Question Time | 8th February 2024

[@jeremyhickey8349]

Haven't seen this for a while but I see Fiona is still batting for the Tories

[@blue_jay31]

So sad to see !

[@DEVRIMCI2007]

how? where does she do it?

[@peterboczan6251]

One things for sure, the BBC do not want to get rid of "Paddeh" McGuiness.

[@russelldean2085]

Wes Streeting repeating the juvenile analogy that a sovereign national economy is equivalent to a family economy with his ‘we can’t afford it’ nonsense. Streeting seems to think that expressing his views forcefully is somehow equivalent with having something cogent to say. It palpably isn’t.

[@ne-ht4zx]

Have a look at the UK's borrowing costs now (thank you Liz!). I liked their green energy policies but the UK economy is an absolute disaster area and they are very wise to be cautious about spending.

[@johncrawford8214]

Wes is so false not to be trusted

[@rodgerq]

The UK spends much more than it reaps in taxes and other revenue, hence borrowing has been continuous and actually accelerating. It's been an unprecedented time for governments with the pandemic which has exacerbated things, but we desperately need to get spending and borrowing back under control. The more we borrow, the more interest we have to furnish, the less we have to spend from revenue, the more we have to borrow, the more interest we have to furnish, the less we have to spend from revenue and so on and so forth and that snowball continues into a debt spiral, which I would argue we're already in tbh. It's really quite worrying for the future generations and for overall health of the UK.

[@russelldean2085]

Look at the debt and deficit after the end of the Second World War. Sovereign, national economies are not the same as the local corner shop. Further spending contraction will only exacerbate the debt and deficit. In addition, what western country isn’t spending more than its receiving in terms of tax income. Your argument is infantile.@@ne-ht4zx

[@russelldean2085]

Self-serving circular neo-liberal nonsense, the sort peddled by Thatcher, Blair and the rest. Sovereign national economies are not the same as the local corner shop!@@rodgerq

[@garriejackson9551]

I'm old enough to remember when most dentists were NHS, Thatcher the milk snatcher changed that, the Tory party, never trust a Tory.

[@blue_jay31]

It started with her and then just went on on !

[@garriejackson9551]

@@blue_jay31 I know, the witch

[@martinmcdonald4207]

Tories would never have created the NHS. They believe you should pay for everything or die.

[@Connor-o9q]

Never trust any of them!None of them want to stop immigration!!

[@melonator1339]

I don’t like any party. You say never trust a Tory, like they will never change. But do you think labour should be forgiven? Lying about weapons of mass destruction, mishandling the banking crisis…

[@marksandsmith6778]

Fiona is having a great episode because she finally gets a good reason to quiz labour Just as she's been doing for the last 10 years Tory front woman

[@Legendary4me]

Exactly ! When she’s in charge for a bit more than 5 years 😂 but you are right if feels like the tories are in power for 3 decades now.

[@mariannepfly1906]

The questions Fiona asked at the beginning are why I won’t move back to the uk and will stay in Germany where I moved 10 years ago for a job and then had 3 children here. Should we get pliers??? It is an absolute joke and it’s now accepted that it’s almost a joke. And should a sexual abuser ever be given asylum. That we have to ask that question and ask it seriously on a mainstream programme on tv is a joke. Meanwhile people are struggling and the next generation just doesn’t seem to matter. We get 650 euros a month non means tested (230 approx per child). And the nursery places cost about 200 euros per child full time per month. The maths are simple here. The uk is unattractive.

[@PoliticalRegality]

Just a question; What is the safety level in the area you live in? Crime? Burglary or street crime? That sort of thing. Thank you in advance.

[@jamesfox-vv8wu]

if its so unattractive why are over a million immigrants a year coming here....lol

[@adrianwhyatt594]

When I lived in Italy in 1986-8 there was no cap on the number of medical, dental, or any other type of students. Consequently 6 tines as many GPs per capita and 21 times as many neurologists. More of everything and no shortages of anything. But the UK political establishment only ever really looks at the rich Anglosphere countries for comparison. Part of the Little Englander island isolationist mentality mixed with late imperialism. The reality is that the NHS is one of the worst health systems in the developed world. Get rid of caps on enrolment. In return, as in Italy, the lack of a cap should apply, essentially, to attending the nearest university. There must also be compulsory inter-recognition of core units in all education and training course, and different routes in (part-time, dental technician or nurse first). Also, a Japanese-style compulsory insurance system (free for the dirt poor), whilst remaining free at the point of delivery for those who want it. This encourages good behaviour. Comparison´s with the Anglosphere should be banned, as a matter of Parliamentary procedure, until all the non-English speaking developed countries have been compared first.

[@roybeattie296]

Paddy What a waist off space for a commentator

[@abmong]

Anyone with any criminal record beyond petty theft should not be eligible to claim asylum.

[@Philljag]

Does that mean anyone with a criminal record shouldn’t be able to move abroad from the U.K. too?

[@abmong]

@@Philljag Yes, but ultimately it's up to the destination country to set their own rules.

[@thegoat11111]

@@Philljag Police checks are required if a British national wants to work in Thailand.

[@Philljag]

@@thegoat11111 is Thailand the only country in the world then 😮😮

[@abmong]

@@Philljag Yes 😂

[@MrDavey2010]

Why have they been making such a fuss of McGuinness? They’ve been doing it for weeks! What’s so special about him?

[@johncrawford8214]

Not a thing need to fill seats

[@bigslydoc]

Very impressed by Wes street. Honest and clear answers. Not something you could say for the Tory.

[@russelldean2085]

You are very easily impressed then. The bloke’s an idiot who is going to save the NHS by selling bits of it off and using the private sector to soak up excess demand even though the private sector will be utilising NHS assets, including staff.

[@ptv8113]

What TF is wrong with England??? They dentists get paid a pittance! £30 for 10 fillings? No wonder there are no dentists. It’s utterly insane.

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks for posting

[@CynicalFish]

Makes me laugh this program. They spend ages having a pop at the labour party who haven't been in government for 15yrs 😅

[@marksandsmith6778]

Anybody else detest that biased woman

[@rolandrothwell4840]

Diasy Cooper is brilliant and forensic in her answers 👏 Liberal Democrats rock

[@marksandsmith6778]

Paddy was humble and insightful. V down to earth

[@kiriakoz]

I’ll ask the same question every week: why is there a member of the daily mail on the panel? It’s either someone from the spectator, a think tank or a right wing rag. Let alone that they select the audience based on how people voted 5 years ago (which is nowhere near the same landscape as now!). BBC is a disgrace and the best part of it is that it’s not working.

[@debeeriz]

balance, they usually have a lefty from the entertainment industry as well, so they try to make it fair

[@kiriakoz]

@@debeeriz the “lefty from the entertainment business” is a neutral who just happens to think that the Tories are making a hash of it, not someone literally paid for their political opinion. Try again, that’s just nowhere near the same. Paddy McGuiness literally said he is a flip flopping voter, it just happens to be that most such voters will not be voting for the Tories this year purely on the terrible job they’ve done.

[@MrCraigHartley]

No such thing as a right-wing member of the mainstream entertainment media. So they're forced to bring on a columnist for an attempt at balance. They might not be paid for their political opinion, but their ill-informed opinions get huge response and applause as a result of being famous. Maybe one should ask why the left is always represented with populism instead of someone who can actually be challenged on their political position instead of just "Oh I'm just a comedian, I'm just an actor"...

[@debeeriz]

@@kiriakoz i was talking in general most entertainers they have had on apart from fox have been from the left, so they balance it out with someone from the right, paddy was just lost without a script

[@kiriakoz]

@@debeeriz they don’t balance out. They should invite more people from the guardian which might be the equivalent or even better, invite EXPERTS rather than people literally paid to spin the truth towards the Tories. It’s an absolute joke.

[@getheroutofthetruck]

This is all BS. Labour / Tory, it's the same thing.

[@brianbell3836]

No, it's not the same. In 2010, you could get a GP same day, you could access a dentist, the ambulance would get there in twenty minutes, the school's all had playing fields, knife crime was under control...look at this country now.

[@getheroutofthetruck]

You think Starmer and Reeves are going to deliver that? They work for the WEF. @@brianbell3836

[@rodgerq]

21st century britain. Home dentistry. A country really does deserve what it votes for.

[@blue_jay31]

True , but so sad !

[@brianbell3836]

Not only that but the return of scurvy and polio. Victorian Britain returns.

[@lisaf7909]

Why don't we just do away with the house of commons and the house of Lords and have local government ran by local people with local knowledge and skills. MPs are a waste of taxpayers money

[@russelldean2085]

Just like the League of Gentlemen corner shop?

[@lisaf7909]

@Chrisyoung-uf6lw I'm sorry I don't understand? I commented on a political show

[@lisaf7909]

@Chrisyoung-uf6lw I don't think I've ever heard your music what genre do you fit into

[@benwrigley6176]

When I was a kid in the 80s you didn't like them but you respected them in the main. Barristers, businesspeople. House of Lords appointment wasn't political. It was for people who had excelled in a particular field and their opinion about the world was something worth having

[@dawnwalton5760]

Question time need a new host…Fiona Bruce is too Tory …we’ll of course she is as her husband is a Tory donor …🙄

[@blackwarb]

she is brilliant. Just because she is a woman you are being nasty

[@neiljames86]

Thicko Paddy, it's more than £350M. That's why you don't hear about it anymore from informed people.

[@kurtgodel5236]

How much is it, then? And have you excluded from the sum all the EU subsidies for farmers, universities, destitute areas etc. that went back to the UK, but which were included, because "Boris" demanded so? Tell us and show us how informed you are.

[@brianbell3836]

You believe the Tory lies? Paddy doesn't

[@scottpauley4363]

Another question time with another Tory just looking like a joke trying to defend there record

[@jn4126]

Shame now we have two Tories doing this every week, one in a blue tie one in a red

[@scottpauley4363]

@@jn4126 correct😞

[@thetruth3213]

Sunak's attack on trans whilst bryony gay's family were in The House was disgusting

[@debeeriz]

l think enabling a 15 year old boy to dress like a female prostitute is also disgusting, his parents ebnabled him live out his fantasy, unfortunately he befriended two others who also had lethal fantasies

[@anonUK]

"Brianna Ghey". The problem that Sunak has is the Tories can't really run on anything they've done, so they have to find scapegoats- and then are shocked when this scapegoating results in actual murders and other violent crimes.

[@joesheppard5960]

Actually it was kier using the trans name in vain when it was pointed he can not explain what a woman is, nice try and good day to you.

[@jn4126]

​@@joesheppard5960your mind has been turned into toxic soup in order to best serve the interests of the rich and powerful. Well done

[@joesheppard5960]

@@jn4126 sorry facts make you think i am toxic next you will say i'm extreme far right probably. Serve the rich and powerful who are these people i am supposed to serve care to explain.

[@668725]

Omg PFI, labour your not going there again, it's like you never did this before and were still paying for it.

[@tomfinney3416]

wes , my vote is always taken for granted , i never get asked , no leaflet , no canvasser , no effort by local labour to get my vote , do not take me for granted the area may vote green in the future

[@marksandsmith6778]

Vote green get blue. Happened to me 😢😢

[@jamesfox-vv8wu]

iver lived in my house for over 24yrs and no one from any party has ever knocked on my door....maybe the think its a waste of time as i never vote....lol

[@tomfinney3416]

@@marksandsmith6778 and with starmer in charge of labour we are getting tory policies continuing , now vote red gets you a blue, wes streeting admits he is funded by private healthcare lobbyists , and will not scrap uc or the two child limit ,,,,a tory

[@brianbell3836]

Vote green if you want. We don't need you

[@tomfinney3416]

@@brianbell3836 so not a socialist then ? society and those within in not needed by you ? cool,as long as we know here we stand ,you vote labour they are the , party for you , socialism, you dont need that do you ?

[@benwrigley6176]

God the these Tories are terrible, by their own standards. I'm no lefty, or Labour voter.

[@PoliticalRegality]

There are no good choices..

[@lamestreammedia3154]

Paddy "Im not ere for me political brain" McGuinness; All of us ordinary folk already have solar panels on our roofs.

[@joesheppard5960]

Quit the bs on online safety parents must be managing there homes properly.

[@mcp1981]

Quit the BS on parents managing THEIR homes properly. Or are you an anarchist?

[@joesheppard5960]

If you read it properly you will see i say parents must manage there homes properly and do not need the bs of an online safety bill, but you read to reply and did not see that i guess.

[@mcp1981]

@@joesheppard5960 yes because internet access is only available in ‘parents homes’ isn’t it - you’re ridiculous. Bet you think there shouldn’t be age limits of cigs and booze and no road/knife/gun/drug laws etc. too because parents can just manage it.

[@RajendraTayya-rh9mk]

The “divide and rule” business ethos only burdens the world with intrigue and inconveniencing the administration.

[@blue_jay31]

People will be voting to get rid of then , not necessarily for the opposition! But the political don’t look at it that way!

[@tdub102]

American here and I have a question. As a worker, are you able to track how much of your pay is being taken to go towards NHS?

[@perolagrande]

In short, no. But there are figures online showing how much is spent annually on the NHS.

[@lamestreammedia3154]

Not individually however as a total sum, yes. it equates to 8% of GDP

[@SkandalouzStyle]

45:39 ask that man saying those things if his children have got a dentist and I bet you a hundred pound the answer is yes. 💯 . The social media for children problem is exactly the same reason that those children are in the hospital having their teeth surgically removed 💯

[@xbriskx]

You can already control the apps on a phone lol.

[@gusleonard9397]

We really need people in government who understand economics. These people both audience and panel have no idea about economics. To get people onside in terms of Green Energy they need to bang the drum and say this will reduce energy bills by 50-75% and improve productivity.

[@jf710]

Anyone gonna talk about the elephant in the room with the NHS dentist. The queue was full of people who were not British.

[@stephentaylor3676]

No elephant here. Plenty of racists however!

[@jf710]

@@stephentaylor3676 ah, ye old racist slur. Nothing racist about what I said at all.

[@Uno-1968]

Vote Reform

[@alistermunro7090]

It's not the asylum system to blame for the attack but the cut in services over the past decades that the english voted for. You got what you voted for.

[@marksandsmith6778]

Audience 16:46 packed with idiots ... Nottingham strike breakers we dont forget.

[@xbriskx]

Not really, big bussiness' responsbility, if you eat plant based thats something you can do now and big business will respond to that.

[@BrockSamson-i1i]

PM saying he is a floating voter, mate you have a little something brown on your lip

[@TrevorEden]

We need good governance for long term investment, stop the corruption and greedy

[@glenn309]

Finally. Paddy, a man who doesn't speak like a robot using Google. He's a bloke who says it how it is.

[@colinstephenson5386]

Very impressed with the brand spanking new deputy conservative chairman , the way he reeled off Labour’s u-turns and promises they’ve failed to keep , someone’s been doing a proper job on this issue , wherever’s he been hiding since 2010 ? Imagine what could have been sorted out for the people of Britain with someone that capable ?

[@stephentaylor3676]

Yes. Love the irony.

[@RJS4287]

If Mr Daly is the answer?

[@ne-ht4zx]

I felt sorry for him! He got an absolute roasting and looked like a rabbit caught in the headlights.

[@joyvinansky8448]

Typical Tory will never answer a question directly !!

[@russelldean2085]

Who Streeting?

[@jemshadow123]

They say theres no plan but the Tories have never had a plan and stuck to it...HS2? That should be the retort...finish some of the things you have started..all Rishi seems to be doing is undoing all the Boris started

[@BrockSamson-i1i]

your health is YOUR responsibility. Don't be saying you can't get dentistry work done when you have a family holiday abroad each year, each adult individual in your home has a car, every room of your house has a large screen tv and you have subscriptions to Disney+ There are thousands of people in the UK who can afford to pay for dentistry work and should, including myself who has. Your health is YOUR responsibility

[@scenicroutedriver]

Paddy is a fecking legend 😊😅

[@sniffmearse]

At being the most unfunny person ever cringe worthy to watch

[@scenicroutedriver]

@@sniffmearse it's a British thing you wouldn't understand

[@sniffmearse]

@@scenicroutedriver I’m 36 from Merseyside ya helmet born and bread to British parents and grand parents ya major whopper

[@scenicroutedriver]

@@sniffmearse could have fooled me...

[@sniffmearse]

@@scenicroutedriver he’s just simply a lefty comedian they are never funny ! More cringe 😬 than anything

[@TrevorEden]

NHS Tory give but have cut twice has much same with dental, liars

[@Carloswang92]

The con guy mentioned 6.5 billion over 3 years for the NHS...that's about 42 million a week for the NHS.. that doesn't sound like 350millon does it... the kents...just sayin

[@mannyjudge5312]

Its not difficult, introduce law that requires that anyone accessing social media must be 16+ and must show ID. Why do children under 16 NEED access to social media.

[@brianbell3836]

Fun

[@MichaelCowling-jt4qk]

All the same just blame the other party

[@melonator1339]

Did Diane Abbott do the maths for the first estimate?

[@brianbell3836]

Wow! One mistake and you never forget.

[@melonator1339]

@@brianbell3836 only one? 😂

[@brianbell3836]

@@melonator1339Dear me. Seems she lives in your head for free.

[@melonator1339]

@@brianbell3836 if I forget about her then at least she has you as a fan girl always by her commie side.

[@melonator1339]

@@brianbell3836 don’t worry, if I forget about her at least she will have you as a fan girl by her side.

[@Smithdavies-r3f]

In short... both parties are the same, i.dont trust none of them 😢

[@michaelsquires7074]

For ‘none’ read ‘any’….

[@MegaPedro1975]

Let the Tory, see the jail! Nice one Paddy👊

[@SkandalouzStyle]

30:05 I FCUKING LOVE THIS WOMAN! SHE PISSES ALL OVER THESE LIARS! . Well, I'll just have to correct you on that! It was labour that brought in the dental contracts.... 🔥💣💯🤣🤣🤣 you got done! 💯

[@brianbell3836]

How many dentists have gone since 2010, you silly person?

[@RajendraTayya-rh9mk]

Schools must teach children to be more careful than clever. Prevention is better than cure.

[@jamesfox-vv8wu]

if you bought in a law where tech companies got fined 50k each time any one under 16 accessed their platform the problem would be solved over night....no need for special gadgets or phones.......

[@mloclam6917]

It's not possible to do what labour wants without raising tax to unaffordable levels

[@mcp1981]

Please justify your qualification of “unaffordable levels” and supply your macroeconomic credentials if possible. Thanks

[@kurtgodel5236]

@@mcp1981 I second that!

[@BCJ1985]

What total bull you're talking.

[@davidwestley007]

No sound

[@thetruth3213]

Turn up the volume!

[@Bandungbill]

You didn't miss much...

[@thepepper191]

Skill issue

[@neiljames86]

Look, i'm no Tory but he doesn't have to apologise at all. Just because Mr Ghey is dead, he's still a man. MP's are prohibited from referring to persons in the public gallery that seeks to intimidate or influence the debate, and that's what Starmer did.

[@bganonimouse2754]

It must really hurt transphobic people that public sympathy for trans people is increasing. The fact that trans people are far more likely to be victims of crime than to be loitering inside womens toilets, ready to pounce, won't stop the right wing media though.

[@brianbell3836]

Sunak is a poor politician, simple as. Two parents had their child murdered. Anyone decent would have steered well clear of the subject.

[@Spencerlayne]

I couldnt afford to get a filling. Dentsist ripped out s tooth they could have saved. My bkdy was in shock. They had to give me glucose cz was going to pass out