[@joshukhc1]

hello! please can you upload 21/05.2015 please!!!! hard to watch when living in aus now :( great work

[@okfanriffic3632]

I'm from belfast and when the usa stopped supporting terrorism and forced the ira to the table. we got the "peace process" but i don't think we can go back. It is peace or nothing. Similarly the eu was a good idea, trading nations and no more wars, but if we left we could change europe and although it seems unthinkable we could leave europe and not go back.

[@donald-parker]

We've had lots of debates on PR vs FPTP in Canada. Federal and provincial. We even had a provincial referendum last year in BC, and PR lost. Which boggles my mind. It like voting in favor of not having your vote count. But there are two big problems. FPTP attracts a lot of sponsorship money because winners have unproportionate power (so sponsors flock to prop up the winner they want). But the sadder truth is, there is a lot of stupid out there. Resistance to change comes from a lot of emotional angles that the FPTP power hungry are key to exploit. Unsubstantiated fear of change, fueled by biased and misleading information is a gargantuan hurdle that has been proven very hard to overcome.

[@clarky212]

Overspent? 37 billion pounds on a failed track and trace system The Tories 2020

[@she00sum]

I hate Nigel farage's brand of politics but BBC QT come on. Give that guy a break!! I mean hardly anyone spoke for first 15 minutes apart from Nigel Farage!

[@MrCloneKangaroo]

sumeet roy It's the Metropolitan Elite! xD

[@she00sum]

MrCloneKangaroo and here I was thinking that democracy was all about working together for PEOPLE even though you have difference of opinions. I am a left winger and I hate all these posh cunts trying to portray they are for working people. Me not being a politician have 10 million reason to argue with Nigel but to keep on asking him about his resignation again and again and the bloody personal attacks. I mean for god sakes. This was Nigel Farage's QT not QT in general. This shows all these pricks are just the same.

[@MrCloneKangaroo]

sumeet roy You do realize it was a crude joke? I'm a Marxist myself.

[@she00sum]

MrCloneKangaroo Yeah I do realize that. Just letting me steam off haha. It was not intended to you but somehow I tagged you anyways!

[@TheRiceowlex]

sumeet roy The problem is people are comfortable being stewards and not obtaining any measurable amount of freedom because doing so requires assuming responsibility for yourself.

[@captainl-ron4068]

With the EU I think the woman on the panel is right, better to be inside the tent pissing out than just outside being pissed on. One set of tariffs issued against Britain by the EU and food prices will skyrocket, my family are food importers, we would make out like bandits but the resultant violence in the community would not be worth it.

[@leejohnston3696]

If ever there was a good reason to abolish the License fee then this program is it. David Dimbleby is a old age pensioner hanging on by his finger tips and his BBC pals. The only decent educated guest on this show is Mr Farage.

[@wakokid2]

Interesting watching this retrospectively. The woman from the Economist thinking that Labour had gone too far left with Ed Milliband to be successful. Corbyn has pretty much blown that theory completely out of the water. It comes to something when a musician is the only one talking sense.

[@JoshuaMSP1995]

How did Corbyn blow that theory out of the water? He lost two elections, the one in 2019 was Labour's worst defeat since the 1930s.

[@arsaeterna4285]

tristram that poor man, only has one expression

[@Uno-1968]

R.e.f.o.r.m.UK 🇬🇧

[@ipcressipcress7810]

and kennedys who are not drunk;)

[@kyra9467]

Brian May is truely awesome! Just like his hair!

[@erikacruz6059]

He is Beautiful!..

[@tzj21]

'The Nigel Farage Show'

[@davidshattock9522]

If ever a point made by Al Murray was never tried the labour party isas seen full on ofpeople who havent ever done any manual labour in fact they seem to have a great disdain for the proper working man and need to get back to some reality of the losing of the support base for this them

[@OriginalMyTurn2Speak]

Greetings KZbinrs Brian May was correct. I say it all the time; what we don't know is greater than us. There were many things voiced in this QT that lack honest objective clarity. So I am compelled to bring us closer to that honesty objectivity and clarity. 1.It was human arrogance or overconfidence that led Nigel Farage into this resigning issue but I forgive him. 2 No one was talking about the brown belt for housing before UKIP. 3.It was Labour Gordon BROWN that bailed out the banks. 4.It was Labour Government Gordon BROWN and David MILIBAND that signed on the LISBON TREATY and now it's the Conservatives that wants to keep it. 5.The words Community, Inviolable and unalienable was removed from the LISBON TREATY 6.To accept the LISBON TREATY is to give up your human Constitution, Magna Carta 1225, Sovereignty and deciding what laws your country should have. In return for a closed market economy that many of us honestly never benefit from. 7.There is no ownership or partnership in the EU only subordination. 8.The QUEEN is happy with that because she also signed the LISBON TREATY. 9.The LISBON TREATY is practically airtight with its amendments and repeals. !0.England/UK/Britain is no longer a Country but is now a subordinate MEMBER STATE with your PRIME MINISTER being a MEMBER of COUNCIL and can make no laws that conflicts with the UNION objectives, but must implement all LAWS that has been handed to him by the UNION. Essentially a paper tiger. 11.For David CAMERON to get the concessions he claims he is seeking, they would have to tear the LISBON TREATY up and start again. 12. A referendum is a violation of the LISBON TREATY principle of subsidiarity and proportionality. 13.The LISBON TREATY gives the UNION the authority to make 100% of UK laws, but they currently make 75-% and counting. So yes Brian May I agree with you on providing this information that people need to know and if afterwards they still vote to stay in this questionable arrangement, then I say all best to them. Have an Informative day

[@expl0ded09]

Tory twa....

[@countycricklewood]

Farage! Bring his usual boorish grifting self

[@Jc22222]

Politics of envy? that strikes me as a sick personal view anyone who is on the left among working people are just envious of the rich.. what a sweeping and moronic generalisation. Envy is natural and when it is entirley justified in my opinion is when one young person is brought up in a family with nothing and another has a inheritance at birth of disproportionate opportunity and wealth. Yet when they grow older they think their position in the world is solely down to their hard work and people with nothing are just lazy idiots. This is what I want to change I don't want everyone thats doing well to fork out the cash all they simply need to do is to be aware of what their environment has provided and not provided to the people who struggle. Put anyone in a bad environment without money on average they are going to do much worse. Even though I see this as justifiable from an outward perspective the vast majority of the time becasue they are human just like the rich they blame themselves for their position and are not envious. All the while most people are unaware or are willfully blind to how their environment has a undeniable impact on their position in life for better or for worse. As a result of anknowledging our environmental constraints we can leave behind the them and us paradigm and begin to see each other for what we are. To be clear there are always exceptions whats important is the majority.

[@emdiar6588]

Nigel is such a yesterday man. The only way he can get his name in the papers these days is by mentioning Corbyn. It's like he wishes he could jump on the band wagon but has to make do with running behind it hoping someone notices he's still around. I couldn't be happier.

[@MrSpycore]

Welcome back Farage, Don't worry about that bogus,Red Indian 5:45

[@qazzell]

After Nigel's performance may was converted..Fact.

[@linrkirk]

blah blah blah

[@breadonitsown8950]

Pretty fucking rich of Brian May to come out and say those things about aspiration. How dare he! After all the millions he's made in his life. What was all his aspiration when he was an up and coming music star. Shocking and ridiculous.