Question Time LiveBlog 8th March 2012
Tonight Question Time comes from Guildford.
David Dimbleby is joined on the panel by Sec of State for Local Govt Eric Pickles (presumably on a reinforced chair), Shadow Sec of State for Energy and “Climate Change” Caroline Flint, Daily Mail columnist and UKIPper Janice Atkinson-Small and Will Self.
Oh, and well known political commentator and philosopher Will Young. Unbelievable. Although it’s good to have two elected frontbenchers on again. Not often that happens.
Your Moderators line-up consists of David Vance, David Mosque, TheEye and John Ward.
It’s a 10:30pm kick off and afterwards we will suffer the maddess that is This Week.
For those who enjoy the Blue Nun Bingo whilst watching This Week (and also for those who don’t understand it) take a look at David Mosque’s website dedicated to the game here.
See you here later!
When it came to the question on same -sex marriage and whether opposition to it should be a “hate -crime” Will Young was givein far too much time. He went on and one with all the usual clichés, then when Janice tried to speak he kept interruptiung her. So did Will Self. They were iincredibly rude and intolerant and just would not let her put her own view.
The chairman should have intervened and insisted that Janice Atkinson had a right to express her view, which is actually the majority one.
True toleration has to be mutual. It is not acceptable for those minorities that were given toleration in the 1960s to refuse to practice toleration and respect for others in return.
That is the least they owe.
The extreme gays want to make a crime out of any view apart from their own. They are attacking freedom!